Question 1

What right did Justinian have that none of the barbarian kings of the West had?

Accepted Answer

A)  To have people prostrate themselves before him 
B)  To wear the royal purple 
C)  To convene and preside over a church council 
D)  To have mass celebrated for him on his birthday 
E)  To celebrate mass 
A)  To have people prostrate themselves before him 
B)  To wear the royal purple 
C)  To convene and preside over a church council 
D)  To have mass celebrated for him on his birthday 
E)  To celebrate mass

Question 2

Describe the factors that led to a decline in the middle Byzantine period?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. There was significant

Question 3

Muhammad's recitations were called sura.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For women in Muslim society, the veil represented ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  submission to the will of God 
B)  safety and protection from infidels 
C)  sobriety, modesty, and virtue 
D)  that she was owned by a husband 
E)  her unmarried status 
A)  submission to the will of God 
B)  safety and protection from infidels 
C)  sobriety, modesty, and virtue 
D)  that she was owned by a husband 
E)  her unmarried status

Question 5

Which is not among the Five Pillars of Islam?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prayer 
B)  Fasting 
C)  Pilgrimage 
D)  Charity 
E)  Jihad 
A)  Prayer 
B)  Fasting 
C)  Pilgrimage 
D)  Charity 
E)  Jihad

Question 6

During the Nika Riot, Empress Theodora convinced Justinian to leave Constantinople.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Iconoclasm meant ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a prohibition against false worship 
B)  an Islamic law forbidding artistic representations of the human form 
C)  a ruling that forbade the use of icons in religious settings 
D)  the reliance on icons, as argued by Monophysites, who emphasized the physical form 
E)  None of these. 
A)  a prohibition against false worship 
B)  an Islamic law forbidding artistic representations of the human form 
C)  a ruling that forbade the use of icons in religious settings 
D)  the reliance on icons, as argued by Monophysites, who emphasized the physical form 
E)  None of these.

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Justinian

Accepted Answer

Byzantine emperor noted for hi

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Hejira

Accepted Answer

Muhammad's flight, or "pilgrim

Question 10

What were Muhammad's recitations called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Visions 
B)  Sura 
C)  Quran 
D)  Zakat 
E)  Hadj 
A)  Visions 
B)  Sura 
C)  Quran 
D)  Zakat 
E)  Hadj

Question 11

Which women could circulate freely and without veils during Justinian's time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Actresses 
B)  Prostitutes 
C)  Slaves 
D)  Tavern keepers 
E)  All of these. 
A)  Actresses 
B)  Prostitutes 
C)  Slaves 
D)  Tavern keepers 
E)  All of these.

Question 12

How did the Islamic Empire develop, and expand?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The Islamic Empire sp

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-ecclesiastic

Accepted Answer

Pertaining

Question 14

Justinian and Theodora required their visitors ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  to exemplify good Christian values 
B)  to speak in whispers only 
C)  to prostrate themselves before them 
D)  to attend Mass before meeting them 
E)  to bring them food when they arrived 
A)  to exemplify good Christian values 
B)  to speak in whispers only 
C)  to prostrate themselves before them 
D)  to attend Mass before meeting them 
E)  to bring them food when they arrived

Question 15

Where was the capital of Islam moved after Ali's death?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mecca 
B)  Medina 
C)  Damascus 
D)  Jerusalem 
E)  Baghdad 
A)  Mecca 
B)  Medina 
C)  Damascus 
D)  Jerusalem 
E)  Baghdad

Question 16

Compare and contrast Islam and Christianity.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Each religion conside

Question 17

The Seljuk Turks moved in to attack the Byzantines and as a result the Byzantine Empire lost its core territory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What publication did Justinian commissioned early in his reign?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Vulgate 
B)  The Nicene Creed 
C)  The Body of Civil Law 
D)  The Byzantine Constitution 
E)  The Quran 
A)  The Vulgate 
B)  The Nicene Creed 
C)  The Body of Civil Law 
D)  The Byzantine Constitution 
E)  The Quran

Question 19

One of the triumphs of Justinian's rule was the construction of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Hippodrome 
B)  The Porphyrian Palace 
C)  The city bazaars 
D)  Hagia Sophia 
E)  The Golden Horn 
A)  The Hippodrome 
B)  The Porphyrian Palace 
C)  The city bazaars 
D)  Hagia Sophia 
E)  The Golden Horn

Question 20

After the seventh century, the main language in the Byzantine Empire was Greek.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: The Eastern Mediterranean

What right did Justinian have that none of the barbarian kings of the West had?

Describe the factors that led to a decline in the middle Byzantine period?

Muhammad's recitations were called sura.

For women in Muslim society, the veil represented ______________.

Which is not among the Five Pillars of Islam?

During the Nika Riot, Empress Theodora convinced Justinian to leave Constantinople.

Iconoclasm meant ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Justinian

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Hejira

What were Muhammad's recitations called?

Which women could circulate freely and without veils during Justinian's time?

How did the Islamic Empire develop, and expand?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -ecclesiastic

Justinian and Theodora required their visitors ______________.

Where was the capital of Islam moved after Ali's death?

Compare and contrast Islam and Christianity.

The Seljuk Turks moved in to attack the Byzantines and as a result the Byzantine Empire lost its core territory.

What publication did Justinian commissioned early in his reign?

One of the triumphs of Justinian's rule was the construction of what?

After the seventh century, the main language in the Byzantine Empire was Greek.

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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