Decline of Rome
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- Q1How did political instability lead to the fall of Rome?high taxes on poor peoplecould not transfer power peacefully between emperorsdiseasecorrupt guards30s
- Q2How did heavy taxes impact the people of Rome?could not transfer power peacefullyarmy became smallercould not afford to defend their empireDrove people into poverty, unemployment became an issue30s
- Q3High taxes and unemployment are considered what kind of reasons for the fall of the empire?politicaleconomicsizemilitary30s
- Q4Why was the size of the Roman Empire a problem that contributed to the empire's fall?much of the empire was empty land with no populationmost of the empire was dry land that could not support farmingthe size of the empire made it hard to define and controlmany emperors were needed to rule the epire30s
- Q5Which was a factor in Rome's falleconomic issuesAll of the answersmilitary issuespolitical issues30s
- Q6Bad emperors, division of the empire, moving of the capital from Rome to Byzantium wereSocial reasons Rome felleconomic reasons Rome fellpolitical reasons Rome fellmilitary reasons Rome fell30s
- Q7The Roman army began to have mercenaries fighting for them, which was considered what type of reason for the fall of the empire?politicalforeign invasionmilitaryeconomic30s
- Q8One reason for the fall of Rome was because they ______made too many enemies around their bordersthey were too nice to the people they conqueredran out of resources to build and improve the infrastructuredidn't have silk from China30s
- Q9What would be the best title for the following list: the empire was split into two separate empires, political corruption weakened the government, high taxes weakened the economy, Germanic tribes invaded the western empirethe Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Rise of Julius CaesarThe Growth of International TradeThe Spread of Christianity in Europe30s
- Q10In order to keep their army strong enough to defend their massive borders, Romans were forced to hire _____ and these people were _______ to the Romansmercenaries; not loyalslaves, overly loyalslaves; not loyalmercenaries; overly loyal30s
- Q11Trade was constantly disrupted because of ______; the economy suffered because ______ could not be freely bought and soldwar; goodsconstruction on the roads; goodswar; servicesconstruction of roads; services30s