Question 1

The Frankish palace official, Charles Martel, successfully defeated which of the following near Poitiers in 732?

Accepted Answer

A) the Visigoths. 
B) the Burgundians. 
C) the Muslims. 
D) the Byzantines. 
E) the Merovingians. 
A) the Visigoths. 
B) the Burgundians. 
C) the Muslims. 
D) the Byzantines. 
E) the Merovingians.

Question 2

In the year 532, Justinian almost fled the capital because of

Accepted Answer

A) a plague. 
B) an invasion. 
C) a vision from heaven. 
D) his plan to run off with the palace funds. 
E) the Nika riots. 
A) a plague. 
B) an invasion. 
C) a vision from heaven. 
D) his plan to run off with the palace funds. 
E) the Nika riots.

Question 3

The holy man who created the first community of monks in Egypt and laid the foundations for the monastic movement was

Accepted Answer

A) Saint Martin. 
B) Saint Augustine. 
C) Saint Jerome. 
D) Saint Anthony. 
E) Saint Aquinas. 
A) Saint Martin. 
B) Saint Augustine. 
C) Saint Jerome. 
D) Saint Anthony. 
E) Saint Aquinas.

Question 4

define the following term:
-Theodoric

Accepted Answer

Theodoric the Great, also known as Theod

Question 5

The Corpus Iuris Civilis (Body of Civil Law)

Accepted Answer

A) was never adopted by the Byzantine Empire. 
B) was the last product of eastern Roman culture to be written in Latin. 
C) marked a rejection from Roman law. 
D) was used only in the east and never in the west. 
E) was the first legal text to be written entirely in Greek in the eastern Empire. 
A) was never adopted by the Byzantine Empire. 
B) was the last product of eastern Roman culture to be written in Latin. 
C) marked a rejection from Roman law. 
D) was used only in the east and never in the west. 
E) was the first legal text to be written entirely in Greek in the eastern Empire.

Question 6

Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who took control of Italy, was determined to

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A) destroy Roman civilization and culture forever. 
B) destroy the Jews in Italy. 
C) sack the Byzantine Empire and depose the pope. 
D) maintain Roman customs and practices in Italy. 
E) make German the official and only language. 
A) destroy Roman civilization and culture forever. 
B) destroy the Jews in Italy. 
C) sack the Byzantine Empire and depose the pope. 
D) maintain Roman customs and practices in Italy. 
E) make German the official and only language.

Question 7

define the following term:
-Franks

Accepted Answer

The term "Franks" refers to a collection

Question 8

Justinian's most important lasting contribution to Western civilization was his

Accepted Answer

A) codification of Roman law. 
B) reconquest of western Europe. 
C) prevention of the migration of eastern peoples to the west. 
D) promotion of the use of Latin. 
E) patronage of the writer Procopius, whose Secret History praised Justinian's policies. 
A) codification of Roman law. 
B) reconquest of western Europe. 
C) prevention of the migration of eastern peoples to the west. 
D) promotion of the use of Latin. 
E) patronage of the writer Procopius, whose Secret History praised Justinian's policies.

Question 9

Beginning with Justinian, the center of the Byzantine presence in Italy was Rome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Umayyad dynasty moved the capital of the Muslim Empire to

Accepted Answer

A) Mecca. 
B) Córdoba. 
C) Tunis. 
D) Damascus. 
E) Baghdad. 
A) Mecca. 
B) Córdoba. 
C) Tunis. 
D) Damascus. 
E) Baghdad.

Question 11

How did Diocletian and Constantine alter the Roman Empire, and with what long-term consequences?

Accepted Answer

Diocletian and Constantine both made sig

Question 12

By the end of the fifth century in the West

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A) the Germans greatly outnumbered the Roman population. 
B) the German tribes had rejected Arianism. 
C) the Romans still controlled the economic resources. 
D) the Germans took over the economic resources. 
E) Romans and Germans maintained separate cultures for the following several centuries. 
A) the Germans greatly outnumbered the Roman population. 
B) the German tribes had rejected Arianism. 
C) the Romans still controlled the economic resources. 
D) the Germans took over the economic resources. 
E) Romans and Germans maintained separate cultures for the following several centuries.

Question 13

define the following term:
-Allah

Accepted Answer

Who? - Allah is the Arabic word for God

Question 14

define the following term:
-Odoacer

Accepted Answer

Odoacer was a Germanic chieftain who dep

Question 15

define the following term:
-Cassiodorus

Accepted Answer

Cassiodorus was a Roman statesman, write

Question 16

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

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 17

define the following term:
-diocese

Accepted Answer

A diocese is a district or area under th

Question 18

define the following term:
-St. Patrick

Accepted Answer

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Irela

Question 19

What role did monks and nuns play in early medieval society? Do you agree with the text's assessment that "monks became the new heroes of Christian civilization"?

Accepted Answer

Monks and nuns played a significant role

Question 20

define the following term:
-caliph

Accepted Answer

Who? 
A caliph is a religious and politi

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

The Frankish palace official, Charles Martel, successfully defeated which of the following near Poitiers in 732?

In the year 532, Justinian almost fled the capital because of

The holy man who created the first community of monks in Egypt and laid the foundations for the monastic movement was

define the following term: -Theodoric

The Corpus Iuris Civilis (Body of Civil Law)

Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who took control of Italy, was determined to

define the following term: -Franks

Justinian's most important lasting contribution to Western civilization was his

Beginning with Justinian, the center of the Byzantine presence in Italy was Rome.

The Umayyad dynasty moved the capital of the Muslim Empire to

How did Diocletian and Constantine alter the Roman Empire, and with what long-term consequences?

By the end of the fifth century in the West

define the following term: -Allah

define the following term: -Odoacer

define the following term: -Cassiodorus

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

define the following term: -diocese

define the following term: -St. Patrick

What role did monks and nuns play in early medieval society? Do you agree with the text's assessment that "monks became the new heroes of Christian civilization"?

define the following term: -caliph

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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