Chapter 08 Quiz B with Explanations

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. Why did Christian ascetics seeks to isolate themselves in sparsely inhabited deserts?

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. According to Procopius, what was Justinian I's religious policy during the sixth century?

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. Which East African kingdom converted to Christianity in the fourth century C.E.?

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. What marked the papacy of Gregory I?

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. In the early ninth century, what was a growing indication of a schism developing between the eastern and western churches?

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. Why were cattle important to Germanic society during the late Roman Empire?

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. What facilitated Romans' acceptance of Germanic rule after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

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. An important principle found in Clovis's law code was that

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. What was the impact of the major plague that swept across the Mediterranean in 541-542 C.E.?

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. What was a significant result of Byzantine interaction with Slavic peoples between fifth and tenth centuries?

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. Which Kievan Rus ruler converted to Christianity?

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. Which commercial town in Arabia was also a major center of religious pilgrimage?

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. By the time of his death in 632, what was Muhammad's most significant accomplishment?

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. Daily prayer and fasting during the month of Ramadan are two

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. Which group in Islam emerged from the belief that the rightful leaders of the Islamic community should be descendants of Ali and Fatima?

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. How did the treatment of non-Arab Muslims change after the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate in the eighth century?

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. What was a major point of contention between the caliph and religious scholars (ulam) during the Abbasid period?

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. In the tenth century, rival caliphates to the Abbasids emerged in

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. What was the main political role of Viking kings?

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. What led to a decline in the Viking way of life after 1000 C.E.?

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