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NAME ______________________________________ DATE _______________ CLASS _________ Guided Reading Activity netw rks The Byzantine Empire and Emerging Europe Lesson 2 Decline and Fall of Rome Review Questions Directions: Read each main idea and answer the questions below. Refer to your textbook to write the answers. A. Main Idea: New problems arose in Rome soon after the death of Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180. A period of conflict, confusion, and civil wars followed. 1. Who invaded Roman territory in the third century? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. What crises nearly caused economic collapse in the empire? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. How did Diocletian and Constantine give new life to the late Roman Empire? ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Where did Constantine locate the empire’s new capital city? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. How did Constantine and Diocletian fight inflation? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ B. Main Idea: After the death of Constantine, the Roman Empire split and the western part of the empire collapsed under pressure from the Germanic tribes. 1. When did the Visigoths and Vandals invade Rome? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Where did the Visigoths and Vandals come from? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Who finally sacked Rome, and which emperor did he depose? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. ______________________________________________________________________ NAME ______________________________________ DATE _______________ CLASS _________ Guided Reading Activity Cont. netw rks The Byzantine Empire and Emerging Europe Summary and Reflection Directions: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below. What factors contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.
