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Question 1

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Muslim mathematicians used Arabic numerals to...
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  • invent algebra
  • invent the concept of zero.
  • invent the idea of fractions.
  • explore astronomical problems.

Question 2

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The Byzantines used eastern customs such as _____ as they moved away from the western traditions.
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  • diplomacy
  • poorhouses and orphanages
  • Greek fire
  • eunuchs and making people prostrate themselves before the emperor

Question 3

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The purpose of the Corpus Juris Civilis was to...
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  • organize and clarify Roman law.
  • preserve Justinian's innovative law code.
  • recapture lost taxes.
  • rewrite the laws that interfered with Justinian's rule.

Question 4

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In 732, the Muslim forces were defeated by...
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  • Pepin the Short.
  • Clovis.
  • Charles Martel.
  • the Carolingians.

Question 5

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Germanic women participated in many activities, including agriculture, but their primary responsibilities were...
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  • household care and pottery and textiles.
  • crop tending.
  • caring for the cattle.
  • war making.

Question 6

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Gregory the Great extended his power by...
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  • acting as a territorial ruler in addition to acting as head of the church.
  • refusing to offer financial assistance to distant churches.
  • convincing the Huns and Vandals to spare Rome.
  • describing earthy power as two swords, one of which he wielded.

Question 7

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The Umayyad caliphate, located in Damascus, emphasized...
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  • Arabs.
  • non-Arabs.
  • the importance of Mecca.
  • spiritual authority.

Question 8

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Part of the motive in prohibiting the worship of icons was...
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  • to compromise with Islam.
  • challenge the power of icon-producing monasteries.
  • to promote western values.
  • to resolve the disputes discussed at the Council of Chalcedon.

Question 9

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Germanic peoples' diet consisted mainly of...
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  • plants, including grains, mead, ale, and milk.
  • plants and dairy products.
  • mead and meat.
  • a healthy combination of proteins and plants.

Question 10

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The establishment of monasteries in Ireland aided the process of conversion because...
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  • Ireland lacked the ecclesiastical structures of the rest of the West.
  • the monks used knowledge of paganism to convert the Irish.
  • monks from Briton came to work with the Irish monks.
  • bishops exercised more authority.

Question 11

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Cassiodorus wrote a historical chronicle, the Origin of the Goths, to show...
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  • that the Goths had a history comparable to that of the Romans.
  • that the Romans were superior to the Goths.
  • that Gothic peoples were superior to Romans.
  • that Theodoric's rule could unite people of different faiths.

Question 12

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The people of Constantinople gathered in the _____ to see the chariot races.
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  • the hippodrome
  • the Colosseum
  • the Forum
  • the Parthenon

Question 13

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Village families in the Byzantine empire owed...
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  • one equipped man for military service.
  • service to maintain roads and bridges.
  • set quantities of grain to supply the army.
  • one slave to carry out tasks like constructing camps every night.

Question 14

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The Muslims tolerated Jews and Christians because...
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  • they all shared the same scriptures and god.
  • Christians and Jews had trade relations with Muslims.
  • Christians and Jews did not resist.
  • Christians and Jews resisted vigorously, and were granted autonomy.

Question 15

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Ulfila, who helped convert the Visigoths and Ostrogoths, had been influenced by the teachings of...
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  • Arius.
  • Augustine.
  • Cassiodorus.
  • the Council of Nicaea.

Question 16

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As Germanic pagans and Arians converted to orthodox Christianity, they...
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  • prohibited intermarriage to maintain some ethnic unity.
  • they learned to read in Latin through the use of Ulfila's vernacular bible.
  • they began to speak the Romance languages.
  • they began to speak Greek, the official language of the empire.

Question 17

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The Merovingian family often used _____ as a means of consolidating their rule.
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  • conversion to Christianity
  • papal supremacy
  • monasteries
  • political assassination

Question 18

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The Lombards ruled for a time in northern Italy until...
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  • the Byzantine empire retook the peninsula.
  • the Franks conquered them.
  • the Ostrogoths regained strength.
  • the papacy rebelled and defeated them.

Question 19

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The _____ brought Christianity to the Slavic peoples.
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  • the Byzantine Empire
  • papal missionaries
  • western kingdoms
  • Scandinavian princes

Question 20

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Mecca was an important city for which of the following reasons?
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  • It was both a trading center and a site of worship.
  • It gathered Jews, Christians, and Muslims in one urban center.
  • It was Muhammad's base when he spread his ideas to the Bedouins.
  • It was site of the Hijra.

Question 21

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Historians studying the Germanic tribes have learned a great deal from the written sources these peoples left.
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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Women were used to join families, but this did not necessarily prevent feuds between families.
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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Both Roman and Germanic males shared the tradition of wearing trousers and capes.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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Both Roman and Germanic males shared the tradition of wearing trousers and capes.
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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Germanic tribes may have depended upon agriculture, but they preferred warring and plundering for gaining wealth and fame.
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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The warriors of federate tribes were not allowed to live within the borders of the empire but did receive grain in exchange for fighting other tribes.
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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When Rome recalled its troops from Britain, the Celtic Britons were eventually pushed out by tribes from Scotland and Scandinavia.
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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Germanic tribes were able to move into parts of the empire in part because the population in these areas had declined dramatically.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Once the centralized authority of Rome began to disintegrate, church people such as bishops stepped in to manage secular affairs.
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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The Petrine Doctrine was the claim that the pope's successor was based upon Peter's words to Christ.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Benedict's sister Scholastica founded monasteries for women.
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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Pope Gregory the Great sent monks to Ireland to convert the pagans.
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  • True
  • False

Question 33

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Clovis' wife refused to convert to Christianity, but when Clovis won a significant battle, she bowed to his will and aided in the conversion of her people.
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  • True
  • False

Question 34

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Boethius was saved from execution by writing about the injustices of life in his most influential work, The Consolation of Philosophy.
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  • True
  • False

Question 35

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When Muslims invaded and conquered most of the Iberian peninsula, they enslaved Christians.
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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The Nika riot broke out when two rival religious factions revolted against the eastern church.
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  • True
  • False

Question 37

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The Byzantine empire grew rich producing luxury items such as fine fabrics and jewelry.
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  • True
  • False

Question 38

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The Byzantines failed to reform their army, which was underpaid and poorly trained.
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  • True
  • False

Question 39

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The use of Greek in the Byzantine empire accentuated the divisions between east and west as Germanic peoples forgot how to speak it.
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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In the west, Germanic emperors led the church, but in the east, popes assumed leadership of both church and state.
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  • True
  • False

Question 41

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Cyril and Methodius developed a written Slavonic language to aid the conversion of the Slavic peoples.
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  • True
  • False

Question 42

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The Qur'an is a collection of the revelations that Allah made to Muhammad over a period of twenty years.
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  • True
  • False

Question 43

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Muslim armies were successful during jihads in part because they tolerated the religions of pagans and Jews.
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  • True
  • False

Question 44

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Women's power and status declined under Islam.
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  • True
  • False

Question 45

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The Shiites believed that the caliphate should be led by religious leaders, while the Sunnis believed that leadership should be political.
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  • True
  • False

Question 46

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Muslim medical techniques were highly advanced, and included improvements in both surgery and medicine.
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  • True
  • False
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