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| 3572602491 | How did the spread of Christianity affect the polytheistic religions already extant in northern Europe a.) All traces of those earlier religions were eradicated b.) Conversion produced a religious amalagm of Christianity and beliefs in magic and supernatural spirits c.) Many areas of Europe retained purely polytheistic religions | b.) Conversion produced a religious amalagm of Christianity and beliefs in magic and supernatural spirits | 0 | |
| 3572602492 | Following the fall of Rome, where was the center of the postclassical West? a.) In the former Roman colony of Spain b.) In Italy, particularly Rome c.) In the central plain of northern Europe | c.) In the central plain of northern Europe | 1 | |
| 3572602493 | Manorialism was the system that... a.) Described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers. b.) secular authorities utilized to name bishops c.) defined relationships between members of the military elite | a.) Described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers. | 2 | |
| 3572602494 | Which of the following statements concerning the manorial system is NOT true? a.) Its obligations bore heavily on serfs c.) Agricultural productivity was low e.) It was technologically sophisticated | e.) It was technologically sophisticated | 3 | |
| 3572602495 | Vassals were... a.) grants of land given to lesser members of the military elite in return for military service b.) agricultural laborers c.) members of the military elite who received land in return for military service | c.) members of the military elite who received land in return for military service | 4 | |
| 3572602496 | Clovis was the Frankish king responsible for the... a.) defeat of the Muslims b.) conversion of his people to Christianity c.) creation of a substantial empire | b.) conversion of his people to Christianity | 5 | |
| 3572602497 | What monk was responsible for the creation of a set of rules for Western monasteries in the 6th century? a.) Basil b.) Bernard of Clairvaux c.) Benedict of Nursia | c.) Benedict of Nursia | 6 | |
| 3572602498 | What Frankish monarch was able to establish a substantial empire in 800? a.) Clovis b.) Charles Martel c.) Pepin lll d.) Charlemagne | d.) Charlemagne | 7 | |
| 3572602499 | The imperial title formerly held by the Carolingians was later claimed by: a.) France c.) England e.) The Holy Roman Empire | e.) The Holy Roman Empire | 8 | |
| 3572602500 | What institutions were responsible for the regulation of apprenticeship, guarantee of good workmanship, and admission to various trades? a.) Church c.) Feudal monarchies e.) Guilds | e.) Guilds | 9 | |
| 3572602501 | Which of the following does NOT REPRESENT a difference between the spread of civilization in eastern and western Europe? a.) Civilization spread northward in the case of eastern Europe, but to the south in western Europe b.) The forms of Christianity adopted in eastern and western Europe differed. c.) Eastern Europe maintained important features of the late Roman Empire directly, whereas Western leaders turned to much more selective borrowing | a.) Civilization spread northward in the case of eastern Europe, but to the south in western Europe | 10 | |
| 3572602502 | The capital of the Byzantine Empire was. a.) Rome b) Nicaea c.) Constantinople | c.) Constantinople | 11 | |
| 3572602503 | The Byzantine Empire began a.) in the 1st century C.E., during the reign of Augustus b.) in the 5th century C.E., with the fall of Rome c.) In the 4th century C.E., with the founding of Constantinople | c.) In the 4th century C.E., with the founding of Constantinople | 12 | |
| 3572602504 | Which of the following represents Justinian's greatest achievements? a.) The rebuilding of Rome c.) The conquest of Gaul e.) systematizing of the Roman legal code | e.) systematizing of the Roman legal code | 13 | |
| 3572602505 | What people provided the most serious challenge to Byzantine authority in the Balkan peninsula? a.) The Magyars c.) The Russians e.) The Bulgars | e.) The Bulgars | 14 | |
| 3572602506 | The military force of the Byzantine Empire was... a.) recruited almost entirely from "barbarians outside the empire's frontiers c.) recruited from peasants of the empire in return for grants of heritable land e.) highly disciplined due to year-round training | c.) recruited from peasants of the empire in return for grants of heritable land | 15 | |
| 3572602507 | Which of the following statements concerning urbanization in the Byzantine Empire is NOT accurate? a.) Like China, the Byzantine Empire was heavily urbanized with many cities numbering more than 100,000 b.) Constantinople controlled the economy and grew to enormous size c.) Constantinople was the social center of the empire | a.) Like China, the Byzantine Empire was heavily urbanized with many cities numbering more than 100,000 | 16 | |
