chapter 16's cooler older brother

Question 1

In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?

Answer 1

an elephant named Abu al-Abbas

Question 2

Byzantium’s major advantage was its

Answer 2

strategic position on the Bosporus.

Question 3

T or F: Constantinople was built in an attempt to revitalize the impoverished eastern half of the Roman empire.

Answer 3

FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! not impoverished

Question 4

The most important political feature of the Byzantine state was

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its tightly centralized rule under a powerful emperor.

Question 5

The mixture of secular and religious authority that marked Constantine’s reign as well as that of the Byzantine emperors is known as

Answer 5

caesaropapism.

Question 6

Historians use the term caesaropapism to refer to

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the system in which the emperor has a mixture of political and religious authority.

Question 7

The wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was

Answer 7

Theodora.

Question 8

Theodora’s career before marrying Justinian was as a

Answer 8

striptease artist.

Question 9

Hagia Sophia was…

Answer 9

the magnificent church at Constantinople.

Question 10

Justinian’s most important and long-lasting political achievement was

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his codification of Roman law.

Question 11

Justinian’s issuance of the Corpus iuris civilis won recognition as what?

Answer 11

the definitive codification of Roman law.

Question 12

Constantinople withstood sieges in 674-678 and 717-718 by

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Muslim forces.

Question 13

One of the causes of Byzantine resurgence was the political innovation wherein a general was given military and civil control over an imperial province, or

Answer 13

theme.

Question 14

After the collapse of western Roman authority,

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Germanic tribes established regional kingdoms.

Question 15

Roman imperial power ended in 476 C.E. with the invasion of

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the Germanic general Odovacer.

Question 16

Which Germanic tribe played the most important role in establishing the foundations of European development?

Answer 16

Franks

Question 17

Charlemagne maintained diplomatic relations with

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Harun al-Rashid and the Abbasid empire.

Question 18

Even though Charlemagne spent much of his time traveling around his empire, he did establish a capital at

Answer 18

Aachen.

Question 19

T or F: Charlemagne was mistrustful of intellectual pursuits.

Answer 19

FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question 20

Charlemagne made use of the missi dominici, or

Answer 20

envoys of the lord ruler.

Question 21

The main goal of the missi dominici was to

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bring the counts under tighter control.

Question 22

When presented with the imperial crown, Charlemagne

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hesitated to call himself emperor out of respect for the Byzantine emperors.

Question 23

On Christmas Day 800, Charlemagne received the imperial crown from

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Pope Leo III.

Question 24

A direct challenge to the Byzantine emperor arose in the year 800 when the pope gave an imperial crown to the Frankish king,

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Charlemagne.

Question 25

After the death of Louis the Pious, the Carolingian empire

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was split into three parts by his sons.

Question 26

Constantinople was raided at least three times in the ninth and tenth centuries by the

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Vikings.

Question 27

The theme system made what available for peasants?

Answer 27

It made land available to the peasants in return for military service.

Question 28

One of the biggest reasons for increased agricultural production in Europe was the

Answer 28

introduction of a heavier plow.

Question 29

Historians once used the term feudalism to refer to…

Answer 29

the political and social order of medieval Europe.

Question 30

In medieval society, political power was vested in…

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local authorities.

Question 31

The most important relationship in feudalism was between

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lord and retainer.

Question 32

By the year 1000, the population of the two provinces of Christendom rose to about

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thirty-six million.

Question 33

Who provided the Roman church with a sense of direction by reasserting papal primacy?

Answer 33

Gregory I

Question 34

Emperor Leo III inaugurated the divisive ecclesiastical policy of…

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iconoclasm.

Question 35

St. Basil of Caesarea played a key role in what?

Answer 35

the rise of monasticism.

Question 36

The Benedictine Rule was spread to women living in convents by

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St. Scholastica.

Question 37

In 1054 the pope in Rome and the patriarch in Constantinople…

Answer 37

mutually excommunicated each other.

Question 38

Saints Methodius and Cyril devised…

Answer 38

the Cyrillic alphabet.

Question 39

What city, influenced heavily by Constantinople, was most important in the early rise of Russia?

Answer 39

Kiev

Question 40

The rise of Orthodox Christianity in Russia was helped by the conversion in 989 of

Answer 40

Prince Vladimir.

Question 41

T or F: Historians refer to the era from about 500 to 1500 CE as the medieval period of European history—the “middle ages.”

Answer 41

TRUE

Question 42

T or F: Justinian was the Byzantine emperor who attempted to reconstruct Rome’s greatness.

Answer 42

TRUE

Question 43

T or F: Corpus iuris civilis was the definitive codification of Roman law.

Answer 43

TRUE

Question 44

T or F: Charlemagne permanently reestablished imperial rule in the Frankish realm during his reign from 768 to 814.

Answer 44

FALSE

Question 45

T or F: The term “Vikings” originally referred to a group that raided the British Isles from their home in Vik in southern Norway.

Answer 45

TRUE

Question 46

T or F: Medieval western Europe was a society where cities thrived and trade linked all of the regions.

Answer 46

FALSE

Question 47

T or F: By the time the Roman empire collapsed, Christianity was the principal source of religious, moral, and cultural authority throughout the Mediterranean basin.

Answer 47

TRUE

Question 48

T or F: Basil II began iconoclasm.

Answer 48

FALSE

Question 49

T or F: St. Basil of Caesarea played an important role in the rise of monasticism.

Answer 49

TRUE

Question 50

T or F: St. Cyril helped to create a written Slavic alphabet.

Answer 50

TRUE

Question 51

T or F: Prince Vladimir helped convert Russia to Orthodox Christianity.

Answer 51

TRUE

Question 52

Where was Christianity inherited from?

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The Roman Empire after Constantine’s Edict of Milan

Question 53

What mainly contributed to the fall of the Carolingian empire/dynasty?

Answer 53

External pressures; Magyars from the east, Muslims from the south, Vikings from the north

Question 54

True or False: While Franks invaded the northern Gaul, Visigoths invaded Italy.

Answer 54

False. Visigoths invaded Spain in the 470s.

Question 55

True or False: Clovis’ conversion to Arian Christianity led to a centuries-long relationship with the popes in Rome.

Answer 55

False. He converted to Catholicism

Question 56

Charlemagne fought for thirty-two years to conquer the…

Answer 56

Saxons

Question 57

In feudalism, the retainer would owe loyalty, obedience, and military service to his lord in return for…

Answer 57

grants of land or a benefice