Mod 6Exam Review: The Early Medieval World

Question 1

stretched across three continents,

Answer 1

Rome

Question 2

covered two million square miles

Answer 2

Rome

Question 3

Rome Connecting these people groups and towns was an advanced __________-mile road system that moved trade goods, travelers, soldiers, and later, Christian missionaries throughout the large empire.

Answer 3

50,000

Question 4

Large ___________ brought running water to Roman cities

Answer 4

aqueducts

Question 5

factors leading to the fall of the Roman Empire

Answer 5

Economic Problems
Social Problems
Military Problems
Outside Invasion

Question 6

soaring debt because of reckless spending
cost of constant war
economic growth and revenues continued to plummet
severe inflation.
unemployment rate skyrocketed
300 AD, the Roman Empire had been divided in half by Emperor Diocletian in order to make governing such a large empire more manageable.

Answer 6

Economic Problems

Question 7

In _____________ AD, the Roman Empire had been divided in half by Emperor Diocletian in order to make governing such a large empire more manageable.

Answer 7

300

Question 8

Roman soldiers placed their loyalty in their generals, who promised them land and wealth, rather than the state
empire fell into civil war
enemy nations moved in to strike at an empire that was collapsing from within.

Answer 8

Military Problems

Question 8

dramatically declined and rampant immorality swept through the culture
costly and demoralizing civil wars
decline in population from wars and outbreak of a disease

Answer 8

Social Problems

Question 8

The savior of the city, the elderly ___________, met with Attila.

Answer 8

Bishop Leo I

Question 8

In ________ AD, Attila drove his unstoppable force all the way to Rome, where the city faced the very real possibility of complete destruction.

Answer 8

452

Question 9

Who pushing the German tribes into the Roman Empire

Answer 9

Attila the Hun

Question 10

In ____ AD, a German chief by the name of _______invaded Italy and overthrew the young Romulus

Answer 10

476
Odoacer

Question 11

Romulus (mockingly referred to as Augustulus or “little Augustus”), the last _____________.

Answer 11

Roman emperor in the west

Question 12

After exiling the young Romulus to a monastery, _________ declared himself to be king of Italy.

Answer 12

Odoacer

Question 13

the Western Roman Empire fell, the powerful Eastern Roman Empire (later known as the Byzantine Empire) continued in existence for another __________ years.

Answer 13

1,000

Question 14

Historians have several names for this Medieval era, including

Answer 14

“Middle Ages,”
“Dark Ages.”

Question 15

the time period that gave the world majestic cathedrals, art, and fine works of literature.

Answer 15

“Dark Ages.”

Question 16

The term “_________” just does not seem to describe the Medieval era accurately.

Answer 16

dark

Question 17

The strongest group to emerge among the quarreling German tribes..

Answer 17

Franks

Question 18

were not a unified nation but a collection of German tribes that shared common traditions and customs.

Answer 18

Franks

Question 19

a young and powerful leader of one of the Frankish tribes in Gaul, set out to unify the Franks into one kingdom.

Answer 19

Clovis

Question 20

How did Clovis become a Christian?

Answer 20

He promised his wife that if God granted him a victory in his next battle, then he would convert to Christianity.
He found himself in the middle of a losing battle against a rival German tribe. On the verge of panic, Clovis lifted his eyes to heaven and begged God to grant him victory over his enemies. Just as he finished praying, the enemy ranks wavered and broke as the Franks chased their foes off the battlefield.

Question 21

Wife of Clovis,

Answer 21

Clotilde

Question 22

was a German Christian who firmly believed that Clovis needed to abandon the false Roman and German gods and place his faith in Jesus Christ.

Answer 22

Clotilde