Question 1

Identify the following term(s).
-Kievan Russia

Accepted Answer

Kievan Rus' (also spelled Kievan Russia)

Question 2

Which of the following is not true about the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were a series of religiously inspired campaigns. 
B)  After 1071, the Seljuk Turk threat to pilgrims had subsided. 
C)  Economic forces such as the desire to increase trade and land hunger were contributing factors. 
D)  The pope promised atonement from sins for the Crusaders. 
E)  The Crusaders captured Jerusalem. 
A)  They were a series of religiously inspired campaigns. 
B)  After 1071, the Seljuk Turk threat to pilgrims had subsided. 
C)  Economic forces such as the desire to increase trade and land hunger were contributing factors. 
D)  The pope promised atonement from sins for the Crusaders. 
E)  The Crusaders captured Jerusalem.

Question 3

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 11.2 and explain how the Roman Empire fragmented into many Germanic kingdoms. What role might languages have played in the authority of the Germanic kings?

Accepted Answer

The fragmentation of the Roman Empire in

Question 4

One early Russian chronicle reports that Vladimir I rejected Judaism due to doubts about a powerful god who would let the ancient Jewish kingdom be destroyed, and he chose Orthodox Christianity over Islam because:

Accepted Answer

A)  he felt that Islam was more appropriate to nomadic peoples. 
B)  he felt that a relationship with Islam would do nothing to promote trade. 
C)  he got special dispensation from the pope to marry two wives. 
D)  he knew that Islam forbade alcohol consumption. 
E)  he was a great art lover, and in his view Islam had no beautiful religious buildings. 
A)  he felt that Islam was more appropriate to nomadic peoples. 
B)  he felt that a relationship with Islam would do nothing to promote trade. 
C)  he got special dispensation from the pope to marry two wives. 
D)  he knew that Islam forbade alcohol consumption. 
E)  he was a great art lover, and in his view Islam had no beautiful religious buildings.

Question 5

Describe the political and economic transformation of medieval Europe after the decline of Rome. How did the organization of Medieval European societies differ from that of Rome at its height? What role did invading forces have in this transformation?

Accepted Answer

The decline of Rome after about 300 C.E.

Question 6

Identify the following term(s).
-monasticism

Accepted Answer

Monasticism is a religious practice in w

Question 7

The Varangians who ruled early Russia were

Accepted Answer

A)  Turkish nomads 
B)  displaced Byzantine aristocracy. 
C)  Swedish Vikings 
D)  Germanic tribesmen. 
E)  the Kievan nobility. 
A)  Turkish nomads 
B)  displaced Byzantine aristocracy. 
C)  Swedish Vikings 
D)  Germanic tribesmen. 
E)  the Kievan nobility.

Question 8

After the tenth century the Roman Catholic Church faced all of the following challenges except

Accepted Answer

A)  disagreements over church regulations. 
B)  getting the office of pope more acknowledged internationally. 
C)  shortages of trained clergy. 
D)  continued infractions of the rules against clergy marrying. 
E)  residual pagan practices such as the worship of rivers, trees, and mountains. 
A)  disagreements over church regulations. 
B)  getting the office of pope more acknowledged internationally. 
C)  shortages of trained clergy. 
D)  continued infractions of the rules against clergy marrying. 
E)  residual pagan practices such as the worship of rivers, trees, and mountains.

Question 9

What was the critical means of transmitting Orthodox Christianity to the Slavic regions?

Accepted Answer

The Cyrillic alphabe

Question 10

A grant of land in return for a pledge to provide military service was called a ________?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A grant of land in return for...

Question 11

Which of the following technologies continued to grow after the collapse of the Roman economy?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following technologies continued to...

Question 12

Identify the following term(s).
-Thomas a Becket

Accepted Answer

Thomas a Becket, also known as Thomas Be

Question 13

Books within the Catholic church to guide priests about appropriate penance for sin were called:

Accepted Answer

A)  hymnals. 
B)  catechism. 
C)  triptychs 
D)  hagiographies. 
E)  penitentials. 
A)  hymnals. 
B)  catechism. 
C)  triptychs 
D)  hagiographies. 
E)  penitentials.

