HISTORY - MIDTERMS (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation)

Question 1

500-1500

Answer 1

The Middle Ages

Question 2

313

Answer 2

Edict of Milan is issued by emperor Constantine

Question 3

380

Answer 3

Theodosius declares Christianity the empire’s official religion

Question 4

476

Answer 4

The fall of the western roman empire

Odoacer overthrows last emperor

Question 5

12/25/800

Answer 5

Charlemagne was crowned Christian Emperor by Pope Leo III

Question 6

1348-1350

Answer 6

The Bubonic Plague

Question 7

Diocletian

Middle Ages

Answer 7

284-305
- Doubled the Roman army
- Set fixed prices to settle inflation/maintain the economy
- Divided the empire into the East and the West; he believed the empire was too large

Question 8

Constantine

Middle Ages

Answer 8

312-337
- Issued Edict of Milan
- Orders building of Constantinople
- Early Christian Church:
a) Organized bishops
b) Converts to Christianity

Question 9

Theodosius (Constantine)

Middle Ages

Answer 9

• Makes Christianity empire’s official religion in 380

Question 10

Foreign Invasions

Answer 10

Barbaric invaders from the North began terrorizing the Roman Empire, eventually leading to the Western Roman Empire ending in 476.
- Huns
- Goths

Question 11

Causes of the decline of the Roman Empire

Answer 11

MILITARY:
Foreign invasions, Roman army lacked training, Rome used mercenaries
ECONOMIC:
High taxes to support army/government
Middle class grows poor, lose land
Reliance on slavery as labor source
SOCIAL:
Population decline
Moral decay
POLITICAL:
No rules of succession for Emperor
Corrupt public officials
Dividing Empire weakened it
Less loyal to emperor, more to the Church
Edict of Thessalonica (Christianity official religion)