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Essential Question

Essential Question. What were the major problems that led to the fall of Rome?. The Provinces. Lands Rome took over were called provinces. The empire got many products (and taxes) from these provinces. In return, Rome provided them with roads, aqueducts, a legal system, etc. slaves. slaves.

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Essential Question

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  1. Essential Question What were the major problems that led to the fall of Rome?

  2. The Provinces • Lands Rome took over were called provinces. • The empire got many products (and taxes) from these provinces. • In return, Rome provided them with roads, aqueducts, a legal system, etc.. slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves slaves

  3. Slavery • Rome also took people from the provinces as slaves. • Slaves had no rights or protections and had to do anything their owner’s told them. • Some were trained as gladiators and forced to fight to the death. • This led to many people in the empire being very angry at Rome.

  4. Republic vs Empire • Republic – a government ruled by a group, usually has voting • Empire – An area ruled by a single leader who has total power. Hmm… which of these would be better to live in?

  5. Brain Snack . . . .

  6. Sim It!

  7. Choice 1 • Your country is running low on food. What will you do? • Take all the food and divide it up evenly to all the people. • Let people keep what they have. • Take all the food, give the army what they need and divide the rest.

  8. Choice 2 • Your nation is about to be attacked, what will you do? • Ask for volunteers to join the army. • Force all adult men to join the army. • Force everyone to join the army.

  9. The Fall of Rome

  10. What happened? • Many former enemies (barbarians) moved into the empire. • High taxes were needed to bribe them which made many people angry. • The emperor couldn’t keep them all under control and violence grew.

  11. In the end the Roman Empire divided into two parts. • The Eastern part (where Constantinople was) became the Byzantine Empire and lasted another 1,000 years. • The Western part (where Rome was) fell apart and was not reunified for 100s of years.

  12. Rome and the U.S.A.

  13. Modern Influences • Language – Latin is the basis of Spanish, French, Italian and sort of English. • Government – the US follows the model of the Roman Republic. • Religion – Christianity was born in the Empire and grew there quickly. • Citizenship – our ideas of citizens as those who serve their country grew out of Roman ideals.

  14. Brain Snack . . . .

  15. O F A B Corners D C R U

  16. Language A B Government Which of the four influences do you think is most important to our world today? Citizenship Religion D C

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