Western Civ Chapter 7 – Flashcards
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After Constantine's death, the Roman Empire began to divide into western and eastern parts and by the end of the fourth century had become virtually two independent states.
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Augustine's Confessions was written as
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an account of his own miraculous personal conversion
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Augustine wrote which one of the following books?
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The City of God
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In 597, Pope Gregory the Great sent which of the following to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons?
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Augustine.
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In Germanic society wergeld
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developed as an alternative to acts of revenge for injury
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Irish monasticism from the sixth through eighth centuries tended to be highly
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ascetic
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Muslim societies abide by a strict code of law, much of it derived from the holy book Qur'an, and regulating all aspects of Muslim life. This law code is called
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the Shari'a
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Muslims regard Muhammad as a Prophet but not as divine.
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true
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Pope Gregory the Great was responsible for all of the following except
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writing The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
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The basic rule for western monastic living was developed by
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Benedict
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The Edict of Milan
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was Constantine's document officially tolerating the existence of Christianity
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The founder of the Frankish kingdom and the first royal Frankish defender of the Catholic faith was
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Clovis
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The Germans believed that the ordeal
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could reveal the truth by showing which party God favored in a dispute
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The greatest difference between Irish Christianity and Roman Christianity was in
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Irish church organization, giving Irish abbots more power than bishops
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The pope who supposedly caused Attila and the Huns to turn away from Rome was
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Leo I
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The primary instrument of Pope Gregory for converting the Germanic peoples of Europe was
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monasticism
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The title "vicars of Christ" has traditionally been given to the
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Bishops of Rome
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The withdrawal of Roman armies from Britain enabled
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Angles and Saxons, Germanic tribes from Denmark and Germany, to invade and to establish new kingdoms on the isle
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Western monasticism was characterized by
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a balance of study, work, and prayer
