Question 1

The pope who supposedly caused Attila and the Huns to turn away from Rome was

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A)  Leo I. 
B)  Gregory the Great. 
C)  John Paul II. 
D)  Augustine III. 
E)  Jerome the Great. 
A)  Leo I. 
B)  Gregory the Great. 
C)  John Paul II. 
D)  Augustine III. 
E)  Jerome the Great.

Question 2

After the death of Theodoric, the Ostrogothic kingdom

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A)  prospered under very able rulers. 
B)  was defeated by the Byzantines, reducing Rome as a center of Mediterranean culture. 
C)  allied itself with the Vandals against the Visigoths. 
D)  dominated Mediterranean trade for the next fifty years. 
E)  converted the Germans to orthodox Christianity. 
A)  prospered under very able rulers. 
B)  was defeated by the Byzantines, reducing Rome as a center of Mediterranean culture. 
C)  allied itself with the Vandals against the Visigoths. 
D)  dominated Mediterranean trade for the next fifty years. 
E)  converted the Germans to orthodox Christianity.

Question 3

The basic rule for western monastic living was developed by

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A)  Benedict. 
B)  Pachomius. 
C)  Jerome. 
D)  Ambrose. 
E)  Basil. 
A)  Benedict. 
B)  Pachomius. 
C)  Jerome. 
D)  Ambrose. 
E)  Basil.

Question 4

Beginning with Justinian, the center of the Byzantine presence in Italy was Rome.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Augustine wrote which one of the following books?

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A)  Gospel of Truth. 
B)  Consolation of Philosophy. 
C)  Meditations. 
D)  The City of God. 
E)  Latin Vulgate Bible. 
A)  Gospel of Truth. 
B)  Consolation of Philosophy. 
C)  Meditations. 
D)  The City of God. 
E)  Latin Vulgate Bible.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-abbots and abbesses

Accepted Answer

Abbots and abbesses are important figure

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Hegira

Accepted Answer

Who? - The term "Hegira" refers to the P

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-compurgation and ordeal

Accepted Answer

Compurgation:

Definition:
Compurgation,

Question 9

Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who took control of Italy, was determined to

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A)  destroy Roman civilization and culture forever. 
B)  destroy the Jews in Italy. 
C)  sack the Byzantine Empire and depose the pope. 
D)  maintain Roman customs and practices in Italy. 
E)  make German the official and only language. 
A)  destroy Roman civilization and culture forever. 
B)  destroy the Jews in Italy. 
C)  sack the Byzantine Empire and depose the pope. 
D)  maintain Roman customs and practices in Italy. 
E)  make German the official and only language.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Council of Nicaea

Accepted Answer

The Council of Nicaea was an ecumenical

Question 11

The political, economic, and social policies of the restored empire under Diocletian and Constantine

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A)  meant the destruction of the civil and military bureaucracies. 
B)  renewed the support of the Roman peasants and lower classes for the Empire. 
C)  led to the economic rejuvenation of the Empire. 
D)  were based on coercion and the loss of individual freedom. 
E)  led to the abandonment of the Eastern Mediterranean with a renewed focus upon Italy. 
A)  meant the destruction of the civil and military bureaucracies. 
B)  renewed the support of the Roman peasants and lower classes for the Empire. 
C)  led to the economic rejuvenation of the Empire. 
D)  were based on coercion and the loss of individual freedom. 
E)  led to the abandonment of the Eastern Mediterranean with a renewed focus upon Italy.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Arabia

Accepted Answer

Arabia, often referred to as the Arabian

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-monasticism

Accepted Answer

Monasticism is a religious practice in w

Question 14

Discuss the possible religious and non-religious reasons for the rapid spread of Islam from Arabia to Spain in the West and across the Persian Empire in the east.

Accepted Answer

The rapid spread of Islam from Arabia to

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Qur'an

Accepted Answer

The Qur'an, also spelled as Quran or Kor

Question 16

The best example of Hiberno-Saxon art is

Accepted Answer

A)  a Viking war ship. 
B)  a long sword. 
C)  the Book of Kells. 
D)  the architecture at the monastery of Whitby 
E)  the Hagia Sophia 
A)  a Viking war ship. 
B)  a long sword. 
C)  the Book of Kells. 
D)  the architecture at the monastery of Whitby 
E)  the Hagia Sophia

Question 17

Before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine received a vision of

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A)  victory under Christ's protection. 
B)  a long and happy reign for himself. 
C)  a blessed afterlife for all valiant warriors. 
D)  famine and pestilence for seven years. 
E)  the apocalypse. 
A)  victory under Christ's protection. 
B)  a long and happy reign for himself. 
C)  a blessed afterlife for all valiant warriors. 
D)  famine and pestilence for seven years. 
E)  the apocalypse.

Question 18

In 597, Pope Gregory the Great sent the monk, ____, 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 19

Irish monasticism from the sixth through eighth centuries tended to be highly

Accepted Answer

A)  ascetic. 
B)  isolationist. 
C)  scornful of pagan practices. 
D)  scornful of classical education. 
E)  anti-monastic. 
A)  ascetic. 
B)  isolationist. 
C)  scornful of pagan practices. 
D)  scornful of classical education. 
E)  anti-monastic.

Question 20

What were Justinian's major goals and how did he try to achieve them? How successful was he in actually achieving those goals?

Accepted Answer

Justinian's major goals were to restore

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

The pope who supposedly caused Attila and the Huns to turn away from Rome was

After the death of Theodoric, the Ostrogothic kingdom

The basic rule for western monastic living was developed by

Beginning with Justinian, the center of the Byzantine presence in Italy was Rome.

Augustine wrote which one of the following books?

IDENTIFICATIONS -abbots and abbesses

IDENTIFICATIONS -Hegira

IDENTIFICATIONS -compurgation and ordeal

Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who took control of Italy, was determined to

IDENTIFICATIONS -Council of Nicaea

The political, economic, and social policies of the restored empire under Diocletian and Constantine

IDENTIFICATIONS -Arabia

IDENTIFICATIONS -monasticism

Discuss the possible religious and non-religious reasons for the rapid spread of Islam from Arabia to Spain in the West and across the Persian Empire in the east.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Qur'an

The best example of Hiberno-Saxon art is

Before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine received a vision of

In 597, Pope Gregory the Great sent the monk, ____, to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons.

Irish monasticism from the sixth through eighth centuries tended to be highly

What were Justinian's major goals and how did he try to achieve them? How successful was he in actually achieving those goals?

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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

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protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

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