Question 1

Regarding sexuality, the Catholic Church in the Early Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

A) was unable to enforce clerical celibacy. 
B) accepted the practice of homosexuality, but only between adults. 
C) accepted sex for the purpose of pleasure within marriage only. 
D) endorsed the practice of abortion to limit the number of children. 
E) discouraged marriage because it weakened the spiritual practices of Christians. 
A) was unable to enforce clerical celibacy. 
B) accepted the practice of homosexuality, but only between adults. 
C) accepted sex for the purpose of pleasure within marriage only. 
D) endorsed the practice of abortion to limit the number of children. 
E) discouraged marriage because it weakened the spiritual practices of Christians. A

Question 2

What was the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?

Accepted Answer

A) The most important Islamic university 
B) The palace of the Abbasid caliph 
C) A school for Muslim preachers 
D) A religious sanctuary used by imams 
E) A library that contained works of Plato and Aristotle 
A) The most important Islamic university 
B) The palace of the Abbasid caliph 
C) A school for Muslim preachers 
D) A religious sanctuary used by imams 
E) A library that contained works of Plato and Aristotle E

Question 3

In the Early Middle Ages, books were written on sheepskin, as papyrus was too expensive to be imported from Egypt, then under Muslim control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Who was the ruthless Russian leader responsible for tying Russian political and religious ideals to the Byzantine Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Oleg 
B) Vladimir 
C) Prince Mieszko 
D) Rurik 
E) Ivan 
A) Oleg 
B) Vladimir 
C) Prince Mieszko 
D) Rurik 
E) Ivan

Question 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-Cordoba

Accepted Answer

Cordoba was a city in medieval Spain tha

Question 6

The first Frankish king to be anointed in holy ceremony by an agent of the pope was

Accepted Answer

A) Zacharias. 
B) Charlemagne. 
C) Charles Martel. 
D) Pepin. 
E) Louis the Pious. 
A) Zacharias. 
B) Charlemagne. 
C) Charles Martel. 
D) Pepin. 
E) Louis the Pious.

Question 7

Slavic women had much more individual freedom that western European women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

By 750, the Byzantine Empire consisted only of Asia Minor, some Balkan lands, and the southern coast of Italy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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 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

Serfs were free persons who willingly worked the land of lords.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What resulted from the division of Europe into three kingdoms after the death of Louis the Pious?

Accepted Answer

A) The capture of the eastern German lands by Muslim forces 
B) An incessant struggle between Louis the German, Charles the Bald, and their heirs over disputed territories 
C) Two centuries of relative calm 
D) The eventual emergence of Lothair as the ruler of a united Europe 
E) Political control by the papacy 
A) The capture of the eastern German lands by Muslim forces 
B) An incessant struggle between Louis the German, Charles the Bald, and their heirs over disputed territories 
C) Two centuries of relative calm 
D) The eventual emergence of Lothair as the ruler of a united Europe 
E) Political control by the papacy

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-manor

Accepted Answer

A manor was a large estate or landholdin

Question 14

What was accomplished at the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843?

Accepted Answer

A) Peace with the Spanish caliphate 
B) Division of the Carolingian empire 
C) Reunification of the Catholic and Orthodox churches 
D) Creation of the Papal States 
E) Ceding of land to a party of Vikings 
A) Peace with the Spanish caliphate 
B) Division of the Carolingian empire 
C) Reunification of the Catholic and Orthodox churches 
D) Creation of the Papal States 
E) Ceding of land to a party of Vikings

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

How did the Catholic Church view marriage, sexuality, and family? How did it seek to impose its views on these matters on Frankish society?

Accepted Answer

The Catholic Church viewed marriage, sex

Question 17

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

Question 18

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 19

In what ways is Byzantine civilization during the ninth and tenth centuries worthy of the title "zenith of Byzantine civilization"?

Accepted Answer

The Byzantine civilization during the ni

Question 20

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

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

Regarding sexuality, the Catholic Church in the Early Middle Ages

What was the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?

In the Early Middle Ages, books were written on sheepskin, as papyrus was too expensive to be imported from Egypt, then under Muslim control.

Who was the ruthless Russian leader responsible for tying Russian political and religious ideals to the Byzantine Empire?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -Cordoba

The first Frankish king to be anointed in holy ceremony by an agent of the pope was

Slavic women had much more individual freedom that western European women.

By 750, the Byzantine Empire consisted only of Asia Minor, some Balkan lands, and the southern coast of Italy.

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?

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

Serfs were free persons who willingly worked the land of lords.

What resulted from the division of Europe into three kingdoms after the death of Louis the Pious?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -manor

What was accomplished at the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843?

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.

How did the Catholic Church view marriage, sexuality, and family? How did it seek to impose its views on these matters on Frankish society?

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

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

In what ways is Byzantine civilization during the ninth and tenth centuries worthy of the title "zenith of Byzantine civilization"?

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

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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

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