Deck 8: European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

Question 1

Describe the conversion to Christianity of the various peoples of Eastern Europe. Include a discussion about the role of both the Roman and Eastern Churches in that process.

Answer 1

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Question 2

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missi dominici

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Question 3

How did the Catholic Church view marriage, sexuality, and family? How did it seek to impose its views on these matters on Frankish society?

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Question 4

Compare Islamic civilization to the civilization of Western Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. How would you explain the differences you note?

Question 5

How were women seen in the Byzantine Empire? What was expected of them? How did the reality of women's lives differ from those expectations?

Question 6

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Charlemagne

Question 7

What changes did the Abbasids bring to the Islamic world?

Question 8

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monogamy

Question 9

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Einhard

Question 10

What conditions gave rise to manorialism? Why did European peasants agree to give up much of their individual freedom?

Question 11

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Pepin

Question 12

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counts

Question 13

What role did the Christian church play in the revival of learning during the Carolingian period? What role did Charlemagne play?

Question 14

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scriptoria

Question 15

How should the Vikings be remembered, and why?

Question 16

In what ways was the Carolingian Empire similar to the Roman Empire? In what ways was it different?

Question 17

Describe the relationship between lord and vassal. How did it differ from the relationship between lord and serf?

Question 18

What problems and tensions plagued the Byzantine Empire in the ninth and tenth centuries?

Question 19

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Greenland

Question 20

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clerical celibacy

Question 21

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Cassiodorus

Question 22

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Alcuin of York

Question 23

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demesne

Question 24

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nuclear family

Question 25

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Vikings

Question 26

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knights

Question 27

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Carolingian Renaissance

Question 28

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subinfeudation

Question 29

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lords and vassals

Question 30

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Louis the Pious

Question 31

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the Battle of Lechfeld

Question 32

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bleeding

Question 33

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feudalism

Question 34

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Magyars

Question 35

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vassalage

Question 36

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Patriarch Photius

Question 37

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the stirrup

Question 38

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Danelaw and Normandy

Question 39

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Treaty of Verdun

Question 40

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fief

Question 41

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manor

Question 42

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Baghdad

Question 43

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Prince Mieszko

Question 44

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Photian schism

Question 45

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Harun al-Rashid

Question 46

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Vladimir

Question 47

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Umayyad

Question 48

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Macedonian emperors

Question 49

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Kiev

Question 50

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Cordoba

Question 51

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Abbasids

Question 52

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Saint Stephen

Question 53

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Slavonic/Cyrillic alphabet

Question 54

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Rurik

Question 55

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the Rus

Question 56

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Cyril and Methodius

Question 57

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Varangians

Question 58

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Slavs

Question 59

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algebra and the astrolabe

Question 60

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serfs

Question 61

Who became the ruler of the west Frankish lands under the terms of the Treaty of Verdun?

A)Pepin
B)Vladimar
C)Louis the German
D)Charles the Bald
E)Lothair

Question 62

When it came to consuming alcoholic beverages, what was true of Carolingians?

A)Most Carolingians never drank alcohol.
B)Everyone drank heavily and often to excess.
C)Alcoholic beverages were reserved for elites.
D)Carolingian monks discouraged the consumption of alcohol.
E)The consumption of alcohol was considered vulgar by aristocrats.

Question 63

For the most part, the revival of classical studies during the Carolingian period took place in

A)palaces.
B)monasteries.
C)private homes.
D)port cities.
E)ducal estates.

Question 64

What did the officials known as missi dominici do for Charlemagne?

A)Administered the palace school at Aachen
B)Reviewed the liturgy for errors
C)Checked up on his counts
D)Killed prisoners of war not deemed fit for redemption
E)Served him wine

Question 65

What element of classical education did Alcuin adopt?

A)The liberal arts
B)The absolute separation of reason and religion
C)The idea of the lecture
D)The education of both boys and girls
E)The emphasis on secular matters

Question 66

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Avicenna

Question 67

What best describes Charlemagne?

A)He was a patron of learning and scholarship.
B)He did not consider himself a Christian.
C)He was more interested in treasure than territory.
D)He conquered all of Spain.
E)He was born in the British Isles.

Question 68

Which statement best describes the expansion of the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne?

A)It was carried out with the largest army in history up to its time.
B)It was most successful against the German tribes to the east.
C)It resulted in the quick destruction of the Saxons.
D)It resulted in the capture of all of Europe except for Italy.
E)It succeeded in capturing most of Spain from the Moors.

Question 69

What best describes the Carolingian diet?

A)Most people ate fish at least three times per week.
B)Aristocrats rarely ate food made from grain.
C)Peasants had a more varied diet than the upper classes.
D)The primary meat of the upper classes was beef.
E)People of all classes consumed large quantities of bread.

Question 70

Who wrote Charlemagne's biography?

A)Notker the Stammerer
B)Charles Martel
C)Einhard
D)Charlemagne
E)Seutonius the Pius

Question 71

Where did Alcuin establish his school for the revival of learning during Charlemagne?

A)Lechfield
B)Bordeaux
C)Barcelona
D)Lisbon
E)York

Question 72

What was a social and cultural outcome of the church's advocacy of indissoluble marriage?

A)More bachelors never married.
B)The nuclear family developed at the expense of the extended family.
C)A greater proportion of widows emerged in communities.
D)Fewer children were born in medieval times.
E)There was a rapid increase in Europe's population.

Question 73

How did Charlemagne try to limit the power of counts?

A)He required them to serve outside of their own family lands.
B)He required them to give him twenty years of military service.
C)He took half their income in taxes.
D)He required them to become priests.
E)He banished them from the central regions of his realm.

Question 74

Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of

A)crude surgery.
B)medicinal herbs and bleeding.
C)diet and exercise.
D)synthetic compounds and rare substances.
E)homeopathic techniques.

Question 75

What did Charlemagne depend on for the resources he needed to govern his empire?

A)Trade tariffs
B)Tribute
C)Sales taxes
D)Royal estates
E)Income taxes

Question 76

During the reign of Louis the Pious, the Catholic Church formally

A)prohibited divorce.
B)accepted its dependence on the state.
C)banned women from all religious orders.
D)broke with the Orthodox Church.
E)declared war on Islam.

Question 77

Who was Alcuin?

A)Charlemagne's favorite wife
B)The leader of the Saxon opposition to Charlemagne
C)A renegade monk
D)A German poet and musician
E)Charlemagne's adviser on ecclesiastical affairs

Question 78

Roman law and religion acted together to

A)make homosexuality a capital crime.
B)deny that there was any distinction between homosexual and heterosexual eroticism.
C)discourage homosexual relations between married men.
D)convey homosexuality as superior to heterosexuality.
E)define the circumstances in which homosexuality was allowed.

Question 79

What was the relationship between Charlemagne and the counts?

A)The counts exercised control of their local districts independent of Charlemagne.
B)While the counts administered his kingdom at a local level, Charlemagne sought to limit their power.
C)The counts despised Charlemagne and sought to depose him.
D)Charlemagne and his counts administered the local areas with equal amounts of power.
E)Charlemagne sought to eliminate the administrative position of the count.

Question 80

What best describes the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans in 800?

A)It was performed by Pope Zacharias I.
B)It was defended by the Donation of Constantine.
C)It symbolized the fusion of Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures.
D)It greatly pleased the new emperor who had long coveted this office.
E)It was approved beforehand by the Byzantine Emperor.