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Test #1 Review: Byzantine Empire and Medieval Europe
Test #1 Review: Byzantine Empire and Medieval Europe
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True or False: The Byzantine Empire mostly believed Eastern Orthodox Christianity
False
True
2
Why were the "Dark Ages" considered dark?
Weather patterns were unusually stormy and cloudy
Most of Europe was not Christian at the time
There was a lack of learning and culture and life was basically terrible
The Crusades had ended
3
What is scholasticism?
Universities were the only way to achieve a religious education
Style of architecture common in Europe during the Late Middle Ages.
Reason, logic, and learning were ways to support Christian beliefs.
Medieval art that depicted religious figures
4
What did a lord give to his vassals in exchange for their loyalty, money, and soldiers?
Food and labor
Protection
military service
Fief (land)
5
True or False: The Hundred Years' War and the introduction of cannons and longbows helped end feudalism.
False
True
6
What event happened near the end of the Medieval Period?
The Fall of Constantinople
The founding of Islam
The Fall of Rome
The founding of Christianity
7
What was the Great Schism?
The West (Catholic) and East (Eastern Orthodox) Christian Churches split
Wars fought between Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land
The Fall of Constantinople
The Roman Empire split into East and West
8
When the Roman Empire split into two halves, what was the Eastern half called?
Roman Empire
Medieval Empire
Ottoman Empire
Byzantine Empire
9
Which of the following was an outcome of the Black Death?
Anti-Semitism: hatred or discrimination of Jewish people
Europe's population increased for 200 years
Peasants demanded better wages and feudalism declined
Obession with death in art, literature, and mindsets of the European people
10
True or False: The Crusades achieved their goals
False
True
11
The Black Death killed between 1/3 and 2/3 of Europe. What did Europeans think caused it?
Germs
God's punishment for their sins
Bad air
Jewish people poisoning the water supply
12
What was the knight's moral code to be faithful, brave, and protectors of the weak?
Chivalry
Feudalism
Catholicism
Scholasticism
13
What is a guild?
A contract between merchants and a king or lord
A religious building for nuns
A religious building for monks
Organization that protects its economic interests and limits membership
14
What did Cyril and Methodius accomplish?
Created the Cyrillic alphabet and influenced the Slavic people
They built the Hagia Sophia
They conquered the territory that was lost in the Western Roman empire
They created Justinian's Code
15
This document made King John have to obey the law and respect the rights of the people.
Justinian's Code
Canterbury Tales
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
16
The wealth of merchants led to the formation of what?
The merchant class
Feudalism
The middle class
Crusades
17
What were flagellants?
Religious people that whipped themselves to atone for their sins
Communities of non-Christians that were destroyed during the Black Death
Religious buildings that nuns or monks inhabited
Doctors that wore plague masks during the outbreak of bubonic plague
18
What were some of the outcomes of the Crusades?
Europe gained a wider view of the world--trade and exploration increased
Monarchs (kings/queens) gained more power
Religious hatred further divided the Abrahamic religions
Christians ultimately gained control of Jerusalem and the Holy Lands
19
What is iconoclasm?
The smashing of images
The split of the Christian churches into Catholic and Orthodox
Being a fan of a popular music artist
The Fall of Constantinople
20
Who was Joan of Arc?
The queen of England during the Hundred Years' War
The queen of France during the Hundred Years' War
17-year old peasant girl, led France in 100 Yr War and burned at the stake
The wife of Justinian and a shrewd politician
21
What were some ways Europeans thought they could avoid the Black Death?
Bathing
Bloodletting (draining blood from their bodies)
Putting flowers/herbs on their clothes
Washing their hands with soap and water
22
True or False: Medieval means "Middle Ages"
True
False
23
Feudalism was the system in place in medieval Europe. Why did it start?
The Crusades
The Black Death
The Hundred Years' War
Attacks on Europe from Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings
24
What were some of Justinian's accomplishments?
Defeated the Turks in the Crusades
Defeated all of the Barbarians
Compiled and created a code of Roman laws
Built the Hagia Sophia church
25
Under feudalism, which of these belongs on the bottom of society?
Pope
Peasants/Serfs
Knights
King
26
Which two time period did the Middle Ages fall between?
BC/BCE and AD/CE
Ancient Period and Modern Period
Classical Period and Renaissance
Neolithic and Mesolithic Periods
27
What is an icon?
A Byzantine Emperor
A famous music artist
A religious image
Head of the Eastern Orthodox church
28
What building was at the heart of every medieval village?
A blacksmith
A peasant's house
A grain mill
A manor or castle
29
Why did Pope Urban II call for the Crusades in 1095?
The Hundred Years' War started in Europe
He wanted to capture Constantinople for the Catholic Church
Muslims invaded the Holy Lands and territory of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople fell in 1453
30
Under feudalism, which of these belong at the top of society?
Pope
Peasants/Serfs
Knights
King
31
This emperor ruled over the Byzantine Empire in the 500s AD
Belisarius
Buddha
Constantine
Justinian
32
What is a vassal?
The moral code of knights
A type of peasant worker that earned money and paid rent to his landlord
A ruler that is subservient to another ruler
A rich local lord that owned land and serfs
33
What event began the Medieval period?
The founding of Islam
The founding of Christianity
The Fall of Rome
The Fall of Constantinople
34
True or False: The Reconquista (or Reconquest) was fought between the Spanish and Muslims.
True
False
35
True or False: The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453
True
False
36
Constantinople was originally the capital of which empire?
Roman
Ottoman
Byzantine
Slavic
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What did peasants give to knights in exchange for their protection?
fief (land)
Loyalty, money, and soldiers
Food and labor
military service
