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History Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The early Byzantine religion was known for its intense interest in matters of two things, what were they? | doctrine and orthodoxy |
| In Byzantine schools, classical Greek literature was the... | basis of curriculum, with much study of the epics of homer. |
| The word Islam means... | submission - straight path to God |
| The Hijrah refers to the Prophet Muhammad's move from what city to another city? | Mecca to Medina |
| In their worship of Allah, Muslims worship the same deity worshiped by... | Christians and Jews |
| In Arabic, Caliph means what? | deputy |
| Compared to medieval Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the Islamic world was... | more advanced in technological sophistication, science, and philosophy |
| The gradual conversion of the early medieval European countryside to Christianity was carried out primarily by.. | monks who founded new monasteries in frontier areas |
| The key figure in creating an alliance between the Carolingian family, the papacy, and Benedictine monasticism was ... | Saint Boniface |
| As a Christian king responsible for ruling a Christian society, Charlemagne took responsibility for... | reforming the religious life of his kingdom just as he reformed his government. |
| Alcuin and his associates contributed significantly to literacy even until today by copying corrected versions of biblical texts and inventing a type of script in the process, what was it? | Carolingian miniscule script |
| The economic base of the Abbasid caliphate lay in the | Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia |
| The wars between Rome and Carthage were called the Punic wars because Punic means what in Latin? | Phoenician |
| Deep reserves of manpower and the discipline of Rome and its allies were the... | keys to success in overcoming Hannibal's military genius |
| The first time the Senate had resorted to murder to rid itself of a powerful adversary was when they... | murdered both Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls have revealed extraordinary diversity in... | Jewish beliefs and practices from the time period |
| Jerome's most long lasting contributions to Western society were his... | Vulgate translation of the Bible, his ideas on the negative image of women, and his insistence on the value of education |
| Boethius was executed for his.. | supposed part in a plot on the emperor's life |
| The literary and cultural value of Homer was .. | as great to the Byzantines as the Bible was to the West |
| The geographic site of Rome has many advantages including... | hills that increase the defensibility of the city |
| The "Latin Right" of the early Romans guaranteed that.... | contracts, marriages and citizenship were valid across all of Latium |
| The myth of the rape of Lucretria appealed to Roman patriotism by .... | emphasizing the corruption of Etruscan morals and government |
| According to the patria potestas provision of the Twelve Tables, a Roman father had what kind of power in regards to his family? | absolute power, over life and death |
| The Roman man's primary duty was to | honor his ancestors |
| Prior to Julius Caesar's appointment as "Dictator for Life" only one other Roman had been appointed to that position without the traditional six month term and he was | Sulla |
| When Julius Caesar adopted Octavian as his heir, Octavian had to | fight his rivals and kill his republican opponents |
| According to Chapter 6, it is probably best to assume that Jesus... | was a historical figure about whose life we know a great deal |
| The crisis of the early third century was precipitated by what? | the retreat from the eastern frontier and violent tendencies of Marcus Arelius' son Commodus |
| When Diocletian took power, he... | isolated himself from ordinary business and people and introduced an eastern style of rule, wearing a diadem and purple robes |
| The fourth century interest in orthodoxy among Christina intellectuals arose from what? | the need to show that Christianity could withstand the philosophical scrutiny of Greek and Roman traditions |
| The Christian label for non-Christians is | indicative of its urban origins |
| Romans regarded the Germans as barbarians because why? | German society was illiterate and they did not live in cities |
| One reason for including classical texts in the education of Christians by the fourth century was the... | desire of Christian intellectuals to be regarded as philosophers and to make classical learning applicable to a Christian way of life |
| Benedict's monastic rule differed from Basil's rule because... | it was less austere and more moderate in its demands for monastic life |
| The monastic way of life in the West was influenced greatly by the establishment of a set of rules written by who? | Benedict |
| It is difficult to date the beginning of Byzantine history with precision because the Byzantine empire was really what? | the uninterrupted successor of the Roman Empire |
| The stability of Byzantine government was the product of an efficient | bureaucracy |
| Most Arabs were | wandering camel herders |
| Spain had been home to some of the | greatest libraries and thinkers in the medieval world |
| Charles Martel is regarded as one of the founders of the | Frankish Kingdom due to his defeat of a Muslim force near Paris |
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