Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-nuclear family

Accepted Answer

A nuclear family is a family unit consis

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-missi dominici

Accepted Answer

The Missi Dominici, which translates to

Question 3

By the ninth century, about what percent of the population of western Europe had become serfs?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 
B) 25 
C) 40 
D) 60 
E) 85 
A) 10 
B) 25 
C) 40 
D) 60 
E) 85

Question 4

Modern Russians are descended from western Slavic peoples.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What problems and tensions plagued the Byzantine Empire in the ninth and tenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

The Byzantine Empire faced numerous prob

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Cassiodorus

Accepted Answer

Cassiodorus was a Roman statesman, write

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Varangians

Accepted Answer

The Varangians were a group of Norse war

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Avicenna

Accepted Answer

Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Rurik

Accepted Answer

Rurik, also known as Rurik the Great, wa

Question 10

How did the Poles, Czechs, and Hungarians respond to German incursions?

Accepted Answer

A) They ignored all efforts of German kings to Christianize them. 
B) They were united by their cultural links to the Byzantine Empire. 
C) They were greatly influenced by assimilation into the Catholic church and Latin culture. 
D) They rejected western Christianity and became increasingly antagonistic toward Christianity. 
E) They became Orthodox Christians, unlike most of the other Slavic peoples. 
A) They ignored all efforts of German kings to Christianize them. 
B) They were united by their cultural links to the Byzantine Empire. 
C) They were greatly influenced by assimilation into the Catholic church and Latin culture. 
D) They rejected western Christianity and became increasingly antagonistic toward Christianity. 
E) They became Orthodox Christians, unlike most of the other Slavic peoples.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-vassalage

Accepted Answer

Vassalage is a term that originates from

Question 12

What best describes the state of the Byzantine Empire by the early eleventh century?

Accepted Answer

A) It was under the control of the western emperor. 
B) It had been conquered by the Abbasids. 
C) It was in terminal decline. 
D) It had achieved a new brilliance of power and influence under the Macedonians. 
E) It had finally adopted Catholic Christianity and accepted the leadership of the pope. 
A) It was under the control of the western emperor. 
B) It had been conquered by the Abbasids. 
C) It was in terminal decline. 
D) It had achieved a new brilliance of power and influence under the Macedonians. 
E) It had finally adopted Catholic Christianity and accepted the leadership of the pope.

Question 13

Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?

Accepted Answer

A) Leif Erikson 
B) Erik the Red 
C) Olaf the Bald 
D) Wilbur the Swede 
E) Ivar the Boneless 
A) Leif Erikson 
B) Erik the Red 
C) Olaf the Bald 
D) Wilbur the Swede 
E) Ivar the Boneless

Question 14

Which statement best describes the expansion of the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne?

Accepted Answer

A) It was carried out with the largest army in history up to its time. 
B) It was most successful against the German tribes to the east. 
C) It resulted in the quick destruction of the Saxons. 
D) It resulted in the capture of all of Europe except for Italy. 
E) It succeeded in capturing most of Spain from the Moors. 
A) It was carried out with the largest army in history up to its time. 
B) It was most successful against the German tribes to the east. 
C) It resulted in the quick destruction of the Saxons. 
D) It resulted in the capture of all of Europe except for Italy. 
E) It succeeded in capturing most of Spain from the Moors.

Question 15

Describe the conversion to Christianity of the various peoples of Eastern Europe. Include a discussion about the role of both the Roman and Eastern Churches in that process.

Accepted Answer

The conversion to Christianity of the va

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Vikings

Accepted Answer

The Vikings were seafaring Norse people

Question 17

What is demonstrated by a comparison of Islam and Western Civilization in the eighth and ninth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) The West's clear superiority in urban culture 
B) Muslim creation of a brilliant and sophisticated urban culture 
C) A common fascination with decorative arts depicting living things 
D) The West's greater respect for ancient civilizations and cultures 
E) Western supremacy via the institutions of feudalism and manorialism 
A) The West's clear superiority in urban culture 
B) Muslim creation of a brilliant and sophisticated urban culture 
C) A common fascination with decorative arts depicting living things 
D) The West's greater respect for ancient civilizations and cultures 
E) Western supremacy via the institutions of feudalism and manorialism

Question 18

What city was the capital of the Abbasid caliphate during the high point of Islamic culture?

Accepted Answer

A) Mecca 
B) Medina 
C) Istanbul 
D) Damascus 
E) Baghdad 
A) Mecca 
B) Medina 
C) Istanbul 
D) Damascus 
E) Baghdad

Question 19

Describe the relationship between lord and vassal. How did it differ from the relationship between lord and serf?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between a lord and vass

Question 20

What was the main political repercussion of frequent Viking raids in Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) The strengthening of centralized royal authority 
B) An increase in the power of the church 
C) An increase in the power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection 
D) A decline in the power of local aristocrats whose inability to stop the raids drove ordinary people into royal cities 
E) An increase in the power of ordinary people 
A) The strengthening of centralized royal authority 
B) An increase in the power of the church 
C) An increase in the power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection 
D) A decline in the power of local aristocrats whose inability to stop the raids drove ordinary people into royal cities 
E) An increase in the power of ordinary people

Exam 8: European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

Please define the following key terms. -nuclear family

Please define the following key terms. -missi dominici

By the ninth century, about what percent of the population of western Europe had become serfs?

Modern Russians are descended from western Slavic peoples.

What problems and tensions plagued the Byzantine Empire in the ninth and tenth centuries?

Please define the following key terms. -Cassiodorus

Please define the following key terms. -Varangians

Please define the following key terms. -Avicenna

Please define the following key terms. -Rurik

How did the Poles, Czechs, and Hungarians respond to German incursions?

Please define the following key terms. -vassalage

What best describes the state of the Byzantine Empire by the early eleventh century?

Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?

Which statement best describes the expansion of the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne?

Describe the conversion to Christianity of the various peoples of Eastern Europe. Include a discussion about the role of both the Roman and Eastern Churches in that process.

Please define the following key terms. -Vikings

What is demonstrated by a comparison of Islam and Western Civilization in the eighth and ninth centuries?

What city was the capital of the Abbasid caliphate during the high point of Islamic culture?

Describe the relationship between lord and vassal. How did it differ from the relationship between lord and serf?

What was the main political repercussion of frequent Viking raids in Western Europe?

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.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

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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