Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-Umayyad

Accepted Answer

The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of

Question 2

Compare Islamic civilization to the civilization of Western Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. How would you explain the differences you note?

Accepted Answer

Islamic civilization and Western Europea

Question 3

Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of

Accepted Answer

A) crude surgery. 
B) medicinal herbs and bleeding. 
C) diet and exercise. 
D) synthetic compounds and rare substances. 
E) homeopathic techniques. 
A) crude surgery. 
B) medicinal herbs and bleeding. 
C) diet and exercise. 
D) synthetic compounds and rare substances. 
E) homeopathic techniques.

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Cordoba

Accepted Answer

Cordoba was a city in medieval Spain tha

Question 5

How were women seen in the Byzantine Empire? What was expected of them? How did the reality of women's lives differ from those expectations?

Accepted Answer

In the Byzantine Empire, women were gene

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Carolingian Renaissance

Accepted Answer

The Carolingian Renaissance was a period

Question 7

The major obligation of a vassal to his lord was to

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A) pray for him on a daily basis. 
B) administer the law. 
C) perform military service. 
D) increase agricultural yields. 
E) pay his taxes. 
A) pray for him on a daily basis. 
B) administer the law. 
C) perform military service. 
D) increase agricultural yields. 
E) pay his taxes.

Question 8

How did the Abbasid rulers try to change the world of Islam?

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A) They chose all officials exclusively from the Arabic community. 
B) They translated the Qur'an into Persian, making it the official language of Islam. 
C) They ruled Spain from Cordoba. 
D) They broke down the distinctions between Arab and non-Arab Muslims. 
E) They defeated the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert. 
A) They chose all officials exclusively from the Arabic community. 
B) They translated the Qur'an into Persian, making it the official language of Islam. 
C) They ruled Spain from Cordoba. 
D) They broke down the distinctions between Arab and non-Arab Muslims. 
E) They defeated the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert.

Question 9

With which people did the Swedish Vikings - the Varangians - become associated or assimilate?

Accepted Answer

A) Magyars 
B) Czechs 
C) Armenians 
D) Bulgars 
E) Russians 
A) Magyars 
B) Czechs 
C) Armenians 
D) Bulgars 
E) Russians

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-demesne

Accepted Answer

Demesne refers to a piece of land attach

Question 11

Where did Alcuin establish his school for the revival of learning during Charlemagne?

Accepted Answer

A) Lechfield 
B) Bordeaux 
C) Barcelona 
D) Lisbon 
E) York 
A) Lechfield 
B) Bordeaux 
C) Barcelona 
D) Lisbon 
E) York

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Prince Mieszko

Accepted Answer

Prince Mieszko I was the first historica

Question 13

The Slavic people of the Rus are best known for

Accepted Answer

A) their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings, in 862. 
B) their preoccupation with cleanliness. 
C) their unflinching loyalty to the Roman Catholic church. 
D) founding the state that became known as Russia. 
E) their monastic tradition and practice of celibacy. 
A) their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings, in 862. 
B) their preoccupation with cleanliness. 
C) their unflinching loyalty to the Roman Catholic church. 
D) founding the state that became known as Russia. 
E) their monastic tradition and practice of celibacy.

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-bleeding

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-lords and vassals

Accepted Answer

Lords and vassals are terms that origina

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Baghdad

Accepted Answer

Baghdad is the capital city of Iraq and

Question 17

What best describes the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans in 800?

Accepted Answer

A) It was performed by Pope Zacharias I. 
B) It was defended by the Donation of Constantine. 
C) It symbolized the fusion of Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures. 
D) It greatly pleased the new emperor who had long coveted this office. 
E) It was approved beforehand by the Byzantine Emperor. 
A) It was performed by Pope Zacharias I. 
B) It was defended by the Donation of Constantine. 
C) It symbolized the fusion of Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures. 
D) It greatly pleased the new emperor who had long coveted this office. 
E) It was approved beforehand by the Byzantine Emperor.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-clerical celibacy

Accepted Answer

Clerical celibacy refers to the requirem

Question 19

The introduction of the stirrup had a profound impact on western European warfare.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The major obligation of a lord to his vassal was to

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A) pray for him. 
B) protect him. 
C) provide him with weapons. 
D) provide him with serfs. 
E) find husbands for his daughters. 
A) pray for him. 
B) protect him. 
C) provide him with weapons. 
D) provide him with serfs. 
E) find husbands for his daughters.

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

Please define the following key terms. -Umayyad

Compare Islamic civilization to the civilization of Western Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. How would you explain the differences you note?

Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of

Please define the following key terms. -Cordoba

How were women seen in the Byzantine Empire? What was expected of them? How did the reality of women's lives differ from those expectations?

Please define the following key terms. -Carolingian Renaissance

The major obligation of a vassal to his lord was to

How did the Abbasid rulers try to change the world of Islam?

With which people did the Swedish Vikings - the Varangians - become associated or assimilate?

Please define the following key terms. -demesne

Where did Alcuin establish his school for the revival of learning during Charlemagne?

Please define the following key terms. -Prince Mieszko

The Slavic people of the Rus are best known for

Please define the following key terms. -bleeding

Please define the following key terms. -lords and vassals

Please define the following key terms. -Baghdad

What best describes the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans in 800?

Please define the following key terms. -clerical celibacy

The introduction of the stirrup had a profound impact on western European warfare.

The major obligation of a lord to his vassal was to

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.

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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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