1. Warm-up Questions
What did the Romans do to prevent the Goths from attacking?
Why did Diocletian divide the empire in half?

2. Problems in the Empire Chapter 11, Section 3 World History
The Roman Empire
Problems in the Empire
Chapter 11, Section 3
World History

3. Alabama Course of Study
Standard Six: Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.
Interpreting spatial distribution and patterns of the Roman Republic using geographic tools and technologies.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I be able to use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will be able to locate key geographical features of the Roman Empire on a map.
I will be able to describe the fall of the Roman Empire.
I can describe the fall of the Roman Republic.

5. Warm-up Questions
What did the Romans do to prevent the Goths from attacking?
They paid them.
Why did Diocletian divide the empire in half?
He felt it had become too big to govern.

6. Problems in the Empire
New threats: ___ warriors to the north, ___ armies from the east.
Germanic / Persian
For fear of attacks on the borders, Romans ___ their lands. ___ were invited to work the farms. These new people ___ the ___.
abandoned / Germans / ignored / emperors

7. Problems in the Empire
___ spread through the empire. ___ increased to pay for defense.
Disease / taxes

8. Division of the Empire
When ___ became emperor, he ___ the empire into ___ parts.
Diocletian / split / two
He appointed a ___ to rule the west and he would rule the east.
co-emperor

9. Division of the Empire
___ would reunite the empire for a short period of time.
Constantine
He moved the capital from ___ to ___ and built ___.
Rome / Byzantium / Constantinople

10. Key Terms Covered Roman Peace Pax Romana
A raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities
aqueduct

11. Key Terms Covered
The decay of people’s values
corruption

12. Key Terms Covered
A type of execution in which a person is nailed to a cross.
crucifixion
To rise from the dead
Resurrection

13. Key Terms Covered
A religion based upon the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
Christianity
“God’s anointed one”
Messiah

14. Key Terms Covered
Those languages that evolved from Latin: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
Romance languages
Legal system based on a written code of laws
Civil law

15. Key Terms Covered
12 disciples whom Jesus chose to receive special training
Apostles
Prevention of wasting a valuable resource. Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
efficient.

16. Rhine River Atlantic Ocean Alps Caspian Sea Danube River Black Sea
Pyrenees
Corsica
Adriatic Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Byzantium
Sardinia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
Ionian Sea
Carthage
Aegean Sea
Cyprus
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
Tiber River
Apennines
Rome
Red Sea
Nile River
Athens

17. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can locate key geographical features of the Roman Empire on a map.
I can describe the fall of the Roman Empire.