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According to the text, early Chinese coins feature which of the following?

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square coins

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The written collections of Confucius's teachings is called ?

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The Analects

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Politically, confucius saw the role of ruler in society as that of a nemesis?

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parent

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which of the following the is true regarding legalist?

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described the nature of humankind as inherently evil

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Clearly the greatest innovative dynasty in the chinese rise of the empire ?

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Qin

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Which of the following is the most significant artifact emperor's tomb?

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Terracotta

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The chinese regard this dynasty as their historical Golden Age

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han

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Which of the following best describes the emphasis of Chinese prose literature?

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record-keeping; archiving history

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Classic han architecture primarily used which of the following materials?

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wood

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The han dynasty left very through record of daily life of via the visual medium of

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glazed terracotta

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Confucius' teachings, combined with______, formed the basis for emerging Chine culture in the climb for empire

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The five Chinese Classics

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The philosophical challenge to the teachings of confucius was termed

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Legalism

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Which of the following best describes Han dynasty Chinese poetry?

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Simplistic

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The round roofs of the royal tombs in Classical China represented

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Heaven

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Chinese trade was largely conducted along___, an east-west land route that led eventually to Rome

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The silk road

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Chirstianity is tied to all of the following background except

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the Islamic

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Zoroastrianism and Mithraism were influences on early Christianity and developed in

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Persia

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In 63 B.C.E., which of the following was the Roman-administered homeland of the Hebrews in the eastern Mediterranean region?

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Judea

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The differences between the Pharisees and the Sadducees basically revolved around

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survival of the soul after death

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The ____ practiced strict self denial and self-discipline in a form of asceticism

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Essenes

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This man is named "apostle to the Gentiles" because of his extensive work to promote and grow a then-largely Hebraic Christianity

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Paul

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Not until the edict of Milan in the year 313 was public persecution of ___ forbidden by decree

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Christians

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Contemporary of Jesus Christ

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Siddhartha Guatama

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Which of the following describes how the Buddha worked toward enlightment

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meditating under a tree

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the purpose of the eightfold path

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is to demonstrate the right of conduct

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the buddha's truly revolutionary social ideas centered on

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caste

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the emperor asoska made buddhism the official religion of

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India

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Which of the following best explains a bodisattva

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One who has achieved enlightment , but refrains from entering Nirvana

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Buddhism entered China during the first century C.E.and rose to prominence during the last decades of the

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Han Era

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Buddhism was never able to overtake _____ as the religion of majority in India

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Hinduism

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Which of the follwing emperors divided the Roman Empire into two halves: eastern and western

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Dicocletian

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The capital city of the east roman empire was

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Constantinople

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The Petrine Doctrine" accomplish which of the following within the Catholic Church

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Stated the primacy of the Roman archbishop as the successor to Peter

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Which of the following was the location of the first worldwide council of representatives of the Catholic church

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Nicae

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Who of the following was the location of the first worldwide council of representatives of the Catholic church

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Amberose

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Who of the following a native of Africa is widely regarded as the most influential of all the Latin church fathers

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Augustine

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Early followers of Jesus Christ adopted which of the following as their recognition sign

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a fish

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In early Christianity, the number twelve was important symbolically as it represented which of the following

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the number of jesus' disciples

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Interior spaces in early Christian churches were usually embellished with which of the following

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Mosaics

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Hagia Sophia was commissioned by which of the followoing men

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Justinian

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The basis of schism between the eastern and western churches concerned which of the following

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religious icons

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The most typical buddhist structure is which of the following

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Stupa

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The buddha's hand position represented in any given of him is called which of the following

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Mudras

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China's evolution of Indian architecture featured its characteristic umbrella-like building with many roofs,called which of the following

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Pagoda

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China's earliest and most important musical instrument was the

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zither

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The religion known as islam orginated with which of the following peoples

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Bedouin Arabs

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Which of the following is a content of the Kaab

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a meteorite

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Which of the following describes Muhammad's lifelong careeR

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Caravan driver

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What event marks year one of the Islamic Calender

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the hija to Medina

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The holy scripture of islam is called which of the following

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The qur'an

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which of the following is not of the Five Pillars of Islam

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fasting every friday

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The maximum number of wives allowed in Islamic men is which of the following

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4

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The test suggests that a large advantage of Islam in spreading throughout the world has been

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simplicity

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the all embracing code of ethical conduct is called

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sharia

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Islamic spiritual supervisions lies partly in the hands of the prayer leaders called

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mullahs

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Muhhammad's designted successor was which of the following

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Muhhammad left no successor

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The early attempts of Islam to penetrate the European continent

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were repelled by charles martel and by fortications at constantinople

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Which of the following cities following citie served as the Islamic capital during the religion's "golden era" of the eighth and ninth centuries

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baghdad

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Ancient Islamic scholars are famous for having preserved which of the following throughout the middle ages

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hundreds of Greek manuscripts

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Poetry produced by which Islamic movement is famous for its mysticism and visionary representations

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Sufism

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The biggest threat to Roman Empire as early as the first century BCE was which of the following??

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The Germanic tribes

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The "invincible" Roman army was defeated near constantinople at the Battle of

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Adrianople

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which of the following groups was responsible for the infamous sack of Rome in which much of the ancient city was destroyed

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the Vandals

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The bond of loyality between cheiftain and his warriors are called which of the following ??

