Humanities Ch 2 Fall Of Rome Test

Front 1

What does the Latin expression “Civis romanus sum” mean?

Back 1

I am a Roman citizen.

Front 2

List the factors that caused the fall of the Roman Empire.

Back 2

Political corruption,high taxes and the empire become to large

Front 3

List several achievements of the Roman Empire.

Back 3

Aqueducts, bridges, columns arches, stoic

Front 4

How did the citizens of the Republic of Rome restore order to their government and society?

Back 4

They changed their government to an empire and places great power with the emperor.

Front 5

List specific powers held by Rome’s emperors.

Back 5

Declare war raise taxes nominate, the government body (senate) control religion, festivals, make the law,

Front 6

How did granting Roman citizenship to conquered people keep the empire strong?

Back 6

Citizenship in Rome was so highly valued that once granted people reunited very loyal.

Front 7

How did the Roman government best influence the founders of the United States?

Back 7

The founders placed a high value on written laws and separation of powers.

Front 8

Describe the philosophy of the Stoics.

Back 8

Citizens should live virtuous lives and act for the good of Rome.

Front 9

What threat did the emperors fear as the Roman Empire expanded?

Back 9

Though the empire was too large to defend and govern efficiently.

Front 10

What happened under Constantine’s reign?

Back 10

The capital of the empire was moved to the east, to the city of Constantinople.

Front 11

How did the Hun invasion of the Goth territories affect the Roman Empire?

Back 11

Defeated Goths moved into and eventually conquered Roman territories

Front 12

He was a man born into the world to shake the nations, the scourge of all lands, who in some way terrified all mankind by the dreadful rumors noised abroad concerning him.Who/what does the above passage describe?

Back 12

Attila the Hun.

Front 13

What role did corruption play in the fall of the Roman Empire?

Back 13

Corrupt effcials ignored the needs of the people and made the government inefficient.

Front 14

What role did Constantinople’s location play in its development?

Back 14

Being located between two seas( Med, Sea &Black Sea) protected it from attack and offered the perfect spot to

Front 15

Describe the Justiniac Code.

Back 15

A legal system based on Christian and Roman laws guaranteeing fair treatment for all.

Front 16

What event marked the end of the 1,000 year history of the Eastern Roman Empire?

Back 16

Constanintople was conqueared by the Ottoman Turks.

Front 17

What powers did the Byzantine emperor hold? The Western Roman emperor?

Back 17

The Byzantine emperor was the head of the church as well as the political ruder. The Western emperor only held political power

Front 18

What is the Hagias Sophia? Where is it located?

Back 18

The most famous and magnificent Byzantine church in Constantinople – Istanbul, Turkey

Front 19

What were the Byzantine mosaics?

Back 19

Pictures made with pieces of colored stone or glass.

Front 20

What was the theme of all Byzantine artwork?

Back 20

All Byzantine mosaics had a religious theme.

Front 21

What was the significance of the Byzantines’ interaction with people from other cultures?

Back 21

Byzantine society become a mixture of various cultures and grew apart from Rome.

Front 22

Why was there a shortage of people to farm and grow food during the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?

Back 22

Too many Romans were needed in the army – farmers were taken away from their farms to fight in the Roman legions.

Front 23

What were kept on public display to protect Romans from unfair treatment?

Back 23

Laws

Front 24

What language did most people speak in the Byzantine Empire? The Western Roman Empire?

Back 24

Byzantine –Greek and Western Roman – Latin

Front 25

*What are the themes of this chapter? How do the themes relate to the main ideas? (Use bullets!)

Back 25

Politics and Religion

Front 26

Politics

Back 26

Powers of the Emperors
Justiniac Code
Roman Senate
Citizens
Laws- written and displayed

Front 27

Religion

Back 27

Christiniaty
Eastern Othodox Church
Mosaics
Byzantine Empire
Power of the Byzantine emperor

Front 28

Attila

Back 28

Fearsome Hun warrior

Front 29

Augustus

Back 29

Rome’s first emperor set the powers for future emperors

Front 30

Byzantine Empire

Back 30

The society developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the west fell

Front 31

Citizens

Back 31

People allowed to participate in government

Front 32

Constantine

Back 32

Emperor who moved Rome’s capital to the east.

Front 33

Corruption

Back 33

A decline in people’s values

Front 34

Diocletian

Back 34

Emperor who divided the Roman Empire in two and ruled the eastern half.

Front 35

Innovation

Back 35

A new idea or way of doing something.

Front 36

Justinian

Back 36

Byzantine emperor who reorganized Rome’s laws

Front 37

Theodora

Back 37

Justinian’s wife-

Front 38

Aqueducts

Back 38

Channels build to move water from the mountains into the cities.

Front 39

Clovis

Back 39

Christian kind of the Franks & built a huge kingdom in Gaul.