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WorksheetsThe Fall of Rome
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Plague of Galen was most likely...
A) Influenza
B) Ebola virus
C) Tuberculosis
D) Smallpox or measles
How big was the Roman Empire?
A) 4.4 million square feet
B) 3.0 million square feet
C) 4.0 million square feet
D) 4.2 million square feet
The Plague of Cyprian was most likely...
A) Measles
B) Smallpox
C) A viral hemorrhagic fever like Ebola
D) Influenza
What percentage of people in the Roman Empire were slaves?
A) 45%
B) 30%
C) 40%
D) 45%
In what year did Roman territorial expansion stop?
A) 122 CE
B) 200 CE
C) 125 CE
D) 322 CE
Which Barbarian tribe set off a domino effect which pushed many other tribes into Roman territory?
A) The Goths
B) The Huns
C) The Vandals
D) The Franks
Who was allowed to have slaves?
A) The upper/wealthy class
B) Both the upper and middle class
C) Nobility/Patricians
D) Any citizen/free men
Which Barbarian tribe was the first to attack Rome in 410 AD?
A) The Visigoths
B) The Ostrogoths
C) The Huns
D) The Vandals
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) Urban/Residential Sector
B) Captives/P.O.W.s
C) Agricultural Sector
D) Prisons/Corrections
Which Barbarian leader declared himself Ruler of Rome in 476 AD?
A) Alaric
B) Ataulphus
C) Odoacer
D) Alaric
What calendar month is named after the legendary first emperor of Rome?
July
December
April
August
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) 50%
B) 80%
C) 90%
D) 25%
A strategy of currency debasement: more specifically a method of lowering the value of coins historically made of precious metals?
A) Cutting
B) Squeezing
C) Shaving
D) Rubbing
Which city would become the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, eventually renamed after a famous Roman Emperor?
A) Constantinople
B) Byzantium
C) Istanbul
D) Rome
This elite division served as personal body guards to the Roman Emperor?
A) The Centurion Guard
B) The Plebian Guard
C) The Praetorian Guard
D) The Imperial Guard
