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Test 2 Flashcards

0
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During the reign of emperor Justinian?

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Made great effort to recover areas in the western Mediterranean

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Europe has been said to end here, at this fortress city, where Asia begins:

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Constantinople

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Who was responsible for the codification of the laws of Ancient Rome?

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Justinian

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3
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Whose life was dramatically changed when, as he said, the angel Gabriel told him to “recite in the name of Lord”?

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Muhammad

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4
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The holy city of the Muslims was

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Mecca

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5
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In an Islamic state

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There was no separation between secular and spiritual authority

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6
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In 732, the franks defeated the Muslims at

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Tours

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7
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Who was crowned empower of all Romans

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Charlemagne

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A castellany was

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Land that was close to a lords castle

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9
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Which of the following terms refers to the governmental structure of the Middle Ages?

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Feudalism

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10
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Jesus was condemned to death during the administration of

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Pilate

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11
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Who was a very early Christian missionary

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Saint Paul

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12
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Jewish revolutionary sympathies lay most with

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Zealots

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13
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During the reign of Diocletian

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Ordered terrible persecutions of the Christians

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14
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Who issued the edict of Milan

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Constantine

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15
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Christians should credit the Jewish tradition with each of the following EXCEPT

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Monasticism

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16
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How many apostles were there in all

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12

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17
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Jesus was referred to as the Christ because

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He was the messiah

18
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Who thought that Christianity had nothing to fear from the application of reason

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Saint Augustine

19
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Christianity’s growth benefited from the Roman Empire

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By the roads and relative peace making travel safer

20
Q

__________ was the worlds first empire

A

Rome

21
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Rome was a ________ state

A

World

22
Q

Two main social groups in Rome

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Plebeians and patricians

23
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Battle where Rome was defeated by Hannibal

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Cannae

24
Q

Slave gladiator who led a slave rebellion

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Spartacus

25
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First emperor

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Octavian (Augustus)

26
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Meaning of Pax Romana

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Roman peace

27
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What happened during the Pax Romana?

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  • Rise of Christianity

- Trade grew

28
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What group assassinated Julius Caesar?

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The senate

29
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We’ll know senator who was a friend of Julius Caesar who helped in the assassination

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Brutus

30
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Ruling body of three

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Triumvirate

31
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What was the first step in Roman expansion?

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Unifying Italy

32
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What are some reasons the roman REPUBLIC fell?

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  • power hungry demagogues
  • economic stresses from war w Hannibal
  • social tension
  • agricultural crisis
33
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Who were the gracuas brothers and what’d they do?

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Gaius and Tiberius

Tried to redistribute farmland to the poor

34
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Who was behind Tiberius and Gaius’ murders?

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The senate

35
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Typically the cause for roman expansion

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Strategic and political reasons

36
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Rome destroyed what city in 70 ad and 180 ad

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Jerusalem

37
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Whose status did roman law help?

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Women and slaves

38
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What tool helped the agricultural revolution

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The heavy plow

39
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What was the life of a serf like?

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Dismal and short
Only contempt for the things they did
Everything they did was for protection given by his lord and castle

40
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Who was the king that was forced to sign the Magna Carta (great charter)

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King john in 1215

41
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Term for townspeople

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Burghers

42
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Who was crowned “emperor of the Romans” or the “holy roman emperor”

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Otto the great

43
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In 1122 the papacy and Henry V reached a compromise called what?

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THe concordat of worms

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