Question 1

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-feudalism

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Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Cyrillic

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Who: The Cyrillic script was created by

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of Islam's Five Pillars of Faith?

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A) "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet." 
B) At least five times a day, a Muslim musty pray facing Mecca. 
C) At least once in a life, Muslims must engage in a jihad. 
D) Muslims must be generous to the poor. 
E) Ramadan is a holy month to be observed by a dawn to dusk fast. 
A) "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet." 
B) At least five times a day, a Muslim musty pray facing Mecca. 
C) At least once in a life, Muslims must engage in a jihad. 
D) Muslims must be generous to the poor. 
E) Ramadan is a holy month to be observed by a dawn to dusk fast.

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Donation of Pepin

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Who?
The Donation of Pepin refers to the

Question 5

Shortly after the Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines in 1071, Latin Christians

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A) officially broke with the Orthodox Church. 
B) sent their sympathy but did nothing. 
C) launched a series of Crusades against Islam, one of which included the looting of Constantinople and the occupation of the city by the Latin Christians for six decades. 
D) launched a series of Crusades against Islam which revived the Byzantine Empire and freed the Holy Land until the 19th century. 
E) believed that this proved God disapproved of Orthodox Christianity. 
A) officially broke with the Orthodox Church. 
B) sent their sympathy but did nothing. 
C) launched a series of Crusades against Islam, one of which included the looting of Constantinople and the occupation of the city by the Latin Christians for six decades. 
D) launched a series of Crusades against Islam which revived the Byzantine Empire and freed the Holy Land until the 19th century. 
E) believed that this proved God disapproved of Orthodox Christianity.

Question 6

The term double monasteries referred to

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A) houses where some monks led contemplative lives and some taught. 
B) institutions where monks lived under extremely strict regimens. 
C) religious establishments where both monks and nuns led spiritual lives. 
D) those monasteries with libraries containing both theological works and ancient Latin classics. 
E) institutions devoted both to prayer and to work. 
A) houses where some monks led contemplative lives and some taught. 
B) institutions where monks lived under extremely strict regimens. 
C) religious establishments where both monks and nuns led spiritual lives. 
D) those monasteries with libraries containing both theological works and ancient Latin classics. 
E) institutions devoted both to prayer and to work.

Question 7

The Ottoman Turks achieved all the following except

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A) the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. 
B) the conquest of Syria, North Africa, and the Arabian coast. 
C) effective administration of an empire. 
D) renewed cultural brilliance. 
E) the conquest of Hungary up to the gates of Vienna. 
A) the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. 
B) the conquest of Syria, North Africa, and the Arabian coast. 
C) effective administration of an empire. 
D) renewed cultural brilliance. 
E) the conquest of Hungary up to the gates of Vienna.

Question 8

What impact did the Byzantine Empire have on Latin Christendom as a whole?

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A) Contact with Byzantine civilization stimulated learning. 
B) The Byzantines preserved the philosophy, science, mathematics, and literature of ancient Greece. 
C) Byzantium preserved Roman law. 
D) The Byzantine Empire shielded Latin Christendom from expanding Islam. 
E) All of these 
A) Contact with Byzantine civilization stimulated learning. 
B) The Byzantines preserved the philosophy, science, mathematics, and literature of ancient Greece. 
C) Byzantium preserved Roman law. 
D) The Byzantine Empire shielded Latin Christendom from expanding Islam. 
E) All of these

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the relationship between religion and philosophy during the height of Muslim civilization?

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A) Mohammed was the final prophet, therefore, there was no need for classical philosophy. 
B) Muslim philosophy and science secularized society and marginalized religion. 
C) Scholars such as Al-Farabi and Ibn-Rushd argued that Greek philosophy could be used to explain Islamic beliefs. 
D) Muslim philosophy transformed Islam into hundreds of small sects. 
E) By encouraging rationalism, classical philosophy undermines religion and needs to be banned. 
A) Mohammed was the final prophet, therefore, there was no need for classical philosophy. 
B) Muslim philosophy and science secularized society and marginalized religion. 
C) Scholars such as Al-Farabi and Ibn-Rushd argued that Greek philosophy could be used to explain Islamic beliefs. 
D) Muslim philosophy transformed Islam into hundreds of small sects. 
E) By encouraging rationalism, classical philosophy undermines religion and needs to be banned.

