Western Civ Final Ccu Steward PASSED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When was the "Beginning" of Western Civilization as a Self-Conscious Entity?: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- When the Greco-Roman Society becomes Christianized & began to see itself
as distinct from Islamic and Eastern Civilizations
Values of Western Civilization: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christianity
Democracy and representative government
Limited government & government by consent
Rule of law
Individual liberty of conscience
Individual human rights
Economic freedom and free markets
Openness to science and technology
Toleration of religious and political dissent
EARLY MIDDLE AGES (500-1000) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Eastern (Byzantine)
Empire after the fall of Rome (c. 500 AD)
Flourishing under Justinian & Theodora (GOOD)
Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis - body of civil law
The Hagia Sophia- giant building thing
Prominent Germanic Tribes Conquering Britain: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Angles
and the Saxons
The Fabled Resistance of the Britons under Arthur
What happened to the Britons? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Killed, assimilated or driven
into the North or West)
,Who founded the kingdom of the Franks, around 500 AD? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
clovis
What happened to these "barbaric" Germanic tribes as they conquered the old region of
Rome? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- est civilizations
The major changes that the Germanic tribes brought to Europe: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Agrarianism, women, big families, a revolution in agriculture (heavly plow and crop rotation)
the agricultural manor and feudalism
The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Monks from Iona
(esp. Aidan) re-Christianize England
Pope Gregory I & Augustine's Mission to England
The Reception of Augustine by King Ethelbert and Queen Berth - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -Canterbury becomes center of Christianity
-Alfred the Great spreads Christianity
Christian Kings of Anglo-Saxon England: Cnut & Edward the Confessor last Christian kings
of Anglo-Saxon
The Rise of the Medieval Papacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gregory the Great (540-604)
Calvin's assessment of Gregory- said he was the last good pope
Monastic background
Theological Contribution: Doctrine of Purgatory
Reform of the Liturgy (Gregorian Chant)
Increase in political power; decline in spirituality (700-1050)
The Rise of Islam (c. 610) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mohammed, Mecca, Medina
Islam's understanding of Christ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- No God but Allah and
Mohammad is prophet
, The five pillars of Islam - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Confession of allah as only God
Prayer 5 times facing Mecca
Giving of Alms
Fasting sunrise to sunset Ramadan
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Early conquests of Islam and defeat by the Franks (Charles Martel) at the Battle of Tours
(732) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Conquored Jerusalem 637
Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia 662
Arab in Spain 711
Franks defeat Muslims, battle of Tours 732
Muslims in spain until 1492
The Rise of the Franks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Clovis
Charles Martel- defeated Muslims at battle of tours
Charlemagne and the Start of the Holy Roman Empire in 800 AD- crowned by pope leo III
800
The Increasing Power of the Papacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pope Innocent the III
Views of the Papacy under God over men, over civil authority
Conflict with King John of England????
Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
Assertions of Papal Power over the Civil Sphere - dominion lmao
Transubstantiation
Know specific practices of the medieval church - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Blind faith
Low biblical literacy
Superstitions
Fear of purgatory
Doctrine of penance
Indulgences
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When was the "Beginning" of Western Civilization as a Self-Conscious Entity?: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- When the Greco-Roman Society becomes Christianized & began to see itself
as distinct from Islamic and Eastern Civilizations
Values of Western Civilization: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christianity
Democracy and representative government
Limited government & government by consent
Rule of law
Individual liberty of conscience
Individual human rights
Economic freedom and free markets
Openness to science and technology
Toleration of religious and political dissent
EARLY MIDDLE AGES (500-1000) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Eastern (Byzantine)
Empire after the fall of Rome (c. 500 AD)
Flourishing under Justinian & Theodora (GOOD)
Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis - body of civil law
The Hagia Sophia- giant building thing
Prominent Germanic Tribes Conquering Britain: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Angles
and the Saxons
The Fabled Resistance of the Britons under Arthur
What happened to the Britons? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Killed, assimilated or driven
into the North or West)
,Who founded the kingdom of the Franks, around 500 AD? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
clovis
What happened to these "barbaric" Germanic tribes as they conquered the old region of
Rome? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- est civilizations
The major changes that the Germanic tribes brought to Europe: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Agrarianism, women, big families, a revolution in agriculture (heavly plow and crop rotation)
the agricultural manor and feudalism
The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Monks from Iona
(esp. Aidan) re-Christianize England
Pope Gregory I & Augustine's Mission to England
The Reception of Augustine by King Ethelbert and Queen Berth - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -Canterbury becomes center of Christianity
-Alfred the Great spreads Christianity
Christian Kings of Anglo-Saxon England: Cnut & Edward the Confessor last Christian kings
of Anglo-Saxon
The Rise of the Medieval Papacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gregory the Great (540-604)
Calvin's assessment of Gregory- said he was the last good pope
Monastic background
Theological Contribution: Doctrine of Purgatory
Reform of the Liturgy (Gregorian Chant)
Increase in political power; decline in spirituality (700-1050)
The Rise of Islam (c. 610) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mohammed, Mecca, Medina
Islam's understanding of Christ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- No God but Allah and
Mohammad is prophet
, The five pillars of Islam - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Confession of allah as only God
Prayer 5 times facing Mecca
Giving of Alms
Fasting sunrise to sunset Ramadan
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Early conquests of Islam and defeat by the Franks (Charles Martel) at the Battle of Tours
(732) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Conquored Jerusalem 637
Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia 662
Arab in Spain 711
Franks defeat Muslims, battle of Tours 732
Muslims in spain until 1492
The Rise of the Franks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Clovis
Charles Martel- defeated Muslims at battle of tours
Charlemagne and the Start of the Holy Roman Empire in 800 AD- crowned by pope leo III
800
The Increasing Power of the Papacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pope Innocent the III
Views of the Papacy under God over men, over civil authority
Conflict with King John of England????
Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
Assertions of Papal Power over the Civil Sphere - dominion lmao
Transubstantiation
Know specific practices of the medieval church - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Blind faith
Low biblical literacy
Superstitions
Fear of purgatory
Doctrine of penance
Indulgences