Question 14

Describe the process by which Vladimir I chose Orthodox Christianity for Kievan Russia.

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize the way in whi

Question 15

Justice and governance at the local level was usually provided by whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  the king. 
B)  the reeves of a shire. 
C)  the lord of the manor. 
D)  the archbishop of the diocese. 
E)  local custom. 
A)  the king. 
B)  the reeves of a shire. 
C)  the lord of the manor. 
D)  the archbishop of the diocese. 
E)  local custom.

Question 16

The sixth-century "plague of Justinian" was

Accepted Answer

A)  an economic crisis caused by the emperor's economic policies. 
B)  the death and destruction caused by Justinian's marauding armies. 
C)  the moral decay and social class struggle in the empire. 
D)  an outbreak of bubonic plague during Justinian's rule. 
E)  a further divide between the Western and Eastern Churches. 
A)  an economic crisis caused by the emperor's economic policies. 
B)  the death and destruction caused by Justinian's marauding armies. 
C)  the moral decay and social class struggle in the empire. 
D)  an outbreak of bubonic plague during Justinian's rule. 
E)  a further divide between the Western and Eastern Churches.

Question 17

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 11.1 and show how the focus of medieval Europe was characterized by a "move away from the Mediterranean" and toward the north and west. How did this shift bring Europe into conflict with Islamic civilizations?

Accepted Answer

The focus of medieval Europe was charact

Question 18

Technology to improve military skills in the Middle Ages included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  metal weapons. 
B)  stirrups. 
C)  chain mail. 
D)  heavy horses. 
E)  an early form of dynamite. 
A)  metal weapons. 
B)  stirrups. 
C)  chain mail. 
D)  heavy horses. 
E)  an early form of dynamite.

Question 19

A fief was

Accepted Answer

A)  a small, nonhereditary manor. 
B)  any estate governed by a hereditary lord. 
C)  any small and independent kingdom. 
D)  a Germanic peasant. 
E)  a grant of land exchanged for a sworn oath to provide military service. 
A)  a small, nonhereditary manor. 
B)  any estate governed by a hereditary lord. 
C)  any small and independent kingdom. 
D)  a Germanic peasant. 
E)  a grant of land exchanged for a sworn oath to provide military service.

Question 20

What was the most important form of monasticism in early medieval Europe, and why?

Accepted Answer

The most important form of monasticism i

Exam 11: Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Identify the following term(s). -Kievan Russia

Which of the following is not true about the Crusades?

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 11.2 and explain how the Roman Empire fragmented into many Germanic kingdoms. What role might languages have played in the authority of the Germanic kings?

One early Russian chronicle reports that Vladimir I rejected Judaism due to doubts about a powerful god who would let the ancient Jewish kingdom be destroyed, and he chose Orthodox Christianity over Islam because:

Describe the political and economic transformation of medieval Europe after the decline of Rome. How did the organization of Medieval European societies differ from that of Rome at its height? What role did invading forces have in this transformation?

Identify the following term(s). -monasticism

The Varangians who ruled early Russia were

After the tenth century the Roman Catholic Church faced all of the following challenges except

What was the critical means of transmitting Orthodox Christianity to the Slavic regions?

A grant of land in return for a pledge to provide military service was called a ________?

Which of the following technologies continued to grow after the collapse of the Roman economy?

Identify the following term(s). -Thomas a Becket

Books within the Catholic church to guide priests about appropriate penance for sin were called:

Describe the process by which Vladimir I chose Orthodox Christianity for Kievan Russia.

Justice and governance at the local level was usually provided by whom?

The sixth-century "plague of Justinian" was

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 11.1 and show how the focus of medieval Europe was characterized by a "move away from the Mediterranean" and toward the north and west. How did this shift bring Europe into conflict with Islamic civilizations?

Technology to improve military skills in the Middle Ages included all of the following except

A fief was

What was the most important form of monasticism in early medieval Europe, and why?

Nature, Humanity, and History

The First River-Valley Civilizations

The Mediterranean and Middle East

New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Latin Europe

Southern Empires, Southern Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

The Atlantic System and Africa

Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The New Power Balance

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

Revolutions in Living

The Collapse of the Old Order

The Cold War and Decolonization

The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration

New Challenges in a New Millenium

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