Question 1

The eighty thousand Vandals who captured North Africa early in the fifth century

Accepted Answer

A)  interrupted shipments of food to Rome. 
B)  enslaved those they conquered. 
C)  settled peacefully in their new location. 
D)  were nearly isolated there because they had few ships. 
A)  interrupted shipments of food to Rome. 
B)  enslaved those they conquered. 
C)  settled peacefully in their new location. 
D)  were nearly isolated there because they had few ships.

Question 2

Why were Jews deemed a special problem for Christian emperors? How did the rulers place increasing pressure on them?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Why did Constantinople become the capital of the eastern half of the empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  The name of the city reminded the emperor Theodosius of his predecessor Constantine. 
B)  Its location was militarily and commercially strategic. 
C)  Its population was overwhelmingly Christian, and Theodosius had just declared Christianity to be the official religion of the empire. 
D)  The majority of the population of the Roman Empire now lived in the city of Constantinople and not in the city of Rome. 
A)  The name of the city reminded the emperor Theodosius of his predecessor Constantine. 
B)  Its location was militarily and commercially strategic. 
C)  Its population was overwhelmingly Christian, and Theodosius had just declared Christianity to be the official religion of the empire. 
D)  The majority of the population of the Roman Empire now lived in the city of Constantinople and not in the city of Rome.

Question 4

After fifty years of civil war in the third century, the emperors of the reunified empire

Accepted Answer

A)  made taxation more efficient by sending imperial tax collectors to replace local elites. 
B)  asserted their autocracy aggressively, through harsh laws and punishments. 
C)  signed a truce with the tribes on the frontiers of the empire. 
D)  required that Christianity be universally practiced as the new state religion. 
A)  made taxation more efficient by sending imperial tax collectors to replace local elites. 
B)  asserted their autocracy aggressively, through harsh laws and punishments. 
C)  signed a truce with the tribes on the frontiers of the empire. 
D)  required that Christianity be universally practiced as the new state religion.

The eighty thousand Vandals who captured North Africa early in the fifth century

Why were Jews deemed a special problem for Christian emperors? How did the rulers place increasing pressure on them?

Why did Constantinople become the capital of the eastern half of the empire?

After fifty years of civil war in the third century, the emperors of the reunified empire

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The eighty thousand Vandals who captured North Africa early in the fifth century

Why were Jews deemed a special problem for Christian emperors? How did the rulers place increasing pressure on them?

Why did Constantinople become the capital of the eastern half of the empire?

After fifty years of civil war in the third century, the emperors of the reunified empire

Early Western Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E

Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E

The Greek Golden Age, C 500-C 400 B.C.E

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30 B.C.E

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E

The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E-284 C.E

The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050

Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050-1150

The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215

The Medieval Synthesis and Its Cracks, 1215-1340

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340-1492

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492-1560

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560-1648

Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640-1700

The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700-1750

The Promise of Enlightenment, 1750-1789

The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789-1799

Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830

Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830-1850

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850-1870

Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870-1890

Modernity and the Road to War, 1890-1914

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945-1960s

Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s-1989

A New Globalism, 1989 to the Present

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