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MARSH ROMAN EMPIRE TEST
MARSH ROMAN EMPIRE TEST
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Social Studies
8th Grade
12/14/2012

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Term
WHAT ARE CIVILIZATIONS?
Definition
PEOPLE, COMMUNITY, CULTURE, RELIGION,
ETC.
Term
WHAT IS CHAOS?
Definition
NO ORDER, NO LAWS
Term
WHAT IS AN EMPIRE?
Definition
-HAS A RULER
-CONQUERED LANDS
-POWER
Term
WHERE DID THE ROMAN EMPIRE BEGIN?
Definition
-IN ITALY
Term
WHY WAS THE ROMAN EMPIRE SUCCESSFUL?
Definition
-BECAUSE OF ITS POWERFUL ARMY
-AND THE LANDS IT CONQUERED
Term
WHAT LANGUAGE DID ROMANS SPEAK?
Definition
-LATIN
Term
WHAT DOES PAX ROMANO MEAN?
Definition
-PERIOD OF PEACE
Term
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE, PERSECUTED BY THE ROMANS?
Definition
-THE CHRISTIANS
Term
WHEN WAS THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE DESTROYED?
Definition
-476 AD (BY THE OSTROGOTHS)
Term
WHAT WAS THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE KNOWN AS?
Definition
-BYZANTINE
Term
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF BYZANTINE?
Definition
-CONSTANTINOPLE
Term
WHEN DID THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSE?
Definition
-1453 AD
Term
WHAT BUILDING DID THE ROMAN GLADIATOR GAMES HAPPEN IN?
Definition
-COLISEUM
Term
A PERSON WHO FIGHTS IN THE COLISEUM AND IS A SLAVE OR PRISONER?
Definition
-GLADIATOR
Term
WHO WAS THE FIRST DICTATOR OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
Definition
-CAESAR
Term
IN NORTHERN ENGLAND A DEFENSE BARRIER WAS BUILT TO KEEP THE ENEMY OUT. WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
Definition
-HADRIAN'S WALL
Term
WHAT CITY WAS DESTROYED BY THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT. VESUVIUS?
Definition
-POMPEII
Term
WHAT MOUNTAIN EXPLODED AND DESTROYED THE CITY OF POMPEII?
Definition
-MOUNT. VESUVIUS
Term
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE RECEIVED FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
Definition
-LANGUAGE
-ALPHABET
-SCIENCE
-ARCHITECTURE
-ROADS
-CALENDARS
-ARENAS
-ROMAN NUMERALS
-AQUADUCTS
Term
WHAT DOES A CIVILIZED CITY HAVE?
Definition
-A PLACE WITH ORDER (LAWS/RULES)
-WITH MERCHANTS AND VENDORS
-CHURCHES AND OTHER IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
-HOUSES/APARTMENTS
-ROADS/WATER SYSTEMS
Term
WHO WERE THE NOBILITY?
Definition
-UPPER CLASS
-RICH PEOPLE
-THE PRIVILEGED
-OWNED BEAUTIFUL HOMES
-OWNED SLAVES/HAD MANY WORKERS
Term
WHAT WAS EVERYDAY LIFE LIKE?
Definition
-WOMEN STAYED AT HOME
-THEY NEEDED MANY WORKING CLASS TO RUN THE CITY
Term
WHAT HAPPENED DURING PUBLIC EXECUTIONS?
Definition
-WERE APART OF THE THEATRE PERFORMANCES
-PRISONER MADE LEAD ACTOR AND EXECUTED ON STAGE
Term
WHAT DOES SPQR STAND FOR?
Definition
-"THE SENATE AND THE PEOPLE OF ROME"
Term
NAME ANOTHER EMPEROR OTHER THAN CAESAR?
Definition
-AUGUSTUS
Term
WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE BARBARIAN TRIBES:
Definition
-THE GAULS
-THE FRANKS
-THE VISIGOTHS
-THE HUNS
-THE OSTROGOTHS
-THE VANDALS
Term
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE INTERNAL REASONS FOR THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
Definition
-POLITICAL: ARMY GAINED TOO MUCH POWER
-MILITARY: NOT FAITHFUL TO EMPEROR
-ECONOMIC: INFLATION/UNEMPLOYMENT
-SOCIAL: DISEASES SPREAD/CRIME RATES INCREASED.
Term
PAGANISM
Definition
-NOT SPIRITUAL, DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE IN MATERIALISM
Term
WHAT WAS AN EXTERNAL REASON FOR THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
Definition
-BARBARIANS
Term
NAME THE ROMAN NUMERALS FOR THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
Definition
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
Term
What is a republic?
Definition
-IS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A MONARCH AS A LEADER.
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