Wordle

Unit 2 reflection: Rome and Christianity

1. Describe how you prepared/studied for the unit test.

a. Do you think your studying strategies were effective-why or why not?

b. How will you prepare next time?

To study I organized the information about the big ideas and created webs. Then I studied the webs to make sure I knew the most important information. Next, I flipped through my notebook and studied some of the details, like the people, vocabulary, and geography. Also, I reread some of my blog posts and the summaries and questions I had written for the chapters. I think this method is very effective. I knew all of the information and was able to connect the ideas and events in a way that made sense. I will definitely create the webs again next time because they were very helpful. One way I would improve my studying would be to look at the notes more and study the people and dates better.

2.What was the most surprising thing you learned about during this unit?

I found that learning about the crazy emperors was the most surprising. It was shocking to learn about how Nero supposedly burned down Rome for his new palace and killed anyone who the considered a threat and how Caligula put his horse in the senate.

3.) If we had more time to spend on Rome and Christianity- what would you want to learn more about?

I would have like to learn more about the gladiators and other entertainment in ancient Rome. Also, I would like to know more about how the empire split, what the people thought of it, and how they adjusted to the separate empires. Another subject I would like to learn more about in ancient Rome because I found it very interesting to learn about the Etruscan and Greek Influences.

The Fall of Rome

Once Rome was a large powerful empire, but the Western Roman Empire  eventually fell. In 401 ad Rome was invaded by the barbarian tribe Visigoths. For many years the Romans battled with the barbarians. They bargained with them and gave them land and jobs. This worked for awhile, but then the barbarians overran and looted Britain, Gaul, Spain, and Northern Africa.Then the Germanic chiefs forced out the Emperors. 476 ad is the year that the Roman Empire Fell
Many factors contributed to the fall of Rome. One was the Geography. Rome was far away from many places, which made sending troops our very difficult. Also, there was a major economic decline, which caused prices to rise and many people could not afford to buy things. Another factor was the growth of government. The Empire was divided in two and had officials all over the Roman Empire and people had lots of trouble making decisions. There was also a large decline in work force, the slave population significantly decreased, sot there were not as many people to do all the work. The decline in work force also contributed to the lack of Technology. Without people working, they could not invent and produce new things. Also, there was a lot of military defeat. Without the army winning battles, the empire was loosing all their territory. Another factor in the downfall of Rome was religion. Many pagans blamed the decline in the Roman Empire on Christianity and said that they had angered the gods. The internal as well as external conflict inside of Rome all lead to the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.
I think the downfall of Rome was inevitable. After the Empire was divided into Eastern and Western Roman Empire, Rome had become weaker and more vulnerable to attack. Also, for centuries Romans had been fighting over their religions and caused a lot of internal distress in Rome. In addition, for many years Rome did not have good emperors and they ruled terribly. Romes location was also a part of the fall. It took a long time to send troops all around the empire to protect from invasion. In conclusion, the fall of Rome was bound to happen because of the fights over religion, lack of leadership, and bad location for a capitol.