Chapter 10 quiz

Question 1

Asian Christianity

Answer 1

-Many people in Syria and Persia converted from Christianity voluntarily.
-Nestorian Christians survived but shrank in size.
-It had some success in China, but withered and had a brief revival under the Mongols (they’re the exception)

Question 2

African Christianity

Answer 2

coastal North Africans largely converted to Islam. The Coptic Church survived in Egypt and was tolerated by Muslims until the 13th century. Christianity spread to Nubia and thrived for a time. In Ethiopia Christianity was protected by the geography.

Question 3

Byzantine Empire

Answer 3

Eastern portion of the Roman Empire which survived beyond the collapse of the Roman Empire with its capital at Constantinople.

Question 4

Constantinople

Answer 4

Capital of the Byzantine Empire

Question 5

Where the head of the state, is also the head of the Church

Answer 5

Caesaropapism

Question 6

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Answer 6

Deeply influenced Byzantine life, imperial ruler, cultural identity, pervasiveness of churches, and common people were engaged with theological disputes. Defined itself in opposition to Latin Christianity, which was centered on the pope.

Question 7

Prince Vladimir of Kiev

Answer 7

The most important conversion of Russia

Question 8

“Third Rome”

Answer 8

-what Moscow declared itself
-assuming the role of protector of Christianity after fall of Constantinople

Question 9

1453

Answer 9

-The siege of Constantinople
-the capital of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most heavily fortified cities in the world took place

Question 10

Holy Roman Empire

Answer 10

-major political institution in Europe
-loosely organized
-modeled somewhat the ancient Roman Empire

Question 11

The largest Christian church

Answer 11

Roman Catholic Church

Question 12

Most dominate social system with military service, vassels, and peasants,

Answer 12

Feudalism

Question 13

Politics in Western Europe

Answer 13

-no unity unlike under the Roman Empire
-Urban life diminished
-long distance trade dried up
-money exchange gave way to the barter system
-Kingdoms rose and fell

Question 14

Western Christendom

Answer 14

Christianity rose up after the collapse of the Roman Empire. The hierarchy of the church resembled the Roman Empire.

Question 15

A historical periodization used originally for the Middle Ages, which emphasizes the cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire.

Answer 15

Dark Ages

Question 16

Middle Ages

Answer 16

The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to the fall of Constantinople.

Question 17

Impact of the crusades

Answer 17

Created a lasting rivalry of Christianity and Islam.

Question 18

Crusades

Answer 18

-Holy wars that were justified by a Holy “Pilgrimage” of Christians to Jerusalem.
-4 total crusades.

Question 19

Innovations in Western Europe

Answer 19

-borrowing of technologies from other societies. -3-field crop system after borrowing Mediterranean agricultural techniques.
-developed mills to be more powerful and able to revolutionize production in a variety of industries. -By 1500, Europe had the most advanced uses of gunpowder in cannons.

Question 20

Technological Borrowing

Answer 20

Western Europe was technologically far behind Asian and African societies in the Early Middle Ages and borrowed things like gunpowder and paper from China.

Question 21

Pluralism

Answer 21

Political system mainly seen in Europe, where there are many different states, ethnicities, principles, etc. exist and coexistence is possible (Like the EU). In Europe out of the fall of Rome and other expansive states, Europe had many competing states, which also gave way to many wars/disagreements

Question 22

Gunpowder Revolution

Answer 22

Europeans borrowed gunpowder from the Chinese in the early 14th century, and it was used to revolutionize warfare, as it was much more efficient at killing at a range, considering some people were still running around with swords those sillys

Question 23

Rivalry in Western Europe

Answer 23

States competed with each other for power and resources. Lot of pluralism in politics and normally lead to war. People stronger in west than in east.

Question 24

Reason vs. Faith Struggle

Answer 24

Should we study reason, or should we study faith. With the reintroduction of learning institutions in Europe, and the rereading of people like the Greeks, people started learning and using reason to solve problems.