WHAP Chapter 10 Quiz

In comparison to Byzantium, Latin Christendom before 1000 C.E. was

a 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 stronger military

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

Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permantently joined the world of Western Christendom

Disagreement over which of the following contributed tot eh split between the Roman Catholic Church ann the Eastern Orthodox Church?

Veneration of icons

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

The political ideals of imperial control of the Church

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

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

In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and his serfs?

Feudalism

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

Long distance trade was limited to Italy

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

There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade

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

Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices

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

Earlier cultural practices were absorbed into the Christian tradition

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

Weaving

Besides Islam, which of the following was also a target of Western European crusaders?

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

During the period from 1000 to 1300, the rulers in which region held the least power?

Western Europe

Which of the following is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from their civilizations?

the use of gunpowder in cannons

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

The spread of Islam

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

Shrinking communities of second-class subjects

Outside of Europe, the strongest presence of Christianity from 500 to 1300 was in

Ethiopia

Which of the following is an example of how Christianity was reinterpreted as it spread throughout Asia and Africa?

Jesus sutras

What event in the thirteenth century influenced the Egyptian state's change in attitude toward its Christian subjects from tolerance to persecution?

The Crusades

Which of the following describes a feature of the Byzantine state?

The emperor claimed to be God's representative on earth

Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?

The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire?

In the eleventh century, the religious culture of the Byzantine Empire had a significant impact on

Slavic-speaking peopeles in the Balkans and Russia

Which of the following describes the process of conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus?

It was a freely made decision onto he part of Prince Vladmir of Kiev who chose Eastern Orthodox Christianity to unify his people

Which of the following describes the relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300?

Rulers provided protection for the Church in return for religious legitimacy

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

kings, nobles, and church leaders

In which civilization was the rationalism and secularism of Greek though used to explain religious doctrines?

Western Europe

In the story by Gregory of Tours, what event triggered Clovis's conversion to Christianity?

His near defeat in a war against the Alamanni

in 601, Pope Gregory stated, in reference to non-Christians in England, "that while they offend the same beasts which they were won't to offer, they should offer them to God, and no to idols; and thus they would no longer be the sme sacrifices." What does this suggest about how church leaders treated the religious practices of non-Christians?

Non-Christian practices were incorporated into Christian practice

In the image depicting the Nativity, what do the rays above Mary and the baby Jesus symbolize?

The Trinity

Why are the images int eh Byzantine icons flat and two-dimensional?

to suggest another world and evoke the mysteries of faith

Which of the following is a symbol featured in all three Byzantine icons?

The halo

Which of the following resulted from the trans-regional interaction during the third-wave era?

The spread of the Black Death