Question 1

The Hijrah (Hegira)refers to the Prophet Muhammad's move from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Medina to Mecca. 
B)  Mecca to Quadratic. 
C)  Medina to Quadratic. 
D)  Quadratic to Mecca. 
E)  Mecca to Medina. 
A)  Medina to Mecca. 
B)  Mecca to Quadratic. 
C)  Medina to Quadratic. 
D)  Quadratic to Mecca. 
E)  Mecca to Medina.

Question 2

The early Byzantine religion was known for its:

Accepted Answer

A)  intense interest in matters of doctrine and orthodoxy. 
B)  beautifully decorated churches. 
C)  rejection of the emperor as the leader of the Church. 
D)  ability to enforce religious doctrine throughout the eastern empire. 
E)  doctrinal merging of elements from Christianity and Islam. 
A)  intense interest in matters of doctrine and orthodoxy. 
B)  beautifully decorated churches. 
C)  rejection of the emperor as the leader of the Church. 
D)  ability to enforce religious doctrine throughout the eastern empire. 
E)  doctrinal merging of elements from Christianity and Islam.

Question 3

Byzantine culture was the means by which the heritage of Western civilization was preserved for the Europe where Greek had become very rare.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Why did the Carolingian empire collapse during the ninth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  because the structural limits of its expansion had been reached 
B)  because of the division of the empire among all the legitimate heirs of Louis 
C)  because of Viking raids 
D)  because the loyalty of vassals toward Charlemagne collapsed after his death 
E)  all of these 
A)  because the structural limits of its expansion had been reached 
B)  because of the division of the empire among all the legitimate heirs of Louis 
C)  because of Viking raids 
D)  because the loyalty of vassals toward Charlemagne collapsed after his death 
E)  all of these

Question 5

The Byzantine economy in the early Middle Ages was:

Accepted Answer

A)  highly regulated, including wage and price controls. 
B)  subject to wild fluctuations due to currency debasement. 
C)  industrially underdeveloped. 
D)  renowned for its use of paper money. 
E)  depressed due to being cut off from trade with northern Europe. 
A)  highly regulated, including wage and price controls. 
B)  subject to wild fluctuations due to currency debasement. 
C)  industrially underdeveloped. 
D)  renowned for its use of paper money. 
E)  depressed due to being cut off from trade with northern Europe.

Question 6

The gradual conversion of the early medieval European countryside to Christianity was carried out primarily by:

Accepted Answer

A)  kings, whose armies ordered non-Christians to convert or leave Europe. 
B)  lay missionaries commissioned by the pope. 
C)  Frankish bishops seeking to enlarge their dioceses. 
D)  monks who founded new monasteries in frontier areas. 
E)  nuns working with the peasantry. 
A)  kings, whose armies ordered non-Christians to convert or leave Europe. 
B)  lay missionaries commissioned by the pope. 
C)  Frankish bishops seeking to enlarge their dioceses. 
D)  monks who founded new monasteries in frontier areas. 
E)  nuns working with the peasantry.

Question 7

Sexual relations within upper-class Muslim society around the year 1000 differed from classical Greek and Roman patterns because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslims abhorred homosexuality, whereas Greeks and Romans did not. 
B)  Muslim men had sexual access to slaves and concubines, whereas Greeks and Romans did not. 
C)  women were highly valued in Muslim society, whereas they were not in Greece or Rome. 
D)  Muslim men were permitted to have more than one wife, whereas Greek and Roman men were not. 
E)  all of these 
A)  Muslims abhorred homosexuality, whereas Greeks and Romans did not. 
B)  Muslim men had sexual access to slaves and concubines, whereas Greeks and Romans did not. 
C)  women were highly valued in Muslim society, whereas they were not in Greece or Rome. 
D)  Muslim men were permitted to have more than one wife, whereas Greek and Roman men were not. 
E)  all of these

Question 8

The division between Islam and Christianity was not an impenetrable barrier as communication and gifts between the Abbasid and Carolingian empires illustrates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid formed an alliance partially because of their shared enemy,the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Umayyad. 
B)  Persians. 
C)  Byzantines. 
D)  Sunnis. 
E)  Abbasid. 
A)  Umayyad. 
B)  Persians. 
C)  Byzantines. 
D)  Sunnis. 
E)  Abbasid.

