Ch. 9: Eastern Europe: Byzantine Empire
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| 227575082 | What was the most important "stepchild" of the Byzantine civilization? | Russia | 0 | |
| 227575083 | What was the technological innovation that aided the Byzantine Empire in withstanding the Muslim siege of Constantinopole in 717? | Greek fire | 1 | |
| 227575084 | What emperor became renowned in the 11th century as the slayer of the Bulgars by defeating the Bulgarian kingdom and restoring Byzantine rule in the Balkans? | Basil II | 2 | |
| 227575085 | Which of the following issues was a cause for the split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches after 1054? | The Roman Catholic practice of requiring celibacy for its priests | 3 | |
| 227575086 | What two missionaries were responsible for the creation of a written script for Slavic language? | Cyril and Methodius | 4 | |
| 227575087 | The first king of Kievan Russia was | Rurik | 5 | |
| 227575088 | True or False: There was a large and wealthy merchant class in the Byzantine Empire, but it never gained significant political power because of the power of the bureaucracy. | True | 6 | |
| 227575089 | Which of the following represents a difference between the spread of civilization in eastern and western Europe? | They produced different versions of Christianity, culturally as well as organizationally separate. | 7 | |
| 227575090 | In which of the following ways were the Byzantine bureaucracy and the Chinese bureaucracy similar? | Both bureaucracies were open to talented commoners, not just aristocrats. | 8 | |
| 227575091 | Which of the following was NOT a strength of Byzantine cultural life? | Innovative literary forms | 9 | |
| 227575092 | The name normally given to the form of Christianity that emerged in the Byzantine Empire was | Orthodox Christianity | 10 | |
| 227575093 | What was the result of the conflict over the use of religious images in the Orthodox church? | After a long and complex battle, icon use was gradually restored, while the tradition of state control over church affairs was also reasserted. | 11 | |
| 227575094 | The kingdom of Kiev in southern Russia was established by traders from | Scandinavia | 12 | |
| 227575095 | Why did Vladimir I prefer Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism? | He believed that Roman Catholicism implied papal interference, while Orthodoxy embraced the control of the church by the state. | 13 | |
| 227575096 | What group of peoples was responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia after 1236? | Mongols (Tatars) | 14 | |
| 227575097 | Which of the following regions eventually converted to Orthodox Christianity? | Russia | 15 | |
| 227575098 | True or False: The significance of the Byzantine Empire included the empire's conquest of the Ottoman Empire and its inclusion of all the Middle East. | False | 16 | |
| 227575099 | True or False: Bureaucrats were trained to be literate, but lacked the formal training in Greek classics and philosophy in the Byzantine bureaucracy. | False | 17 | |
| 227575100 | True or False: Constantinople controlled the economy and grew to enormous size but other cities were relatively small withing the Byzantine Empire. | True | 18 | |
| 227575101 | True or False: The reconquest of Gaul was a positive contribution by Justinian. | False | 19 | |
| 227575102 | True or False: Despite all of its difficulties, its wars with its neighbors demonstrate that the Byzantine Empire had real core strength. | True | 20 | |
| 227575103 | True or False: The Byzantine Empire recruited troops within the empire by granting heritable land in return for military service. | True | 21 | |
| 227575104 | The former Courtesan who was Justinian's wife and advisor was | Theodora | 22 | |
| 227575105 | Which of the following is most correctly seen as a direct descendant of the Roman Empire? | Byzantine Empire | 23 | |
| 227575106 | Starting with the region of Justinian, what was the official language of the Eastern empire? | Greek | 24 | |
| 227575107 | The religious controversy over the use of religious images in worship that broke out in the eighth century was called the? | Iconoclastic controversy | 25 | |
| 227575108 | What was the extent of Western European influence in Kievan Russia? | Russia's religious culture and social and economic patterns developed separately from Western Europe's. | 26 | |
| 227575109 | The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center was located at? | Constantinople | 27 | |
| 227575110 | The Slavic alphabet created by Orthodox missionaries to the Slavs is called? | Cyrillic alphabet | 28 | |
| 227575111 | In what year did the Ottoman Turks successfully capture Constantinople and bring the Byzantine Empire to a close? | 1453 | 29 | |
| 227575112 | The Byzantine Empire lasted from | 500-1450 CE | 30 | |
| 227575113 | The Byzantine Empire began | in the 5th century CE, with the fall of Rome; or in the 6th century CE, with Justinian's ascent to the throne | 31 | |
| 227575114 | After the seventh century, what group posed the greatest threat to the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire? | The Arab Muslims | 32 | |
| 227575115 | Which of the following territories was always part of the Byzantine Empire? | Balkans | 33 | |
| 227575116 | In the eleventh century, what group of people siezed most of the Asiatic provinces of the Byzantine Empire? | The Seljuk Turks | 34 | |
| 227575117 | What was the difference in the military organization of Byzantine and western Roman Empires? | It recruited armies from the middle east, not barbarian troops | 35 | |
| 227575118 | The emperor responsible for the initial construction of Constantinople was? | Emperor Constantine | 36 | |
| 227575119 | The Slavic kigndom that particularly pressed Byzantine territory in the Balkans after the eighth century C.E. was? | Bulgaria | 37 | |
| 227575120 | What were the primary exports of the Byzanitne Empre? | Silk, Spice,Cloth, and Carpets. | 38 | |
| 227575121 | What Eastern emperor was responsible for the attempted restoration of a united Roman Empire after 533? | Justinian | 39 | |
| 227575122 | True or False: Northern political units rapidly dominate the political sophistication of civilization areas in Asia and North Africa. | False | 40 | |
| 227575123 | What was the outcome of the western crusade of 1204? | The loss of Constantinople. | 41 | |
| 227575124 | Which of the following was a result of the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslims? | The position of the small farmers in the empire was weakened as a result of heavy taxation, resulting in greater aristocratic estates. | 42 | |
| 227575125 | The military force of the Byzantine Empire | was recruited from peasants of the empire in return for grants of heritable land. | 43 | |
| 227594727 | What was Yaroslav? | Last of the great Kievan monarchs; issued legal codification based on formal codes developed in Byzantium | 44 | |
| 227594728 | Which of the following practices was NOT adopted a feature of the Russian Orthodox Church? | Clerical celibacy | 45 | |
| 227594729 | Byzantine cultural life centered on the secular traditions of what? | Hellenism | 46 | |
| 227594730 | True or False: The permanent addition of Rome to the Byzantine Empire is and outcome of Justinian war on reconquest. | False | 47 |
