How Did the Huns Exemplify the Problems Faced by the Later

question 27

Multiple Choice

How did the Huns exemplify the problems faced by the later Roman Empire?

• A)Outside forces played both positive and negative roles in the empire's fate.
• B)Economics rather than military strength would determine the empire's fate.
• C)Most of the threats to Rome came from the west rather than the east.
• D)The imperial policy of playing one group off against another seldom worked.
• E)Barbarians controlled the agricultural wealth on which Rome depended.

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Definitions:

Mean

A statistical measure representing the central or typical value in a set of data, often understood as the common "average".

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution in which the data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of numerical data, indicating how much individual data points differ from the mean.

Mean

The mean of a set of numbers obtained by summing them up and then dividing by the total number of values.