Question 10

Women from wealthy Byzantine families:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not receive classical educations, since they were destined for domestic life. 
B)  could read but were not allowed to write history, novels, or poetry. 
C)  were generally educated at home by tutors, and some became literary figures of note. 
D)  were encouraged by parents to become actresses and singers like the Empress Theodora. 
E)  were educated in the public schools alongside the men. 
A)  did not receive classical educations, since they were destined for domestic life. 
B)  could read but were not allowed to write history, novels, or poetry. 
C)  were generally educated at home by tutors, and some became literary figures of note. 
D)  were encouraged by parents to become actresses and singers like the Empress Theodora. 
E)  were educated in the public schools alongside the men.

Question 11

The stability of Byzantine government was the product of:

Accepted Answer

A)  a highly centralized palace government. 
B)  a predictable system of succession to the imperial throne. 
C)  an efficient bureaucracy. 
D)  regulated wages and prices. 
E)  all of these 
A)  a highly centralized palace government. 
B)  a predictable system of succession to the imperial throne. 
C)  an efficient bureaucracy. 
D)  regulated wages and prices. 
E)  all of these

Question 12

Sufism is a mystical sect of Judaism whose members stressed contemplation and ecstasy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why were so many convents (monastic houses for women)founded during the seventh century C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Convents met a variety of social and spiritual needs for aristocratic families. 
B)  Lower-class women flocked to convents as an improvement on the drudgery of their lives. 
C)  Nuns were the only women allowed to become priests. 
D)  Convents were a way for the families that founded them to make money. 
E)  all of these 
A)  Convents met a variety of social and spiritual needs for aristocratic families. 
B)  Lower-class women flocked to convents as an improvement on the drudgery of their lives. 
C)  Nuns were the only women allowed to become priests. 
D)  Convents were a way for the families that founded them to make money. 
E)  all of these

Question 14

What innovations characterize the Carolingian Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Although art and architecture made great

Question 15

Islam spread so quickly in the seventh and eighth centuries because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslims insisted that all conquered peoples convert to Islam. 
B)  there were no Christians in the first lands that Muslims conquered. 
C)  the Pact of Unmark allowed for the total destruction of subject cities. 
D)  the Byzantines and Persians had become exhausted by their long wars against each other. 
E)  the subject peoples in conquered land welcomed the Muslims as liberators. 
A)  Muslims insisted that all conquered peoples convert to Islam. 
B)  there were no Christians in the first lands that Muslims conquered. 
C)  the Pact of Unmark allowed for the total destruction of subject cities. 
D)  the Byzantines and Persians had become exhausted by their long wars against each other. 
E)  the subject peoples in conquered land welcomed the Muslims as liberators.

Exam 7: Rome’s Three Heirs: 500–950

The Hijrah (Hegira)refers to the Prophet Muhammad's move from:

The early Byzantine religion was known for its:

Byzantine culture was the means by which the heritage of Western civilization was preserved for the Europe where Greek had become very rare.

Why did the Carolingian empire collapse during the ninth century?

The Byzantine economy in the early Middle Ages was:

The gradual conversion of the early medieval European countryside to Christianity was carried out primarily by:

Sexual relations within upper-class Muslim society around the year 1000 differed from classical Greek and Roman patterns because:

The division between Islam and Christianity was not an impenetrable barrier as communication and gifts between the Abbasid and Carolingian empires illustrates.

Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid formed an alliance partially because of their shared enemy,the:

Women from wealthy Byzantine families:

The stability of Byzantine government was the product of:

Sufism is a mystical sect of Judaism whose members stressed contemplation and ecstasy.

Why were so many convents (monastic houses for women)founded during the seventh century C.E.?

What innovations characterize the Carolingian Renaissance?

Islam spread so quickly in the seventh and eighth centuries because:

Early Civilizations

Peoples,Gods,and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E

The Civilization of Greece,1000–400 B.C.E

The Greek World Expands,400–150 B.C.E

The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Transformation of Rome

The Expansion of Europe,950–1100

The Consolidation of Europe,1100–1300

Crisis,Unrest,and Opportunity,1300–1500

Commerce,Conquest,and Colonization,1300–1600

Renaissance Ideals and Realities,c.1350–1550

The Age of Dissent and Division,1500–1600

Religion,Warfare,and Sovereignty: 1540–1660

Absolutism and Empire,1660–1789

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

The Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

From Restoration to Revolution,1815–1848

What Is a Nation? Territories,States,and Citizens,1848–1871

Imperialism and Colonialism,1870–1914

Modern Industry and Mass Politics,1870–1914

The First World War

Turmoil between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics,Economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War,1960–1990

A World without Walls: Globalization and the West

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