Deck 11: C: The Worlds of Christendom Contraction, Expansion, and Division 500-1300

Question 1

Which of the following features of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopt?

A) The customs and dress of Germanic peoples
B) The political ideals of imperial control of the Church
C) The concept of a good life as one of no desire and no action
D) The commitment to economic equality and social justice

Answer 1

The political ideals of imperial control of the Church

Question 2

Which of the following was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe?

A) The Crusades weakened significantly the influence of Turkic-speaking peoples in the Islamic world.
B) Spain,Sicily,and the Baltic region permanently joined the world of Western Christendom.
C) Animosity from the Crusades ended the flow of Muslim learning into Europe.
D) People from the Middle East migrated to Europe in large numbers.

Answer 2

Spain,Sicily,and the Baltic region permanently joined the world of Western Christendom.

Question 3

Which of the following characterizes the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe from 500 to 1000?

A) Christian missionaries destroyed pagan temples and idols.
B) Earlier cultural practices were absorbed into the Christian tradition.
C) The Church focused on converting people in the countryside.
D) Coercion was never used because the Church prohibited the use of force.

Answer 3

Earlier cultural practices were absorbed into the Christian tradition.

Question 4

Which of the following describes Christian communities in the Middle East and North Africa from 650 to 1300?

A) Thriving communities connected by inter-regional trade
B) Self-sufficient communities in isolated regions
C) Shrinking communities of second-class subjects
D) Marginalized communities threatened by state persecution

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of the Byzantine Empire's influence on Eurasia?

A) Universal acceptance of Latin as the international language of diplomacy
B) Transmission of ancient Greek learning to Western Europe and the Islamic world
C) Control of the trade routes linking the Silk Roads to the Indian Ocean basin
D) Spread of Eastern Orthodox Christianity to North Africa and Central Asia

Question 6

Technological changes in which field limited women's opportunities in Western Europe by the fifteenth century?

A) Farming
B) Weaving
C) Shipbuilding
D) Metallurgy

Question 7

During the period from 1000 to 1300,the rulers in which region held the least power?

A) Western Europe
B) The Byzantine Empire
C) China
D) Russia

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizations?

A) The use of the compass in farming
B) The use of gunpowder in cannons
C) The use of papermaking in mills
D) The use of the lateen sail in textile production

Question 9

How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe?

A) Women assumed responsibility for farmwork as men moved to the cities.
B) Women entered universities for training to become lawyers and doctors.
C) Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices.
D) Women received political and legal rights that made them men's equals.

Question 10

Disagreement over which of the following contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?

A) A church hierarchy of patriarchs
B) Veneration of icons
C) The missionary impulse
D) The religious authority of the Bible

Question 11

Which of the following contributed to the decline of Christianity in Asia and Africa by 1500?

A) The decline in inter-regional trade
B) The rise of the Byzantine Empire
C) The end of the Roman Empire
D) The spread of Islamic civilization

Question 12

Outside Europe,the strongest presence of Christianity from 500 to 1300 was in

A) Ethiopia.
B) Egypt.
C) China.
D) Syria.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of how Christianity was reinterpreted as it spread throughout Asia and Africa?

A) Russification
B) Jesus Sutras
C) Greek fire
D) Cyrillic script

Question 14

What event in the thirteenth century influenced the Egyptian state's change in attitude toward its Christian subjects from tolerance to persecution?

A) The Arab conquest of North Africa
B) The spread of the Byzantine Empire
C) The plague
D) The Crusades

Question 15

In comparison to Byzantium,Latin Christendom before 1000 C.E.was a(n)

A) expanding empire.
B) theocratic state.
C) localized society.
D) unified state.

Question 16

In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire,what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals,and between a lord and his serfs?

A) Paganism
B) Caesaropapism
C) Investiture
D) Feudalism

Question 17

Which of the following describes the situation in Western Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire in 476?

A) Long-distance trade was limited to Italy.
B) Germanic peoples became a minority population.
C) A long period of peace and prosperity began.
D) Society became increasingly urban and literate.

Question 18

Besides Islam,which of the following was also a target of Western European crusaders?

A) Nestorian Christian communities
B) Roman Catholicism
C) Eastern Orthodox Christianity
D) The Church of the East

Question 19

What advantage did the Byzantine Empire have that enabled it to survive as a political entity for a thousand years longer than the western part of the Roman Empire?

A) Assimilation of Germanic culture
B) More territory under its control
C) A longer frontier
D) A stronger military

Question 20

Which of the following was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages?

A) There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade.
B) The Holy Roman Empire controlled all of Europe.
C) Most of North Africa converted to Christianity.
D) The pope emerged as the political ruler of Eastern Europe.

Question 21

Which of the following describes the relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300?

A) Rulers were appointed by and answered to the pope of the Catholic Church.
B) Rulers provided protection for the Church in return for religious legitimacy.
C) The ruler was the head of both the state and the Church.
D) The pope was the head of both the state and the Church.

Question 22

Based on the information in Map 10.3 in the textbook,which region was the least threatened by foreign invasion between 700 and 1000?

A) The Holy Roman Empire
B) The Byzantine Empire
C) Kievan Russia
D) Al-Andalus

Question 23

In which civilization was the rationalism and secularism of Greek thought used to explain religious doctrines?

A) Persian Empire
B) Abbasid Caliphate
C) Western Christendom
D) Ottoman Empire

Question 24

Which of the following describes the process of conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus?

A) The Byzantine Empire required conversion during its occupation of Kievan Rus;not converting was subject to the penalty of death.
B) Byzantine missionaries succeeded in converting most of the people to Eastern Orthodox Christianity despite state opposition.
C) It was a freely made decision on the part of Prince Vladmir of Kiev,who chose Eastern Orthodox Christianity to unify his people.
D) People converted in order to avoid the special tax imposed on those who refused to accept Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Question 25

Which of the following describes a feature of the Byzantine state?

A) Political authority rested in the hands of community leaders.
B) The state tightly controlled local affairs in the provinces.
C) The emperor claimed to be God's representative on earth.
D) Competing interests contributed to the fragmentation of the state.

Question 26

Which of the following had a greater influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity than on Roman Catholicism?

A) The concept of original sin
B) Greek philosophical concepts
C) Acceptance of the Trinity
D) Acceptance of the Holy Spirit

Question 27

Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?

A) The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire
B) Emperor Justinian's attempt to reconquer the Mediterranean basin
C) The extensive loss of territory to an expanding Persian Empire
D) The Catholic Church's excommunication of Eastern Orthodox Christians

Question 28

In the centuries between 500 and 1000,Europe's center of gravity shifted away from the Mediterranean toward the

A) north and west.
B) south and east.
C) Indian Ocean.
D) Pacific Ocean.

Question 29

In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300,power was divided among

A) lords,vassals,and serfs.
B) princes,warriors,and farmers.
C) the pope,royal officials,and scholars.
D) kings,nobles,and church leaders.

Question 30

In the eleventh century,the religious culture of the Byzantine Empire had a significant impact on

A) the rulers of the Axum state in Ethiopia.
B) the Nestorian church communities in China.
C) the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe.
D) Slavic-speaking peoples in the Balkans and Russia.