Question 1

A comparison of Islam and Western Civilization in the eighth and ninth centuries shows

Accepted Answer

A)  the west's clear superiority in urban culture. 
B)  Muslim creation of a brilliant and sophisticated urban culture while western society remained a world of petty and violent agricultural villages. 
C)  a common fascination with decorative arts depicting living things. 
D)  a greater respect for ancient civilizations and their cultures in the west. 
E)  western supremacy because of the institutions of feudalism and manorialism. 
A)  the west's clear superiority in urban culture. 
B)  Muslim creation of a brilliant and sophisticated urban culture while western society remained a world of petty and violent agricultural villages. 
C)  a common fascination with decorative arts depicting living things. 
D)  a greater respect for ancient civilizations and their cultures in the west. 
E)  western supremacy because of the institutions of feudalism and manorialism.

Question 2

Who wrote The Life of Charlemagen written between 817 and 830?

Accepted Answer

A)  Notker the Stammerer. 
B)  Charles Martel. 
C)  Einhard. 
D)  Charlemagne. 
E)  Seutonius the Pius. 
A)  Notker the Stammerer. 
B)  Charles Martel. 
C)  Einhard. 
D)  Charlemagne. 
E)  Seutonius the Pius.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-missi dominici

Accepted Answer

The Missi Dominici, which translates to

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Carolingian minuscule

Accepted Answer

Carolingian minuscule is a script develo

Question 5

The Slavic people of the Rus were best known for

Accepted Answer

A)  their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings, in 862. 
B)  their preoccupation with cleanliness. 
C)  their unflinching loyalty to the Roman Catholic church. 
D)  founding the state that became known as Russia. 
E)  their monastic tradition and practice of celibacy. 
A)  their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings, in 862. 
B)  their preoccupation with cleanliness. 
C)  their unflinching loyalty to the Roman Catholic church. 
D)  founding the state that became known as Russia. 
E)  their monastic tradition and practice of celibacy.

Question 6

When Hugh Capet became king of France in 987, he immediately consolidated and centralized his rule by quickly bringing under his firm control the previously powerful semi-independent lords.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Manorialism

Accepted Answer

A)  marked an end to the fief-holding system of the Early Middle Ages. 
B)  was an economic system based upon landed estates. 
C)  brought about a rejuvenated increase in European slavery. 
D)  devastated the social mobility of the lowest classes in European society. 
E)  ended with the Viking invasions. 
A)  marked an end to the fief-holding system of the Early Middle Ages. 
B)  was an economic system based upon landed estates. 
C)  brought about a rejuvenated increase in European slavery. 
D)  devastated the social mobility of the lowest classes in European society. 
E)  ended with the Viking invasions.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Avicenna

Accepted Answer

Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-lords and vassals

Accepted Answer

Lords and vassals are terms that origina

Question 10

The Slavs

Accepted Answer

A)  were originally a single people in central Europe. 
B)  adopted Roman Catholicism as their sole religion. 
C)  were completely absorbed by the Bulgars in the ninth century. 
D)  became bitter enemies of western European rulers for their rigid opposition to Christianity. 
E)  all eventually became Russians. 
A)  were originally a single people in central Europe. 
B)  adopted Roman Catholicism as their sole religion. 
C)  were completely absorbed by the Bulgars in the ninth century. 
D)  became bitter enemies of western European rulers for their rigid opposition to Christianity. 
E)  all eventually became Russians.

Question 11

In the early Middle Ages, the Catholic Church condemned infanticide as immoral and a sin, and because of the powerful position of the church in medieval society, the practice of the killing of infants disappeared.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In the early Middle Ages, books were written on sheepskin inasmuch as papyrus was too expensive to be imported from Egypt, then under Muslim control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Alfred the Great

Accepted Answer

Alfred the Great was a king of Wessex in

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Macedonian emperors

Accepted Answer

The title of "emperor" was not commonly

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Carolingian Renaissance

Accepted Answer

The Carolingian Renaissance was a period

Question 16

The Arabic name for Spain was

Accepted Answer

A)  Cordoba. 
B)  al-Andalus. 
C)  al-jabr. 
D)  Berber. 
E)  al-Hakim. 
A)  Cordoba. 
B)  al-Andalus. 
C)  al-jabr. 
D)  Berber. 
E)  al-Hakim.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Battle of Lechfeld

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Lechfeld, which took place

Question 18

In 911, the French king granted the lands around mouth of the River Seine to a band of Vikings or Norsemen, and eventually that region became known as Normandy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-knights

Accepted Answer

Knights were medieval warriors who were

Question 20

The most successful Muslim raids in the ninth century occurred in

Accepted Answer

A)  northern Italy. 
B)  the western Frankish territories. 
C)  Sicily. 
D)  central Europe. 
E)  the Isle de France. 
A)  northern Italy. 
B)  the western Frankish territories. 
C)  Sicily. 
D)  central Europe. 
E)  the Isle de France.

Exam 8: european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

A comparison of Islam and Western Civilization in the eighth and ninth centuries shows

Who wrote The Life of Charlemagen written between 817 and 830?

IDENTIFICATIONS -missi dominici

IDENTIFICATIONS -Carolingian minuscule

The Slavic people of the Rus were best known for

When Hugh Capet became king of France in 987, he immediately consolidated and centralized his rule by quickly bringing under his firm control the previously powerful semi-independent lords.

Manorialism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Avicenna

IDENTIFICATIONS -lords and vassals

The Slavs

In the early Middle Ages, the Catholic Church condemned infanticide as immoral and a sin, and because of the powerful position of the church in medieval society, the practice of the killing of infants disappeared.

In the early Middle Ages, books were written on sheepskin inasmuch as papyrus was too expensive to be imported from Egypt, then under Muslim control.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Alfred the Great

IDENTIFICATIONS -Macedonian emperors

IDENTIFICATIONS -Carolingian Renaissance

The Arabic name for Spain was

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Battle of Lechfeld

In 911, the French king granted the lands around mouth of the River Seine to a band of Vikings or Norsemen, and eventually that region became known as Normandy.

IDENTIFICATIONS -knights

The most successful Muslim raids in the ninth century occurred in

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