Deck 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

Question 1

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Corpus Iuris Civilis

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Question 2

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Justinian

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Question 3

What were the factors, internal and external, that led to a decline in the Catholic Church's prestige and a loss of its power by the beginning of the fifteenth century?

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Question 4

Describe the main causes and consequences of the Black Death in Europe.

Question 5

In which ways the "new kind" of Byzantine empire that rose after the problems of the seventh century was different from the Empire of Justinian?

Question 6

What were the causes, nature, and results of the Italian Renaissance? Was it synonymous with humanism? Why or why not? How humane was the humanism of the time? Why?

Question 7

"The fall of the Byzantine Empire was caused by the Christian schism and the Crusades." Do you agree or disagree? Explain, using examples to make your case.

Question 8

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Hagia Sophia

Question 9

What were the causes, effects, and most significant events of the Hundred Years' War? Did the Hundred Years' War differ in any manner from earlier medieval warfare? If so, how and why?

Question 10

What were some of the issues that divided Orthodox Christianity from Roman Catholic Christianity? Be specific.

Question 11

Discuss the impact of the Crusades upon the Byzantine Empire.

Question 12

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Belisarius

Question 13

How would European life in the fourteenth century have been different if the Black Plague had not come to Europe? Which individuals and groups might have been better off if it had not occurred, and which groups might have been worse off? Why?

Question 14

Consider the following statement: "The Renaissance was a direct consequence of the High Middle Ages." Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

Question 15

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Theodora

Question 16

Discuss both Justinian's failures and his successes. Provide specific examples of each.

Question 17

"The Black Death and the Hundred Years' War were more representative of the modern world than the medieval era." Discuss critically, using examples to make your case.

Question 18

Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event, or both? Discuss, using specific examples.

Question 19

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Trebonian

Question 20

Discuss the main economic, religious, political and military achievements of the Byzantine Empire at its zenith. Give specific examples.

Question 21

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Hippodrome

Question 22

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Black Death

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iconoclasts

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Procopius

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Battle of Agincourt

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Strategikon

Question 27

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Latin Empire of Constantinople

Question 28

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Mehmet II

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Ottoman Turks and 1453

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1054 schism

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Michael Paleologus

Question 32

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Liudprand of Cremona

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Alexius Comnenus

Question 34

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pogroms

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Macedonian dynasty

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"little ice age"

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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iconoclasm

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Heraclius

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smallpox

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Petrarch

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Philip IV

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longbow

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Battle of Crecy

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gunpowder

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Cosimo de' Medici

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Pope Boniface VIII

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Renaissance

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taille

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David

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Raphael

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Michelangelo

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Hundred Years' War

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Renaissance humanism

Question 56

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Joan of Arc

Question 57

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Isabella of Castile

Question 58

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Avignon

Question 59

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the Great Schism

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Ottoman Turks

Question 61

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Leo the Wise

Question 62

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Sack of Constantinople

Question 63

Procopius was the best-known Byzantine

A) lawyer.
B) historian.
C) teacher.
D) dancer.
E) bear trainer.

Question 64

Justinian's greatest construction achievement was

A) the Hippodrome.
B) building the walls that surrounded and defended Constantinople.
C) the royal palace at the Golden Horn.
D) the Hagia Sophia.
E) the Grand Mosque of Istanbul.

Question 65

Justinian's most lasting accomplishment was

A) his victory over the Ostrogoths.
B) his defeat of the Muslim armies outside of Constantinople.
C) the Corpus Iuris Civilis.
D) his victory over the Nika rioters.
E) the construction of Notre Dame.

Question 66

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the Habsburgs

Question 67

The schism of 1054

A) abolished the use of icons.
B) resulted in the excommunication of the Pope by the Patriarch.
C) led to the reunion of the Roman and Orthodox churches.
D) established the interdict in the Roman church.
E) divided Arabs from Persians, a split that continues to the present.

Question 68

Which Byzantine emperor blinded fourteen thousand Bulgar soldiers in the eleventh century?

A) Justinian
B) Theodericus
C) Basil II
D) Angelos
E) Alexios Comnenos

Question 69

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Patriarch Michael Cerularius

Question 70

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Henry VII/Tudors

Question 71

In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, the major state of the former Byzantine Empire was the

A) Latin Empire of Constantinople.
B) Venetian Kingdom of Constantinople.
C) Greek Empire of Constantinople.
D) Ottoman Turk Empire of Istanbul.
E) Latin Kingdom of Anatolia.

Question 72

At the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the

A) Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines.
B) Byzantines defeated the Normans.
C) Byzantines defeated the Seljuk Turks.
D) crusaders conquered Constantinople.
E) Ottoman Turks defeated the Byzantines.

Question 73

Which crusade was diverted from its original mission and ended up conquering a Christian city?

A) The First Crusade
B) The children's crusade
C) The Second Crusade
D) The Albigensian Crusade
E) The Fourth Crusade

Question 74

The ____ dynasty successfully restored Byzantine power in the ninth century.

A) Anatolian
B) Photian
C) Bulgarian
D) Justinian
E) Macedonian

Question 75

The ____ undoubtedly benefitted in great measure from the Fourth Crusade.

A) Romans
B) Venetians
C) Florentines
D) Portuguese
E) Genoese

Question 76

Which people represented the major threat to the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century?

A) Arabs
B) Seljuk Turks
C) Ottoman Turks
D) Austrians
E) Persians

Question 77

What constituted the most serious threat to Justinian's rule?

A) The Blues and the Greens
B) The crusaders
C) The Muslims
D) The Bulgars
E) The Ostrogoths

Question 78

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Ivan III

Question 79

In 1453, the ____ conquered the Byzantine Empire.

A) Arabs
B) Seljuk Turks
C) Ottoman Turks
D) Bulgars and Ukranians
E) Romans

Question 80

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Basil II