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"Prehistory" may be defined as the period prior to

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written records

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The landmark known as stonehenge is located in

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england

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which iron age sea-faring people created a non-pictographic alphabet?

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Phoenicians

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The name Zoroaster is associated primarily with the history of

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Persia

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Hammurabi's Code is significant chiefly because it

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is unusually comprehensive and extensive

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In Hindiuism, the Absolute Spirit is known as

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Brahman

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The earliest discovered inscribed clay tablets come from

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Sumer

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Research in the origins of writing suggest that written signs derived from

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markings on clay tokens

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The landmark known as the Book of the Dead is

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a set of Egyptian funerary prayers

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Which of the following statements about the Epic of Gilgamesh is most accurate

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it was passed down orally for centuries

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The world's oldest clay vessels appear to have come from

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Japan

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Jade artifacts, especially in the form of circular discs are primarily associated with ancient

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China

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One of the earliest landmarks of Paleolithic culture is

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cave-painting

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The first civilizations appeared

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on the banks of rivers

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The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are located in present day

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Iraq

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The term Paleolithic is used interchangeably with the term

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Old Stone Age

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The Great Temple at Karnak was

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dedicated to the sun-god Amon-Ra

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Hammurabi was the ruler of

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Babylon

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The Egyptian pyramids functioned primarily as

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tombs

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Zhou rebels justified their rebellion against the Shang dynasty on the basis of

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the Mandate of Heaven

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Taking its name from the term for "sacred knowledge" which hindu literature teaches worship through prayer and sacrifice?

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Vedas

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Akhentaten is associated with what religion or religious view?

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monotheism

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The first literary epic developed in

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Mesopotamia

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Alexander carried Hellenic Culture as far east as

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india

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In the Republic, plato argues that ________ should govern.

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philosopher-kings

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Which of the following orders is NOT a program of ancient Greek architectural design?

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Hellenistic

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The word "marathon" derives from

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news of Greek military victory over the persians

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A landmark of the Hellenistic Age is the

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Apollo Belvedere

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In Golden Age Athens, laws were made by

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male landowners

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The so-called "Heroic Age" refers to the era that produced

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the Greek epics

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The name Herodotus is associated with the birth of

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historical-record keeping

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The thinker who advanced the idea that reality lay in numerical proportion was

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Pythagoras

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Dramatic festivals were held in Athens

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twice a year

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Aristotle's landmark contributions include all of the following EXCEPT

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the invention of the dialectical method

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Minoan and Mycenacan civilizations arose in

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the Aegan Sea

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The Parthenon is dedicated to

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Athena

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The origins of Greek Drama are probably found in

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religious celebrations

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Athens' Golden Age flowered shortly after the

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Persian Wars

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The unfree laborers in Sparta were called

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helots

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The word "Hellenic" means

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Greek

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The two great epics of the Greeks, the Iliad and the Odyssey, feature

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the heroes of the Trojan War

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Which of the following schools of thought was NOT developed in the Hellenistic Age?

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Sophism

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A series of arches placed back to back produce

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a barrel vault

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Which of the following landmarks commemorated Roman military victories?

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Trajan's Column

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The punic Wars were waged between Rome and

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Carthage

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In contrast with Rome, imperial China under the Qin and Han left no landmark

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epic poems

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The geo of Virgil's Aeneid is a native of

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Troy

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Roman portraits were

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typically more realistic than Greek sculptures

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Which Romas poet's roque The Art of Love led Octavian to send him into exile?

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Ovid

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The civil and military authority of Rome was known as the

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imperium

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The Pantheon was dedicated to

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the planetary deities

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The immediate consequence of the assassination of Julius Caesar was

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a struggle for power between his first lieutenant and his adopted son

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The life-sized figures found in the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin dynasty are made of

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terracotta

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Juvenal was Romes

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most famous satirist

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Roman artists used the technique later known as tromp l'oeil in order to

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trick the eye into perceiving depth on a flat surface

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There wis little surviving evidence with which to judge Romes accomplishments in the field of

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music

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Catullus dedicated some of his poems to a woman he called Lesbia, a not to the influence of which poet on his work?

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Sappho

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Which of the following peoples had the LEAST direct influence on the development of Roman culture?

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the Hitties

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Which of the following statements best captures Seneca's Stoic philosophy?

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"Work to achieve peace of mind"

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Romans innovated the use of which building material, which made large-scale architectural constructions much cheaper to build?

