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In comparison to Byzantium, Latin Christendom before 1000 C.E. was a(n)

A) expanding empire. B) theocratic state. C) localized society. D) unified state.

C) localized society.

What advantage did the Byzantine Empire have that enabled it to survive as a political entity for a thousand years longer than the western part of the Roman Empire?

A) Assimilation of Germanic culture B) More territory under its control C) A longer frontier D) A stronger military

D) A stronger military.

Which of the following was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe?

A) weakened Turks B) Spain, Sicily, and Baltic joined Christendom C) stopped Muslim learning flow D) Middle Eastern migration

B) Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permanently joined the world of Western Christendom.

Disagreement over which of the following contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?

A) Church hierarchy B) Veneration of icons C) Missionary impulse D) Authority of the Bible

B) Veneration of icons.

Which of the following features of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopt?

A) Germanic customs B) Imperial control of the church C) No-desire life D) Economic equality

B) The political ideals of imperial control of the church.

Which of the following is an example of the Byzantine Empire's influence on Eurasia?

A) Latin as diplomacy B) Greek learning spread C) Silk Road-Indian Ocean control D) Orthodoxy to Africa/Central Asia

B) Transmission of ancient Greek learning to Western Europe and the Islamic world.

In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emphasized reciprocal ties between kings/vassals and lords/serfs?

A) Paganism B) Caesaropapism C) Investiture D) Feudalism

D) Feudalism.

Which of the following describes the situation in Western Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire in 476?

A) Trade limited to Italy B) Germanic minority C) Peace and prosperity D) Urban, literate society

A) Long-distance trade was limited to Italy.

Which of the following was evidence of expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages?

A) Increase in long-distance trade B) HRE controlled all of Europe C) N. Africa converted D) Pope ruled Eastern Europe

A) There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade.

How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women?

A) Women took farm duties B) Entered universities C) Practiced trades/trained apprentices D) Received equal rights

C) Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices.

Which of the following characterizes the spread of Christianity in Western Europe from 500 to 1000?

A) Destroyed pagan temples B) Absorbed earlier practices C) Focused on countryside D) No coercion

B) Earlier cultural practices were absorbed into Christianity.

Technological changes in which field limited women's opportunities by the fifteenth century?

A) Farming B) Weaving C) Shipbuilding D) Metallurgy

B) Weaving.

Besides Islam, which was also a target of Western European Crusaders?

A) Nestorian Christians B) Roman Catholics C) Eastern Orthodox Christianity D) Church of the East

C) Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Europeans borrowed iron horseshoes from:

A) China B) Russia C) Japan D) Byzantium

A) China.

Which is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing?

A) Compass in farming B) Gunpowder in cannons C) Papermaking in mills D) Lateen sail in textiles

B) The use of gunpowder in cannons.

Which contributed to the decline of Christianity in Asia and Africa by 1500?

A) Decline in inter-regional trade B) Rise of Byzantium C) End of Rome D) Spread of Islam

D) The spread of Islamic civilization.

Which describes Christian communities in the Middle East and North Africa from 650 to 1300?

A) Thriving trade communities B) Isolated/self-sufficient C) Shrinking second-class subjects D) Marginalized by persecution

C) Shrinking communities of second-class subjects.

Outside Europe, strongest Christian presence from 500 to 1300 was in

A) Ethiopia B) Egypt C) China D) Syria

A) Ethiopia.

Which is an example of Christianity being reinterpreted as it spread?

A) Russification B) Jesus Sutras C) Greek fire D) Cyrillic script

B) Jesus Sutras.

What event in the thirteenth century influenced Egyptian persecution of Christians?

A) Arab conquest B) Byzantine spread C) Plague D) Crusades

D) The Crusades.

Which describes a feature of the Byzantine state?

A) Local leaders held authority B) State tightly controlled provinces C) Emperor was God's representative D) State fragmented by interests

C) The emperor claimed to be God's representative on earth.

Which brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?

A) Ottoman capture of Constantinople B) Justinian reconquests C) Persian invasion D) Catholic excommunication

A) The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire.

Which had a greater influence on Eastern Orthodoxy than on Roman Catholicism?

A) Original sin B) Greek philosophy C) Trinity D) Holy Spirit

B) Greek philosophical concepts.

In the eleventh century, Byzantine religious culture influenced:

A) Axum rulers B) Nestorian China C) Roman Catholic West D) Slavic Balkans/Russia

D) Slavic-speaking peoples in the Balkans and Russia.

Which describes conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy in Kievan Rus?

A) Forced by Byzantine occupation B) Missionaries fought state opposition C) Freely chosen by Prince Vladimir D) To avoid special tax

C) Freely chosen by Prince Vladimir.

Between 500 and 1000, Europe's center of gravity shifted toward the

A) north and west B) south and east C) Indian Ocean D) Pacific

A) north and west.

Relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300:

A) Rulers appointed by pope

B) Rulers protected church for legitimacy

C) Ruler led both state and church

D) Pope ruled both state and church

B) Rulers provided protection for the church in return for religious legitimacy.

In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300, power was divided among

A) lords, vassals, serfs B) princes, warriors, farmers C) pope, officials, scholars D) kings, nobles, church leaders

D) kings, nobles, and church leaders.

Europeans borrowed idea for perpetual-motion machine from

A) Persians B) Chinese C) Indian philosophers D) Ottomans

C) Indian philosophers.;;