Deck 15: The End of Antiquity 476-640

Question 1

One major source of conflict between the Romans and the various barbarians was _______.

A)the ingrained paganism of the barbarians
B)the barbarians' use of origin myths
C)the status of bishops
D)property

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Who was the most capable Visigothic king in Gaul, who issued a law code in his own name?

A)Ardo
B)Euric
C)Wamba
D)Roderic

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What were the two law codes of the Burgundians?

A)"The Roman Law of the Burgundians"
B)"The Nicene Dictates"
C)"The Law of Gundobad"
D)"The Law of Alliances"

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Who wrote his immensely popular work the Consolation of Philosophy while he was awaiting execution?

A)Cassiodorus
B)Dionysius Exiguus
C)Boethius
D)Theoderic

Question 5

Within only a few months and several battles against the Byzantines, the _______ kingdom had been destroyed and North Africa reintegrated into the Roman/Byzantine Empire.

A)Visigothic
B)Angle
C)Ostrogothic
D)Vandal

Question 6

Who became the national saint of Ireland after his death?

A)Patrick
B)Clovis
C)Clotilda
D)Syagrius

Question 7

Who united the various Frankish subgroups, greatly expanded the Frankish kingdom, and founded the Merovingian dynasty?

A)Patrick
B)Clovis
C)Clotilda
D)Alaric II

Question 8

During the second half of the sixth century, an official called the _______ achieved increasing importance in the Frankish administration.

A)Chief Scribe
B)Man-At-Arms
C)Mayor of the Palace
D)Exchequer

Question 9

The Byzantine emperor Zeno attempted to deal with continued religious unrest in the empire by issuing the _______ in 492.

A)Ephesian Edicts
B)Encheiridion
C)Creed of Chalcedon
D)Henotikon

Question 10

The general Belisarius was ordered by Justinian to suppress days of political rioting in Constantinople that became known as what?

A)Revolt
B)The Golden Horn Rebellion
C)The Circus Riots
D)The Hagia Sophia Riots

Question 11

Heraclius adopted what ancient Greek title as Byzantine emperor?

A)Anax
B)Archon
C)Basileus
D)Prostatēs

Question 12

In central Hejaz, the most important city was _______.

A)Yathrib
B)Mecca
C)Palmyra
D)Damascus

Question 13

The early dispute over leadership was one of the factors that caused Islam to split into which two main denominations?

A)Salafis
B)Shi'as
C)Sunnis
D)Suffis

Question 14

The shrunken Byzantine empire held out until Constantinople fell in 1453 to whom?

A)The Ottoman Turks
B)The Venetians and Genovese
C)Genghis Khan
D)Tamerlane

Question 15

The _______ began under the auspices of Charlemagne.

A)Wars of Succession
B)Carolingian Renaissance
C)Duchy of Rome
D)Crusades

Question 16

By the year 650, the ancient world had been succeeded by the three worlds of the Middle Ages. What are they?

A)The Scandinavian Empire
B)The Islamic World
C)The Byzantine Empire
D)Roman Catholic Europe

Question 17

The Carolingian Empire was centered in what area on this map?

A)The Byzantine Empire
B)The Islamic World
C)Western Europe

Question 18

The figure on the right is the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. He is shown here defeating the New Persian king _______, who had sacked Jerusalem in 614 and taken the True Cross and other Christian treasures back to Persia.

A)Peroz
B)Belisarius
C)Kavad
D)Chosroes