Question 1

What were Justinian's major goals and how did he try to achieve them? How successful was he in actually achieving those goals?

Accepted Answer

Justinian's major goals were to restore

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-diocese

Accepted Answer

A diocese is a district or area under th

Question 3

Discuss the possible religious and non-religious reasons for the rapid spread of Islam from Arabia to Spain in the West and across the Persian Empire in the east.

Accepted Answer

The rapid spread of Islam from Arabia to

Question 4

What led Justinian to flee Constantinople in the year 532?

Accepted Answer

A) A plague 
B) An invasion 
C) A vision from heaven 
D) His plan to run off with the palace funds 
E) Riots 
A) A plague 
B) An invasion 
C) A vision from heaven 
D) His plan to run off with the palace funds 
E) Riots

Question 5

What did the first bishop of Rome's successors become known as?

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A) Bishops of Rome 
B) Popes 
C) Patriarchs of Jerusalem 
D) Archbishops of Antioch 
E) Patriarchs of Constantinople 
A) Bishops of Rome 
B) Popes 
C) Patriarchs of Jerusalem 
D) Archbishops of Antioch 
E) Patriarchs of Constantinople

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Saint Hilda

Accepted Answer

Saint Hilda, also known as Hilda of Whit

Question 7

What was a woman's most important role in Frankish society?

Accepted Answer

A) Managing the household 
B) Supporting her parents in old age 
C) Bearing children to perpetuate the family 
D) Helping care for the farm 
E) Making clothing for the family 
A) Managing the household 
B) Supporting her parents in old age 
C) Bearing children to perpetuate the family 
D) Helping care for the farm 
E) Making clothing for the family

Question 8

Constantine and Diocletian sought to shrink the administrative bureaucracies of the Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Shi'ites and Sunnites

Accepted Answer

Shi'ites and Sunnites are two major bran

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-jihad

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-jihad...

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-compurgation and ordeal

Accepted Answer

Compurgation:

Definition:
Compurgation,

Question 12

Which of the following was true of the Germanic family during Late Antiquity?

Accepted Answer

A) It was replaced with Roman familial models. 
B) It was less important than tribe affiliation. 
C) It was matriarchal. 
D) It was patriarchal. 
E) It was strictly nuclear. 
A) It was replaced with Roman familial models. 
B) It was less important than tribe affiliation. 
C) It was matriarchal. 
D) It was patriarchal. 
E) It was strictly nuclear.

Question 13

How did Diocletian and Constantine alter the Roman Empire, and with what long-term consequences?

Accepted Answer

Diocletian and Constantine both made sig

Question 14

At the heart of the Arian controversy was the issue of the nature of Jesus Christ.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What best describes Justinian's military conquests under the general, Belisarius?

Accepted Answer

A) The conquests included Spain and Gaul by 552. 
B) The conquests provided a solution to the eastern Empire's economic problems. 
C) The conquests helped Italy economically. 
D) The con quests gains were short-lived. 
E) The conquests led to the permanent re-unification of the Roman Empire. 
A) The conquests included Spain and Gaul by 552. 
B) The conquests provided a solution to the eastern Empire's economic problems. 
C) The conquests helped Italy economically. 
D) The con quests gains were short-lived. 
E) The conquests led to the permanent re-unification of the Roman Empire.

Question 16

Both the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths favored coexistence between Roman and German populations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Shari'a

Accepted Answer

Shari'a, also known as Islamic law, is a

Question 18

What happened to the Ostrogothic kingdom after the death of Theodoric?

Accepted Answer

A) It prospered under very able rulers. 
B) It was defeated by the Byzantines, reducing Rome as a center of Mediterranean culture. 
C) It allied itself with the Vandals against the Visigoths. 
D) It dominated Mediterranean trade for the next fifty years. 
E) It converted the Germans to orthodox Christianity. 
A) It prospered under very able rulers. 
B) It was defeated by the Byzantines, reducing Rome as a center of Mediterranean culture. 
C) It allied itself with the Vandals against the Visigoths. 
D) It dominated Mediterranean trade for the next fifty years. 
E) It converted the Germans to orthodox Christianity.

Question 19

The word "Islam" means

Accepted Answer

A) God and his disciples. 
B) person of faith. 
C) enemy of infidels. 
D) submission to the will of Allah. 
E) follower of Muhammad. 
A) God and his disciples. 
B) person of faith. 
C) enemy of infidels. 
D) submission to the will of Allah. 
E) follower of Muhammad.

Question 20

What did trivium - one of the groups of the liberal arts - include?

Accepted Answer

A) Grammar, rhetoric, and music 
B) Geometry, music, and astronomy 
C) Grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic or logic 
D) Arithmetic, logic, and astronomy 
E) History, literature, and mathematics 
A) Grammar, rhetoric, and music 
B) Geometry, music, and astronomy 
C) Grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic or logic 
D) Arithmetic, logic, and astronomy 
E) History, literature, and mathematics

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

What were Justinian's major goals and how did he try to achieve them? How successful was he in actually achieving those goals?

Please define the following key terms. -diocese

Discuss the possible religious and non-religious reasons for the rapid spread of Islam from Arabia to Spain in the West and across the Persian Empire in the east.

What led Justinian to flee Constantinople in the year 532?

What did the first bishop of Rome's successors become known as?

Please define the following key terms. -Saint Hilda

What was a woman's most important role in Frankish society?

Constantine and Diocletian sought to shrink the administrative bureaucracies of the Roman Empire.

Please define the following key terms. -Shi'ites and Sunnites

Please define the following key terms. -jihad

Please define the following key terms. -compurgation and ordeal

Which of the following was true of the Germanic family during Late Antiquity?

How did Diocletian and Constantine alter the Roman Empire, and with what long-term consequences?

At the heart of the Arian controversy was the issue of the nature of Jesus Christ.

What best describes Justinian's military conquests under the general, Belisarius?

Both the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths favored coexistence between Roman and German populations.

Please define the following key terms. -Shari'a

What happened to the Ostrogothic kingdom after the death of Theodoric?

The word "Islam" means

What did trivium - one of the groups of the liberal arts - include?

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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