| Question | Answer |
| Germanic general who overthrew the last Roman emperor | Odovacar |
| Romans called them "Barbarians" | Germanic people |
| What Germanic people wanted | land |
| Where Germanic people came from | Eastern Europe |
| Famous emperors who wasted money | Nero and Caligula |
| Most popular Roman amusement | Gladiators |
| Where gladitor games were held | Colosseum |
| water pipes and utensils | lead |
| This part of the Empire lasted longer | Eastern |
| Roman army defended this part of the Empire | border |
| What caused housing, roads, and education to suffer | military spending |
| What type of soldiers were recruited into the Roman Army? | foreign |
| How did emperors pay for the army? | taxes |
| Romans failed to invent new... | technology |
| Increase in prices | inflation |
| Less of this was used in Roman coins | gold |
| People stopped using coins and began to ... | barter |
| Romans had no effective system for choosing them | emperors |
| 25 Roman emperors were ... | assassinated |
| Many followers of Christianity were... | pacifists |
| Many qualified Roman leaders joined the... | Church |
| Roman money was sometimes used to build... | churches and monasteries |
| Wealthy farmers used this kind of labor | slaves |
| Many farm workers became ... | unemployed |
| Emperors had to import this to feed hungry Romans | wheat |
| Most Romans lived in smelly... | apartments |
| Romans who could not afford rent had to live in the... | streets |
| Many Roman cities began to ... | decay |
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Created by:
Catherine Sagnis
on 2010-01-04