Question 1

What constituted the most serious threat to Justinian's rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Blues and the Greens 
B)  The crusaders 
C)  The Muslims 
D)  The Bulgars 
E)  The Ostrogoths 
A)  The Blues and the Greens 
B)  The crusaders 
C)  The Muslims 
D)  The Bulgars 
E)  The Ostrogoths

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Liudprand of Cremona

Accepted Answer

Liudprand of Cremona was a 10th-century

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Strategikon

Accepted Answer

The Strategikon is an ancient military t

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
iconoclasm

Accepted Answer

Iconoclasm is a term that originates fro

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Alexius Comnenus

Accepted Answer

Alexius Comnenus, also known as Alexios

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
David

Accepted Answer

It appears that there is a misunderstand

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT proposed by contemporaries theorized as causes of the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Jews poisoning the Christians 
B)  Volcanic fumes from the earth 
C)  Sinful behavior by Christians 
D)  The practice of flagellation 
E)  A work of the devil 
A)  The Jews poisoning the Christians 
B)  Volcanic fumes from the earth 
C)  Sinful behavior by Christians 
D)  The practice of flagellation 
E)  A work of the devil

Question 8

Which people represented the major threat to the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arabs 
B)  Seljuk Turks 
C)  Ottoman Turks 
D)  Austrians 
E)  Persians 
A)  Arabs 
B)  Seljuk Turks 
C)  Ottoman Turks 
D)  Austrians 
E)  Persians

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Theodora

Accepted Answer

Theodora is most commonly associated wit

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Pope Boniface VIII

Accepted Answer

Pope Boniface VIII was the head of the R

Question 11

The Byzantine Empire attained its greatest economic prosperity during the period of the Macedonian emperors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Macedonian dynasty

Accepted Answer

The Macedonian dynasty was a ruling fami

Question 13

The uomo universale - a person capable of achievements in many areas of life - was the ideal of the Renaissance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which pope was forced to flee in the face of a French takeover?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban II 
B)  Boniface VIII 
C)  Alexius II 
D)  Gregory VI 
E)  Paul II 
A)  Urban II 
B)  Boniface VIII 
C)  Alexius II 
D)  Gregory VI 
E)  Paul II

Question 15

Justinian's greatest construction achievement was

Accepted Answer

A)  the Hippodrome. 
B)  building the walls that surrounded and defended Constantinople. 
C)  the royal palace at the Golden Horn. 
D)  the Hagia Sophia. 
E)  the Grand Mosque of Istanbul. 
A)  the Hippodrome. 
B)  building the walls that surrounded and defended Constantinople. 
C)  the royal palace at the Golden Horn. 
D)  the Hagia Sophia. 
E)  the Grand Mosque of Istanbul.

Question 16

Discuss the impact of the Crusades upon the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

The impact of the Crusades on the Byzant

Question 17

In 1453, the ____ conquered the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

A)  Arabs 
B)  Seljuk Turks 
C)  Ottoman Turks 
D)  Bulgars and Ukranians 
E)  Romans 
A)  Arabs 
B)  Seljuk Turks 
C)  Ottoman Turks 
D)  Bulgars and Ukranians 
E)  Romans

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Heraclius

Accepted Answer

Heraclius was a Byzantine emperor who re

Question 19

What was NOT a characteristic of the political recovery of the fifteenth century in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in western Europe. 
B)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in Germanic central Europe. 
C)  Decentralized government became typical in eastern and central Europe. 
D)  The "new monarchies" greatly aided in stabilizing France, Spain, and England. 
E)  Henry VII's cautious policies had made England solvent and stable by 1500. 
A)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in western Europe. 
B)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in Germanic central Europe. 
C)  Decentralized government became typical in eastern and central Europe. 
D)  The "new monarchies" greatly aided in stabilizing France, Spain, and England. 
E)  Henry VII's cautious policies had made England solvent and stable by 1500.

Question 20

Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event, or both? Discuss, using specific examples.

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance was both an evolutionary

What constituted the most serious threat to Justinian's rule?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Liudprand of Cremona

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Strategikon

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). iconoclasm

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Alexius Comnenus

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). David

Which of the following was NOT proposed by contemporaries theorized as causes of the Black Death?

Which people represented the major threat to the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Theodora

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Pope Boniface VIII

The Byzantine Empire attained its greatest economic prosperity during the period of the Macedonian emperors.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Macedonian dynasty

The uomo universale - a person capable of achievements in many areas of life - was the ideal of the Renaissance.

Which pope was forced to flee in the face of a French takeover?

Justinian's greatest construction achievement was

Discuss the impact of the Crusades upon the Byzantine Empire.

In 1453, the ____ conquered the Byzantine Empire.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Heraclius

What was NOT a characteristic of the political recovery of the fifteenth century in Europe?

Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event, or both? Discuss, using specific examples.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

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Exam 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

What constituted the most serious threat to Justinian's rule?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Liudprand of Cremona

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Strategikon

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). iconoclasm

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Alexius Comnenus

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). David

Which of the following was NOT proposed by contemporaries theorized as causes of the Black Death?

Which people represented the major threat to the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Theodora

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Pope Boniface VIII

The Byzantine Empire attained its greatest economic prosperity during the period of the Macedonian emperors.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Macedonian dynasty

The uomo universale - a person capable of achievements in many areas of life - was the ideal of the Renaissance.

Which pope was forced to flee in the face of a French takeover?

Justinian's greatest construction achievement was

Discuss the impact of the Crusades upon the Byzantine Empire.

In 1453, the ____ conquered the Byzantine Empire.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Heraclius

What was NOT a characteristic of the political recovery of the fifteenth century in Europe?

Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event, or both? Discuss, using specific examples.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

Filters