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What advantage did the Byzantine Empire have that enabled it to survive as a political entity for a thousand yrs longer than the western part of the Roman Empire |
A stronger military |
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Disagreement over which of the following contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church |
Veneration of icons |
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What features of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopt |
The political ideals of imperial control of the Church |
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What is an example of the Byzantine Empire influence on Eurasia |
Transmission of ancient Greek learning to western Europe and Islamic world |
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What describes a feature of the Byzantine state |
The emperor claimed to be God's representative on earth |
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What brought the Byzantine Empire to an end |
The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire |
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What had a greater influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity than on Roman Catholicism |
Greek philosophical concept |
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In the elenventh-century, the religious culture of the Byzantine Empire had a significant impact on |
Slavic-speaking peoples in the Balkans and Russia |
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What describes the process of conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus |
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 was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe |
Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permanently joined the World of western Christendom |
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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 |
Feudalism |
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What describes the situation in Western Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire in 476 |
Long-distance trade was limited to Italy |
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What was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages |
There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade |
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How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe |
Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentice |
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What characterizes the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe from 500 to 1000 |
Earlier cultural pratices were absorbed into the Christian tradition |
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Technological changes in which field limited women's opportunities in Western Europe by the Fifteenth century |
Weaving |
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Besides Islam, what was a target of Western European crusaders |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
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In the centuries between 500 and 1000, Europe's center of gravity shifted away from the Mediterranean toward |
The north and west |
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What describes the relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300 |
Rulers provide protection for the Church in return for religious legitimacy |
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Based on the information in Map 10.3 in the textbook, which region was the least threatened by foreign invasion between 700 and 1000 |
Byzantine Empire |
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According to the eighth-century Capitulary on Saxony, how did Charlemagne deal with those who organized in opposition to Christians |
They were given the death penalty |
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What was an example of how Christ's divine and human nature is potrayed in the image of Christ Pantokrator |
The two fingers of Christ's right hand |
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In the image depicting the Nativity, what do the rays above Mary and the baby Jesus symbolize |
The Trinity |
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How does the image from the book Ladder of Divine Ascent portray the spiritual journey toward God |
As filled with temptation |
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What is a symbol featured in all three Byzantine icons |
The halo |
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What was an important continuity in the history of the Mediterranean region between 400 and 1000 C.E |
The Byzantine Empire remained a centralized Christian empire in the Mediterranean |
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What was an important continuity in the social structure of states and empires in the period 600B.C.E to 1450 C.E |
Landholding aristocraticies tended to be the dominant class |
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The establishment of communities of nuns in both Christian and Buddhist societies by 600 C.E had what major consequences |
Nuns were able to exercise power within their communities more extensively than in their respective societies |
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The map shows what? |
Barbarian migration into the Roman Empire |
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some historians maintain that a transition between two major periods and world history most likely occurred around 500 C.E other's maintain that this transition occurred around 600 C.E the two groups of historians are most likely to disagree about the relative importance of words |
The fall of the Western Roman Empire |
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The description of the peasant revolt best support what conclusions |
Present use religious beliefs to justify their resistance |
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The point of view of the author can best be described as |
Hostile to the peasants |
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What was an important factor that help the Eastern Roman Empire survive while the Western Roman Empire collapse |
It had a loyal army a skilled bureaucracy and great reserves of wealth based on agriculture |
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The Byzantine Empire achieved what |
The conversion of many Slavic people to Christianity |
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What is C What is D What is E What is S |
C is Spain. D is France S is Italy E is Germany |
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What is B. What is R What is V What is F What is A |
B is Britian R is The Netherlands. V is Denmark. F is Norway A is Ireland |
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What is J What is K What is L What is M What is N. What is T What is Q |
J is Poland K is Czech Republic L is Austria. M is Hungary. N is Ukraine T is Greece. Q is Turkey |
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What is G. What is H What is p |
G is Sweden H is Finland. P is Russia |
