The Barbarians Quiz

Where did the word barbarian orginate?

• Ancient Greece

• Egypt

• Rome

• Istanbul

What was the "Migration Period?"

• Period in history when the Europeans migrated to the Americas.

• Period in history when groups across Eurasia migrated into the Roman Empire causing its decline and fall.

• Period in history when the people of Africa migrated throughout Africa.

• Period in history when the Californians migrated to Texas.

What were the two major groups in the Goths?

• Frankogoths & Britogoths

• Ostrogoths & Demigoths

• Huns & Visigoths

• Ostrogoths & Visigoths

Who was Alaric I?

• The first king of France.

• The first king of the Ostrogoths.

• The first king of the Visigoths.

• The first king of Spain.

Who were chasing the Vandals into Roman territory?

• The Huns

• The Franks

• The Visigoths

• The Turks

Which Vandal king would move his group into Carthage, and then proceed to take Rome?

• Alaric I

• Justinian

• Genseric

• Attila

Who is known as the "greatest Hun leader?"

• Attila

• Constantine I

• Bleda

• Genseric

How much would Rome owe to the Huns as tribute?

• 500 chickens annually

• 1000 pounds of silver a year

• 700 pounds of gold annually

• Nothing, they lived peacefully together

Why would Attila wage war on the Western half of the Roman Empire?

• The Eastern half of the Roman Empire told him to.

• The West had decided to fight the Huns head on.

• The Huns were bored.

• The emperor wasn't giving his wife in marriage, nor was there a dowry.

What happened to those who attended Attila the Hun's funeral?

• They were killed

• They were made leaders of the Huns.

• They were exiled from Eurasia

• They attended the service afterward and lived prosperous lives.