Chapter 5 Self-assessments

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. Which of the following is NOT one of the major traditions that combined to create western medieval society?

Classical correct incorrect

Germanic correct incorrect

Persian correct incorrect

Christian correct incorrect

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. What impact did the division of inheritance have on Frankish society?

It spurred constant petty warfare over land and resources correct incorrect

It created tightly knit family bonds correct incorrect

It helped to centralize the king's power correct incorrect

It meant that daughters also inherited the same wealth as their brothers correct incorrect

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. The History of the Franks by the bishop ____________ describes contemporary life as unstable, frightening, and heralding the End of Days.

Your response

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. What legal rights did Germanic freemen have in their law codes? (Select all that apply.)

The right to bear arms correct incorrect

The right to execute one's enemies correct incorrect

The right to give evidence in legal disputes correct incorrect

The right to achieve the status of 'litus' correct incorrect

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. Which of the following did NOT contribute to a shortage of Germanic women?

The export of women as slaves correct incorrect

High mortality rates from childbirth correct incorrect

The practice of infanticide correct incorrect

Growing numbers of women joining monasteries correct incorrect

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. What important skill did Caesarius of Arles' Rule encourage for early medieval nuns?

Producing decorative textiles correct incorrect

Performing manual labor correct incorrect

Learning to read and study correct incorrect

Helping the abbess make decisions correct incorrect

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. Who was the first English king to convert to Christianity and write down his laws?

Ethelbert correct incorrect

Alfred correct incorrect

Columbanus correct incorrect

Edward correct incorrect

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. What was a hallmark of Celtic Christianity?

Inventing Rules for monastic life correct incorrect

Illuminating gorgeous manuscripts correct incorrect

Establishing monasteries in towns and cities correct incorrect

Rejecting asceticism and isolation correct incorrect

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. What was the general Byzantine attitude towards scholarship?

Scholars focused devotedly on the works of the ancient Greek past correct incorrect

Scholars produced new, unique works in avant-garde styles correct incorrect

Scholars read and respected only Latin materials correct incorrect

Scholars learned Arabic to become involved in Islamic writing circles correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes Justinian's attitude towards religion?

He had no use for the Church correct incorrect

He believed he ruled the Church as well as the State correct incorrect

He regularly compelled the Church to fund military expeditions correct incorrect

He refused to put imperial money into church buildings correct incorrect

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. What was the purpose of Justinian's Corpus iuris civilis (Corpus of civil law)?

To be an operational guide to a comprehensive system of law correct incorrect

To do away with Roman precedent and create new laws correct incorrect

To establish the emperor's equality with his citizens correct incorrect

To reconcile church and secular law correct incorrect

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In which area(s) did Justinian claim a monopoly of territorial ownership?

The North African coastline correct incorrect

The kingdom of the Franks correct incorrect

The islands of the Mediterranean correct incorrect

The Arabian peninsula correct incorrect

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. What directly impeded Justinian's conquest of the Western Mediterranean?

Empress Theodora divorced him correct incorrect

Persian attacks required him to fight a two-front war correct incorrect

Justinian died suddenly from plague correct incorrect

The Islamic Empire reclaimed the Iberian peninsula correct incorrect

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How does this mosaic present Justinian's authority?

It presents a stylistically unified front between Justinian and his church, civil, and army leaders correct incorrect

It subordinates Justinian's power to that of the bishop Maximian to his left correct incorrect

It depicts each figure with noticeably different features and poses to emphasize Justinian's individual authority correct incorrect

It uses captions to identify each figure except Justinian, who would be recognized by sight correct incorrect

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. How did Heraclius ultimately resolve the issue of heavy debt?

He turned to the Eastern Church for funds correct incorrect

He received loans from Khosrau II correct incorrect

He plundered Jerusalem for booty correct incorrect

He used his personal treasure to support imperial needs correct incorrect

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. What components form the two major foundations of Islamic doctrine?

Zakât correct incorrect

The Old Testament correct incorrect

The Qur'an correct incorrect

Hadith correct incorrect

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. Why was the notion of the 'ummah' so appealing to new converts to Islam?

It established a strict hierarchy to those who sought structure correct incorrect

It provided a unified religious community in the face of rampant tribal strife correct incorrect

It made room for religious diversity within Islam correct incorrect

It dislodged the nuclear family as the basic unit of society correct incorrect

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. What prompted the division of Islam into Sunni and Shi'ite sects?

Factionalism rooted in ethnic tensions between leading tribes correct incorrect

Muhammad's own choice of electing two leaders to take over after his death correct incorrect

An economic crisis based on declining income from pilgrims visiting Mecca correct incorrect

A succession crisis based on inheritance of Muhammad's authority correct incorrect

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. Muhammad's Night Journey to the city of __________ established it as the third holiest city for Muslims.

Your response

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The Islamic Empire's advancement into France was famously rebuffed in 732 CE near the city of _______.

Your response