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Fall of Rome Part 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First major barbarian tribe to "invade" Rome, chased into it by the Huns. First barbarian tribe to become Christian. First barbarian tribe to successfully SACK ROME.

a)

Vandals

b)

Goths

c)

Franks

d)

Anglo Saxons

2.

Horse warriors from the steppe who terrified the other barbarian tribes; Aetius was raised among them and could hire them to fight his enemies.

a)

Vandals

b)

Huns

c)

Franks

d)

Anglo Saxons

3.

Named after their francisca axe, these barbarians settled in Gaul and would make it France.

a)

Vandals

b)

Huns

c)

Franks

d)

Anglo Saxons

4.

Barbarian pirates where where half their name comes from the sax knife, the other half is where "England" came from.

a)

Vandals

b)

Huns

c)

Franks

d)

Anglo Saxons

5.

Barbarian invaders who managed to sneak to Africa, and gave their name to vandalism, since they destroyed so much property.

a)

Vandals

b)

Huns

c)

Franks

d)

Anglo Saxons

6.

Roman citizens and soldiers who rebelled from their island, crossed into Gaul to try and take control of the empire, and wound up founding Brittany instead.

a)

Britons

b)

Goths

c)

Franks

d)

Anglo Saxons

7.

-Poor

-Ruled form Rome/Ravenna

-Unstable

a)

Vandals

b)

Huns

c)

Western Roman Empire

d)

Eastern Roman Empire

8.

-Rich

-Ruled from Constantinople

-Stable.

a)

Vandals

b)

Huns

c)

Western Roman Empire

d)

Eastern Roman Empire

9.

Gothic ruler who fought with and against the Roman General Stilicho, and wound up sacking Rome after Stilicho's death and the murder of Gothic civilians.

a)

King Alaric

b)

Stilicho

c)

Aetius

d)

Galla Placidia

10.

Half Roman, Half Vandal General of Rome, who successfully held the West together for several years before being executed for political reasons.

a)

King Alaric

b)

Stilicho

c)

Aetius

d)

Galla Placidia

11.

Roman Princess who made herself a Gothic Queen after being captured by Alaric, later ruled as Roman Empress and regent for her son.

a)

King Alaric

b)

Stilicho

c)

Aetius

d)

Galla Placidia

12.

Roman general raised by the Goths and Huns, who became the main general after Stilicho's death because he could get the barbarians to fight each other.

a)

King Alaric

b)

Stilicho

c)

Aetius

d)

Galla Placidia