Chapter 08 Student Quiz - World in the Making Volume 1 Student Resources

. The monastic tradition began in _____.

France and Germany.

Italy.

Spain and Portugal.

Egypt and Syria.

. The pope who played a key role in expanding the power of the papacy and the unity of the Catholic Church was _____.

Gregory I.

Urban II

John XXIII.

Peter.

. Iconoclasts believed that representing the divine in human form was idolatry, not proper worship.

True.

False.

. In the new, Germanic kingdoms of Western Europe, the centers of power shifted from Roman cities to _____.

Monasteries.

Noble estates.

Towns and villages.

New, German cities.

. Islam is rooted in the Judaic and Christian traditions.

True.

False.

. The five pillars of Islam include _____.

Giving alms to the poor.

Fighting in jihad.

World conquest.

All of the above.

. Later caliphs attempted to maintain the distinction between Arab and non-Arab Muslims and maintain Arab control over the empire.

True.

False.

. A Shari'a is _____.

An infantry soldier.

A mystical philosophy.

An Islamic legal code.

The heir to the caliphate.

. The object of early Viking raids was _____.

Territorial acquisition.

Plunder.

Creating trading contacts.

Killing nonbelievers.

. Vikings began colonizing conquered lands in the _____.

3rd century.

9th century.

12th century.

5th century.