AP World - Ch. 16 Quiz

The theme system

• weakened the peasantry by taking their land away.

• made land available to the peasants in return for military service.

• led to the break between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.

• limited the religious authority of the Byzantine emperors.

• was the foundation of the Byzantine educational structure.

After the collapse of Western Roman authority,

• Germanic tribes established a series of successor states.

• a greater Pan-Germanic empire was established.

• the Visigoths created imperial unity.

• the Byzantine empire expanded into the west to re-create a lasting imperial state.

• Europe was overrun and united by Islamic forces.

By the year 1000, the population of the two provinces of Christendom rose to about

• ten million

• twenty-two million

• thirty-six million.

• sixty-one million.

• seventy-five million

Which of the following statements is NOT correct about Charlemagne?

• He extended his authority as far south as Rome.

• He was mistrustful of intellectual pursuits.

• He instituted the missi dominici.

• He actively supported the popes.

• He established a capital at Aachen.

Justinian's most important and long-lasting political achievement was his

• reconquest of the western half of the Roman empire.

• democratic reforms

• religious compromise between the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox churches.

• codification of Roman law.

• establishment of a lasting peace with the Islamic world.

After the death of Louis the Pious, the Carolingian empire

• reversed a short period of decline and reached its greatest territorial extent.

• was swallowed up by a resurgence of Byzantine power.

• became a puppet state controlled by the expanding Islamic empires.

• was split into three parts by his sons.

• fell under British control.

Which of the following statements about Constantinople is NOT true?

• It was built in an attempt to revitalize the impoverished eastern half of the Roman empire.

• It was constructed by Constantine.

• It allowed the imperial court to keep watch on the Sasanid empire in Persia.

• It was built because the eastern half was the wealthier and more productive part of the empire.

• It allowed the imperial court to keep watch on Germanic tribes on the Danube.

The Benedictine Rule was spread to women living in convents by

• Gregory I.

• Clement VII.

• Leo III.

• St. Scholastica.

• Clotilda.

Who provided the Roman church with a sense of direction by reasserting papal primacy?

• Charlemagne

• Leo III

• Gregory I

• Benedict II

• St. Augustine

One important political feature of the Byzantine state was its

• docile acceptance of Rome's superiority.

• republican governmental structure that resembled early Rome.

• tightly centralized rule under a powerful emperor.

• division of power under the tetrarchs.

• reliance on Achaemenid ruling principles.