Fall of Rome DBQ Context.docx - Mr. Mendizabal's Weebly

 “Fall” of Home Mini-Q(Contextualization) Background Essay Questions1) What years are part of the 5th century (use the timeline below)?2) How many years before the birth of Jesus did Rome start (use the timeline below)?3) How many years before its fall did Rome start getting invading (use the timeline below)?4) How many times was the city of Rome attacked by Germanic tribes (use the timeline below)?5) How many years passed between Rome’s beginning and when Rome fell (use the timeline below)?6) Did Rome fall gradually or immediately?7) How did Rome gain its power?8) How did Julius Caesar change the Roman government?9) What is the name of the time period when Rome’s Empire was most successful and what does it mean?10) What did Rome achieve during its first two centuries as an empire?11) What is a dictatorship?12) Why did Rome grow into a dictatorship?13) Why did Rome’s upper-class begin to lose their edge?14) When Rome was sacked did the entire Empire fall?15) Work with your group to find three possible reasons that Rome grew weak enough to fall (make a tree chart in your notebook)?16) Look at the document titles on the first page then work with your group to predict which document will support which reason for why Rome fell and add them to the appropriate part of your t-chart. (make new reasons if you need to).Timeline700 BCE - Rome Founded509-27 BCE - Years of the Roman Republic55 BCE - Julius Caesar extends Roman Conquest into central and western Europe.27 BCE - Pax Romana begins.200 CE - Peak of Roman territorial expansion and end of Pax Romana.220 CE - Invasions by foreigners begin.235-285 CE - Crisis period in Roman political leadership410 CE - Rome is sacked by invading Visigoths (a Germanic tribe).455 CE - Rome is sacked by Vandals (another Germanic tribe).476 CE - Rome falls to Goths (another Germanic tribe).Understanding the Question?1) Copy the question exactly as it appears at the end of the background essay here.2) Are there any words you don’t know or parts of the questions that you find confusing? If so write them here and then work with your group to define them.3) Work with your group to rewrite the question in your own words ................
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