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The Fall of Rome

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Plague of Galen was most likely...

a)

A) Influenza

b)

B) Ebola virus

c)

C) Tuberculosis

d)

D) Smallpox or measles

2.

How big was the Roman Empire?

a)

A) 4.4 million square feet

b)

B) 3.0 million square feet

c)

C) 4.0 million square feet

d)

D) 4.2 million square feet

3.

The Plague of Cyprian was most likely...

a)

A) Measles

b)

B) Smallpox

c)

C) A viral hemorrhagic fever like Ebola

d)

D) Influenza

4.

What percentage of people in the Roman Empire were slaves?

a)

A) 45%

b)

B) 30%

c)

C) 40%

d)

D) 45%

5.

In what year did Roman territorial expansion stop?

a)

A) 122 CE

b)

B) 200 CE

c)

C) 125 CE

d)

D) 322 CE

6.

Which Barbarian tribe set off a domino effect which pushed many other tribes into Roman territory?

a)

A) The Goths

b)

B) The Huns

c)

C) The Vandals

d)

D) The Franks

7.

Who was allowed to have slaves?

a)

A) The upper/wealthy class

b)

B) Both the upper and middle class

c)

C) Nobility/Patricians

d)

D) Any citizen/free men

8.

Which Barbarian tribe was the first to attack Rome in 410 AD?

a)

A) The Visigoths

b)

B) The Ostrogoths

c)

C) The Huns

d)

D) The Vandals

9.

Due to Rome's over expansion, the Empire was eventually forced to draft slaves into the army. From what portion of the work force did most of these slaves come from?

a)

A) Urban/Residential Sector

b)

B) Captives/P.O.W.s

c)

C) Agricultural Sector

d)

D) Prisons/Corrections

10.

Which Barbarian leader declared himself Ruler of Rome in 476 AD?

a)

A) Alaric

b)

B) Ataulphus

c)

C) Odoacer

d)

D) Alaric

11.

What calendar month is named after the legendary first emperor of Rome?

a)

July

b)

December

c)

April

d)

August

12.

What percentage of Roman state functions were covered by the empire's total annual tax collections throughout much of the 2nd Century A.D.?

a)

A) 50%

b)

B) 80%

c)

C) 90%

d)

D) 25%

13.

A strategy of currency debasement: more specifically a method of lowering the value of coins historically made of precious metals?

a)

A) Cutting

b)

B) Squeezing

c)

C) Shaving

d)

D) Rubbing

14.

Which city would become the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, eventually renamed after a famous Roman Emperor?

a)

A) Constantinople

b)

B) Byzantium

c)

C) Istanbul

d)

D) Rome

15.

This elite division served as personal body guards to the Roman Emperor?

a)

A) The Centurion Guard

b)

B) The Plebian Guard

c)

C) The Praetorian Guard

d)

D) The Imperial Guard