Question 1

In what city was Muhammad born?

Accepted Answer

A) Jerusalem 
B) Rome 
C) Yathrib 
D) Constantinople 
E) Mecca 
A) Jerusalem 
B) Rome 
C) Yathrib 
D) Constantinople 
E) Mecca

Question 2

What was true about the Ostrogoths?

Accepted Answer

A) They were a matriarchal society. 
B) They had no interest in trade or agriculture. 
C) They were a Celtic people. 
D) They worked hard to maintain the Roman tradition of government. 
E) They were hostile to Christianity in all its forms. 
A) They were a matriarchal society. 
B) They had no interest in trade or agriculture. 
C) They were a Celtic people. 
D) They worked hard to maintain the Roman tradition of government. 
E) They were hostile to Christianity in all its forms.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Visigoths and Ostrogoths

Accepted Answer

The Visigoths and Ostrogoths were two br

Question 4

What was a consequence of the Council of Nicaea?

Accepted Answer

A) Women were barred from the priesthood. 
B) All Christians formally recognized papal supremacy. 
C) Arianism was condemned. 
D) Arianism was wiped out in western Europe. 
E) The emperor came to play a decreasing role in church affairs. 
A) Women were barred from the priesthood. 
B) All Christians formally recognized papal supremacy. 
C) Arianism was condemned. 
D) Arianism was wiped out in western Europe. 
E) The emperor came to play a decreasing role in church affairs.

Question 5

What happened to the Frankish kingdom after Clovis' death in 510?

Accepted Answer

A) It remained united while his sons ruled it jointly. 
B) It remained united with one son pushing the others to the side to rule alone. 
C) It was divided among Clovis' sons, and each ruled a separate area. 
D) It was reconquered by the Romans. 
E) It was jointly rule by the Romans and the Franks. 
A) It remained united while his sons ruled it jointly. 
B) It remained united with one son pushing the others to the side to rule alone. 
C) It was divided among Clovis' sons, and each ruled a separate area. 
D) It was reconquered by the Romans. 
E) It was jointly rule by the Romans and the Franks.

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Byzantine Empire

Accepted Answer

The Byzantine Empire, also known as the

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Arianism

Accepted Answer

Arianism:

Who?
Arianism is a theologica

Question 8

What administrative change did Diocletian institute for the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) He made Christianity the official religion of the empire. 
B) He administered the empire without assistance from a civil or military bureaucracy. 
C) He divided power between himself and four other rulers. 
D) He divided the empire into four regions, each with its own prefect while he maintained authority. 
E) He made no changes since the administration of the empire worked well. 
A) He made Christianity the official religion of the empire. 
B) He administered the empire without assistance from a civil or military bureaucracy. 
C) He divided power between himself and four other rulers. 
D) He divided the empire into four regions, each with its own prefect while he maintained authority. 
E) He made no changes since the administration of the empire worked well.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Odoacer

Accepted Answer

Odoacer was a Germanic chieftain who dep

Question 10

Who had the greatest value under Frankish law and social custom?

Accepted Answer

A) A female infant 
B) A male infant 
C) An elderly person 
D) A woman of childbearing age 
E) A young man of military age 
A) A female infant 
B) A male infant 
C) An elderly person 
D) A woman of childbearing age 
E) A young man of military age

Question 11

What was the wergeld system meant to accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A) The prevention ofblood feuds 
B) Increased conversion to Christianity 
C) A greater tax-base for Germanic governments 
D) Decreased immigration to the West 
E) Reduced intermarriage between tribes 
A) The prevention ofblood feuds 
B) Increased conversion to Christianity 
C) A greater tax-base for Germanic governments 
D) Decreased immigration to the West 
E) Reduced intermarriage between tribes

Question 12

How did the Muslims treat non-Muslims in conquered territories?

Accepted Answer

A) They were universally enslaved. 
B) They were exempt from taxes. 
C) They were forced to convert. 
D) They were required to submit to Muslim rule. 
E) They were allowed to rule themselves. 
A) They were universally enslaved. 
B) They were exempt from taxes. 
C) They were forced to convert. 
D) They were required to submit to Muslim rule. 
E) They were allowed to rule themselves.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Vandals

Accepted Answer

Vandals were a Germanic tribe that playe

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Muhammad

Accepted Answer

Muhammad is the central figure in Islam

Question 15

Who pressured the Visigoths and other Germanic tribes to push into the Balkans region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the late fourth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Byzantines 
B) Vikings 
C) Avars 
D) Arians 
E) Huns 
A) Byzantines 
B) Vikings 
C) Avars 
D) Arians 
E) Huns

Question 16

How did Gregory I shape the development of the Christian church in Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

Gregory I, also known as Gregory the Gre

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-abbess

Accepted Answer

An abbess is a woman who is the head of

Question 18

Which city was Europe's greatest commercial center until the twelfth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Constantinople 
B) London 
C) Rome 
D) Paris 
E) Venice 
A) Constantinople 
B) London 
C) Rome 
D) Paris 
E) Venice

Question 19

Compare the intellectual life of the Roman Empire during its heyday to the intellectual life of Christian Europe, both eastern and western, up through the seventh century C.E.

Accepted Answer

During the heyday of the Roman Empire, i

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-abbot

Accepted Answer

An abbot is a title given to the male he

Exam 7: Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

In what city was Muhammad born?

What was true about the Ostrogoths?

Please define the following key terms. -Visigoths and Ostrogoths

What was a consequence of the Council of Nicaea?

What happened to the Frankish kingdom after Clovis' death in 510?

Please define the following key terms. -Byzantine Empire

Please define the following key terms. -Arianism

What administrative change did Diocletian institute for the Roman Empire?

Please define the following key terms. -Odoacer

Who had the greatest value under Frankish law and social custom?

What was the wergeld system meant to accomplish?

How did the Muslims treat non-Muslims in conquered territories?

Please define the following key terms. -Vandals

Please define the following key terms. -Muhammad

Who pressured the Visigoths and other Germanic tribes to push into the Balkans region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the late fourth century?

How did Gregory I shape the development of the Christian church in Western Europe?

Please define the following key terms. -abbess

Which city was Europe's greatest commercial center until the twelfth century?

Compare the intellectual life of the Roman Empire during its heyday to the intellectual life of Christian Europe, both eastern and western, up through the seventh century C.E.

Please define the following key terms. -abbot

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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