Fall of Rome Alternative Assessment

What does Pax Romana mean?

What was the Pax Romana? Quote from the text to answer the question.

(Your answer must be typed exactly as the sentence is written in the text. There is a correct answer.)

Summarize the History of the Roman Empire in your own words using at least three sentences.

Select all of the Roman emperors below that died from assassination.

In the 50 year period from 235-285 CE how many Roman Emperors died in battle?

(Your answer must be typed exactly. The answer is a number. There is a correct answer.)

What messages might the frequent and violent changes in Roman leadership send to the people of the time?

Answer in your own words. Answer in at least two sentences.

What is conscription?

According to Vegetius, Roman "soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for chest and head and were often beaten by" what?

(Your answer must be typed exactly. The answer is a word. There is a correct answer.)

In what ways could the failure to enforce conscription weaken Rome?

Answer in your own words.

Select below all of the foreign invaders to Rome.

Which invaders of the Roman Empire appear to have sacked the city of Rome first?

(Your answer must be typed exactly. The answer is a name. There is a correct answer.)

Do you think the foreign invaders to Rome planned on invading Rome or were just migrating and took advantage of Rome's weakness?

(Answer in your own words. At least three sentences.)

What does Marcellinus mean when he describes the Huns as being "glued to their horses"?

Match the disaster to its quote.

In your own words, what do you think was the primary cause of the destruction of the Roman Empire?

Answer in at least four sentences. Use at least one quote from a document we read in class to make your argument.

(This question is worth the most out of all questions on the test.)