1. During the age of the Barracks Emperors,
Romeexperienced a last, brief period of peace.
Romemaintained the existence of the ordinary people through agriculture.
barbarians from the east entered the Roman Empire for the first time.
the Roman military was able to repel all invasions due to its cohesiveness.
2. Diocletian was the first leader of the western world to
move his capital city to the East.
make Christianity the religion of the state.
make use of tax collectors.
place price ceilings on consumer goods.
3. Christianity was first spread to the non-Jewish world through the efforts of
Peter
Paul
John
Thomas
4. As a part of their system of government, the Germans
elected their leaders, whose total authority covered times of both war and peace.
immediately settled down in cities and fortified towns where their leaders held court.
had kings who sometimes lived at least part of the year in castles inside towns named for them.
rejected the concept that tribute should be made to the office of king rather than to the man himself.
5. Early Christian emperors allowed bishops to
participate in their coronations.
make church law independently.
create the position of Pope as supreme head of the Church.
operate completely separately from the civil authorities.
6. The first major Christian Church council was held at
Hippo, where St. Augustine became bishop.
Nicaea, where a number of theological questions were settled.
Rome, where the doctrine of Petrine Succession was adopted.
Constantinople, where clergy and lay people studied many ancient documents.
7. Most of our information on early German tribes comes from ____ sources.
Anglo
Frank
Greek
Roman
8. The last emperor to attempt to resurrect the broken Byzantine Empire was
Constantine.
Diocletian.
Hadrian.
Justinian.
9. Charlemagne was given the title "emperor," making him leader of the Holy Roman Empire,
St. Agustine
himself
Pope Leo III
his father
10. The Treaty of Verdun in 843
divided Germany between the Magyars and the Christians.
created the kingdom of the Franks and made Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor.
was a compromise between Eastern and Western Christianity.
divided Charlemagne's empire into three states whose borders far outlived their rulers.
11. After Constantine, the only non-Christian emperor was Darius.
True
False
12. The most important of the Fathers of the Church were Augustine and Ambrose.
True
False
13. Our chief source of information on Charlemagne come from the book of the Death of Charlemagne.
True
False
14. The governmental system set up by Diocletian in an attempt to end civil war was a(n) tetrachy.
True
False
15. Constantine transferred the Empire's capital eastward, to the old Greek city of Byzantium.
True
False
16. Mecca in Muhammad's time could best be described as
a haven for thieves and lawbreakers.
a cosmopolitan center of trade.
one of the least religious cities in Arabia.
open to new religious views.
17. Which of the following was not a reason for the success of Muhammad and his followers in spreading Islam?
The faith was simple to explain and to understand.
Believers were promised an eternal reward for their faithfulness.
Islam's moral and ethical code attracted many who disliked the dissension of Christianity and the complexities of Judaism.
The Five Pillars of Faith were easier to hold to than were the Ten Commandments.
18. The Ka'ba was known best by Muhammad's time for its
healing properties.
representation of Allah.
animistic spiritual qualities.
beauty and grandeur.
19. After being introduced into places such as Syria and Lebanon, Islam quickly became the dominant religion there, often in response to
the sharp divisions within Christianity.
the exclusionary practices of the Jews.
major military assaults that were unrivaled in their viciousness.
the promise of economic success held out to those who converted peacefully.
20. The economic crisis facing the Arabs at the time of Muhammad seems to have been caused by
a lack of rainfall
overpopulation
a disease that ravaged the flocks.
a decline in gold supplies from Africa.
21. Muhammad's death in 632 resulted in
persecution for his followers.
an uncertainty as to how to go about recording his verbal teachings.
a sharp division among the faithful as to how future leaders should be selected, and what their qualifications should be.
a great deal of concern among the faithful that God might no longer bless them.
22. During the Umayyad Dynasty, conquered peoples were often converted to Islam if they
were among the majority of those who were peasants.
had some special wealth or prestige to bring into the Muslim community.
asked for conversion.
appeared to be at risk of rebelling against their oppressors otherwise.
23. The spread of the Islamic empire was halted in 733 at
Córdoba, Spain.
Lyons, France.
Madrid, Spain.
Tours, France.
24. The main problem faced by the Abbasid Empire was
its inability to quell political unrest.
the failure to convert captured peoples to Islam.
a poor economy.
its size and diversity.
25. Following the murder of Ali,
the Muslim world devolved into civil war.
the Abbasid Dynasty came to power.
theKharijites came to power.
the Umayyad Dynasty was founded
26. Muhammad's teaching was written down after his death in the Torah.
True
False
27. The Non-Muslims who were considered to be closer to an understanding of the truth and, therefore, more privileged, were known as Dhimimis, or People of the Book.
True
False
28. The pagan Meccans laid great stress on the holy qualities of the Five Pillars in Mecca.
True
False
29. When his life was threatened, Muhammad undertook a dramatic flight from Mecca to Medina.
True
False
30. The supporters of Muawiya and the Ummayads developed into the Shi'ah sect of Islam.
True
False