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1. Laity refers to the regular members of the Catholic Church while clergy refers to
a.
b.
c.
d.
The pope
The church leaders
The church founders
The 12 apostles
1258 AD
1528 AD
1453 AD
1099 AD
Moses
Ishmael
Isaac
Abu Bakr
Milan
Jerusalem
Rome
Constantinople
5. What document issued by Emperor Constantine proclaimed official toleration for Christianity within the Roman
Empire?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Edict of Milan
Edict of Trent
Edict of Nantes
Edict of Rome
Abu Bakr
Abbasid
Umayyad
Fatimid
8. The journey of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in the year 622 AD is called the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Jerusalem
Medina
Cairo
Baghdad
Old Testament
The Gospels
The New Testament
The Dead Sea Scrolls
11. The time period beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire and ending with the Battle of Hastings in 1066 is
called
a.
b.
c.
d.
12. What date is commonly associated with the fall of the Roman Empire?
a.
b.
c.
d.
476 A.D.
467 A.D.
46 A.D.
47 A.D.
13. Though the Western Empire fell with the sacking of Rome, the Eastern Roman Empire endured and became the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Constantinople
The New Roman Empire
The Orthodox Christian Empire
The Byzantine Empire
Messiah
Prophet
Messenger
God
16. What is the name of the large cube in Mecca whose history predates Islam?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Cube
The Quran
The Hajj
The Kaaba
Synagogue
Church
Mosque
Temple
The Torah
The Bible
The Quran
The New Testament
The Torah
The Bible
The Quran
The New Testament
20. Which early Christian leader helped to establish communities in Asia Minor and wrote many letters found in the New
Testament?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Paul
Peter
Judas
John
Julius Caesar
Constantine
Augustus
Baldwin
Synagogue
Church
Mosque
Temple
24. All of the following are part of the Five Pillars of Islam except
a.
b.
c.
d.
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Seven daily prayers
Giving of Charity to the less fortunate
Fasting during Ramadan
Julius Caesar
Octavian
Brutus
Marcus Aurelius
26. Which religion challenged Christianity for spiritual supremacy in the Roman Empire from the 1st to 5th centuries AD?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Paganism
Mithraism
Mithraism
Arianism
27. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, what replaced the political authority of the Roman Emperors?
a.
b.
c.
d.
28. During the Dark Ages, many of the barbarian tribes that brought about the end of the Western Roman Empire
a.
b.
c.
d.
Established their authority in Rome and established the Holy Roman Empire
Established small regional kingdoms that eventually evolved into the major kingdoms of the Middle Ages
Continued on their conquests into Mesopotamia
Continued with their barbarians ways
29. Which Roman emperor decided to split the administration of the Roman Empire due to the difficulties of governing so
much territory and so many people?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Caesar
Constantine
Brutus
Augustus
Ali
Abu Bakr
Umayyad
Shia
31. What is cited as the chief motivation for the Viking invasions?
a.
b.
c.
d.
the king
the land
the lord
the church
33. The crisis of the 3rd century within the Roman Empire resulted in the decision to
a.
b.
c.
d.
34. The authority of the Roman Empire was irreparably damaged by the invasions and incursions of all of the following
barbaric groups except
a.
b.
c.
d.
Huns
Goths
Vandals
Mongols
35. Which Frankish king was the first to unite the political authority of the roman emperors and the spiritual authority of
the Catholic Church after the collapse of the Roman Empire?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Otto I
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Pepin the Short
38. All of the following are accurate descriptions of Gothic Architecture except
a.
b.
c.
d.
Tall ceilings were meant to simulate the church reaching towards heaven
Flying buttresses and ribbed vaults were borrowed from east Asian culture
Large amounts of natural light were meant to express the perfection of God
The walls and narrow construction contrasted greatly with the thick, block, and marble construction of the ancient
Greeks and Romans
39. Arianism was a branch of Christianity that existed during the 4th and 5th centuries that was primarily supported by
a.
b.
c.
d.
40. Monasticism and the practice of devoting ones entire existence to God originally emerged from religious hermits
from
a.
b.
c.
d.
41. One theory behind the formation of feudalism was that it was a
a.
b.
c.
d.
system of mutual protection created to defend against raiding peoples like the Vikings
system of control created by the Catholic Church to exert secular authority
social contract between lords and vassals with the intention of creating equality
political structure intended to improve upon the political systems developed by the Romans
42. Historians define the early Middle Ages, or the Dark Ages, by all of the following except
a.
b.
c.
d.
43. The territory in central Italy controlled by the pope is called the
a.
b.
c.
d.
44. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor to use the title Holy was
a.
b.
c.
d.
Otto I
Charlemagne
Henry IV
Frederick I Barbarossa
45. William the Conquerors transformation of England after he defeated Harold Godwinson is called the
a.
b.
c.
d.
46. The land a noble or knight holds as a grant of vassalage from a higher lord is called a
a.
b.
c.
d.
Vassal
Feudalism
Fief
Land Grant
47. Following the successful completion of the First Crusade, some crusades remained in the holy land and created the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Papal States
Holy Kingdoms
Crusader States
Byzantine Empire
48. In what year did William the Conqueror defeat Harold Godwinson?
a.
b.
c.
d.
1066
1099
1204
1453
59. The long poem about Charlemagnes failed expedition into Spain is called
a.
b.
c.
d.
50. The term used to describe the most common law of succession during the Middle Ages is
a.
b.
c.
d.
Primogeniture
Cuius regio
Pontifex Maximus
Eius religio
First Crusade