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WorksheetsCh 17: The Germans
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
The Germans came into the Roman Empire looking for a warmer climate and ____________.
to destroy Roman cities
to become Christians
new grazing lands
a new Latin alphabet
Which of these best decribes a Germanic settlement?
Multistory apartment buildings with stores below
Long thatched-roof houses with farmland around them
Wooden houses crowded into narrow streets
Brick houses around a central courtyard
In dealing with strangers, Germans behaved with _________.
great hospitality
cruelty and destruction
suspicion and hostility
fear and shyness
In Germanic society, people gave their greatest loyalty to _________.
their clan
their farm
the gods
courts of law
In Germanic society, the blood feud was_________.
a way of determining guilt or innocence by water
the memorzing of ancient laws
a pledge that a person was telling the truth
revenge sought by descendants of people who quarreled
Germanic courts sometimes punished people by imposing a payment called___________.
an ordeal
a clan
the wergeld
an oath
The original homes of the Goths were________.
on the Balkan Peninsula
in southern Gaul
along the North African coast
in central Asia
In order to occupy Spain, the West Goths drove out __________.
the Ostogoths
Spaniards and Gauls
Gauls and Romans
Romans and Vandals
The Vandals gained their reputation for destructiveness as _______.
Mediterranean pirates
invaders from central Asia
conquerors of Spain
soldiers in the Roman army
After 476, Rome and Italy were ruled by______.
emperors chosen by the army
generals and leaders of Germanic groups
emperors chosen by the Eastern Roman Empire
Germans who had invaded from North Africa
