WorksheetsThe Elements and Lifecycle of Empires
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is an empire?
Empires are large and need protection to control and protect their land and citizens.
At some point an empire must want to be an empire. This is driven by a desire for power, resources, and wealth.
The main control of an entire empire is based in one or a few central locations.
A large territory or a number of territories or peoples under the control of a single ruler.
What does Strong Military mean?
Empires are large and need protection to control and protect their land and citizens.
At some point an empire must want to be an empire. This is driven by a desire for power, resources, and wealth.
The main control of an entire empire is based in one or a few central locations.
A large territory or a number of territories or peoples under the control of a single ruler.
What does Centralized Power mean?
Empires are large and need protection to control and protect their land and citizens.
At some point an empire must want to be an empire. This is driven by a desire for power, resources, and wealth.
The main control of an entire empire is based in one or a few central locations.
A large territory or a number of territories or peoples under the control of a single ruler.
What does Imperialistic Agenda mean?
Empires are large and need protection to control and protect their land and citizens.
At some point an empire must want to be an empire. This is driven by a desire for power, resources, and wealth.
The main control of an entire empire is based in one or a few central locations.
A large territory or a number of territories or peoples under the control of a single ruler.
What does Diversity mean?
Empires are large and need protection to control and protect their land and citizens.
At some point an empire must want to be an empire. This is driven by a desire for power, resources, and wealth.
The main control of an entire empire is based in one or a few central locations.
Empires are a collection of different territories ruled by a single authority. The larger the empire, the more different its people.
What does Extended Trade Network mean?
Empires are large and need protection to control and protect their land and citizens.
At some point an empire must want to be an empire. This is driven by a desire for power, resources, and wealth.
Successful empires use their power to develop business interests with other powerful nations to gain wealth.
Empires are a collection of different territories and peoples ruled by a single authority.
What is the first stage in the Lifecycle of Empires?
Over-Extension: An empire grows too big to be controlled by a central power. Decadence, Civil Unrest and growth take over.
Ascension: This is when an empire embraces being an empire and starts exploring and conquering other peoples.
Regionalization: This stage involves taking different groups of people and bringing them together around a specific thing so that they have a shared identity.
Maturity: The systems that created the empire are solid, trade is increasing, and threats have been dealt with. Empire invests in scholarship, tech, art, etc.
Decline and Legacy: As the empire loses strength, it becomes unable to protect its citizens and territory, and citizens feel betrayed by their leaders.
What is the second stage in the Lifecycle of Empires?
Over-Extension: An empire grows too big to be controlled by a central power. Decadence, Civil Unrest and growth take over.
Ascension: This is when an empire embraces being an empire and starts exploring and conquering other peoples.
Regionalization: This stage involves taking different groups of people and bringing them together around a specific thing so that they have a shared identity.
Maturity: The systems that created the empire are solid, trade is increasing, and threats have been dealt with. Empire invests in scholarship, tech, art, etc.
Decline and Legacy: As the empire loses strength, it becomes unable to protect its citizens and territory, and citizens feel betrayed by their leaders.
What is the third stage in the Lifecycle of Empires?
Over-Extension: An empire grows too big to be controlled by a central power. Decadence, Civil Unrest and growth take over.
Ascension: This is when an empire embraces being an empire and starts exploring and conquering other peoples.
Regionalization: This stage involves taking different groups of people and bringing them together around a specific thing so that they have a shared identity.
Maturity: The systems that created the empire are solid, trade is increasing, and threats have been dealt with. Empire invests in scholarship, tech, art, etc.
Decline and Legacy: As the empire loses strength, it becomes unable to protect its citizens and territory, and citizens feel betrayed by their leaders.
What is the fourth stage in the Lifecycle of Empires?
Over-Extension: An empire grows too big to be controlled by a central power. Decadence, Civil Unrest and growth take over.
Ascension: This is when an empire embraces being an empire and starts exploring and conquering other peoples.
Regionalization: This stage involves taking different groups of people and bringing them together around a specific thing so that they have a shared identity.
Maturity: The systems that created the empire are solid, trade is increasing, and threats have been dealt with. Empire invests in scholarship, tech, art, etc.
Decline and Legacy: As the empire loses strength, it becomes unable to protect its citizens and territory, and citizens feel betrayed by their leaders.
What is the fifth stage in the Lifecycle of Empires?
Over-Extension: An empire grows too big to be controlled by a central power. Decadence, Civil Unrest and growth take over.
Ascension: This is when an empire embraces being an empire and starts exploring and conquering other peoples.
Regionalization: This stage involves taking different groups of people and bringing them together around a specific thing so that they have a shared identity.
Maturity: The systems that created the empire are solid, trade is increasing, and threats have been dealt with. Empire invests in scholarship, tech, art, etc.
Decline and Legacy: As the empire loses strength, it becomes unable to protect its citizens and territory, and citizens feel betrayed by their leaders.
The empire is in complete failure and ruin, only leaving behind what it achieved in maturity. What stage of the Lifecycle of Empires does this belong with?
Ascension
Maturity
Over-Extension
Decline and Legacy
Regionalization
Citizens and especially the rulers are focused on living the good life, civil unrest sets in and the empire is too vast.
Ascension
Maturity
Over-Extension
Decline and Legacy
Regionalization
The best stage of the empire when things are stable, there's a surplus of resources and the empire can focus on scholarship, technology, art, etc.
Ascension
Maturity
Over-Extension
Decline and Legacy
Regionalization
The growing empire sends people, often with the military, out to explore. And, as the nation explores, it conquers the peoples and lands it comes into contact with. This is really about gathering resources.
Ascension
Maturity
Over-Extension
Decline and Legacy
Regionalization