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concrete

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Roman baths typically centered on a rectangular colonnaded hall known as

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a basilica

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The powerful landowners of ancient Rome were known as

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patricians

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After their Exodus from Egypt, the Hebrews retook Canaan by defeating the

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Philistines

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The greatest architectural landmark of the Byzantine Constantinople was

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Hagia Sophia

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An integral aspect of Hebrew monotheism is the theme of

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a covenant between human beings and God

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A basic element in the arts of islam is

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Arabic calligraphy

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Which of the following statements about the pre-Christian cult of Mithra is False?

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Membership in the cult of Mithra was dominated by women

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Which of the following four religions is not generally regarded as one based on divine revalation

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Buddhism

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The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are known as the

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Torah

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The Latin Church father who wrote the City of God is

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Augustine

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In early Christian artistic tradition, which apostle was depicted as a lion?

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Mark

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The hebrew claim the Canaan begins with the bibical story of

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Abraham

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The goal of the Buddhist is

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escape form rebirth

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The obligatory Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the

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haij

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Paul helped transform Christianity into a major religion by

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preaching to the Gentiles

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Which cultural landmark was attributed to King David

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the psalms

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The Christian calendar, which dates form the birth of jesus was formulated by

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a sixth century abbot

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Christianity was legalized by

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the Edict of Milan

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The north/south arms of the early Christian church are called the

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transept

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In the Muslim faith, the world Allah means

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God

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The holy city of _______ is the birthplace of Mohammed, the destination of the Muslim pilgrimage, and the site of the sacred stone known as the Kaaba.

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Mecca

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One landmark of early Budhist culture is the

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stupa at Sanchi

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Which of the following themes or images would have been least likely to appear in Christian art before the fifth century?

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The crucifixion of Jesus

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The earliest of the Gospels was written

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at least forty years after the death of Jesus.

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Which of the following was not essential to the medical synthesis?

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Chinese culture

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The landmark literature of the Germanic tribes took the form of

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epics

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The battle of Adrianople was a landmark event that

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opened the door to the Germanic invasion of the West.

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The landmark event known as the Battle of Hastings is famously recorded in

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The Bayeux Tapestry

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The interlace designs of the book of Kells are most similar to the patters

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on metalwork artifacts from Germanic graves

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Among the most numerous and impressive landmarks of the Carolingian renaissance were

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illuminated manuscripts in more legible script

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The carolingian renaissance depended greatly on

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benedictine monastaries

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An important center of learning in Charlemagnes time was the palace-school at

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Aachen

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The first novel in world history was written by

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Murasaki Shikibu

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Japanese samurai abided by a warrior code known as

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bushido

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Medieval feudalism in Europe

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involved that exchange of land for military service

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The medieval feudalism in europe

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involved the exchange of land for military service

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The medieval surf was

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an unfree rural laborer

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Games of combat imitating medieval warfare were called

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jousts

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The Bayeux Tapestry recorded which historical event

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the Norman conquest of England

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The primary subject of chanson de geste was

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heroic deeds

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Which of the following statements about 12th century troubadours is FALSE?

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they were usually of lowly birth

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The tradition of courtly love

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shaped modern concepts of gender

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Medieval music-drama originated with the

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embellishment of the mass

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The intellectual elite Tang and Song China were deeply influenced by

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Confucian traditions

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The Tang and Song eras were a Golden Age of

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landscape painting

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Which of the following was NOT among the landmarks of Tang and Song China

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the creation of a simplified Chinese writing system

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The interdict and excommunication were methods by which

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the Church maintained its authority

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The sacraments by which medieval Christians hoped to receive the grace of God

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were codified by an early 13th century church council

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According to the medieval Catholic teachings, what was the intermediate realm where Christians were punished for the repented sins that had not been expiated before their deaths?

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Purgatory

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Christendom refers to the

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christian community of the middle ages

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The most important of the seven sacraments and central ritual of the mass is

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the Eucharist

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According to Hildegard, the visions that she recorded in Scivas came to her from

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a voice from heaven

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Saint Francis differed form the monastics that preceded him because he

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rejected a cloistered life

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which of the following statements about medieval towns is False

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by the twelfth century, the majority of Europeans lived in towns

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Know the Ways of the Lord, also known as Scivas , is a treatise written by

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Hildegard on Bingen

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The popular medieval drama everyman is an example of a

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mortality play

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The protagonist of the medieval drama Everyman discovers that his only hope for salvation rests with good works and

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the grace of god

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