The Decline of the Roman Empire

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What is Oligarchic Management?

Q. The poor of Rome were called , and they had no political rights.

1. Patricians
2. Senate
3. Plebeians

Q. ______ marked the end of the medieval period in Europe.

1. Fall of Rome
2. Fall of France
3. Fall of Germany
4. Fall of Constantinople

Q. The early medieval period of western European history is also known as the 'Dark Ages'. Which of the following statements are relevant in this context?

1. There were constant clashes between the Roman kings, the Patricians, and the Plebeians.
2. The period saw the rise in prominence of the so-called barbarian people in the region that was once the Western Roman Empire.
3. The eruption of the Tambora volcano turned the summer into winter across much of the Northern Hemisphere.
4. It largely serves as an indication of the intellectual and cultural barrenness of the time.

Q. What were the main societal divisions in the Roman Empire?

1. Rich and Poor
2. Earls and Kings
3. Peasants and Plebeians
4. Patricians and Plebeians

Q. In the Roman society, who were the slaves?

1. Barons
2. Earls
3. Knights
4. Plebeians

Q. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

1. 476 CE
2. 451 CE
3. 476 BCE
4. 1453 CE

Q. Which of these was/were considered to be responsible for the decline of the Indus Civilisation?

1. Reluctance of the people to move to new places.
2. Climate change.
3. Decline of trade with other civilisations, particularly Mesopotamia.
4. Foreign invasion.

Q. After 395 CE, the Roman Empire split into the Western Roman Empire and the Empire.

1. Northern Roman
2. Eastern Roman
3. Southern Roman
4. Eastern Italian

Q. City 'X' was captured by the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 15th century. Today, the city goes by the name of Istanbul.

Identify 'X'.

1. Venice
2. Geneva
3. Constantinople
4. Tekirdağ

Q. The Dark Ages were called so because _________.

1. of the Black Death
2. human beings died
3. there was no cultural growth
4. no human activities took place

Q. In the Roman society, what were the landlords called?

1. Plebeians
2. Proletariats
3. Slaves
4. Patricians

Q. The decline of the Roman Empire began under__________.

1. Constantine
2. Nero
3. Marcus Aurelius
4. Commodus

Q. The Senate consisted of the __________.

1. Proletariats
2. Plebeians
3. Patricians
4. Slaves

Q. ______ marked the beginning of the medieval period in Europe.

1. Fall of the Western Roman Empire
2. Fall of Western British Empire
3. Fall of Western French Empire
4. Fall of Western German Empire

Q. The Western Roman Empire crumbled with the fall of ____________.

1. Romulus Augustulus
2. Julius Caesar
3. Augustus Caesar
4. Remus

Q. Western Rome is said to have collapsed after the fall of which of the following emperors?

1. Alexander
2. Romulus Augustulus
3. Napoleon Bonaparte
4. Cadini Augustulus

Q. The Patricians are said to have had a lot of time on their hands. This resulted in them indulging in significant amounts of artistic work. What do you think contributed to them having as much 'free' time?

1. The Patricians were slaves and had no work to do as a result.
2. The Patricians were skilled labourers and often completed their assigned tasks well before time.
3. The Patricians were nomads and tended to pick up any and all work available to them.
4. The Patricians forced the slaves to carry out all the physically tasking work.

Q. Who split the Roman Empire into two halves?

1. Nero
2. Diocletian
3. Caligula
4. Antonius Pius
5. Augustus

Q. When did Constantinople fall to the Turks?

1. 1453 CE
2. 476 CE
3. 1476 CE
4. 476 BCE

Q. Two men, Atticus and Magnus, lived in Constantinople during the medieval period. Atticus served in the lands of Magnus, whereas Magnus recently acquired land through a grant from the king himself.

Identify the classes to which Atticus and Magnus might have belonged.

1. Atticus was a Patrician, and Magnus was a Plebeian
2. Atticus was a Plebeian, and Magnus was a Patrician
3. They were both Patricians
4. They were both Plebeians

Q. The medieval period is also known as the 'Dark Ages'.

1. True
2. False

Q. Friedrich Engels once wrote:

"For as long as the oppressed class, in this case the Proletariat, is not ripe for its economic emancipation, just so long will its majority regard the existing order of society as the only one possible..."

With which of the following social relationships may we draw possible correlations?

1. Kings–Noblemen
2. Patricians–Plebeians
3. Kings–Feudal lords
4. Earls–Barons

Q. At one point during the Dark Ages, the ______ and ______ suffered differences.

1. Patricians
2. Plebeians
3. state
4. church

Q. The political situation in Europe worsened after the death of Emperor Charlemagne.

1. True
2. False

Q. The medieval period in Europe is said to have ended with the capture of which of the following cities in 1453 CE?

1. Rome
2. Constantinople
3. Paris
4. Antioch

Q. Who were the original inhabitants of Italy?