Question 1

Describe feudalism. It has been said that feudalism was the perfect political system for the Middle Ages. Explain.

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Feudalism was a social and political sys

Question 2

Under feudalism of the Early Middle Ages

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A)  the major obligation of a vassal to his lord was to provide military service. 
B)  a vassal was not required to provide legal assistance at his lord's court. 
C)  a lord has no formal responsibilities toward his vassals. 
D)  there was no outlet for the breaking of the bond between lord and vassal. 
E)  serfdom came to an end. 
A)  the major obligation of a vassal to his lord was to provide military service. 
B)  a vassal was not required to provide legal assistance at his lord's court. 
C)  a lord has no formal responsibilities toward his vassals. 
D)  there was no outlet for the breaking of the bond between lord and vassal. 
E)  serfdom came to an end.

Question 3

An independent Umayyad dynasty survived in Spain until 1453.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Discuss the changing relations between Islam and the Byzantine Empire between 750 and 1000.

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The relations between Islam and the Byza

Question 5

Initially, the greatest effect of the church on Frankish marriage

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A)  was to make it one of the sacraments. 
B)  was to limit sexual license. 
C)  emphasized the indissolubility of marriage. 
D)  prohibited the marriage of priests. 
E)  encouraged warriors, but not peasants, to have multiple wives. 
A)  was to make it one of the sacraments. 
B)  was to limit sexual license. 
C)  emphasized the indissolubility of marriage. 
D)  prohibited the marriage of priests. 
E)  encouraged warriors, but not peasants, to have multiple wives.

Question 6

Of what significance was the Carolingian intellectual renaissance to western European civilization?

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The Carolingian intellectual renaissance

Question 7

One of the most famous Vikings, who discovered Greenland, was

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A)  Leif Erikson. 
B)  Erik the Red. 
C)  Olaf the Bald. 
D)  Wilbur the Swede. 
E)  Ivar the Boneless. 
A)  Leif Erikson. 
B)  Erik the Red. 
C)  Olaf the Bald. 
D)  Wilbur the Swede. 
E)  Ivar the Boneless.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Magyars

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The Magyars were a nomadic people of Fin

Question 9

The Carolingian scholar Alcuin is best noted for

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A)  helping to lay the foundation for medieval education. 
B)  his influential views on the "indissoluble nature" of marriage. 
C)  his emphasis on Frankish languages over classical Latin. 
D)  preaching against the lazy monastic orders. 
E)  his opposition to celibacy. 
A)  helping to lay the foundation for medieval education. 
B)  his influential views on the "indissoluble nature" of marriage. 
C)  his emphasis on Frankish languages over classical Latin. 
D)  preaching against the lazy monastic orders. 
E)  his opposition to celibacy.

Question 10

Climatic patterns improved around 700 after several centuries of colder and wetter conditions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Baghdad

Accepted Answer

Baghdad is the capital city of Iraq and

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-dux

Accepted Answer

"Dux" is a Latin term that translates to

Question 13

Muslims contributed little of importance in mathematics or philosophy, stuck as they were in an insular myopia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Rurik

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Rurik, also known as Rurik the Great, wa

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-clerical celibacy

Accepted Answer

Clerical celibacy refers to the requirem

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Christmas Day, 800

Accepted Answer

On Christmas Day in the year 800, a sign

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Vladimir

Accepted Answer

Vladimir is a common Slavic name that ha

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-scriptoria

Accepted Answer

Scriptoria were rooms in medieval Europe

Question 19

In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard because

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A)  the forests of Europe were so thick. 
B)  climatic changes, including colder temperatures, shortened growing seasons. 
C)  crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous. 
D)  all the above 
E)  a and c 
A)  the forests of Europe were so thick. 
B)  climatic changes, including colder temperatures, shortened growing seasons. 
C)  crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous. 
D)  all the above 
E)  a and c

Question 20

Carolingian society was marked by all of the following except

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A)  the use of bleeding to cure illness. 
B)  a total disinterest in bodily cleanliness. 
C)  different patterns of consumption of foodstuffs among rich and poor. 
D)  the vices of gluttony and drunkenness. 
E)  considerable violence. 
A)  the use of bleeding to cure illness. 
B)  a total disinterest in bodily cleanliness. 
C)  different patterns of consumption of foodstuffs among rich and poor. 
D)  the vices of gluttony and drunkenness. 
E)  considerable violence.

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

Describe feudalism. It has been said that feudalism was the perfect political system for the Middle Ages. Explain.

Under feudalism of the Early Middle Ages

An independent Umayyad dynasty survived in Spain until 1453.

Discuss the changing relations between Islam and the Byzantine Empire between 750 and 1000.

Initially, the greatest effect of the church on Frankish marriage

Of what significance was the Carolingian intellectual renaissance to western European civilization?

One of the most famous Vikings, who discovered Greenland, was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Magyars

The Carolingian scholar Alcuin is best noted for

Climatic patterns improved around 700 after several centuries of colder and wetter conditions.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Baghdad

IDENTIFICATIONS -dux

Muslims contributed little of importance in mathematics or philosophy, stuck as they were in an insular myopia.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Rurik

IDENTIFICATIONS -clerical celibacy

IDENTIFICATIONS -Christmas Day, 800

IDENTIFICATIONS -Vladimir

IDENTIFICATIONS -scriptoria

In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard because

Carolingian society was marked by all of the following except

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

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

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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