| 3572602508 | Images of religious objects venerated as part of the religious practices of the Orthodox church were called... a.) mosaics b.) icons c.) idols | b.) icons | 17 | |
| 3572602509 | Cyril and Methodiuswere responsible for what accomplishment? a.) The ending of the iconoclastic controversy b.) The creation of a written script for the slavic language c.) The recapturing of much of the territory of the Roman Empire | b.) The creation of a written script for the slavic language | 18 | |
| 3572602510 | When did the Mongos conquer Kievan Russia | c.) 1237 | 19 | |
| 3572602511 | Which of the following regions was NOT affected by Islam in the millenium after 600 A.D. a.) Sub-Saharan Africa b.) Europe c.) South America | c.) South America | 20 | |
| 3572602512 | Which of the following cultures found in the Arabian Peninsula was most significant in shaping the development of Islam? a.) bedouin b.) medieval c.) urban | a.) bedouin | 21 | |
| 3572602513 | Which of the following statements most accurately describes the status of bedouin society prior to Islam? a.) women in pre-Islamic bedouin culture enjoyed greater freedom and higher status that those in the Byzantine and Persian Empire b.) Descent in bedouin tribes was strictly patrilineal c.) Women were permitted to take more than one husband | a.) women in pre-Islamic bedouin culture enjoyed greater freedom and higher status that those in the Byzantine and Persian Empire | 22 | |
| 3572602514 | Which of the following statements concerning the ethical system of early Islam is NOT correct? a.) A tax for charity was obligatory in the new faith b.) It recognized the truth of similar ethical ideas in Judaism and Christianity c.) The teaching of the Prophet and the Quran were not formally incorporated into a body of law | c.) The teaching of the Prophet and the Quran were not formally incorporated into a body of law | 23 | |
| 3572602515 | Which of the following is NOT among the "five pillars" a.) charity b.) hajj c.) pilgrimage to Medina | c.) pilgrimage to Medina | 24 | |
| 3572602516 | Which of the following was NOT a reason for the decline of the Abbasid dynasty by the 9th century A.D. a.) disputes over succession b.) collapse of the cities c.) the retention of regional identities by the population | b.) collapse of the cities | 25 | |
| 3572602517 | Why were the practices of seclusion and veiling seen as essential in Islamic society a.) veiling discouraged contacts between Muslim women b.) Veiling was seen as a means of halting the practice of concubinage c.) women were believed to be possessed of insationable lust from which men had to be protected | c.) women were believed to be possessed of insationable lust from which men had to be protected | 26 | |
| 3572602518 | In what year was Jerusalem captured by Christian Crusaders | 1099 A.D. | 27 | |
| 3572602519 | What accounts for the success of the First Crusade a.) the power of the Byzantine Empire b.) Muslim political fragmentation and the element of surprise | b.) Muslim political fragmentation and the element of surprise | 28 | |
| 3572602520 | What was the impact of the Crusades on Islam a.) There was minimal western impact on Islam b.) Islam fell into decline and was eclipsed by the Mongols | a.) There was minimal western impact on Islam | 29 | |
| 3572602521 | What was the impact of the Crusades on the Christian West a.) Christians adopted military techniques, words, scientific learnings b.) There was no Muslim influence on the Christian West | a.) Christians adopted military techniques, words, scientific learnings | 30 | |
| 3572602522 | What group captured Baghdad in 1258? | Mongols | 31 | |
| 3572602523 | What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam? Buddhist and low-caste Hindus | Buddhist and low-caste Hindus | 32 | |
| 3572602524 | In general, how did Islam spread in Southeast Asia? a.) Islam was carried to Southeast Asia from China b.) Port cities were points of dissemination to other links in trading networks | b.) Port cities were points of dissemination to other links in trading networks | 33 | |
| 3572602525 | What was one of the major differences between African civilizations and other post-classical societies? a.) African civilizations were based on European models b.) African civilizations were built somewhat less clearly on prior precedent than was the case in other post-classical societies | b.) African civilizations were built somewhat less clearly on prior precedent than was the case in other post-classical societies | 34 | |
| 3572602526 | Which of the following statements concerning political and religious universality in Africa is most accurate? e.) neither universal states nor universal religion characterized Africa, but both Christianity and Islam did find adherents in Africa. | e.) neither universal states nor universal religion characterized Africa, but both Christianity and Islam did find adherents in Africa. | 35 | |
| 3572602527 | What was the most important Christian kingdom in Africa? | Ethiopia | 36 | |
