The Rise & Fall of Rome

We may consider this "the start of the ANCIENT AGE"

• The invention of Latin

• The invention of speech

• The invention of writing

• The invention of the wheel

We may consider this "the start of the MEDIEVAL AGE"

• The fall of the Roman Empire

• The invention of the wheel

• The invention of writing

• The birth of the Roman Empire

TRUE or FALSE: The Roman Empire took 500 years to expand

• TRUE

• FALSE

The name of the FIRST Roman Emperor

(a)  

What is one reason that the emperor Constantine divided the Roman Empire into two?

• The westerners did not like the easterners

• The eastern side of the empire voted "yes" to separate

• Constantine did not like to travel outside Rome

• The empire was too large to rule as one

What types of social problems most contributed to the fall of the Roman empire?

• No rules or laws were obeyed

• Slavery

• Corruption and crime, such as bribery

• Too much poverty everywhere

The fall of the Roman Empire is considered to have been in (a)   C.E. (type the year)

Who sacked Rome in 410 C.E.?

• A Germanic tribe known as the Visigoths

• A militaristic group known as the Huns

• A cultural group known as the Anglo-Saxons

• A Germanic tribe known as Franks

The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

• Alexandria

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Athens

The capital of the Western Roman Empire

• Alexandria

• Costantinople

• Rome

• Athens