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Unit Highlights
Unit Highlights
In this unit, students will analyze primary and secondary sources to explain the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire. Students will be able to:
Classify the early strengths and lasting contributions of Rome
Explain the causes of Rome’s internal weaknesses and fall.
Describe the borders of the Roman Empire and the difficulty of maintaining them
Explain the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the role of Constantine.
Compare and contrast the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire.
Unit Vocabulary
Unit Vocabulary
Augustus Caesar
Byzantine Empire
Constantine
Constantinople
Diocletian
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Roman Empire
The Edict of Milan
Great Schism
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The Iconoclasm
Pax Romana
Pope
Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire
Activity 1: Roman and Byzantine Empire Pre-Test
Activity 1: Roman and Byzantine Empire Pre-Test
Using your prior knowledge, brainstorm, list, and/or draw what you know about the Roman and Byzantine empires in a thinking map. Complete this assignment on the Thinking Maps Learning Community or on paper. You may include:
Information you know or kind of know about the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Guesses about the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Questions you have about the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Information you would like to know about the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
What comes to mind when you think of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
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