Chapter 8 Quiz

. The period from 300-700 CE is known as _______ in Western Europe

. The Persian empire which attacked the eastern Roman Empire in Late Antiquity was ruled by the _______ Dynasty.

Parthian

Cyrian

Achaemenid

Sassanid

. The Persians captured the Emperor _______ in battle in the mid-third century.

Diocletian

Valerian

Constantine

Augustus

. Which emperor was responsible for the Edict of Milan?

. Emperor Constantine intended the Council of Nicea to _______.

Defeat paganism

Debunk Christianity

Create a unified Christian doctrine

Develop a way that pagans and Christians could live together

. The imperial title of pontifex maximus meant _______.

Chief priest

Commander in chief

Chief Justice

Son of God

. Emperor Constantine moved the capital of Rome to _______.

. Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis was _______.

A law code

A religious doctrine

A military declaration

A philosophical treatise

. Under Heraclius, the Byzantine Army was reorganized into units called _______.

. Subsistence farming means _______.

Farming only to grow basic necessities for your family.

Farming to grow a widely needed commodity crop.

Farming to raise luxury goods.

Living on a farm but making your wealth through trade.

. Mediterranean cities in western Europe _______ after the fall of the western Empire.

Thrived

Shrank

Disappeared

Stayed the same

. Germanic inheritance practices caused problems as they moved into western Europe because _______.

They were dividing herds rather than land.

They were dividing land rather than herds.

Daughters began demanding their share.

Sons started leaving home for careers in cities.

. The value of German women in western Europe depended primarily on _______.

Their social status.

Their wealth.

Their ability to bear children.

Their husband's status/

. The Merovingian kingdom, founded by Clovis, was more stable than most because _______.

Merovingian kings took care to only have one son.

They gained the blessing of the Catholic Church.

Sons would fight to the death over the throne.

Inheritance went to daughters instead of sons.

. Germanic Law was based on _______.

Precedent.

Roman law.

A written law code.

The will of the gods.

. The Germanic system of compensatory payments for physical injury was called _______.

Precedent.

Thanos.

Wergeld.

Corpus.

. Traditional Germanic religion was _______. (Select all that apply)

Monotheistic.

Polytheisitic.

Animistic.

Shamanistic.

. What two word phrase do historians use to refer to the syncretism between Christianity and traditional Germanic polytheism that happened during the period of Late Antiquity?

. Examples of pagan religious traditions that Christianity adopted include _______. (Select all that apply)

Christmas trees.

Santa Claus.

Easter.

Easter eggs.

. Monasticims began to spread in the _______ century.

. The growth of Christian monasticism was inspired by _______.

The success of Christianity.

Persecution of Christians.

The spread of heresy.

The Protestant Reformation.

. The Rule of Saint Benedict was different because _______.

It advocated total seclusion for a monk.

It advocated an itinerant lifestyle.

It advocated moderate discipline.

It advocated holiness in a secular lifestyle.

. Monasteries monopolized book production because of Benedict's insistence on _______.

Reading and study

Manual labor

Hours spent in prayer

Fasting

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Looking at Map 8.2, did Justinian expand or contract the size of the empire?

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Why would Christians depict this martyred saint riding the animal that killed him?

It's a reminder of how he died.

They had a macabre sense of humor.

It's a symbol of his victory over death.

It's a historical document.

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