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fealtry

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The first monumental literary composition in a European vernacular language was

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Beowulf

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Enamelwork produced by pouring molten colored glass between thin gold partitions is called

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Cloisonne

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The Frankish chieftain responsible for re-unifying the fallen Roman Empire under Christian leadership was

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Charlemagne

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During this era, the only toe-hold of European occupation claimed by the Islamic peoples

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Spain

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The type of copyist writing favored by the Carolingian monks and nuns is the direct ancestor of modern typography and is called which of the following ?

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the minuscule

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The system of military and political organization known as feudalism centered around of the following

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descendants of dukes and counts appointed by Charles the Great

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Which of the following is the quintessential lyrical representation of the fighting nobility in the feudal age

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the Song of Roland

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the normans traced their direct ancestry to the

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Vikings

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The Normans brought feudalism to which of the following

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England

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The main building inside a castle complex is the

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keep

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The principle of primogeniture allowed

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the eldest male heir of an aristocratic

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Grace is bestowed by the following the

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seven sacraments

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Extreme unction is another name given to which of the following acts

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final absolution before death

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The intermediate step between heaven and hell was defined by the medieval church as Eucharist

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Purgatory

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Hildegard of Bingen

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All these answers are correct

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Pope Innocent III's On the Misery of the Human Condition is considered the greatest of medieval

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sermons

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Which of the following is Not one of the three types of medieval drama ?

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Mockery plays

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Dante's Devine Comedy is which of the following literary types

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epic poem

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According to Dante, the most foul of all the sin is

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treachery

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The intellectual melting pot of the medieval west was which of the following cities

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Paris

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Which of the following is an accurate paraphrasing of the Augustinian credo regarding inquiry?

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faith precedes reason

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Which of following philosophers' writings was safeguarded throughout the Middle Ages by Arab scholars and caused great intellectual challenges in the West once released

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Aristotle

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Which scholar's Yes and No sought to sought to balance multiple points of view in synthesizing a most-correct answer in terms of religious dogma

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Peter Abelard

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Which of the following was considered the greatest of the so-called scholastics, a Dominican theologian and teacher, and author of the major treatise Summa Theologica

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Thomas Aquinas

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The first of the mendicant orders created at the fourth Lateran Council was which of the following

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Fransicans

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The Dominant political, religious, cultural force of the European middle ages was which of the following

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the Catholic church

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The benedictine abbey in the french city of ______ a model for the revised and energized monastic tradition in the medieval west

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Cluny

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which of the following describes the purpose of reliquary

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an ornamental housing for important religious artifacts

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The medieval architects return to cut stone (in the ancient Roman method) for vaulting in their expanded churches introduced the new _____ style.

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Romanseque

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the dividing point between an earthly city and the realm of God was clearly illustrated by which of the following parts of the medieval church

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entrance portal

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Historiated capitals are found as an element of which of the following parts of the medieval church

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columns

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In which of the following countries did the style of Gothic architecture begin

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France

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The Gothic cathedral was firstly a church, but it also acted as the official administrative seat of a

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bishop

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the principal intercessor between God and the Christian believer is traditionally

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The virgin Mary

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The flying buttress architectural feature was first employed at

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Notre Dame

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The first example of a true Gothic cathedral was construction of_____between 1122 and 1144

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Saint-Denis

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the stained-glass windows at chartres are especially unique for their emphasis on which of the following colors

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blue

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The crowning example of the Gothic period in Europe was the

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Sainte Chapelle, Paris

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The Chalky white plaster that formed the base layer for much medieval painting is called

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gesso

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Musical developments during the early middle ages were almost exclusively the products of

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monasteries

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Hildegard of Bingen's Ordo virtutum is the earliest known_____in western history

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morality play

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Which of the following are the correct events in Indian history that approximate the events of the western Middle Ages in Europe

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the end of the Gupta dynasty to the Mongol invasion of India

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the devotion of the upper-caste Hindu woman to her husband was dramatically expressed in ____, a custom by which the wife threw herself on the funeral pyre of her late husband

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Sati

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Today, approximately eight-five percent of India's population is

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Hindu

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Which of the following correctly describes the major religion of India

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All of these answer are correct

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According to the text, a direct interpersonal contact with the Hindu godhead can be achieved by self-denial acts as starvation

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by gazing steadily at a visual representation

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Which of the following are not members of the Hindu "trinity" as described in the text

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Krishna

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Indian poetry make use of several literary devices, such as the international similarity between vowel sounds, known as

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assonance

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The poetic language of ancient India is called

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Sanskirt

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The architetural ideal of the early Buddhist and Hindu temples was to represent which of the following

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sacred mountain

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A particular melodic sequence in traditional Indian music would be called

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raga

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The word___ is used to described music in the Indian language and means both "sound" and "rhythm"

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sangeeta

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The Famous Venetian merchant that visited China in the thirteen century was

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Marc Polo

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Under the rule of the _____ emperors from 618 c.e. to 907 c.e, China experienced a flowering of culture that was unmatched anywhere in the world

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Tang

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The main route to official status in China through its long history has been

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the imperial examination system

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The text compares Chines poetry to

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vocal music

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