Deck 5: The Emergence of the Medieval Worlds

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the major entities that made up the western world in the seventh and eighth centuries?

A) Latin Europe
B) Byzantium
C) The Islamic Empire
D) Crusader states

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What practice contributed to the constant petty warfare in Europe?

A) The division of inheritance among multiple sons
B) The Viking desire to settle the Atlantic coast
C) The switch from patrilineal to matrilineal clan structures
D) The vast conversions to Christianity

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which term best describes life in the sixth century, as seen in Gregory of Tours' History of the Franks?

A) Urbanized
B) Democratic
C) Stabilized
D) Apocalyptic

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Latin term ___________, borrowed from Rome, became the normative social unit for Germanic kin structures.

Question 5

What is the best definition for the concept 'personality of the law'?

A) One's legal rights are based on his or her membership among a distinct people
B) Each person is free to follow any law that suits him or her
C) Centralized kings personally laid out laws to be obeyed by all their subjects
D) One's legal rights are not linked to one's social status

Question 6

What improvements are seen among Germanic women? (Select all that apply.)

A) A shortage of women increased the value of available ones
B) The centrality of the Virgin Mary softened attitudes in Christianized areas
C) The rise in infanticide
D) The opportunity to pursue life in a convent

Question 7

______________ wrote the first Rule specifically designed for nuns.

Question 8

How did the Angles' and Saxons' invasions of England differ from the experience on the Continent? (Select all that apply.)

A) They organized in small clans, not larger kingdoms
B) They did not want to assimilate with indigenous Celtic populations
C) They preferred settling in urbanized centers
D) They immediately established trade networks with the Continent

Question 9

How might this manuscript image communicate unease about England being invaded? (Select all that apply.)

A) It depicts dragon-headed boats crammed with men, emphasizing the number of invaders
B) It shows a mix of men and women, suggesting settlement rather than invasion
C) It sets the isolated island in the middle, highlighting the extent to which England was perceived to be surrounded
D) It borrows from an Islamic style of drawing, pointing out the foreignness of the invaders

Question 10

What were the major differences in the Byzantine world compared to the Latin West?

A) Its weak, insular economy
B) Its urbanism and literacy rates
C) The rejection of the gold solidus
D) The emphasis on scientific knowledge

Question 11

The doctrine of ________ refers to the emperor's control of the state religion as well as the political state.

Question 12

What impact might Justinian's reconquests have had on the empire at large?

A) He established the Prefecture of Illyricum on the Iberian peninsula to reward his deputies
B) He lost key territories in the West but recaptured the Eastern Mediterranean
C) His claims on the majority of the Mediterranean coastline could foster travel, trade, and communication
D) His defeats of the Franks added more cultural diversity to his empire

Question 13

What was arguably the most important and lasting legacy of Justinian's reign?

A) His banishment of Empress Theodora
B) The compilation of the Corpus iuris civilis (Corpus of Civil Law)
C) c. His expulsion of the Islamic Empire from North Africa
D) The destruction of the Hagia Sophia

Question 14

How did Heraclius reform Byzantine rule?

A) He reorganized the army into themes, which governed civil administration
B) He strengthened the power of the Eastern Orthodox Church
C) He dropped taxes to record lows
D) He persecuted Jewish communities

Question 15

The holy text _____________, from the Arabic 'recite,' is believed to represent God's final revelation to humankind.

Question 16

What was the result of Muhammad's declarations against idolatry and pagan shrines in the Ka'ba?

A) He successfully conquered the city of Mecca
B) He won the Qur'aysh tribe over to Islam
C) He threatened Mecca's income from visiting pagan pilgrims
D) He established the hadith

Question 17

What changes to Islam resulted from Muhammad's death?

A) A succession crisis divided followers into Sunni and Shi'ite sects
B) The religion quickly declined in popularity
C) Muslims lost control of the city of Jerusalem
D) The immediate invasion of the Iberian peninsula

Question 18

What was the expanding Islamic Empire's major cultural contribution to western knowledge?

A) It turned eastward and let the West focus on its own traditions and cultural accomplishments
B) It privileged western philosophy over Islamic doctrine, thereby combining diverse worldviews
C) It promoted Zoroastrian traditions, copying and cataloguing many holy texts
D) It absorbed Classical traditions, translated them into Arabic, and preserved them from vanishing

Question 19

The Umayyad dynasty established a new capital in the city of ___________.

Question 20

Which areas did Muslims conquer immediately after the death of Muhammad?

A) The Iberian peninsula
B) The Maghreb
C) The Arabian peninsula
D) The Khazar kingdom