Decline of Rome and Greece
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- Q1The Greek colonies around the Mediterranean knew about Greek culture but were not necessarily loyal to Greece becauseGreece was not unifiedThey didn't like the Greek culturethey were really Roman at heartthey were controlled by the Muslims and Greeks were typically Christian30s
- Q2How did the independence of the city-states contribute to Greece's fall?the city-states can make their own choices which sometimes causes them to side with other civilizations instead of supporting each otherthe city-states are at war a lot with each other which divides the city-states and prevents them from unifyingthe city-states all have different government systems which means they sometimes do not get along with each otherAll of the answers are correct30s
- Q3Why was Greece not a unified civilizationGreece was one civilization before a war separated all the small villages creating independent city statesSince Greece was split into city-states with their own governments, they all worked togetherGreece was a unified civilizationGreece's land is 80% mountains which naturally separated the small cities from each other which prevented them from unifying30s
- Q4How did political instability lead to the fall of Rome?corrupt guardscould not transfer power peacefully between emperorsdiseasehigh taxes on poor people30s
- Q5How did heavy taxes impact the people of Romecould not afford to defend their empirecould not transfer power peacefullyarmy became smallerdrove people into poverty, unemployment became an issue30s
- Q6Why was the size of the roman Empire a problem that contributed to the empire's fall?many emperors were needed to rule the empirethe size of the empire made it hard to define and controlthere were a lot of mountainsmuch of the empire was empty land with no population30s
- Q7Bad emperors, division of the empire, moving of the capital from Rome to Byzantium werereligious reasons for the fall of the empirepolitical reasons for the fall of the empireeconomic reasons for the fall of the empiremilitary reasons for the fall of the empire30s
- Q8In order to keep their army strong enough to defend their massive borders, Romans were forced to hire _______ and these people were _________ to the Romansslaves; not loyalslaves; very loyalmercenaries; not loyalmercenaries; very loyal30s
- Q9Which of the following was a cause in the fall of Ancient GreeceThe Greek colonies were not strong allies of the GreeksRebellion of the poorer classes against the wealthyAll of the answersConstant warring between Greek city-states30s