Quiz 7: The Empires of the Early Middle Ages 800-1000: Creation and Erosion

History

Heraclius recovered much of the Byzantine Empire by 622 by defeating A)Persia. B)Seljuk Turks. C)Visigoths. D)Merovingians. E)Muslims.

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Q 2

Islam expanded rapidly in part because A)the Greek Orthodox Church's belief in Arianism had alienated many Christians. B)Western Latin Christians opposed the Byzantine Empire. C)conquests by Persians had softened up the Byzantines. D)the reorganization of the themes and strategoi in Arabia made the Muslim army more efficient. E)their toleration for "People of the Book."

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Q 3

Iconoclasm, the policy initiated by Emperor Leo III, required that A)all icons be worshiped as true representations of God. B)all soldiers (themes) live and fight as a collective unit (strategoi). C)all religious texts be translated into Greek from Latin. D)images of Jesus, Mary, and the saints be destroyed. E)sacred and secular kingship be combined into one.

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Q 4

The result of Leo III's policy of iconoclasm was A)many Muslims converted to Greek Orthodox Christianity. B)many Greek Christians converted to Islam. C)a widening gulf between Latin Christianity and Greek Christianity. D)the conversion of the pagans in Gaul slowed down tremendously. E)many Arian Christians became Catholic Christians.

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Q 5

The use of vernacular languages in the Orthodox Church contributed to A)the superiority of the patriarch of Constantinople over the pope. B)the development of a centralized authority in the Eastern Churches. C)the supremacy of the pope in determining religious dogma. D)the unity of liturgical development. E)the development of autonomous churches based on vernacular languages.

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Q 6

Which best describes the position and status of women in the Byzantine Empire? A)Divorced women and widows had full legal rights. B)Byzantine nuns could perform charity work outside the monastery. C)Dowries stayed with the husband's family. D)Life remained very much as it had in the ancient world. E)Women took the lead in business and commerce because husbands were soldiers.

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Q 7

The schism between the Eastern and Western Churches was provoked by A)papal claims of supremacy. B)disagreement over whether priests could or could not marry. C)the emergence of Rome as the most powerful city in the Mediterranean. D)linguistic, theological, and cultural differences. E)the founding of Constantinople.

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Q 8

Arabia had never been conquered by either the Byzantines or the Persians because A)the Red Sea prevented an invasion. B)Muslim fortifications made it militarily difficult. C)of the Arabian Peninsula's harsh environment. D)United Arab tribes deterred invasions. E)Arabs were "People of the Book."

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Q 9

The hijra formed a turning point in Muhammad's career because it A)marked the beginning of Allah's revelations. B)began the siege and eventual defeat of Mecca. C)became a fundamental duty of his (and Islamic) faith. D)marked the completion of the compilation of the Koran. E)provided him with a political and military base.

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Q 10

According to Islam, the final prophet of God (Allah) is A)Abraham. B)Ishmael. C)Jesus. D)Zoroaster. E)Muhammad.

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Q 11

Muslim toleration of "People of the Book" includes A)Sumerians. B)Greeks. C)literate individuals. D)Saracens. E)Christians.

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Q 12

Sunnites believe that A)only the descendants of Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, are legitimate rulers. B)the Koran forms the only legitimate Islamic law. C)only Arab Muslims can become religious teachers. D)writings of companions of Muhammad regarding various problems are legitimate laws. E)all religious authority rests with the Umayyads.

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Q 13

The position of women in Islamic society depended very much on A)the number of husbands she had. B)her social class and when she lived. C)inheritance from her family. D)her ethnic heritage. E)the number of wives a man had.

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Q 14

An important Spanish-Islamic scholar on Aristotle that helped shape Western philosophy was A)Córdoba. B)ibn-Rushd. C)Rhazes. D)Alhambra. E)Harun al-Rashid.

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Q 15

The Umayyads were A)caliphs who were the first line of hereditary rulers of the Arab empire. B)a Muslim school of philosophers specializing in Aristotle. C)successors to the Abbasid dynasty. D)the Turkish tribe that defeated the Byzantine army at Manzikert. E)the Frankish dynasty preceding the Carolingians.

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Q 16

One of the primary goals of Charlemagne was to A)be crowned Emperor. B)conquer Anglo-Saxon England. C)encourage learning within his domains. D)regain the Holy Land from the Muslims. E)leave his domains to one heir to create what might have resembled a modern state.

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Q 17

Missi dominici A)were the chief magistrates of the imperial court. B)was the imperial ideology stressing the sacredness of the emperor. C)were collections of imperial edicts. D)was the title of Einhard's biography of Charlemagne. E)were traveling imperial inspectors.

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Q 18

Which of the following best describes the Carolingian Renaissance? A)a new and speculative philosophy regarding the relation between faith and reason B)the re-establishment of Carolingian commerce using the denarius as standard specie C)a revival of the Carolingian miniscule D)a standardization of education, language, texts, and Church liturgy E)also called the Northumbrian Renaissance because of where it took place

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Q 19

Whose translation of the Bible became the standard in Western Europe during the Middle Ages? A)King James B)St.Benedict C)Vulgate D)Alcuin E)Louis the Pious

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Q 20

The Treaty of Verdun A)divided the Carolingian Empire into three parts. B)gave Normandy to the Viking king Rollo. C)established the Danelaw. D)formalized the schism between the Western and Eastern Churches. E)marked the Carolingian emperor protector of the papacy.

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Q 21

One of the principle reasons for the Viking out-migrations from Scandinavia was A)Magyar invasions and migrations forced them to seek lands to settle. B)the Vikings wanted to trade more with the wealthy Rus. C)arable land could not support the population expansion. D)an invitation by the French king to protect his kingdom against Saracen invasion. E)population decline of the Verangians, allowing settlement of the Vikings in sparsely populated areas.

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Q 22

The Edda help illuminate the legends of A)the pagan Anglo-Saxons. B)Christianized Anglo-Saxons. C)Carolingian Franks and their conquest of the Merovingians. D)the origins of the Rus in Kiev. E)the Norse gods.

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Q 23

Which one of the following was primarily responsible for the decline of the Principality of Kiev? A)Viking invasions B)conversion to Christianity C)expansion of the Cumans under Yaroslav the Wise D)internal struggles and external invaders E)rebellion of the boyars

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Q 24

What institutions and procedures did Charlemagne institute in order to maintain more effective control over local officials? How does this represent the limitations of kingship at this time?

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