History 6 Chapter 10 Test Review

Question 1

Heraclius organized the land into zones called _____ that were guarded by peasant soldiers who lived there.

Accepted Answer

themes

Question 2

In the year 1261, Emperor Michael VIII took the city of _____ back from the Venetians and crusaders

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 3

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Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 4

The 3 main factors that helped Leo III defeat the Muslim attack on Constantinople were a plague, a cold winter, & _____.

Accepted Answer

Greek Fire

Question 5

After Justinian’s time, the Byzantine army grew weaker because it used many mercenaries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The Byzantine Empire fell in 1371.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which belief do Protestant Christians and the Eastern Orthodox Church agree on?

Accepted Answer

God is a Trinity.

Question 8

Which Islamic caliph conquered the Byzantine provinces of Palestine, Egypt, and Syria?

Accepted Answer

Umar

Question 9

In the golden age of 850 to 1050, Byzantine emperors defeated their enemies on the ___ Peninsula and in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

Balkan

Question 10

Muslim scholars made important contributions in mathematics, medicine, and philosophy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What contribution did Christian missionaries from Constantinople make during the Byzantine Empire’s golden age?

Accepted Answer

standardized language, laws, polit. patterns of people of eastern Europe

Question 12

He stopped the Muslims at Constantinople and took back Asia Minor.

Accepted Answer

Leo III

Question 13

He was known as the Bulgar Slayer.

Accepted Answer

Basil II

Question 14

He led an army that reclaimed lands lost by the Western Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

Belisarius

Question 15

One lasting contribution of the Byzantine Empire was the preservation of Greek learning, philosophy, and literature.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Muslims consider three cities to be sacred: Jerusalem, Medina, and _____.

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 17

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Accepted Answer

Asia Minor

Question 18

Barbarians easily invaded the Western Roman Empire after the capital was moved from Rome to _____.

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 19

How did the location of Mecca contribute to the development of Islam?

Accepted Answer

Its position along trade routes brought new ideas and religious beliefs.

Question 20

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Accepted Answer

Arabian Peninsula

Question 21

The renewed interest in trade that the Crusades helped to prompt led to the growth of _____ in Western Europe.

Accepted Answer

towns

Question 22

Leo III ordered the destruction of all icons because he believed they were idols.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

He had the Roman laws simplified.

Accepted Answer

Justinian I

Question 24

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Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 25

Which Crusade succeeded in its purpose of freeing Jerusalem from Islamic rule?

Accepted Answer

First

Question 26

The Turks who conquered all of the Byzantine Empire were the _____.

Accepted Answer

Ottomans

Question 27

_____ convinced Justinian to stay and fight against the Nika Revolt.

Accepted Answer

Theodora

Question 28

Muhammad’s teachings were compiled by his followers into the Avesta.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

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Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 30

His revelations developed into the religion of Islam.

Accepted Answer

Muhammad

Question 31

One-third of Europe’s people died in a flu epidemic in the 1300s.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

He called the Council of Nicaea to discuss the doctrine of the Trinity.

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 33

The city of Constantinople had a good location for trade and defense.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Which was not true of the Nika Revolt?

Accepted Answer

The word nika meant “revenge.”

Question 35

A holy war that is fought for the cause of Islam is called _____.

Accepted Answer

jihad

History 6 Chapter 10 Test Review

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History 6 Chapter 10 Test Review

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