Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 17 of 28
Rome: Trade & Fall
Roads, trade and what came after 476 CE
What your child practises
Children learn how trade carried goods and ideas around the Roman Empire, why the Western Roman Empire fell, and what followed.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 8-KE-055, 8-KH-033 · trade and the exchange of ideas in the Roman Empire, and the consequences of the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Rome got grain from…
- Egypt and North Africa
- Canada
- Australia
- Antarctica
Egypt and North Africa
Hint: Egypt was the breadbasket of Rome.
Question 2
Roman roads helped trade because they…
- connected cities across the empire
- were only for soldiers
- blocked travel
- ended trade
connected cities across the empire
Hint: Goods and ideas travelled along them.
Question 3
The Eastern Roman Empire, which lasted until 1453, was called the…
- Mongol Empire
- Persian Empire
- Maya Empire
- Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
Hint: Its capital was Constantinople.
Question 4
Which goods did Roman traders bring from far away?
- coffee machines
- silk, spices and gems
- gasoline
- televisions
silk, spices and gems
Hint: Silk came from China.
Question 5
The period after Rome's fall is often called the…
- Bronze Age
- Industrial Age
- Middle Ages
- Space Age
Middle Ages
Hint: It lasted roughly 1,000 years.
Question 6
The Pax Romana was a period of…
- famine
- constant war
- a plague
- relative peace and stability in the empire
relative peace and stability in the empire
Hint: It lasted about 200 years.