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Question 5

Select all that apply. Which statements about the peoples who took over the former western Roman provinces are correct?

  1. Germanic-speaking peoples such as the Goths and the Vandals set up kingdoms on former Roman land.Correct answer
  2. These peoples conquered the eastern Roman empire as well and ruled it from its own capital.
  3. The Franks were one of these Germanic-speaking peoples and built a kingdom of their own.Correct answer
  4. The Franks were a seafaring people from the far north who arrived in the ninth century.

Explanation

The kingdoms that replaced Roman government in the west were founded by Germanic-speaking groups, the Goths, Vandals and Franks among them, who settled on provincial land and took over much of its administration rather than destroying everything on it. Giving the Franks a northern seafaring origin is the closest trap, because it confuses them with raiders whose attacks began three centuries after these kingdoms already existed.

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