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AP Byzantine & Middle Ages Quiz
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1) Which of the following is most correctly seen as a direct continuation of the Roman Empire?
A) Frankish Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Byzantine Empire
D) Holy Roman Empire
2) What was the most important “stepchild” of the Byzantine civilization?
A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Poland
D) Greece
3) The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center was located at
A) Rome.
B) Constantinople.
C) Baghdad.
D) Athens
4) What was the great church built in Constantinople by Justinian?
A) The Cathedral of St. Dimitri
B) Hagia Sophia
C) Sts. Cyril and Methodius
D) St. Peter’s
5) Starting with the reign of Justinian, what was the official language of the eastern empire?
A) Arabic
B) Latin
C) Persian
D) Greek
6) What Eastern emperor was responsible for the attempted restoration of a united Roman Empire after
533?
A) Theodosius
B) Justinian
C) Diocletian
D) Constantine
7) All of the following were outcomes of Justinian’s wars of reconquest EXCEPT
A) weakening of the empire’s defenses on its eastern frontiers.
B) establishment of a key artistic center at Ravenna.
C) increased tax pressures on the government.
D) the permanent addition of Rome to the Byzantine Empire.
8) After the 7th century, what group posed the greatest threat to the eastern frontiers of the
Byzantine Empire?
A) The Sassanid Persians
B) The Germans
C) The Arab Muslims
D) The Russian Empire
9) What was the outcome of the Western crusade of 1204?
A) The crusaders succeeded in temporarily pushing back the Turks and restoring the Asiatic
provinces of the Byzantine Empire.
B) The Crusade succeeded in establishing a Western kingdom in the Holy Land, but failed
to relieve the Asiatic provinces of the Byzantine Empire.
C) The crusaders attacked and conquered Constantinople, temporarily establishing a
Western kingdom there.
D) The Crusade resulted in the establishment of a Western kingdom of Bulgaria in the Balkans.
10) The post classical period in Western history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the
15th century is referred to as the
A) Middle Ages.
B) Renaissance.
C) Age of Discovery.
D) Modern Era.
11) In which of the following ways was the medieval West NOT like other civilizations?
A) New religious beliefs accompanied the spread of civilization.
B) Western Europe participated in the emerging international community.
C) The medieval period saw the spread of civilization outside the Mediterranean zone core region to new
areas in northern Europe.
D) The medieval West remained culturally backward.
12) Who were the invaders who disrupted the development of political institutions in the medieval West
until the tenth century?
A) Muslims
B) Chinese
C) Mongols
D) Vikings
13) The system that described economic and political relations between landlords and their
peasant laborers was called
A) manorialism.
B) feudalism.
C) slavery.
D) monasticism.
14) Agricultural laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called
A) artisans.
B) guildsmen.
C) serfs.
D) fiefs.
15) Which of the following statements concerning the agricultural laborers of the medieval West is
NOT true?
A) They received protection and the administration of justice from their landlords.
B) They were obligated to turn over part of their goods to remain on the land.
C) They retained essential ownership of their houses.
D) They could be bought and sold by their landlords.
16) Which of the following statements concerning the three -field rotation system is most accurate?
A) Introduced in the 8th century, the three -field rotation added acres to production by
leaving only a third of the land unplanted.
B) The three-field system removed more land from production than before by reserving
one-third for fallow.
C) The three-field system was rapidly replaced after the 8th century by the two -field
system that offered greater flexibility in terms of crop rotation.
D) The three-field system removed fallow fields and replaced them with nitrogen -bearing crops.
17) Relationships between members of the military elite based on a reciprocal exchange of land for
military service and loyalty were called
A) capitalism
B) feudalism
C) monasticism.
D) mamorialism.
18) The members of the military elite who received land in return for military service in the bands
of the greater lords were called
A) fiefs.
B) benefices.
C) vassals.
D) serfs.
19) What dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in the eighth century?
A) Merovingian
B) Saxon
C) Norman
D) Carolignian
20) Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the crusades?
A) The crusaders did not always remain focused on goals.
B) The crusades helped to open the West to new cultural and economic influences from the Middle East.
C) The fourth crusade resulted in the temporary conquest of Constantinople.
D) The crusades demonstrated a new Western superiority in the wider world.