| Question | Answer |
| 1. Which three regions (areas) did the Roman Empire control at its height of power? | T
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2. What is an empire? | T
| 3. What country and continent is the city of Rome located in? | T
| 4. According to the reading, what were 3 reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire? | T
| 5. How many people did the Roman Empire control at its height of power? | T
| 6. What did political instability in the Roman Empire mean? | T
| 7. How did the Romans choose their new emperors? | T
| 8. Why were so many different emperors bad for the Empire? |
| 9. Rome had a huge army. Why was this bad for the people who were not in the army? | T
| 10. Why did people turn to crime in the Roman Empire? | T
| 11. Why were people in the Roman Empire ashamed to be citizens? | T
| 12. Why were the borders of the empire difficult to defend? | T
| 13. Who invaded and stole from the Roman Empire? | T
| 14. What did the emperor Constantine do that change the future of the Roman Empire? | T
| 15. What is the city of Byzantium known as today? | T
| 16. When did the western half of the empire end? | T
| 17. How long did the Eastern empire last after the fall of the Western empire? | T
| 18. What 6 things in modern society were influenced by Roman culture? | T |
