Question 1

Who deposed the boy emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476?

Accepted Answer

A) Constantine 
B) Clovis 
C) Alaric 
D) Odoacer 
E) Aetius 
A) Constantine 
B) Clovis 
C) Alaric 
D) Odoacer 
E) Aetius

Question 2

What happened to the Visigoths after they sacked Rome in 410?

Accepted Answer

A) They moved into Spain and southern Gaul. 
B) They were wiped out by a Roman counter-attack. 
C) They settled in Rome, becoming its new rulers. 
D) They went back to their eastern homeland. 
E) They crossed over to Egypt and began a new round of attacks. 
A) They moved into Spain and southern Gaul. 
B) They were wiped out by a Roman counter-attack. 
C) They settled in Rome, becoming its new rulers. 
D) They went back to their eastern homeland. 
E) They crossed over to Egypt and began a new round of attacks.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Germanic tribes

Accepted Answer

Germanic tribes refer to the various eth

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-quadrivium

Accepted Answer

The term "quadrivium" refers to the uppe

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Saint Boniface

Accepted Answer

Saint Boniface, also known as the Apostl

Question 6

What was the subject of The City of God?

Accepted Answer

A) A response to pagan philosophers' attacks on Christianity 
B) A warning to unbelievers that damnation awaited the unbaptized 
C) An epic poem to rival the works of the greatest pagan poets 
D) An ideal view of relations between those who loved god and those who were focused on earthly pursuits 
E) A tool to convert the German barbarians 
A) A response to pagan philosophers' attacks on Christianity 
B) A warning to unbelievers that damnation awaited the unbaptized 
C) An epic poem to rival the works of the greatest pagan poets 
D) An ideal view of relations between those who loved god and those who were focused on earthly pursuits 
E) A tool to convert the German barbarians

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Franks

Accepted Answer

The term "Franks" refers to a collection

Question 8

What role did monks and nuns play in early medieval society? In what sense were they the "new heroes of Christian civilization"?

Accepted Answer

Monks and nuns played a significant role

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Athanasius

Accepted Answer

Athanasius was a significant figure in e

Question 10

Who was the "Apostle to the Germans" and the most famous churchman in Europe in the eighth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Gregory the Great 
B) Augustine 
C) Jerome 
D) Benedict 
E) Boniface 
A) Gregory the Great 
B) Augustine 
C) Jerome 
D) Benedict 
E) Boniface

Question 11

Islam emphasizes the need to submit to the will of Allah.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Saint Benedict of Nursia is best known for his

Accepted Answer

A) rules for monastic life. 
B) writings on the nature of Jesus. 
C) correspondence with Justinian. 
D) encouragement of Arian missionaries. 
E) hostility to the remnants of pagan culture. 
A) rules for monastic life. 
B) writings on the nature of Jesus. 
C) correspondence with Justinian. 
D) encouragement of Arian missionaries. 
E) hostility to the remnants of pagan culture.

Question 13

What was Justinian's most important contribution to Western civilization?

Accepted Answer

A) Codification of law 
B) Re-conquest of western Europe 
C) Prevention of migration of eastern peoples to the west 
D) Expansion of Latin 
E) Promotion of the Roman Catholic Church 
A) Codification of law 
B) Re-conquest of western Europe 
C) Prevention of migration of eastern peoples to the west 
D) Expansion of Latin 
E) Promotion of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 14

What presented the most serious challenge to the Eastern Roman Empire in the seventh century?

Accepted Answer

A) The fracturing of the Sassanid empire 
B) The rise of Islam 
C) The rise of the Mongols 
D) The growing power of the Roman papacy 
E) The arrival of the Huns 
A) The fracturing of the Sassanid empire 
B) The rise of Islam 
C) The rise of the Mongols 
D) The growing power of the Roman papacy 
E) The arrival of the Huns

Question 15

Benedictine monks owed unquestioning obedience to the will of the abbot.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

Accepted Answer

A) Prayer five times a day 
B) Jihad 
C) Daily reading of the Koran 
D) Monogamy 
E) Celibacy 
A) Prayer five times a day 
B) Jihad 
C) Daily reading of the Koran 
D) Monogamy 
E) Celibacy

Question 17

Which of these steps did imperials leaders take in an effort to maintain the tax base and keep the empire going?

Accepted Answer

A) They abolished the imperial bureaucracy. 
B) They engaged in a fresh round of wars of conquest. 
C) They enslaved over 75 percent of the population. 
D) They forced people to remain in designated vocations. 
E) They encouraged free trade. 
A) They abolished the imperial bureaucracy. 
B) They engaged in a fresh round of wars of conquest. 
C) They enslaved over 75 percent of the population. 
D) They forced people to remain in designated vocations. 
E) They encouraged free trade.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-monk

Accepted Answer

A monk is an individual who has chosen t

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-inflation

Accepted Answer

Inflation refers to the general increase

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Edict of Milan

Accepted Answer

The Edict of Milan was a proclamation is

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

Who deposed the boy emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476?

What happened to the Visigoths after they sacked Rome in 410?

Please define the following key terms. -Germanic tribes

Please define the following key terms. -quadrivium

Please define the following key terms. -Saint Boniface

What was the subject of The City of God?

Please define the following key terms. -Franks

What role did monks and nuns play in early medieval society? In what sense were they the "new heroes of Christian civilization"?

Please define the following key terms. -Athanasius

Who was the "Apostle to the Germans" and the most famous churchman in Europe in the eighth century?

Islam emphasizes the need to submit to the will of Allah.

Saint Benedict of Nursia is best known for his

What was Justinian's most important contribution to Western civilization?

What presented the most serious challenge to the Eastern Roman Empire in the seventh century?

Benedictine monks owed unquestioning obedience to the will of the abbot.

What is one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

Which of these steps did imperials leaders take in an effort to maintain the tax base and keep the empire going?

Please define the following key terms. -monk

Please define the following key terms. -inflation

Please define the following key terms. -Edict of Milan

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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