Chapter 12 Sections 1 & 2

Question 1

the study of body structure

Answer 1

anatomy

Question 2

a curved ceiling made by building arches next to each other

Answer 2

Vault

Question 3

rapidly increasing prices

Answer 3

Inflation

Question 4

an arena that could hold 60,000 people

Answer 4

Colosseum

Question 5

thrived and became the Byzantine

Answer 5

Eastern Roman Empire

Question 6

fell in 476 A.D. to a Germanic general nomad Odoacer

Answer 6

Western Roman Empire

Question 7

an open place for a market place in the middle of Rome

Answer 7

Forum

Question 8

a Germanic tribe that rebelled in 378 A.D.

Answer 8

Visigoths

Question 9

temple built to honor all of Rome’s gods

Answer 9

Pantheon

Question 10

became the basis for many modern languages

Answer 10

Latin

Question 11

began in the Roman Empire

Answer 11

Christianity

Question 12

moved the empires capital from Rome to Constantinople

Answer 12

Constantine

Question 13

Roman statues differed from Greek statues because Roman statues were more _____.

Answer 13

Realistic

Question 14

The Roman physician _____ emphasized the importance of studying body structure.

Answer 14

Galen

Question 15

By 100 B.C. __% of Rome’s population was enslaved.

Answer 15

40%

Question 16

In the 200’s A.D., people began to _____ when Rome’s coins lost their value.

Answer 16

barter

Question 17

Emperor _____ decided that the Roman empire would be divided into two separate empires after he died.

Answer 17

Theodosius

Question 18

After the Visigoths defeated Roman legions at the _____, other Germanoc tribes began attacking Rome.

Answer 18

Battle of Adrianople

Question 19

Caesar Augustus’s wife ___ had a say in Rome’s politics even though women did not have full citizenship.

Answer 19

Livia

Question 20

The houses of wealthy Romans were built around an _____.

Answer 20

Atrium

Question 21

The fall of Rome began with poor leadership, attacks by invaders, and a _____.

Answer 21

declining economy

Question 22

In 410 A.D. the Visigoth leader ____ captured the city of Rome.

Answer 22

Alaric

Question 23

The Roman poet _____ wrote satires that poked fun at human weaknesses.

Answer 23

Horace

Question 24

The roman scientist _____ studied the stars and planets.

Answer 24

Ptolemy

Question 25

Romans honored their gods and goddesses by _______.

Answer 25

praying to them and offering them food

Question 26

Rome finally fell when _____ groups invaded from northern Europe.

Answer 26

Germanic

Question 27

When _____ took power in 284 A.D. he introduced reforms.

Answer 27

Diocletian

Question 28

Historians date the fall of the Roman empire to when ____ took control.

Answer 28

Odoacer