Deck 4: History: Caliphates, Popes, and Feudalism

Question 1

…………….a relative of Uthman and the governor of Syria captured power of the caliphate after the death of Ali and founded the Umayyad caliphate or the Umayyad dynasty.

A)muawiyya
B)justinian
C)mustaffa kamal pasha
D)alauddin khilji

Answer 1

muawiyya

Question 2

…………….transformed the caliphate into a hereditary office.

A)justinian
B)renaissance
C)reformation
D)muawiyya

Answer 2

muawiyya

Question 3

The internal problems finally led to the collapse of the Umayyads and the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in …………….. AD.

A)730
B)740
C)745
D)750

Answer 3

750

Question 4

The reign of ……………….is often characterized as the 'golden period' of the Abbasid caliphate.

A)harun al rashid
B)arthur schlesinger
C)muawiyya
D)justinian

Question 5

The successors of Harun al Rashid were not able to resist the external attacks of the……………., who were making encroaches on to the Abbasid Empire.

A)mongols
B)arabs
C)afghans
D)turks

Question 6

The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered………….., the capital of the Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year 1258.

A)baghdad
B)france
C)netherlands
D)berlin

Question 7

The Mongols under their leader, Hulagu Khan conquered Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasids and executed the last Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mutasim in the year……………...

A)1248
B)1252
C)1258
D)1268

Question 8

The powerful Ottomans defeated the Mamluk Sultan in ………….. and took control of the Arab land.

A)1417
B)1487
C)1507
D)1517

Question 9

It is reported that the last Caliph at Cairo surrendered the Caliphate to the Ottoman ruler and then onwards the Ottomans began to be known as the Caliphs, which lasted up to…………..

A)1904
B)1914
C)1924
D)1934

Question 10

The peak of the ……………..power occurred in the reign of Harun al Rashid, who relied heavily on his Vazir or prime minister.

A)abbasid
B)ottoman
C)umayyad
D)sultanate

Question 11

…………….is the office occupied by the Pope as the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome.

A)papacy
B)renaissance
C)reformation
D)feudalism

Question 12

After the Byzantine domination, when Rome was threatened by invaders, the Pope went to the ………….king for help.

A)frankish
B)roman
C)carolingian
D)merovingian

Question 13

………………., the Carolingian king went to Rome where he was crowned by the Pope on the Christmas day of 800 and further the Pope acclaimed him as the emperor.

A)roger bacon
B)peter abelard
C)charlemagne
D)harun al rashid

Question 14

The imperial crown once held by the Carolingian emperors was disputed between their fractured heirs, but none emerged victorious until Otto I, the Holy Roman emperor invaded………...

A)france
B)italy
C)britain
D)holland

Question 15

…………..became a constituent kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire in 962.

A)italy
B)france
C)netherlands
D)austria

Question 16

While Urban II remained as the Pope in Rome, Clement VII was made the Pope at Avignon in…………... This is known as the 'western schism'.

A)france
B)austria
C)spain
D)belgium

Question 17

It was Pope Urban II who had preached the first Crusade in…………….., the holy wars or armed pilgrimages intended to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control.

A)1095
B)1098
C)1105
D)1206

Question 18

The term ………………is generally used to characterize the social, economic and political system that had existed in Europe in the medieval period.

A)'feudalism'
B)socialism
C)mercantilism
D)marxism

Question 19

The term feudalism is derived from the ………….word 'feodum' which means a 'fief' or a piece of land.

A)latin
B)german
C)indian
D)italian

Question 20

One of the most commonly accepted definition of feudalism is that of the historian, ………….., who calls it the 'feudal society'.

A)marc bloch
B)j.f. richards
C)constantine
D)arnold toynbee

Question 21

About 500 AD much of the Western Europe was left without a strong centralized government, due to the breakdown of the ………….Empire.

A)austrian
B)roman
C)spanish
D)portuguese

Question 22

In the 4th century, Emperor ……………..declared serfdom legal by requiring tenant farmers to pay labour services to their lords.

A)j.f. richards
B)constantine
C)peter abelard
D)roger bacon

Question 23

The ……………..system had existed in the entire medieval West Asia is generally identified as the feudal practice.

A)colbertism
B)mercantalistic
C)iqta
D)capitalistic

Question 24

……………… was the land granted to the army officials by the rulers of the Islamic empire of the Caliphate, for limited periods, in lieu of regular salary.

A)cherical
B)viruthi
C)mukti
D)iqta

Question 25

The holder of the …………….was known as the MUKTI or MUKTA.

A)iqta
B)cherical
C)viruthi
D)uraller