7th Grade Unit 8

In 476CE, warriors attacked the city of _____ ending 800 years of glory for the “Eternal City.” Hide answers

• Jerusalem
• Constantinople
• Alexandria
• Rome

The era between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance is a thousand-year period we call the ____

• Pax Romana
• Doom Days
• Middle Ages
• Rebirth

The beginning of the Middle Ages in Western Europe is often called the "________."

• Barbarian Age
• Dark Age
• Black Death
• Golden Era

Middle Ages, builders demonstrated their faith through the construction of massive ________.

• aqueducts
• cathedrals
• roads
• walls

Many modern legal rights stem from a document called the __________ written in 1215

• Bill of rights
• Constitution
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Magna Carta

books produced during the Middle Ages were called _______, a term that means “written by hand,”

• manuscripts

• epic poems

• novels

• historical fiction

The Roman government often ________ Christians.

• enslaved
• paid
• persecuted
• deported

Emperor Nero blamed Christians for starting the Great _____ of Rome in 64CE.

• War
• Famine
• Plague
• Fire

Christians started celebrating Jesus' birth in December when Romans celebrated the ____ birth.

• Universe's
• Moon's
• Sun's
• Emporer's

after ____ death, Emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the official religion of the Empire.

• Kublai Khan's
• Caesar's
• Jesus'
• Constantine's