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Merovingians

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The Merovingians were a dynasty of Frank

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Five Pillars of Islam

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Who: The "Who" refers to the individuals

Question 12

Who was the last scholar of the Roman world to have an in-depth knowledge of Greek philosophy?

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A) Isidore of Seville 
B) Boethius 
C) Cassiodorus 
D) Venerable Bede 
E) Johannes Scottus Eriugena 
A) Isidore of Seville 
B) Boethius 
C) Cassiodorus 
D) Venerable Bede 
E) Johannes Scottus Eriugena

Question 13

In the Early Middle Ages, the highest expression of the Christian life was considered to be the life of

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A) good Christian parents. 
B) a successful business man. 
C) the independent person who lived according to reason and fulfilled his potential. 
D) a monk. 
E) the knight who fulfilled his duty. 
A) good Christian parents. 
B) a successful business man. 
C) the independent person who lived according to reason and fulfilled his potential. 
D) a monk. 
E) the knight who fulfilled his duty.

Question 14

The cult of the Virgin Mary

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A) reached its peak in the 12th and 13th centuries. 
B) resulted in a multitude of churches being named after Mary. 
C) engendered a belief in the Immaculate Conception. 
D) provide an alternative, positive, view of woman. 
E) All of these 
A) reached its peak in the 12th and 13th centuries. 
B) resulted in a multitude of churches being named after Mary. 
C) engendered a belief in the Immaculate Conception. 
D) provide an alternative, positive, view of woman. 
E) All of these

Question 15

Under Germanic rulers, towns of the former Roman Empire continued

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A) to engage in substantial commerce. 
B) as episcopal seats of bishops. 
C) as lively centers of culture and intellectual life. 
D) as centers of government. 
E) to control the surrounding countryside. 
A) to engage in substantial commerce. 
B) as episcopal seats of bishops. 
C) as lively centers of culture and intellectual life. 
D) as centers of government. 
E) to control the surrounding countryside.

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Describe the evolution of the state in Early Medieval Latin Christendom and its connection to culture.

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The evolution of the state in Early Medi

Question 17

In the Early Middle Ages, as learning was almost non-existent in Western Europe, the Muslims

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A) created a new high civilization. 
B) combined Arabic, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian learning along with their original thinking and experimentation. 
C) acquired the Greco-Roman intellectual legacy from the Byzantines. 
D) pushed the frontiers of knowledge forward, particularly in mathematics. 
E) All of these 
A) created a new high civilization. 
B) combined Arabic, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian learning along with their original thinking and experimentation. 
C) acquired the Greco-Roman intellectual legacy from the Byzantines. 
D) pushed the frontiers of knowledge forward, particularly in mathematics. 
E) All of these

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -feudalism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Cyrillic

Which of the following is not one of Islam's Five Pillars of Faith?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Donation of Pepin

Shortly after the Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines in 1071, Latin Christians

The term double monasteries referred to

The Ottoman Turks achieved all the following except

What impact did the Byzantine Empire have on Latin Christendom as a whole?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between religion and philosophy during the height of Muslim civilization?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Merovingians

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Five Pillars of Islam

Who was the last scholar of the Roman world to have an in-depth knowledge of Greek philosophy?

In the Early Middle Ages, the highest expression of the Christian life was considered to be the life of

The cult of the Virgin Mary

Under Germanic rulers, towns of the former Roman Empire continued

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Describe the evolution of the state in Early Medieval Latin Christendom and its connection to culture.

In the Early Middle Ages, as learning was almost non-existent in Western Europe, the Muslims

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 9: The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -feudalism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Cyrillic

Which of the following is not one of Islam's Five Pillars of Faith?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Donation of Pepin

Shortly after the Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines in 1071, Latin Christians

The term double monasteries referred to

The Ottoman Turks achieved all the following except

What impact did the Byzantine Empire have on Latin Christendom as a whole?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between religion and philosophy during the height of Muslim civilization?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Merovingians

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Five Pillars of Islam

Who was the last scholar of the Roman world to have an in-depth knowledge of Greek philosophy?

In the Early Middle Ages, the highest expression of the Christian life was considered to be the life of

The cult of the Virgin Mary

Under Germanic rulers, towns of the former Roman Empire continued

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Describe the evolution of the state in Early Medieval Latin Christendom and its connection to culture.

In the Early Middle Ages, as learning was almost non-existent in Western Europe, the Muslims

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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