CONCEPT MAP

Key Concepts: Key Vocabulary:

Consuls

Senate

Centuriate assembly

Patricians, plebians

First Triumvirate

Paterfamilias

Human and Physical Geography

Factors leading to growth

(engineering empire building, trade)

Contributions to the western world

Topic:

Roman Empire

Causes of Decline

Role of migrating nomadic groups from central Asia

Pax Romana

Examples:

Geography – natural	Trade – Silk Rd.	Roman art	Decline:
Barriers	Empire - military	Philosophy	Poor leadership
Resources, etc.		Government and their influence on western culture	Mental decline Outside attackers

Enduring Understanding (s): The Roman Empire represents the ride and fall of a model empire. What caused the ride and fall of the Roman Empire? What role did migrating nomadic groups play in the fall of the Hans and Roman empires? _________________________________________________

Essential Question (s): How have today’s nations achieved super power status? What causes the rise and fall of empires? _______________________________________________________

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