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Ch 17: The Germans

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Germans came into the Roman Empire looking for a warmer climate and ____________.

a)

to destroy Roman cities

b)

to become Christians

c)

new grazing lands

d)

a new Latin alphabet

2.

Which of these best decribes a Germanic settlement?

a)

Multistory apartment buildings with stores below

b)

Long thatched-roof houses with farmland around them

c)

Wooden houses crowded into narrow streets

d)

Brick houses around a central courtyard

3.

In dealing with strangers, Germans behaved with _________.

a)

great hospitality

b)

cruelty and destruction

c)

suspicion and hostility

d)

fear and shyness

4.

In Germanic society, people gave their greatest loyalty to _________.

a)

their clan

b)

their farm

c)

the gods

d)

courts of law

5.

In Germanic society, the blood feud was_________.

a)

a way of determining guilt or innocence by water

b)

the memorzing of ancient laws

c)

a pledge that a person was telling the truth

d)

revenge sought by descendants of people who quarreled

6.

Germanic courts sometimes punished people by imposing a payment called___________.

a)

an ordeal

b)

a clan

c)

the wergeld

d)

an oath

7.

The original homes of the Goths were________.

a)

on the Balkan Peninsula

b)

in southern Gaul

c)

along the North African coast

d)

in central Asia

8.

In order to occupy Spain, the West Goths drove out __________.

a)

the Ostogoths

b)

Spaniards and Gauls

c)

Gauls and Romans

d)

Romans and Vandals

9.

The Vandals gained their reputation for destructiveness as _______.

a)

Mediterranean pirates

b)

invaders from central Asia

c)

conquerors of Spain

d)

soldiers in the Roman army

10.

After 476, Rome and Italy were ruled by______.

a)

emperors chosen by the army

b)

generals and leaders of Germanic groups

c)

emperors chosen by the Eastern Roman Empire

d)

Germans who had invaded from North Africa