The Germanic peoples- Review

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Review of the Germanic peoples.
Paqui  Pérez Fons
Quiz by Paqui Pérez Fons, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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The Germanic peoples lived
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  • inside the Roman Empire
  • in Central and Eastern Europe
  • to the South of the Roman border

Question 2

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The Germanic peoples started coming into the Roman Empire because
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  • the Huns pushed them
  • they wanted to get the Roman riches
  • they were looking for precious metals

Question 3

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The Huns were
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  • a Germanic people
  • a nomadic people from Central Asia
  • a allied tribe of the Romans

Question 4

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The main leader of the Huns was
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  • Odoacer
  • Theodoricus II
  • Attila

Question 5

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The Ostrogoths settled down in
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  • present France
  • the Iberian Peninsula
  • present Italy

Question 6

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The Angles and Saxons settled down in
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  • present France
  • present Italy
  • Great Britain

Question 7

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The Burgundians settled down in
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  • present Belgium
  • the East of present France
  • present Romania

Question 8

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The Romans gave the Germanic peoples the name of
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  • Huns
  • Germans
  • Barbarians

Question 9

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The entrance of the Germanic peoples into the Roman Empire was
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  • a true invasion, because the Germanic armies invaded the Roman territories.
  • more a migration than an invasion, because whoe peoples came into the Roman Empire.
  • a temporary stay, because the Germanic peoples didn't settle down inside the Roman Empire.

Question 10

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The Germanic peoples that invaded the Iberian Peninsula initially were
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  • The Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes
  • The Visigoths and the Ostrogoths
  • The Sueves, the Vandals and the Alans

Question 11

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The Germanic people that settled down in present France were
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  • The Franks
  • The Burgundians
  • The Alamanni

Question 12

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The Western Roman Empire disappeared in
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  • 375
  • 476
  • 507

Question 13

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The last Western Roman Emperor was
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  • Odoacer
  • Honorius
  • Romulus Augustulus

Question 14

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The Germanic people that deposed the last Roman emperor were
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  • The Visigoths
  • The Ostrogoths
  • The Lombards

Question 15

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The Germanic kingdoms appeared
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  • Before the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire.
  • After the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire.
  • When Emperor Justinian conquered Italy and the North of Africa.

Question 16

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The type of government of the Germanic peoples was
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  • an elective monarchy
  • a hereditary monarchy
  • a republic

Question 17

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The monarch in the Germanic Kingdoms was
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  • elected by an assembly of noblemen.
  • the son of the previous monarch.
  • elected by the inhabitants of the kingdom.

Question 18

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The laws of the Germanic kingdoms were
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  • written laws, as in the Roman Empire.
  • the LIBER IUDICIORUM
  • non written, but based on custom.

Question 19

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The law in the Germanic kingdoms was
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  • Customary, based on custom.
  • Written by monarchs and noblemen in Parliaments.
  • The Law of Retaliation ("an eye for an eye").

Question 20

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The main economic activities of the Germanic peoples were
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  • Agriculture and trade.
  • Agriculture and stockbreeding.
  • Stockbreeding and trade.

Question 21

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The Germanic peoples were
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  • More advanced than the Romans.
  • More primitive than the Romans.
  • more or less equal to the Romans in economy and culture.

Question 22

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The Germanic peoples were
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  • Christians
  • Muslims
  • Pagans or Arians.

Question 23

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Arianism was
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  • A heresy of Christianity that denied the divine nature of Christ.
  • The religion all the Germanic peoples practiced
  • A sect of Judaism the Germanic peoples followed.

Question 24

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Initially the Romans and the Germanic peoples
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  • mixed intensely, because the Romans needed the Germanic peoples to work,
  • didn't mix and every community kept its separated laws and religion.
  • fought and they saw each other as enemies.

Question 25

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As time went by, the Germanic peoples
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  • imposed their laws and customs to the Roman inhabitants of their kingdoms.
  • adopted many Roman customs, because Roman culture was superior to Germanic culture.
  • came back to Central and Eastern Europe and forgot the Roman customs.

Question 26

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Some of the things the Germanic peoples adopted from the Romans were
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  • coins, Latin and religion.
  • wine, trade and urban life.
  • art, agriculture and weapons.

Question 27

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The society of the Germanic peoples was
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  • mainly rural, with little trade and subsistence economy.
  • self-sufficient, because they produced everything they needed and they didn't have to buy anything.
  • an urban society, like the one of the Roman Empire.

Question 28

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The Germanic people that settled down in present Galicia were
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  • The Visigoths.
  • The Sueves.
  • The Vandals.
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