Question 1

The first caliph was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mohammad 
B)  Abu Bakr 
C)  Ali 
D)  Uthman 
E)  Umar 
A)  Mohammad 
B)  Abu Bakr 
C)  Ali 
D)  Uthman 
E)  Umar

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Body of Civil Law

Accepted Answer

Justinian's three-volume codif

Question 3

In the struggle for power between Irene and Constantine VI, she received support from ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  iconoclasts 
B)  court eunuchs appointed to key government positions 
C)  her son's second wife, Theodote 
D)  the military aristocracy 
E)  None of these. 
A)  iconoclasts 
B)  court eunuchs appointed to key government positions 
C)  her son's second wife, Theodote 
D)  the military aristocracy 
E)  None of these.

Question 4

A worthy life in the Muslim faith is obtained through ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  submission to the will of God 
B)  adherence to the Five Pillars 
C)  rejecting all other faiths 
D)  following the Ten Commandments 
E)  being a good person 
A)  submission to the will of God 
B)  adherence to the Five Pillars 
C)  rejecting all other faiths 
D)  following the Ten Commandments 
E)  being a good person

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-caliph

Accepted Answer

Spiritual and politi

Question 6

One major sign of Christianity's spread in Rus was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  peasants wearing crosses instead of pendants to show social rank 
B)  arrangements of individual family homes instead of single homesteads 
C)  no further engagement in slave trading 
D)  burying the dead instead of cremating them 
E)  the Byzantine emperor issuing rules on church building 
A)  peasants wearing crosses instead of pendants to show social rank 
B)  arrangements of individual family homes instead of single homesteads 
C)  no further engagement in slave trading 
D)  burying the dead instead of cremating them 
E)  the Byzantine emperor issuing rules on church building

Question 7

What changes occurred in the military during the Byzantine Middle Period?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. In the face of expans

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Five Pillars of Islam

Accepted Answer

The framework of the Muslim li

Question 9

What did Irene do to try and disqualify her son from ruling?

Accepted Answer

A)  She kept him under house arrest his whole life. 
B)  She declared his divorce from Maria invalid. 
C)  She rallied the military to her side by marrying a powerful general. 
D)  She blinded him. 
E)  She had him kidnapped and sent to a monastery. 
A)  She kept him under house arrest his whole life. 
B)  She declared his divorce from Maria invalid. 
C)  She rallied the military to her side by marrying a powerful general. 
D)  She blinded him. 
E)  She had him kidnapped and sent to a monastery.

Question 10

As Mohammad came to Medina in 622, the Muslim calendar marked its beginning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Mecca

Accepted Answer

City of Muhammad's birth, loca

Question 12

What was the name of Justinian's most famous general?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cyril 
B)  Seljuk 
C)  Methodius 
D)  Constans 
E)  Belisarius 
A)  Cyril 
B)  Seljuk 
C)  Methodius 
D)  Constans 
E)  Belisarius

Question 13

What did the legal concept of patria potestas mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  The male head of the household was the legal head of the household. 
B)  Women had equal rights within the household. 
C)  A free man could not be property because he could own property. 
D)  To form contracts and marriage alliances 
E)  Servants and slaves were under the authority of the woman of the house. 
A)  The male head of the household was the legal head of the household. 
B)  Women had equal rights within the household. 
C)  A free man could not be property because he could own property. 
D)  To form contracts and marriage alliances 
E)  Servants and slaves were under the authority of the woman of the house.

Question 14

The Arabian Peninsula was most useful for ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cities and ports 
B)  agriculture 
C)  mining 
D)  trade caravans 
E)  a stop-off between Africa and India 
A)  cities and ports 
B)  agriculture 
C)  mining 
D)  trade caravans 
E)  a stop-off between Africa and India

Question 15

What is the cube-shaped shrine sacred to Islam called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kaaba 
B)  Mecca 
C)  Caliph 
D)  Quran 
E)  Hejira 
A)  Kaaba 
B)  Mecca 
C)  Caliph 
D)  Quran 
E)  Hejira

Question 16

Which language does the Cyrillic alphabet derive from?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greek 
B)  Roman 
C)  Arabic 
D)  Sanskrit 
E)  Rus 
A)  Greek 
B)  Roman 
C)  Arabic 
D)  Sanskrit 
E)  Rus

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Bubonic plague

Accepted Answer

Disease caused by the bacillus

Question 18

Describe the schism that led to the Shiite and Sunni sects?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The schism occurred o

Question 19

The first place that Justinian successfully conquered in his attempt to rebuild the empire was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Crimea 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Italy 
D)  the Balkans 
E)  Jerusalem 
A)  Crimea 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Italy 
D)  the Balkans 
E)  Jerusalem

Question 20

Discuss the conflicts religious icons presented in the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Emperor Leo III began

Exam 8: The Eastern Mediterranean

The first caliph was ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Body of Civil Law

In the struggle for power between Irene and Constantine VI, she received support from ______________.

A worthy life in the Muslim faith is obtained through ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -caliph

One major sign of Christianity's spread in Rus was ______________.

What changes occurred in the military during the Byzantine Middle Period?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Five Pillars of Islam

What did Irene do to try and disqualify her son from ruling?

As Mohammad came to Medina in 622, the Muslim calendar marked its beginning.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Mecca

What was the name of Justinian's most famous general?

What did the legal concept of patria potestas mean?

The Arabian Peninsula was most useful for ______________.

What is the cube-shaped shrine sacred to Islam called?

Which language does the Cyrillic alphabet derive from?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Bubonic plague

Describe the schism that led to the Shiite and Sunni sects?

The first place that Justinian successfully conquered in his attempt to rebuild the empire was ______________.

Discuss the conflicts religious icons presented in the Byzantine Empire.

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