Ch. 8 The Byzantine Empire and Emerging Europe

On Christmas Day 800, who was crowned "Emperor of the Romans"?

• Charlemagne
• Clovis

• Gregory I

This religion was founded in Judaea in 50 AD....

• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism

Under Roman rule, this Jewish group was most likely to work with them..

• Pharisees
• Sadducees
• Essenes

The value systems of Western civilization were shaped by...

• Jesus

• Aristotle

• Benedict

Took the message of Jesus to the Gentiles...

• Saint Peter
• Saint Paul
• Saint John

The reason Romans persecuted Christians was....

• Because Christians were not

  Roman citizens

• Because Christians were against

  the Roman culture

• Because Christians refused to

  worship Roman gods

Why did Christianity attract and maintain so many followers?

• Because of its promise of eternal

  life

• Because of its strict rules and

  regulations

• Because it was enforced by the

  government

This Roman ruler was responsible for issuing the Edict of Milan...

• Theodosius

• Diocletian

• Constantine

The last of the five "good emperors", civil war followed his rule...

• Marcus Aurelius
• Augustus
• Trajan

By the mid-third century, Rome was forced to hire ___ to fight.

• Greeks

• Celts

• Germans