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Fall of Rome
Blue Team--Fall of Rome
Question | Answer |
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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 |