32. The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Who divided the Roman Empire into East and West in 286 AD?

• Diocletian

• Constantine

• Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus

Constantine saw the future of the empire in the east and moved the capital from Rome to _____.

• Byzantium

• Athens

• Jerusalem

• Beijing

After moving the capital from Rome to Byzantium, Constantine changed the name of Byzantium to _____.

• Constantinople

• Athens

• Paris

• London

Constantine partly chose Byzantium (Constantinople) as the new capital because _____.

• of its distance from Germanic invaders

• it was beautiful

• of the weather

• it had excellent farmland

_____ was the language and _____ was the capital of the Western Roman Empire.

• Latin; Rome

• Greek; Constantinople

• Latin; Constantinope

• Greek; Rome

_____ was the language and _____ was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

• Latin; Rome

• Greek; Constantinople

• Latin; Constantinople

• Greek; Rome

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

• Size - the empire became too big to govern and defend

• Devaluation of currency and inflation

• Increased reliance on non-Romans and mercenaries in the military

• Stable leadership and political compromise

Maybe the biggest reason for the fall of the Western Roman Empire:

• Repeated invasions by Germanic tribes

• Geographic size

• Political unrest

• Inflation

In what year did the Western Roman Empire fall?

• 180 AD

• 286 AD

• 380 AD

• 476 AD

The Eastern Roman Empire became known as the _____.

• Byzantine Empire

• Greek Empire

• Egyptian Empire

• Persian Empire