Journal 08-22-17 Look in textbook for answers Score your Vocab Cards ( /5 ) /2 Glossary defs w/ part of speech and pg # /2 Meaningful pics /1 Lesson title and Ch.Less. # Journal A Why was the military less effective after the second century? A. The draft ended and fewer men wanted to be soldiers. B. The army was scattered across a very wide area. C. The troops were needed to maintain control in newly conquered territories. D. Soldiers no longer were loyal to the emperor. Journal B What internal problems weakened the Roman Empire? Heavy Taxes Decline in agriculture Decrease in military loyalty to the empire Citizens became less interested in political life because rulers were seen as corrupt Education and the spread of news declined (too expensive).
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Agenda Journal 2.2: Decline and Fall of the Empire Read p. 53 55 Internal Weaknesses Threaten Rome Military and Political Problems Rome Divides into East and West Cornell Notes/ Summary Homework Cornell Note Summary Make sure you have a summary written for yesterday s too.
Reading/Cornell Notes Please turn to page 54 in your text. We will be taking Cornell Notes and Reading together. Have your textbook and journal/notes out and ready to go. Set up your Cornell Note page with the title and question below: Decline and Fall of the Empire What internal problems weakened the Roman Empire? The question goes on the left side of today s Cornell Note page. It is the main idea of today s lesson
Decline and Fall of the Empire What internal problems weakened the Roman Empire? This is a review of yesterday DON T COPY Economic Difficulties The empire stopped expanding through conquest 1 this ended new sources of wealth 2 Without new conquests of land the result was heavy taxation 3 * Causing hardship for many citizens Social Difficulties Poor Romans found it harder to pay for education. Lack of education and distribution of news* 5 The growing gap between rich and poor threatened Rome s stability. 4
Internal Weaknesses Threaten Rome What internal problems weakened the Roman Empire? This is a review of yesterday DON T COPY Decline in Agriculture * Soil 1 became too difficult to farm due to warfare and overuse. This led to weak harvest 2 and food shortages. No improvements in farming technology over the years because of overuse slave 3 labor
Internal Weaknesses threaten Rome What internal problems weakened the Roman Empire? Military Problems Germanic 1 tribes began to attack more often Soldiers began to pledge allegiance to military leaders, not the Roman Empire led to military disloyalty 2 * Political 3 Problems Roman politics grew more corrupt 4 as politicians sought riches in public service led to citizen s loss of civic 5 pride.
Internal Weaknesses threaten Rome What internal problems weakened the Roman Empire? Military Problems Germanic tribes began to attack more often Soldiers began to pledge allegiance to military leaders, not the Roman Empire led to military disloyalty * Political Problems Roman politics grew more corrupt as politicians sought riches in public service led to citizen s loss of civic pride.
Reading/Cornell Notes Add another title and main idea question into your notes. Rome Divides Into East and West What changes did Rome undergo? The question goes on the left side of today s Cornell Note page. It is the second main idea of today s lesson
Rome Divides into East and West What changes did Rome undergo? Rome split into Eastern 1 and Western Empire. Diocletian 2 became emperor in 284 Restored order with iron-fist Divided 3 empire into east and west to make it easier to govern. (help deal with the internal weaknesses).
Rome Divides into East and West What changes did Rome undergo? Constantine 1 succeeded Diocletian Constantine ended attacks on Christians 2 in 313; helped Christianity 2 grow. In 330, Constantine shifted the capital 3 from Rome to Byzantium, later became known as Constantinople. 4 Signaled a power shift to the eastern empire.
Rome Divides into East and West What changes did Rome undergo? Rome split into Eastern and Western Empire. Diocletian became emperor in 284 Restored order with iron-fist Divided empire into east and west to make it easier to govern. (help deal with the internal weaknesses).
Rome Divides into East and West What changes did Rome undergo? Constantine succeeded Diocletian Constantine ended attacks on Christians in 313; helped Christianity grow. In 330, Constantine shifted the capital from Rome to Byzantium, later became known as Constantinople. Signaled a power shift to the eastern empire.
Cornell Notes Summary Please draw a line under your notes and choose something you learned today to begin your Cornell Notes Summary and picture. 4+ sentence summary