Deck 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the Christian West, 100-1100 Ce

Question 1

The Germanic tribes were united by which of these?

A) a single empire
B) trade alliance
C) language
D) allegiance to one king

Answer 1

language

Question 2

How did the Romans unwittingly aid Alaric the Goth?

A) They made Alaric a hero when they unknowingly martyred his son.
B) They joined forces with his main rival, Stilicho.
C) They allowed the Huns to settle in the empire without realizing that the Goths and Huns were allies.
D) They attacked Stilicho, Alaric's main rival.

Answer 2

They attacked Stilicho, Alaric's main rival.

Question 3

Constantine did all of the following EXCEPT

A) legalize Christianity.
B) move the capital.
C) convert to Christianity.
D) defend New Rome against the Germans.

Answer 3

convert to Christianity.

Question 4

Which Germanic tribe moved across Europe to North Africa?

A) Ostrogoths
B) Visigoths
C) Vandals
D) Saxons

Question 5

Which of the following statements accurately portrays early Roman-German connections and conflicts?

A) The Romans fought the Germans but also hired many of them for service in the army.
B) The Romans largely ignored the Germans, unaware of the growing threat to the empire.
C) The Germans sought to avoid warfare with the Romans and often engaged in commerce with them.
D) The Germanic tribes fell under Roman domination early but eventually rebelled.

Question 6

What was the impact of the Huns on the Roman Empire?

A) They invaded and captured Rome.
B) They forced Germanic peoples south and west.
C) They invaded and captured Constantinople.
D) They destroyed both the eastern and western capitals.

Question 7

When did Rome fall for the first time to invaders?

A) 280
B) 380
C) 410
D) 570

Question 8

Which of these was pushed into the Balkans, threatening the eastern empire?

A) Visigoths
B) Vandals
C) Ostrogoths
D) Franks

Question 9

The "barracks emperors" ruled Rome in the

A) first century C.E.
B) second century C.E.
C) third century C.E.
D) fourth century C.E.

Question 10

What was the impact of Constantine's reign?

A) The empire was split into two parts.
B) Rome was strengthened as the empire's capital
C) The empire was reinforced and revitalize.
D) The empire split into several kingdoms.

Question 11

Who issued a decree making Christianity the official religion of Rome?

A) Diocletian
B) Galerius
C) Theodosius
D) Constantine

Question 12

Which of these resulted from the division of the Roman Empire?

A) the eastern half disintegrated
B) the eastern half grew stronger
C) both halves declined rapidly
D) the west remained stronger than the east

Question 13

What did Alaric and Stilicho have in common?

A) They were both Vandals.
B) They were both Romanized Germans.
C) They were both Visigoths.
D) They were both enemies of Rome.

Question 14

Enemies on both sides threatened the Roman army. Which group was considered the biggest threat in the East?

A) Germans
B) Persians
C) Arabs
D) Aryans

Question 15

Which man divided the Roman Empire into two parts after concluding that it was too big for one man to rule alone?

A) Diocletian
B) Constantine
C) Justinian
D) Nero

Question 16

Popes see themselves as successors to

A) Peter.
B) Jesus.
C) Celestine.
D) Paul.

Question 17

Who was known as "the scourge of God"?

A) Alaric the Goth
B) Attila the Hun
C) Kertanegara
D) Arius

Question 18

Where had the Celts settled by about 200 C.E.?

A) the Mediterranean shores
B) Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Brittany
C) the Danube river valley
D) southern France and northern Spain

Question 19

What is meant by the idea of papal primacy?

A) Popes are the spiritual descendents of Christ.
B) Only the popes can interpret the Bible.
C) Popes have authority over the whole Christian Church.
D) Popes have authority over the western church.

Question 20

Where do we get our names for many of the days of the week?

A) German chiefs
B) Byzantine rules
C) Byzantine gods
D) German gods

Question 21

The Middle Ages in Europe refer to the time period approximately between

A) 500 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.
B) 500 B.C.E. - 1400 C.E.
C) 500 C.E. - 1000 C.E.
D) 500 C.E. - 1400 C.E.

