Mid Term Exam 2024

Question 1

This mountain was a fortress where Jewish rebels refused to surrender.

Answer 1

Masada

Question 2

What was the capital city of the Byzantine empire?

Answer 2

Constantinople

Question 3

What term means universal?

Answer 3

Catholic

Question 4

What term means submission to God?

Answer 4

Islam

Question 5

What is a place of worship for Muslims who gather on Fridays?

Answer 5

Mosque

Question 6

Who were the navigators and warriors that raided churches and monasteries?

Answer 6

Vikings

Question 7

Who provided military service in return for land?

Answer 7

Knights

Question 8

Title that means first citizen.

Answer 8

princeps

Question 9

Who were the witnesses that chose death instead of denouncing their faith?

Answer 9

Martyrs

Question 10

This term means right or proper.

Answer 10

Orthodox

Question 11

Who was the angel who appeared to Muhammad during his revelation?

Answer 11

Gabreil

Question 12

What is Islam’s holy book written in Arabic?

Answer 12

Koran

Question 13

This means hammer and is Frankish.

Answer 13

Martel

Question 14

A plot of land received by a vassal from his lord.

Answer 14

Fief

Question 15

What is an economic association formed by merchants or craftsman?

Answer 15

Guild

Question 16

What happened during the Great Jewish Revolt?

Answer 16

• Jewish Temple was destroyed
• Romans took plunder back to Rome
• Titus commanded Roman Soldiers

Question 17

Who persecuted Christians, killed his mother, and committed suicide?

Answer 17

Nero

Question 18

What emperor ended the era of Roman expansion and focused on defense?

Answer 18

Hadrian

Question 19

What structure served as a temple of the gods in the Roman Civil Religion?

Answer 19

Pantheon

Question 20

What region was invaded by Claudius?

Answer 20

Britian

Question 21

What emperor brought the Roman Empire to its largest size?

Answer 21

Trajan

Question 22

What philosophy was discussed by Marcus Aurelius in his book, Meditations?

Answer 22

Stoicism

Question 23

Who sacked Rome?

Answer 23

Alaric and the Visigoths

Question 24

After the death of Muhammad, who served as the first caliph?

Answer 24

Abu Bakr

Question 25

Who persuaded Attila the Hun to spare Rome from destruction?

Answer 25

Pope

Question 26

What city was the was the capital of Russia under Prince Vladimir?

Answer 26

Kiev

Question 27

What field of mathematics was pioneered during the Golden Age?

Answer 27

Algebra

Question 28

What term refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca?

Answer 28

Hajj

Question 29

Where was the Spanish Moors defeated by Charles Martel in 732?

Answer 29

Battle of Tours

Question 30

Who was invited to Charlemagne’s royal court to help restore learning?

Answer 30

Alcuin

Question 31

Who was the Muslim ruler to first capture Constantinople?

Answer 31

Mehmet II

Question 32

After defeating the Arabs and Persians what group of nomads converted to Sunni Islam?

Answer 32

Turks

Question 33

Who was crowned emperor on Christmas Day 800?

Answer 33

Charlemagne

Question 34

What explorer landed in Newfoundland around 1000?

Answer 34

Life Erikson

Question 35

Who received a knight’s loyalty under the code of chivalry?

Answer 35

- Feudal lord - Chosen lady - God

Question 36

What even happened during the 4th crusade?

Answer 36

Pope excommunicated an entire Christian army.

Question 37

Who threatened the Franks after 700?

Answer 37

- Vikings - Muslims - Magyars

Question 38

What region was named after the Vikings settlers who took control in 911?

Answer 38

Normandy

Question 39

What ruler kept Richard the Lionheart from capturing Jerusalem?

Answer 39

Saladin

Question 40

During the Black Death, what percentage of the European population died?

Answer 40

50%

Question 41

At the Battle of Agincourt, what weapon gave the English an advantage?

Answer 41

Longbow

Question 42

Concrete made the Romans able to build larger, durable structures.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Edict of Milan gave religious freedom to all in the Roman Empire?

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The Eastern Orthodox Church had all masses in Latin?

Answer 44

False

Question 45

Ummah is a community of believers that serve Allah?

Answer 45

True

Question 46

The official Koran must be written in Hebrew?

Answer 46

False

Question 47

Janissaries were Christian slaves who became elite Ottoman warriors?

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Aachen was the capital city where Charlemagne lived?

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Carolingian minuscule provided legible writing for books?

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Serfs were free to leave a manor after 10 years of service?

Answer 50

False

Question 51

The pope and nobles lost power after failed crusades?

Answer 51

True

Question 52

The Magna Carta forced English nobles to give all their land to the king?

Answer 52

False

Question 53

England defeated France at the end of the Hundred Years’ War?

Answer 53

False

Question 54

The Black Death was transmitted by infected fleas on rats?

Answer 54

True

Question 55

William the Conqueror used castles to impose his authority in England?

Answer 55

True

Question 56

A journeyman could join a guild after creating a masterpiece?

Answer 56

True

Question 57

The treaty of Verdun established rules of war protecting non-combatants?

Answer 57

False

Question 58

Charlemagne used the missi Dominick to check on counts around his empire?

Answer 58

True

Question 59

Charles Martel established the Carolingian Dynasty?

Answer 59

True

Question 60

Ali was the last Orthodox Caliph?

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Beef is prohibited in Islam?

Answer 61

False

Question 62

Bedouins worshipped hundreds of natural spirits called the Jinn?

Answer 62

True

Question 63

They Byzantines called themselves Romans?

Answer 63

True

Question 64

Caligula was the first Roman emperor to be assissinated?

Answer 64

True

Question 65

Augustus sponsored patriotic writers who glorified Rome?

Answer 65

True

Question 66

Who was the Teenage girl led French troops before her death?

Answer 66

Joan of Arc

Question 67

Who were the Elite Christian warriors in the Crusader States?

Answer 67

Knights Templar

Question 68

What was the city saved by Joan of Arc?

Answer 68

Orleans

Question 69

What was the plague that killed half of the people of Europe?

Answer 69

Black Death

Question 70

Who was the Anglo-Saxon king killed by the Normans?

Answer 70

Harold Godwinson

Question 71

What was the search for heretics involving torture called?

Answer 71

Inquisition

Question 72

Who was the King of Wessex who defeated the Vikings?

Answer 72

Alfred the Great

Question 73

What was the Byzantine law code organized by Justinian?

Answer 73

Corpus Juris Civilis

Question 74

Who was the Roman citizen who built churches and was beheaded?

Answer 74

Paul of Tarsus

Question 75

What was the Christian city attacked by crusaders near Venice?

Answer 75

Zara

Question 76

Who was the traveling preacher crucified by the Romans?

Answer 76

Historical Jesus

Question 77

What was the complete census of England called that was ordered by William?

Answer 77

Doomsday book

Question 78

Who was the most powerful official in each Frankish kingdom?

Answer 78

Mayor of the Palace

Question 79

What was the narrow territory between the Franks and Moors?

Answer 79

Spanish March

Question 80

Who was the English King who won the Battle of Agincourt?

Answer 80

Henry V