Chapter 7

Question 1

His reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the crisis of the third century

Answer 1

Diocletian

Question 2

Upon becoming Emperor Diocletian institutes 2 major reforms

Answer 2

-The Dominate
-The Division of the Empire

Question 3

Eliminated his last rival in 324 to become the sole ruler of a unified empire

Answer 3

Constantine the Great

Question 4

Agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire

Answer 4

Edict of Milan 313

Question 5

First ecumenical Christian conference of 220 Bishops

Answer 5

Council of Nicaea

Question 6

A declaration and summary of the Christian faith

Answer 6

The Nicene Creed

Question 7

Constantine establishing his new capital in the city of Byzantium in 324

Answer 7

Constantinople

Question 8

Builds the ________ where Constantine believed was the purported site of Jesus’ tomb in Jerusalem

Answer 8

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Question 9

In 391 he declared Christianity to be the state religion

Answer 9

Theodosius I

Question 10

Rome’s greatest contribution to western civilization is

Answer 10

Christianity

Question 11

A massive tribal confederation who had set in motion the vast movement of numerous Germanic tribes into the Roman Empire contributing to its eventual collapse

Answer 11

The Huns

Question 12

Most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires

Answer 12

Attila the Hun

Question 13

The city of _______ was founded as a result of these attacks

Answer 13

Venice

Question 14

Goths branches, ____ and ____, played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire

Answer 14

Visigoths and Ostrogoths

Question 15

In 378 the first time in 600 years a Roman army was crushed on Roman soil _____ and killed the Emperor Valens

Answer 15

Adrianople

Question 16

… half Vandal and Roman rose to the rank of “master of the soldiers” most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire

Answer 16

Stilicho

Question 17

410 Alaric and his Visigoths burst into the city and _________, not since 390 BC

Answer 17

Sacked Rome

Question 18

The greatest of all Ostrogoth rulers

Answer 18

Theodoric the Great

Question 19

455, the Vandals sacked Rome, ruthlessly defaced the glory of ancient Rome. The term _______ was coined, the term was quickly adopted throughout Europe

Answer 19

Vandalism

Question 20

The Merovingians survived so long because they were better than the other kingdoms, they successfully…

Answer 20

Combined their own traditions to Roman social and legal traditions

Question 21

Eastern Empire: ________For 20 years Justinian attempts to reunite the empire

Answer 21

Justinian I

Question 22

In 542, a devastating outbreak of Bubonic Plague laid siege to the world, killing tens of millions

Answer 22

It had a disastrous effect on army recruits and taxpayers