Liberty University HIEU 201 / HIEU201 Chapter 9 Quiz (LATEST 2020) Which of the following contributed to tensions between the Eastern and Roman churches
... [Show More] during the Middle Ages? a. the pope's claim to authority over all Christians b. the use of holy images in worship c. the power of the Byzantine emperor d. all of the above Hide Feedback Correct The Byzantine emperor Justinian's most lasting achievement was the a. sound financial footing on which he placed the Byzantine government. b. permanent addition of eastern Italy to the Byzantine Empire. c. permanent addition of Spain to the Byzantine Empire. d. collection and codification of Rome's ancient laws. Hide Feedback Correct Muslims regard Mohammad as a. the only prophet. b. entirely divine, not human. c. the final prophet. d. part human and part divine. Hide Feedback Correct ________ means both an internal striving by the individual for moral self-improvement and a collective military struggle to defend Islam against its enemies. a. Jihad b. Hadith c. Umma d. Hegira Hide Feedback Correct Christians and Jews who lived in Islamic lands a. had greater rights than Muslims. b. had no rights at all. c. had the same rights as Muslims. d. were protected and tolerated but had fewer rights than Muslims. Hide Feedback Correct In the eighth and ninth centuries, under the Abbasid caliphs, Muslim civilization a. lost the vitality it had enjoyed under Mohammed's leadership and slipped into decline. b. was beset by a series of long and bloody civil wars. c. reached the height of its political dominance of the Near East, but at the cost of intellectual stagnation and sterility. d. creatively integrated Arabic, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian cultural traditions. Hide Feedback Correct Cassiodorus (c. 490-575) was a. an Ostorgoth king who sought to blend Germanic and Roman legal principles. b. a scholar who established a monastic library containing Greek and Latin texts and advocated education for the clergy. c. a bishop of Rome who burned some of the last remaining copies of Aristotle's philosophical works. d. a Roman administrator who sought to revive the Republic in the dying days of the Empire. Hide Feedback Correct Irish and English monasteries a. preserved learning, but played no role in converting the population of Europe to Christianity. b. were critical to attracting new converts, but neglected scholarship. c. collapsed for lack of financial support and had to be reestablished by missionaries from Italy. d. played an important role in attracting converts and a critical role in preserving classical learning. Hide Feedback Correct The Franks became the dominant people in Western Europe, in part because a. they were the only Germanic peoples able to establish a kingdom within old Roman territories. b. they were able to revitalize city life, trade, and the general economic prosperity of the West. c. they enjoyed the consistently strong leadership of their Merovingian kings from [JLM1]500 to 750. d. the conversion of Clovis to Roman Christianity gave them an advantage over Arian Christian Germans. Hide Feedback Correct The Carolingian Renaissance a. was comparable to the cultural achievements of the Greco-Roman past. b. was more a rebirth of Christian than of Greco-Roman culture. c. reversed the process of cultural decay, which had characterized much of the Early Middle Ages. d. was a step back from the process of Christianization, which had been going on for centuries. Hide Feedback Correct Feudalism provided some order and security in medieval society by a. establishing a reciprocal relationship between lords and vassals based on promises of obligation and protection. b. guaranteeing the freedom of individuals as defined in the revived code of Roman law. c. establishing the absolute power of lords over their vassals with no responsibilities to them. d. doling out fiefs of land to peasants, who were then able to feed and protect themselves. Hide Feedback Correct Vassals pledged loyalty to lords and, in return for services, were granted a a. fief. b. free city. c. military title. d. knighthood. Hide Feedback Correct Byzantine emperors were a. absolute rulers who held that they had been appointed by God. b. figureheads, with no real power. c. elected by a college of bishops. d. secular leaders, with no ecclesiastical authority. Hide Feedback Correct During the eighth century, the Muslims' threat to Constantinople a. was countered by the Byzantine usage of a new weapon, "Greek fire." b. served as the grounds for the first of the Crusades. c. resulted in the Latin domination of the city. d. led to the temporary collapse of the Byzantine Empire. Hide Feedback Correct The Five Pillars of Islamic faith include all of the following EXCEPT a. Muslims must seek to convert nonbelievers to Islam. b. Muslims are expected to make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca during their lifetimes. c. Muslims have a duty to be generous to the poor. d. a Muslim must face the holy city of Mecca and pray at least five times a day. Hide Feedback Correct Pope Gregory I a. did little to enhance the finances of the papacy. b. was wary of linking the papacy to secular leaders. c. rejected intellectualism as a danger to the church. d. tightened the bonds between the monks and the papacy. Hide Feedback Correct The creation of an empire by Charlemagne a. embodied the ideal of a universal Christian state and was recognized by the pope's crowning of Charlemagne as emperor. b. was opposed by the church, which saw it as a threat to Christian and, more specifically, papal interests. c. united all the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea under one ruler again for the first time in centuries. d. resulted in a highly centralized and efficient system of government like that of ancient Rome. Hide Feedback Correct According to the widely held views in the Middle Ages, women a. had full political rights, except to bear arms in battle. b. were evil temptresses, following in the model of the biblical Eve. c. were protected from wife beating by both secular and church law. d. were the spiritual equals of men, but were socially and politically dominated by men. Hide Feedback Correct Medieval serfs a. owed their lord labor services. b. possessed no customary rights to cottages and farmland. c. were free to leave their manor in search of alternate employment. d. had the benefit of using their lord's mill, bake-oven, and winepress free of charge. Hide Feedback Correct During the Early Middle Ages, Byzantine civilization was a. less centralized than the Latin West. b. economically and culturally more advanced than the Latin West. c. more secular than the Latin West. d. less stable than the Latin West. Hide Feedback Correct [Show Less]