world history chapter 10 – Flashcards
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What contributed to the decline of Christianity in Asia and Africa by 1500?
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The spread of Islam
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Which of the following is an example of how Christianity was reinterpreted as it spread throughout East Asia?
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Jesus Sutras
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What best describes the situation of Christian communities in the Middle East and North Africa from 650 to 1300?
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Shrinking communities of second-class subjects
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What is an example of how Christianity was reinterpreted as it spread throughout East Asia?
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Jesus Sutras
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In what African kingdom was Christianity most able to prevail in an otherwise Muslim centered region?
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Ethiopia
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What is an example of the Byzantine Empire's influence on Eurasia?
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Transmission of ancient Greek learning to Western Europe and the Islamic world
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What had a greater influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity than on Roman Catholicism?
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Greek philosophical concepts
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Disagreement over what contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
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Veneration of icons
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what is not a tactic used by Justinian to raise money for his wars and projects
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commisioning pirates to steal in the Mediterranean Sea
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what does not describe aspects of Low Middle Ages society in Western Europe
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high level of literacy among the population
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In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300, power was divided among
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kings, nobles, and church leaders.
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What range of dates constitute the High Middle Ages?
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1000-1300 BCE
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What effect did the Crusades have on relations between the Eastern and Western churches?
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They led to worsening relations, as Western Christians saw Eastern Orthodoxy as blasphemous and soon came to attack the Byzantines.
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What describes the situation in Western Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire in 476?
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Long-distance trade was extremely limited.
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What was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages?
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There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade
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(true or false) The Crusades would have a lasting political and religious impact in the Middle East.
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false
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During the Crusades ____________ removed the penalties for any confessed sins, as well as various material benefits, such as immunity from lawsuits and a moratorium on the repayment of debts
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indulgence
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During the period from 1000 to 1300, the rulers in which region held the least power?
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Western Europe
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Besides Islam, what proved to be a target of Western European crusaders?
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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What describes the relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300?
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Rulers provided protection for the Church in return for religious legitimacy.
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What statement best describes Western Europe in the early Middle Ages?
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It was politically fragmented and largely rural
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Which of the following is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizations?
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gunpowder in cannons
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What describes a feature of the Byzantine state?
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The emperor claimed to be God's representative on earth
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What was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe?
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Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permanently joined the world of Western Christendom.
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Which of the following features of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopt?
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The political ideals of imperial control of the Church
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What feature of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopt?
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The political ideals of imperial control of the Church
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What describes the process of conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus?
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It was a freely made decision on the part of Prince Vladmir of Kiev who chose Eastern Orthodox Christianity to unify his people.
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What did Western Europe share with other third-wave civilizations like Japan, West Africa, and Russia?
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It willingly borrowed from more established civilizations in order to catch up economically and technologically.
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What was an important factor that made political unity in Western Europe more difficult?
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Ethnic and linguistic diversity in Europe
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What was a practice of the Eastern Orthodox Church but not the Western Roman Catholic Church?
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Eastern Orthodox Christians were led by married priests, while Roman Catholic clergy were celibate.
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What statement best describes Greek thought in the Islamic world after the thirteenth century?
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It receded in importance, in favor of teaching that drew more directly from the Quran.
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In which civilization was the rationalism and secularism of Greek thought used to explain religious doctrines?
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Western Europe
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In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and his serfs?
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Feudalism
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What statements best describes the appeal of the Christian Church to local warlords and rulers in pagan northern Europe?
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They found status and legitimacy by being associated with the literate and civilized Christian Church.
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What characterizes the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe from 500 to 1000?
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Earlier cultural practices were absorbed and meshed into the Christian tradition.
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What important factor led to the decline of Christianity in Africa and Asia between 500 and 1500 C.E.?
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emergence of Islam
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In the eleventh century, the religious culture of the Byzantine Empire most significantly impacted
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Slavic-speaking peoples in Kievan Rus.
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What is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizations?
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gunpowder in cannons
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What statement best describes how Orthodox Christianity spread among the Rus (Early Russia)?
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It was adopted freely, without coercion.