Question 22

Who most opposed Charlemagne's claim to be "Emperor of the Romans"?

A) the papacy
B) the Franks
C) the Byzantines
D) the Visigoths

Question 23

Who led a mission to convert Anglo-Saxons in England?

A) Augustine
B) Benedict
C) Leo
D) Charlemagne

Question 24

Which of these gave the Franks a special place in western Christianity?

A) Their kings chose the pope.
B) They were the first monarchs to accept Roman Christianity.
C) They provided armies to the papacy.
D) They were supporters of the patriarch of the eastern empire.

Question 25

How are kingdoms different from tribes?

A) Tribes are groups of people; kingdoms are pieces of territory.
B) Tribes are united by shared territory; kingdoms are united by kinship.
C) Tribes are more organized than kingdoms.
D) Tribes have written laws and institutions; kingdoms are ruled by shared customs.

Question 26

Who was the first man to reunite most of western and central Europe after the fall of Rome?

A) Clovis
B) Alaric
C) Attila
D) Charlemagne

Question 27

Who forced the last Roman emperor in the west to abdicate?

A) Odoacer
B) Constantine
C) Diocletian
D) Theodosius

Question 28

On Christmas Day, 800 CE, who crowned Charlemagne and named him "Charles Augustus"?

A) his father, Pepin
B) the pope
C) St. Benedict
D) Alaric the Goth

Question 29

Which of these was NOT part of the invasions that hit Western Europe in the 800s?

A) Magyars
B) Vandals
C) Vikings
D) Saracens

Question 30

Which of the following statements concerning the fall of Rome is NOT True?

A) The western Roman provinces fell in 476.
B) Rome continued to dominate European affairs through religion even after the fall of the political empire.
C) Byzantine emperors for centuries after the fall of Rome continued to refer to themselves as Roman emperors.
D) The eastern empire fell two hundred years after the western empire fell.

Question 31

Benedictine monks and nuns took vows

A) of chastity, poverty and obedience.
B) to always obey the pope.
C) to travel around the area converting people to the faith.
D) to let nothing but their consciences be their guides.

Question 32

After the fall of Rome, what was the most powerful institution of the Middle Ages?

A) the family
B) the monarchy
C) the government
D) the church

Question 33

Until the Turks took Constantinople in 1453, what title did the ruler there still claim?

A) Byzantine emperor
B) King of Turkey
C) King of Byzantium
D) Roman emperor

Question 34

What was the role of Charles Martel, founder of the Carolingian dynasty?

A) He was mayor of the palace for the king of the Franks.
B) He was king of the Franks.
C) He was bishop of the Franks.
D) He was a Vandal who conquered the Franks.

Question 35

Who was the last Roman emperor in the west?

A) Odoacer
B) Romulus Augustulus
C) Diocletian
D) Theodosius

Question 36

Which man converted to Christianity because he believed that his wife's prayers helped him win a battle?

A) Constantine
B) Clovis
C) Charlemagne
D) Pepin

Question 37

What is a fief?

A) a vassal
B) a lord
C) a land grant
D) a weapon

Question 38

Which of these was NOT provided by monasteries?

A) medical care
B) charity
C) education
D) training for knights

Question 39

Which man established a "rule" for monastic life?

A) Augustine
B) Benedict
C) Leo
D) Charlemagne

Question 40

Who are the ancestors of present-day Hungarians?

A) Saracens
B) Vikings
C) Magyars
D) Varangians

Question 41

How were serfs and slaves different?

A) Slaves had easier lives.
B) Serfs could not be sold.
C) Serfs could seek other employment.
D) Slaves could not marry.

Question 42

Peasant life centered on

A) fields, family, and church.
B) church, family, and state.
C) God, family, and friends.
D) labor, ale, and paganism.

Question 43

Which of the following statements about the early medieval nobility is NOT True?

A) A vassal could only have one lord.
B) Noble men were preoccupied with military duties.
C) Noble women were trained for marriage and motherhood.
D) Manors provided food for the nobles.

