The+Decline+of+the+Roman+Empire+and+the+Germanic+Invasions+(Activities)

=Questions=

7. Who was Theodosius? 8. What was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire? 9. What was the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire? 10. When did the Roman Empire fall? 11. Who were the Germanic tribes? Where did they come from? 12. Why did Germanic tribes migrate to the Western Roman Empire? What were they looking for? 13. What happened to the Western Roman Empire when the migrations became violent and the barbarians conquered their territories? 14. What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire? 15. What were the most important Germanic Kingdoms and where were they located? = ** Vocabulary ** =

Middle Ages; Western Roman Empire; Eastern Roman Empire; to depose; to rule; barbarians; mercenaries; borders; trade; Christianity; Theodosius Barbarians; boundaries; borders; to intermingle; to settle; Huns; to depose; Germanic Kingdoms; to rule; Franks; Visigoths; Ostrogoths; Angles; Saxons

= ** Assignments  ** =

2. Using the Cause-Effect Blossom Chart record the decline of the Roman Empire. In the flower’s centre, write “the decline of the Roman Empire”. In the radiating petals write the causes or effects of that event. Write the causes in the upper petals; circle the appropriate label (cause). Write the effects on the lower petals and circle the appropriate label (effect). Trace the correct arrowhead on the dotted lines so that the arrow either points toward the centre (causes) or out from the centre (effect). 3. In the map of the Mediterranean coast colour the Western Roman Empire in green and the Eastern Roman Empire in yellow. Locate the cities of Rome and Constantinople. You can use crayons (coloured pencils). Markers should not be used. 4. Map of the Germanic Kingdoms : In the map of the Mediterranean coast (map 2) locate and colour the Frankish Kingdom in green, the Visigoth Kingdom in red, the Ostrogoths and the Lombards territories in brown and the Angles and Saxons territories in yellow. Write the kingdom’s names in black.