Question 1

Scandinavian traders turned to raiding because:

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A)   it was more profitable.
B)   instability in the Carolingian empire had made travel on their traditional trade routes difficult.
C)   instability in the Abbasid Empire meant that potential targets for raids could no longer be adequately defended.
D)   the market in luxury goods in northern Europe collapsed.
E)   Muslim traders now controlled all possible trade routes between Europe and the Middle East.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Historians looking for a rupture in western European attitudes toward ancient Roman culture and traditions will likely find it between the lives of:

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A)   Charlemagne and the Burgundian kings of Germany.
B)   Gregory of Tours and Charlemagne.
C)   Constantine and Justinian.
D)   Cicero and Diocletian.
E)   Gregory of Tours and Justinian.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

By the seventh century,western Europe had become a more fluid economy in which luxury goods and coinage circulated,albeit to differing degrees,among all levels of society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

After 750C.E.,the Umayyad dynasty abandoned Spain and focused its rule in Damascus.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Islam created its own culture and actively destroyed the artifacts of those civilizations that came before them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Byzantine economy in the early Middle Ages was:

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A)   highly regulated, including wage and price controls.
B)   subject to wild fluctuations due to currency debasement.
C)   industrially underdeveloped.
D)   renowned for its use of paper money.
E)   depressed due to being cut off from trade with northern Europe.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Justinian's longest lasting reform was the:

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A)   creation of a standing Roman army.
B)   organization and codification of Roman law.
C)   construction of the Coliseum.
D)   adoption of Christianity.
E)   publication of a series of books about Roman history.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

The pandemic known as Justinian's plague was likely caused by:

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A)   a virulent strain of smallpox.
B)   yellow fever.
C)   the same bacteria that caused the Black Death.
D)   domesticated animals living in urban areas.
E)   a strain of influenza.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

During the expansion of the Islamic caliphate,Muslim rule was often preferred to Persian or Byzantine because:

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A)   Muslim laws were less strict.
B)   Muslim leaders were more tolerant of religious difference.
C)   local Muslim rulers were considered better protectors than the governors from other empires.
D)   Muslim rulers were believed to be more moral than Byzantine and Persian emperors.
E)   Muslim rulers were regarded as better military leaders.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 10

What innovations characterize the Carolingian Renaissance?

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Although art and architecture made great...

Question 11

What accounts for the rapid growth of Islam?

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Conquest was one reason Islam grew so ra...

Question 12

Underlying the Carolingian Renaissance was the basic conviction that:

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A)   learning was the foundation on which Christian salvation rested.
B)   the Bible could be best appreciated if it were translated into robust French and German idioms.
C)   original Latin poetry and epic literature were the highest form of art.
D)   proper Christian doctrine should be widely disseminated and heretical beliefs should be strictly punished.
E)   to be better Christians, everyone should pray and devote their lives to the Church.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Why were so many convents (monastic houses for women) founded during the seventh century C.E.?

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A)   Convents met a variety of social and spiritual needs for women of all classes.
B)   Lower-class women flocked to convents as an improvement on the drudgery of their lives.
C)   Nuns were the only women allowed to become priests.
D)   Convents were a way for the families that founded them to make money.
E)   Families were expected to give their daughters to local monasteries to become nuns.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

How did monasticism aid the growth and prosperity of secular territories?

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Monasticism was an important tool for th...

Question 15

In comparison to the Umayyad,the Abbasid caliphate:

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A)   was more like a Byzantine successor state.
B)   adopted more of the style of Persian royal absolutism.
C)   moved its capital from Baghdad to Damascus.
D)   modeled itself on the imperial court of Rome.
E)   required all conquered peoples to convert to Islam.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Historians looking for a rupture in western European attitudes toward ancient Roman culture and traditions will likely find it between the lives of:

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Islam created its own culture and actively destroyed the artifacts of those civilizations that came before them.

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Scandinavian traders turned to raiding because:

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During the expansion of the Islamic caliphate,Muslim rule was often preferred to Persian or Byzantine because:

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The pandemic known as Justinian's plague was likely caused by:

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Why were so many convents (monastic houses for women) founded during the seventh century C.E.?

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By the seventh century,western Europe had become a more fluid economy in which luxury goods and coinage circulated,albeit to differing degrees,among all levels of society.

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What accounts for the rapid growth of Islam?

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