SS 7.6 Lesson Check - End of the Empire

The Eastern Roman Empire is also called:

• The Lost Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantinople Empire

• Ottoman Empire

In AD 410 the city of Rome was destroyed for the first time in 800 years by the army of a foreign people called the:

• Vandals

• Visigoths

• Huns

• Franks

Match the following

• wife of Justinian; convinced Justinian to stay in Constantinople and defend hem from riot

• Theodora

• leader of the Huns who raided eastern Roman territory

• Diocletian

• Roman emperor from 527 to 565 who developed a new legal system to simplify Roman law

• Justinian

• society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire

• Attila

• Roman Emperor in the late 200s who ruled the eastern half of the empire;

• Byzantine Empire

Which group invaded the city of Rome before moving into Spain?

Which of the following groups invaded Britain from 340-500?

SELECT ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!

• Jutes

• Angles

• Huns

• Saxons

• Franks

Which of the following contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire?

SELECT ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!

• death of Julius Caesar

• vast size of empire

• political corruption

• personal armies used to overthrow emperors

• Justinian rising to power

In the ​ (a)   (year), the Christian Church split. The Roman Catholic Church remained in the​ (b)   (west/east), and the ​ (c)   in the​ (d)   (west/east) .

• 1000s
• west
• Orthodox Church
• east
• 500s
• Evangelical Church