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Why did the bishops of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem hold special powers in
church affairs? - answer✔✔A.because the churches in those cities believed that they had been
founded by four of the original apostles.
Why are popes considered to be successors of Peter? - answer✔✔C.Peter was the first Bishop of
Rome, and all popes are also Bishops of Rome.
The chief instrument that Gregory the Great used to convert non-Christian Germanic people was
_____________. - answer✔✔D.the monastic movement
Why were some of the earliest monks—those who went to live as hermits—unable to live
solitary lives? - answer✔✔B.because their feats of holiness attracted followers
The ______________rule was written by the founder of one monastic order and was crucial to
the growth of monasticism in the western world. - answer✔✔A.Benedictine
The center of monastic life was ___________, or the "work of God." - answer✔✔C.prayer
In what ways were monks and nuns the social workers of their communities? -
answer✔✔C.They provided schools, hospitals, and centers of hospitality for travelers.
The abbot is the __________ of a Benedictine monastery. - answer✔✔B.father
Which of the following statements about missionaries in the early Christian church is true? -
answer✔✔A.The primary role of the missionary was to convert non-Christians.
What is a scriptorium? - answer✔✔C.a writing room
When the Roman army left Britain, which Germanic tribes moved in and settled there? -
answer✔✔B.the Angles and the Saxons
Who was the first Germanic leader to convert to Christianity? - answer✔✔C.Clovis
Why was the Frankish kingdom divided into three parts? - answer✔✔A.It was Frankish custom
to divide the lands of a father when he died.
Which statement best describes the structure of families in early Germanic society? -
answer✔✔B.An extended family of husbands, wives, children, brothers, sisters, cousins, and
grandparents all lived and worked the land together.
What was the title of the chief officers in the Frankish kings' household? - answer✔✔B.mayors
of the palace
Which of the following statements about wergild is true? - answer✔✔D.It means "money for a
man" and was to be paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person he or she injured.
What is the principle behind the ordeal? - answer✔✔C.If a person accused of a crime survived a
physical trial unharmed, he or she was declared innocent.
Which Frankish king defeated the Muslims in 732 at the Battle of Tours? - answer✔✔C.Charles
Martel
Charlemagne established the missi dominici, who were _________. - answer✔✔B.two men sent
to local districts to ensure that the counts carried out the king's orders
The Carolingian Renaissance was____________. - answer✔✔C.a revival of learning and culture
__________led the army that defeated the Ostrogoths in Italy. - answer✔✔C.Belisarius
What was Justinian's most important contribution to western culture? - answer✔✔D.Codifying
Roman law in The Body of Civil Law
What happened when the eastern Roman army was defeated by Islamic troops at Yarmuk in
636? - answer✔✔B.The Eastern Roman Empire lost the provinces Syria and Palestine.
Justinian rebuilt the city of _____________. - answer✔✔B.Constantinople
This city was the chief center for trade between the east and west. - answer✔✔D.Constantinople
Which of the following statements best describes the role of the Christian Church in the
Byzantine Empire? - answer✔✔A.The Byzantines believed that God had commanded their state
to preserve true Christianity.
What group challenged the Byzantine Empire by advancing into Asia Minor in the eleventh
century? - answer✔✔C.Turks
Who were Leo IX and Michael Cerularius? - answer✔✔B.They were the pope and patriarch who
excommunicated each other in 1054.
How did the Macedonian emperors foster economic prosperity in the Byzantine Empire? -
answer✔✔A.by expanding trade relations with western Europe
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