| 3572602528 | How did the expansion of Islam aid in the creation of international trade on the East African coastline? c.) Islam expanded to India and Southeast Asia providing a religious bond of trust between those regions and the converted rulers of the cities of East Africa. | c.) Islam expanded to India and Southeast Asia providing a religious bond of trust between those regions and the converted rulers of the cities of East Africa. | 37 | |
| 3572602529 | To what extent did Islam successfully penetrate the populations of East Africa? c.) Islam penetrated very little into the imperior among the hunters, pastoralists, and farmers, and even the areas near the areas near the trading towns remained relatively unaffected | c.) Islam penetrated very little into the imperior among the hunters, pastoralists, and farmers, and even the areas near the areas near the trading towns remained relatively unaffected | 38 | |
| 3572602530 | Compared to Hinduism, Christianity is more likely to... a.) believe that women are morally superior to men b.) see humans as superior to the rest of nature | b.) see humans as superior to the rest of nature | 39 | |
| 3572602531 | Which territory was ALWAYS a part of Byzantine Empire? | Balkan Peninsula | 40 | |
| 3572602532 | The significance of the Byzantine Empire included all of the following EXCEPT? b.) the empires conquest of the Ottoman Empire and its inclusion of all Middle East c.) development of Orthodox Christianity | b.) the empires conquest of the Ottoman Empire and its inclusion of all Middle East | 41 | |
| 3572602533 | What was the most important "stepchild" of the Byzantine civilization? a.) Russia b.) Middle East | a.) Russia | 42 | |
| 3572602534 | Which of the following does NOT represent a similarity between the spread of civilization in eastern and western Europe? a.) Northern political units rapidly dominated the political sophistication of civilization areas in Asia and North Africa b.) Animism gave way to monotheism | a.) Northern political units rapidly dominated the political sophistication of civilization areas in Asia and North Africa | 43 | |
| 3572602535 | Which of the following represents a difference between the spread of civilization in eastern and western Europe? c.) They produced different versions of Christianity, culturally as well as organizationally seperate | c.) They produced different versions of Christianity, culturally as well as organizationally separate | 44 | |
| 3572602536 | Which of the following was NOT one of Justinian's contributions to the Byzantine Empire? a.) systematizing of the Roman legal code b.) the reconquest of Gaul | b.) the reconquest of Gaul | 45 | |
| 3572602537 | Byzantine cultural life centered on the secular traditions of... b.) hellenism e.) norse legends | b.) hellenism | 46 | |
| 3572602538 | What were the primary exports of the Byzantine Empire? | Luxury products such as silk, cloth and carpets | 47 | |
| 3572602539 | In 11th century, what group of people seized most of the Asiatic provinces of the Byzantine Empire? | Seljuk Turks | 48 | |
| 3572602540 | Which region was converted to Orthodox Christianity? | Russia | 49 | |
| 3572602541 | The kingdom in Kiev in southern Russia was established by traders from what region? | Scandinavia | 50 | |
| 3572602542 | The first king of Kievan Russia was... | Rurik | 51 | |
| 3572602543 | 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 | 52 | |
| 3572602544 | The post-classical period in western history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fifteenth century is referred to as the | Middle Ages | 53 | |
| 3572602545 | Which of the following statements concerning the intellectual activity of the medieval west prior to the eight century is most accurate? | With the few literate people concentrated in monastries, little was achieved other than copying older manuscripts | 54 | |
| 3572602546 | Agricultural laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called? | Serfs | 55 | |
| 3572602547 | Which of the following statements concerning the agricultural laborers in the Medieval West is NOT true? | They were slaves | 56 | |
| 3572602548 | The moldboard was... | A technological innovation - a plow that allowed deeper turning of the soil | 57 | |
| 3572602549 | Relationships between members of the military elite based on a reciprocal exchange at land form military service and loyalty were called? | Feudalism | 58 | |
| 3572602550 | What Frankish king was responsible for the conversions of his people to Christianity in order to gain a vague domination over the Franks? | Clovis | 59 | |
| 3572602551 | What dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in 8th century? | Carolingian | 60 | |
| 3572602552 | During the 11th century, what new architectual style featuring pointed arches and flying buttresses became dominant in western Europe? | Gothic | 61 | |
| 3572602553 | In what year did Pope Urban II call for the first crusade? | 1095 | 62 |