Question 44

What is simony?

A) abstinence from sex
B) licensing of illiterate priests
C) a man having more than one wife
D) selling of church positions

Question 45

Constantine was baptized immediately following the battle at Milvian Bridge.

Question 46

Which of these were landed estates, the center of life for both nobles and peasants?

A) kingdoms
B) manors
C) villages
D) counties

Question 47

Which of the following statements would NOT have been accepted by the patriarch of Antioch?

A) The bishop of Rome and the patriarchs are equal.
B) The pope is the leader of the Christian church.
C) All four patriarchs are equal to each other.
D) The pope is the bishop of Rome, not the ruler of the church.

Question 48

Which of these proved to be Henry IV's greatest political enemy?

A) the pope
B) the Byzantine emperor
C) the French king
D) the English king

Question 49

The Byzantine emperor welcomed the news of Charlemagne's coronation.

Question 50

Medieval kings were absolute rulers.

Question 51

How did both John XII and Benedict IX become popes?

A) They were elected by the bishops.
B) They were elected by the cardinals.
C) They had powerful fathers.
D) They took the throne by force.

Question 52

The Eastern Church leaders never accepted the pope's authority.

Question 53

Which of these popes was a great reformer of the papacy and the entire western church?

A) Leo III
B) Gregory VII
C) Nicholas II
D) Boniface VIII

Question 54

The Great Schism of 1054 was a division between the Eastern and Western

A) Roman Emperors.
B) Christian churches.
C) kings of the Franks.
D) forms of monasticism.

Question 55

Vassals might serve multiple lords in Medieval Europe.

Question 56

Serfs were required to do all of the following EXCEPT

A) farm.
B) obtain the lord's permission to leave the manor.
C) obtain the lord's permission to marry.
D) serve in the army.

Question 57

Which pope established the practice of the cardinals, not secular rulers, electing the pope?

A) Leo IX
B) Benedict
C) Nicholas II
D) Augustine

Question 58

Which of the following statements about the Great Schism is NOT True?

A) It involved a conflict between the patriarch of Constantinople and Pope Leo IX.
B) The split was unilateral, initiated by the pope.
C) It created an enduring split between Christian churches in the east and west.
D) It resulted in two separate branches of Christianity: Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

Question 59

Who controlled the papacy in the early 1000s?

A) the French king
B) the Holy Roman Emperor
C) the Byzantine patriarch
D) the Byzantine Emperor

Question 60

Which of the following was NOT one of the four main centers of the eastern Christian church?

A) Antioch
B) Jerusalem
C) Constantinople
D) Damascus

Question 61

Which man helped Pepin gain the pope's support in his bid to become king?

Question 62

Evaluate the use of the term "feudalism."

Question 63

Discuss early Germanic religious beliefs and their subsequent conversion to Christianity.

Question 64

Compare and contrast serfdom and slavery.

Question 65

Discuss the Viking invasions in the ninth and tenth centuries.

Question 66

Charlemagne attempted to revive education in France.

Question 67

How did Germanic tribes usually obtain the goods they needed for their society?

Question 68

What officials people were actually controllingFrankish political affairs when Clovis' heirs were kings?

Question 69

What is the concept of "papal primacy"?

Question 70

Attila was much more brutal than most warriors of his day.

Question 71

According to Catholics, who was the first pope?

Question 72

Who was crowned Roman emperor by the pope on Christmas day in 800 C.E.?

Question 73

Whose coronation led to the creation of the Holy Roman Empire in the 900s C.E.?

Question 74

Evaluate the reign of Charles the Great. Does he deserve to be called "the great"?

Question 75

Muslim forces were defeated at Tours in France by Charles Martel.

Question 76

Discuss the Great Schism of 1054.

Question 77

Discuss the conversion of the Celts to Christianity.

Question 78

Which language was considered the language of learning in the Middle Ages?

Question 79

From what area of Europe did the Norsemen or Vikings come?

Question 80

What Visigothic leader was angered when the Romans did not give him a command post?