Question 1

The Germans believed that the ordeal

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A) could reveal the truth by showing which party God favored in a dispute. 
B) would purify the spirit and bring one closer to God. 
C) caused eternal damnation because its practice was classified as a heresy. 
D) should be a spiritual rather than physical trial. 
E) was the best means to deter crime. 
A) could reveal the truth by showing which party God favored in a dispute. 
B) would purify the spirit and bring one closer to God. 
C) caused eternal damnation because its practice was classified as a heresy. 
D) should be a spiritual rather than physical trial. 
E) was the best means to deter crime.

Question 2

How did Diocletian and Constantine alter the Roman Empire? What were the long-term consequences?

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Diocletian and Constantine both made sig

Question 3

Justinian's military conquests under the great general Belisarius

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A) included both Spain and Gaul. 
B) solved the eastern Empire's economic problems. 
C) helped Italy economically. 
D) were short-lived. 
E) permanently returned control of the Mediterranean to the eastern Empire. 
A) included both Spain and Gaul. 
B) solved the eastern Empire's economic problems. 
C) helped Italy economically. 
D) were short-lived. 
E) permanently returned control of the Mediterranean to the eastern Empire.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between Christianity and Islam?

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A) Each of the faiths had a holy book. 
B) Both Muhammad and Jesus considered themselves to be divine. 
C) Both religions were monotheistic. 
D) Both religions had as part of their scriptures divine revelation. 
E) Both religions envisioned heaven or paradise for believers. 
A) Each of the faiths had a holy book. 
B) Both Muhammad and Jesus considered themselves to be divine. 
C) Both religions were monotheistic. 
D) Both religions had as part of their scriptures divine revelation. 
E) Both religions envisioned heaven or paradise for believers.

Question 5

The founder of the Frankish kingdom and the first royal Frankish defender of the Catholic faith was

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A) Merovic. 
B) Conan. 
C) Hagar. 
D) Clovis. 
E) Charles Martel. 
A) Merovic. 
B) Conan. 
C) Hagar. 
D) Clovis. 
E) Charles Martel.

Question 6

Pope Gregory the Great was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT

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A) creating the Papal States. 
B) recognizing the Byzantine emperor as the rightful ruler of Italy. 
C) supporting the work of Christian missionaries in England. 
D) writing The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. 
E) becoming Bishop of Rome. 
A) creating the Papal States. 
B) recognizing the Byzantine emperor as the rightful ruler of Italy. 
C) supporting the work of Christian missionaries in England. 
D) writing The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. 
E) becoming Bishop of Rome.

Question 7

By the second half of the fourth century, German tribes, known as "federates," were incorporated into the Roman army.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Council of Nicaea in 325

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A) first organized a system of bishoprics. 
B) elected the first pope. 
C) defined Christ as being "of the same substance" as God. 
D) centered around the heresy of Donatism. 
E) was condemned by Constantine. 
A) first organized a system of bishoprics. 
B) elected the first pope. 
C) defined Christ as being "of the same substance" as God. 
D) centered around the heresy of Donatism. 
E) was condemned by Constantine.

Question 9

Constantine's most enduring reform came in the creation of

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A) a new system of Roman law. 
B) the "New Rome." 
C) wage and price controls. 
D) the coloni. 
E) the Pantheon. 
A) a new system of Roman law. 
B) the "New Rome." 
C) wage and price controls. 
D) the coloni. 
E) the Pantheon.

Question 10

The title "vicars of Christ" has traditionally been given to the

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A) Bishops of Rome. 
B) Archbishops of Alexandria. 
C) Patriarchs of Jerusalem. 
D) Archbishops of Antioch. 
E) Patriarchs of Constantinople. 
A) Bishops of Rome. 
B) Archbishops of Alexandria. 
C) Patriarchs of Jerusalem. 
D) Archbishops of Antioch. 
E) Patriarchs of Constantinople.

Question 11

In 597, who did Pope Gregory the Great send to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons?

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A) Anthony 
B) Leo 
C) Constantius 
D) Augustine 
E) Ambrose 
A) Anthony 
B) Leo 
C) Constantius 
D) Augustine 
E) Ambrose

Question 12

What were the major accomplishments of Justinian? In what ways did those achievements burden and help transform the Roman Empire in the east?

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Justinian I, also known as Justinian the

Question 13

Byzantine armies from Constantinople were responsible for the destruction of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Frankish palace official, Charles Martel, successfully defeated which of the following near Poitiers in 732?

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A) the Visigoths 
B) the Burgundians 
C) the Muslims 
D) the Byzantines 
E) the Merovingians 
A) the Visigoths 
B) the Burgundians 
C) the Muslims 
D) the Byzantines 
E) the Merovingians

Question 15

Muslims regard Muhammad as a Prophet but not as divine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Augustine's Confessions was written as

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A) a response to pagan philosophers' attacks on Christianity. 
B) a warning to unbelievers that damnation awaited the unbaptized. 
C) an epic poem to rival the works of the greatest pagan poets. 
D) an account of his own miraculous personal conversion. 
E) a tool to convert the German barbarians. 
A) a response to pagan philosophers' attacks on Christianity. 
B) a warning to unbelievers that damnation awaited the unbaptized. 
C) an epic poem to rival the works of the greatest pagan poets. 
D) an account of his own miraculous personal conversion. 
E) a tool to convert the German barbarians.

Question 17

The most accurate description of jihad is "striving in the way of the Lord."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

After Constantine's death, the Roman Empire began to divide into western and eastern parts and by the end of the fourth century had become virtually two independent states.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Jerome is known for all of the following EXCEPT

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A) his mastery of Latin prose. 
B) his skills as a linguist. 
C) his translations of the Old and New Testaments from Hebrew and Greek into Latin. 
D) his final return to pagan heresy and rejection of key Christian doctrines. 
E) becoming one of the Latin Fathers of the Church. 
A) his mastery of Latin prose. 
B) his skills as a linguist. 
C) his translations of the Old and New Testaments from Hebrew and Greek into Latin. 
D) his final return to pagan heresy and rejection of key Christian doctrines. 
E) becoming one of the Latin Fathers of the Church.

Question 20

In what ways were the teachings of Islam similar to Christianity? How were they different?

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The teachings of Islam and Christianity

Exam 7: Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

The Germans believed that the ordeal

How did Diocletian and Constantine alter the Roman Empire? What were the long-term consequences?

Justinian's military conquests under the great general Belisarius

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between Christianity and Islam?

The founder of the Frankish kingdom and the first royal Frankish defender of the Catholic faith was

Pope Gregory the Great was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT

By the second half of the fourth century, German tribes, known as "federates," were incorporated into the Roman army.

The Council of Nicaea in 325

Constantine's most enduring reform came in the creation of

The title "vicars of Christ" has traditionally been given to the

In 597, who did Pope Gregory the Great send to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons?

What were the major accomplishments of Justinian? In what ways did those achievements burden and help transform the Roman Empire in the east?

Byzantine armies from Constantinople were responsible for the destruction of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain.

The Frankish palace official, Charles Martel, successfully defeated which of the following near Poitiers in 732?

Muslims regard Muhammad as a Prophet but not as divine.

Augustine's Confessions was written as

The most accurate description of jihad is "striving in the way of the Lord."

After Constantine's death, the Roman Empire began to divide into western and eastern parts and by the end of the fourth century had become virtually two independent states.

Jerome is known for all of the following EXCEPT

In what ways were the teachings of Islam similar to Christianity? How were they different?

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

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

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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