Honors
World History
Assessment
5 p. 177
1)
Key
Terms:
2)
How did
military, political, social, and econ0mic factors combine to cause the fall of
the Western Roman Empire?
A)
The Romans were unable to defend against
foreign invasion because of the weakness of their armies and political
rivalries among commanders. Also, heavy
taxes needed to finance the mercenary army hurt the economy, as did reliance on
slave labor. Decline in moral values reduced the number of capable people
willing to accept positions in public life.
3)
How did
Diocletian try to resolve the crisis affecting the Roman Empire?
A)
Crisis caused by political violence and
instability; Diocletian divided the empire to make governing easier.
4)
How did
the successes of invaders such as the Huns reveal the fading power of the Roman
Empire?
A)
Showed how weak the Roman army was
5)
What
features of the Western Roman Empire survived after the year 476?
A)
Roman culture, laws, and language survived
Focus
Questions (37 -41)
37) Why are political instability and frequent,
violent changes in leadership a serious problem for a government?
They
lead to lack of continuity and frequent changes in policies, weaken rule of
law, decrease respect for and trust in government, make citizens fearful and
uncertain, make long-term economic or social planning impossible, damage trade,
and made businesses reluctant to invest
38) How did over cultivation of land and the
empire’s economic problems affect the status of small farmers?
The
burden of high taxes led small farms to fail, forcing farmers to work on larges
estates for landowners. Farmers lost
independence and the freedom to leave the land.
39) Why did Rome’s internal problems make it
harder to stop the Huns and other invaders?
Division
of the empire, economic decline, power struggles among rival generals, and
political instability all made the army less effective.
40) How were military and social problems related?
Decline
in such vales as patriotism and devotion to duty made the hiring of mercenaries
necessary
41) Why are the developments that ended the Roman
Empire more correctly called a decline than fall?
They
were gradual rather than sudden, and the Roman empire did not disappear
completely.
Vocabulary
(34 -39)
34) Augustine - Bishop of Hippo in North Africa;
combined Christian doctrine with Greco-Roman learning, especially the
philosophy of Plato
35) Diocletian - divided Rome into two parts to
make it easier to rule; he kept control of Eastern Rome while Maximian ruled
Western Rome; fixed prices of many goods; forced farmers to stay on land and
forced sons to follow the occupations of their fathers
36) Inflation - rapid rise of prices
37) Constantinople - new capital established by
Constantine
38) Huns - nomadic people fo central Asia; played
role in the Fall of Rome
39) Mercenary - soldier serving in a foreign army
for pay
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