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Which of the following statements about Constantinople is not true?

a. It was built in an attempt to revitalize the impoverished eastern half of the Roman Empire.

b. It was constructed by Constantine.

c. It allowed the imperial court to keep watch on the Sasanid Empire in Persia.

d. It was built because the eastern half was the wealthier and more productive part of the empire.

e. It allowed the imperial court to keep watch on Germanic tribes on the

Danube.

Constantinople withstood sieges in 674–

678 and 717–718 bya. the Sasanids.

b. the Gauls.c. the Russians.d. the Greeks.

e. Arabic forces.

In the year 962, Otto of Saxony

a. accepted the sovereignty of the Byzantine emperors.

b. created a written alphabet for the Slavic people.

c. expanded the scope of Byzantine influence by translating Justinian’s code into German.

d. claimed to rule as emperor of the old western half of the Roman Empire.

e. invaded and sacked Constantinople.

From the sixth century on, the official language of Constantinople was

a. Latin.b. Turkish.c. Aramaic.d. Greek. e. French.

Which of the following describes education in Byzantium?

a. Byzantium fell far short of the standards set in the western half of the

empire.b. Basic literacy was widespread in

Byzantine society. c. Byzantium struggled because of the

lack of a written language.d. Only the members of the central court

could read and write.e. Byzantium made tremendous strides after its conquest of the Arabic world.

After the death of Muhammad, political leadership fell to a

caliph by the name of…

The capital of the Abbasid Empire was

a. Damascus.b. Istanbul.c. Mecca.

d. Cordoba.e. Baghdad.

During the last two-hundred years of the Abbasid Empire, it fell

under the control of thea. Byzantine Empire.

b. Ottoman Turkish Empire.c. Sasanids.

d. Saljuq Turks. e. Holy Roman Empire.

Islamic banks honored letters of credit, which could be drawn on the parent bank, known as

a. sakks. b. gadis.c. ka’ba.d. sufis.

e. sunnis.

In an effort to recruit learned students, Islamic leaders often financially supported institutions of

higher learning calleda. madrasas.

b. sufis. c. dar al-Islam.

d. umma.e. qadis.

The Song dynasty was substantially weakened by Song

Taizu’s decision toa. invade India.

b. persuade his generals to retire. c. dismantle the Chinese

bureaucracy.d. give his generals almost unlimited

authority.e. turn control of the state over to his brilliant Korean bureaucrats.

The most important new crop introduced into

China during the Tang and Song periods was…

In 1024,a. the Song emperors outlawed the printing of paper money by anyone.

b. the Song emperors transferred the printing of paper money from

governmental to private control.c. the Chinese economy collapsed because of inflation caused by the

printing of paper money.d. the Tang emperors established the first

modern banking industry.e. the first paper money, printed under

government auspices, appeared.

In an effort to win support in China by tying into Chinese

traditions, Buddhist missionaries translated the Indian term

dharma asa. wuwei.

b. sui.c. dao.

d. nalanda.e. tang.

The Chinese Buddhist monk, Xuanzang, was famous for

a. traveling to Constantinople as an envoy of the Sui emperors.

b. his conversion to Nestorian Christianity.c. traveling to India to collect Buddhist texts.

d. starting a new sect of Buddhism called Chan.e. his merging of Buddhist and Confucian thought.

The scholarly Buddhist emperor who reunited

northern India in the seventh century was

a. Shankara.b. Harihara.

c. Mahmud of Ghazni.d. Harsha. e. Ashoka.

In the 840s, Tang emperorsa. made Buddhism the favored religion of

the central court.b. officially favored the Manichaeans

instead of the Buddhists.c. converted to Buddhism but didn’t force

the spread of the religion.d. ordered the closure of monasteries and

the expulsion of Buddhists. e. converted to Islam.

Islam reached India by all of the following routes except

a. conquest by Arabic invaders.b. missionaries sent by the emperor

Harsha. c. Islamic merchants.

d. migrations from Turkish-speaking peoples from central Asia.e. Both b and d are true.

The Islamic ruler, who led seventeen different raiding expeditions into India in the

eleventh century, wasa. Harihara.b. Srivijaya.

c. Ramanuja.d. Abu Bakr.

e. Mahmud of Ghazni.

The Delhi sultans werea. never able to expand their control

beyond northern India. b. able to unite all of India for the first

time since the Mauryans.c. able to make Islam the main religion of

India.d. proponents of a more syncretic version

of Islam.e. not able to conquer all of India until

they united with the Chinese.

The Rule, a set of regulations that shaped the rise of monasticism by avoiding extremism and promoting social service, came from

The retainer would owe loyalty, obedience, and military service to his lord in return for…

In medieval society, political power was

vested in

Who provided the Roman church with a sense of direction by

reasserting papal primacy?

Which of the following pairings between Germanic tribes and the

area they invaded is incorrect?a. Ostrogoths and Italyb. Visigoths and Italy c. Lombards and Italy

d. Burgundians and southern Gaul

e. Franks and northern Gaul.

a. It was built in an attempt to revitalize the impoverished eastern half of the Roman Empire.

e. Arabic forces.: Constaninople -strategically and commercially important , between both the land route from Europe to Asia and the seaway from the Black or Sea to the Mediterranean

d. claimed to rule as emperor of the old western half of the

Roman Empire.

Greek.

b. Basic literacy was widespread in Byzantine society.

Abu Bakr :Abu Bakr's Caliphate lasted for 27 months, during

which he crushed the rebellion of the Arab tribes throughout

Arabia in the successful campaign against Apostasy. He launched campaigns against the Sassanid Empire and the Eastern

Roman Empire (Byzantine

Empire)

Baghdad.

d. Saljuq Turks.

a. sakks.

a. madrasas.

b. persuade his generals to retire.

fast-ripening rice.

e. the first paper money, printed under government auspices,

appeared.

c. dao.

c. traveling to India to collect Buddhist texts

d. Harsha.

d. ordered the closure of monasteries and the expulsion of

Buddhists.

b. missionaries sent by the emperor Harsha.

e. Mahmud of Ghazni.

a. never able to expand their control beyond northern India.

St. Benedict : was a founder of Christian

monastic communities and a rule giver for

monks living in community ;”Rule” has

become the leading guide in Western

Christianity for monastic living in community

grants of land

local authorities:

Gregory I :

Visigoths and Italy:

Geography

Identify the following on the map –SpainItalyGaul

AachenHoly Roman Empire

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