Question 1

After Constantinople, Europe's largest city was

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A) Rome. 
B) Paris. 
C) London. 
D) Lisbon. 
E) Cordoba. 
A) Rome. 
B) Paris. 
C) London. 
D) Lisbon. 
E) Cordoba.

Question 2

In the Middle Ages, monastic hospitality to travelers was

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A) forbidden because monks were to be secluded from any contact with the outside world. 
B) offered occasionally, but only with royal permission. 
C) offered occasionally, but only with the permission of the abbot. 
D) offered to men but not to women, as the latter were potentially too sexually threatening to the celibate monks. 
E) a sacred duty. 
A) forbidden because monks were to be secluded from any contact with the outside world. 
B) offered occasionally, but only with royal permission. 
C) offered occasionally, but only with the permission of the abbot. 
D) offered to men but not to women, as the latter were potentially too sexually threatening to the celibate monks. 
E) a sacred duty.

Question 3

define the following term:
-Einhard

Accepted Answer

Einhard was a Frankish scholar and court

Question 4

Among Otto I's more successful actions that clearly benefited the kingship of Germany was

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A) his creation and effective government of a new "Roman Empire" with the aid of the eastern Slavs. 
B) refusing to employ high church officials as royal administrators. 
C) defeat of the Magyars at the battle of Lechfeld in 955 and Christianization of eastern Europe. 
D) his conversion to Orthodox Christianity. 
E) all the above 
A) his creation and effective government of a new "Roman Empire" with the aid of the eastern Slavs. 
B) refusing to employ high church officials as royal administrators. 
C) defeat of the Magyars at the battle of Lechfeld in 955 and Christianization of eastern Europe. 
D) his conversion to Orthodox Christianity. 
E) all the above

Question 5

The percentage of European land cultivated in the Early Middle Ages is estimated at

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A) less than 10 percent. 
B) slightly more than 20 percent. 
C) 35 percent. 
D) 50 percent. 
E) slightly more than 75 percent. 
A) less than 10 percent. 
B) slightly more than 20 percent. 
C) 35 percent. 
D) 50 percent. 
E) slightly more than 75 percent.

Question 6

define the following term:
-algebra and the astrolabe

Accepted Answer

Algebra:
Definition:
Algebra is a branch

Question 7

The coronation of Charlemagne in 800 as emperor of the Romans

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

Question 8

In feudal Europe, a serf was a man who

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A) farmed his own land and possessed a wide range of personal freedoms. 
B) wandered the roads begging for his living. 
C) was a slave owned by a priest. 
D) owed military service to a lord in return for land. 
E) was bound to the land as a farmer. 
A) farmed his own land and possessed a wide range of personal freedoms. 
B) wandered the roads begging for his living. 
C) was a slave owned by a priest. 
D) owed military service to a lord in return for land. 
E) was bound to the land as a farmer.

Question 9

define the following term:
-Photian schism

Accepted Answer

The Photian Schism refers to the 9th-cen

Question 10

define the following term:
-Charlemagne

Accepted Answer

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the G

Question 11

Of what significance was the Carolingian intellectual renaissance to western European civilization?

Accepted Answer

The Carolingian intellectual renaissance

Question 12

In 987, the Western Frankish nobility met and elected which of the following as their king, contributing to the formation of a new dynasty to rule France for centuries?

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A) Louis the Pious 
B) Conrad of Franconia 
C) Hugh Capet 
D) Charles of Navarre 
E) Philip of Valois 
A) Louis the Pious 
B) Conrad of Franconia 
C) Hugh Capet 
D) Charles of Navarre 
E) Philip of Valois

Question 13

Climatic patterns improved around 700 after several centuries of colder and wetter conditions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

define the following term:
-Abbasids

Accepted Answer

The Abbasids were a dynasty of caliphs w

Question 15

define the following term:
-lords, vassals, and vassalage

Accepted Answer

Lords, vassals, and vassalage are all ke

Question 16

The staple food in the Carolingian diet was

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A) bread. 
B) fish. 
C) beef. 
D) pork. 
E) vegetables. 
A) bread. 
B) fish. 
C) beef. 
D) pork. 
E) vegetables.

Question 17

By the early eleventh century, the Byzantine Empire

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

In Western Europe, the chief political repercussion of frequent Viking raids was

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 monasticism. 
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 monasticism.

Question 20

In the Early Middle Ages, the Catholic Church condemned infanticide as immoral and a sin, and because of the powerful position of the church in medieval society, the practice of the killing of infants disappeared.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

After Constantinople, Europe's largest city was

In the Middle Ages, monastic hospitality to travelers was

define the following term: -Einhard

Among Otto I's more successful actions that clearly benefited the kingship of Germany was

The percentage of European land cultivated in the Early Middle Ages is estimated at

define the following term: -algebra and the astrolabe

The coronation of Charlemagne in 800 as emperor of the Romans

In feudal Europe, a serf was a man who

define the following term: -Photian schism

define the following term: -Charlemagne

Of what significance was the Carolingian intellectual renaissance to western European civilization?

In 987, the Western Frankish nobility met and elected which of the following as their king, contributing to the formation of a new dynasty to rule France for centuries?

Climatic patterns improved around 700 after several centuries of colder and wetter conditions.

define the following term: -Abbasids

define the following term: -lords, vassals, and vassalage

The staple food in the Carolingian diet was

By the early eleventh century, the Byzantine Empire

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

In Western Europe, the chief political repercussion of frequent Viking raids was

In the Early Middle Ages, the Catholic Church condemned infanticide as immoral and a sin, and because of the powerful position of the church in medieval society, the practice of the killing of infants disappeared.

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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