Question 1

How were Nestorian Christians different from Orthodox Christians in the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  They weren't different. 
B)  They believed that Jesus was only divine and not human at all. 
C)  They believed that Jesus was both divine and human at the same time. 
D)  They believed that Jesus was merely human and separate from the divinity. 
A)  They weren't different. 
B)  They believed that Jesus was only divine and not human at all. 
C)  They believed that Jesus was both divine and human at the same time. 
D)  They believed that Jesus was merely human and separate from the divinity.

Question 2

Which four most contributed to the spread of Islam,Buddhism,and Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  elite sponsorship, war, missionaries, and trade 
B)  war, intermarriage, conversion, and elite sponsorship 
C)  missionaries, elite sponsorship, culture, and ethics 
D)  trade, culture, war, and conversion 
A)  elite sponsorship, war, missionaries, and trade 
B)  war, intermarriage, conversion, and elite sponsorship 
C)  missionaries, elite sponsorship, culture, and ethics 
D)  trade, culture, war, and conversion

Question 3

By what processes did the world religions spread before 1000 C.E.How did these processes reflect the varying needs of those who converted?

Accepted Answer

Before 1000 C.E., world religions spread

Question 4

In what way is Buddhist monasticism different from Christian monasticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  its focus on learning and copying scripture 
B)  its role in providing a clergy 
C)  its focus on prayer and worship 
D)  its inclusion of secular literature and learning 
A)  its focus on learning and copying scripture 
B)  its role in providing a clergy 
C)  its focus on prayer and worship 
D)  its inclusion of secular literature and learning

Question 5

How did the Muslim and Buddhist faiths change or modify their practices in order to attract new followers?

Accepted Answer

The Muslim and Buddhist faiths have both

Question 6

How did the triumph of Buddhism,Christianity,and Islam change the societies and cultures where they triumphed? How were they in turn changed and modified?

Accepted Answer

The triumph of Buddhism, Christianity, a

Question 7

Monasticism was NOT a factor in the spread of

Accepted Answer

A)  Christianity. 
B)  Buddhism. 
C)  Islam. 
D)  Daoism. 
A)  Christianity. 
B)  Buddhism. 
C)  Islam. 
D)  Daoism.

Question 8

What benefits to ruling elites did conversion to one of the world religions offer? What potential costs did conversion demand?

Accepted Answer

The conversion to one of the world relig

Question 9

The Christian king Alfred the Great of England

Accepted Answer

A)  was tolerant of local religions. 
B)  immediately put to death all non-Christians among those he had conquered. 
C)  was initially tolerant of local religions, but his successors forced the conversion of the local populations. 
D)  imposed baptism on defeated pagans. 
A)  was tolerant of local religions. 
B)  immediately put to death all non-Christians among those he had conquered. 
C)  was initially tolerant of local religions, but his successors forced the conversion of the local populations. 
D)  imposed baptism on defeated pagans.

How were Nestorian Christians different from Orthodox Christians in the West?

Which four most contributed to the spread of Islam,Buddhism,and Christianity?

By what processes did the world religions spread before 1000 C.E.How did these processes reflect the varying needs of those who converted?

In what way is Buddhist monasticism different from Christian monasticism?

How did the Muslim and Buddhist faiths change or modify their practices in order to attract new followers?

How did the triumph of Buddhism,Christianity,and Islam change the societies and cultures where they triumphed? How were they in turn changed and modified?

Monasticism was NOT a factor in the spread of

What benefits to ruling elites did conversion to one of the world religions offer? What potential costs did conversion demand?

The Christian king Alfred the Great of England

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Exam 9: Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

How were Nestorian Christians different from Orthodox Christians in the West?

Which four most contributed to the spread of Islam,Buddhism,and Christianity?

By what processes did the world religions spread before 1000 C.E.How did these processes reflect the varying needs of those who converted?

In what way is Buddhist monasticism different from Christian monasticism?

How did the Muslim and Buddhist faiths change or modify their practices in order to attract new followers?

How did the triumph of Buddhism,Christianity,and Islam change the societies and cultures where they triumphed? How were they in turn changed and modified?

Monasticism was NOT a factor in the spread of

What benefits to ruling elites did conversion to one of the world religions offer? What potential costs did conversion demand?

The Christian king Alfred the Great of England

Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

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Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

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The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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