Theodora's career before marrying Justinian was as a

Church cleric—one of the few women to hold this position.

the magnificent church at Constantinople.

the wife of Justinian, who proved to be a wise adviser.

the legal foundation for Justinian's code.

the central trading city on the silk roads.

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

reconquest of the western half of the Roman empire.

establishment of a lasting peace with the Islamic world.

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.

Europe was overrun and united by Islamic forces.

Justinian's issuance of the Corpus iuris civilis

won recognition as the definitive codification of Roman law.

brought immediate excommunication from the pope.

Which of the following statements is NOT correct about Charlemagne?

He was mistrustful of intellectual pursuits.

He extended his authority as far south as Rome.

He instituted the missi dominici.

He actively supported the popes.

Charlemagne made use of the missi dominici, or

"masters of the secular domain."

The main goal of the missi dominici was to

bring the counts under tighter control.

foster better relations with the Byzantine emperor.

strengthen the empire's military forces.

spy on Charlemagne's Islamic enemies.

When presented with the imperial crown, Charlemagne

hesitated to call himself emperor out of respect for the Byzantine emperors.

openly challenged the Byzantine emperors for the title.

accepted the preeminence of the more powerful Islamic empires.

laid siege to Rome in an attempt to force the popes to grant the title.

After the death of Louis the Pious, the Carolingian empire

was split into three parts by his sons.

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.

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

weakened the peasantry by taking their land away.

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

limited the religious authority of the Byzantine emperors.

was the Byzantine gold coin that became the standard currency in the Mediterranean basin.

was the hereditary line of priests that dominated the Byzantine religious and social worlds.

headed the Byzantine banking industry.

was the Byzantine class of nobles who blocked imperial centralization.

One of the biggest reasons for increased agricultural production in Europe was the

introduction of a heavier plow.

introduction of new crops from the Byzantine world.

money invested in the countryside by the kings.

agricultural loans guaranteed by powerful Italian banks.

On Christmas Day 800, Charlemagne received the imperial crown from

Byzantine emperor Justinian IV.

St. Basil of Caesarea

played a key role in the rise of monasticism.

excommunicated the pope and began the split inside Catholicism.

began the movement known as iconoclasm.

was the first and most famous of the "pillar saints."

Historians once used the term feudalism to refer to

the political and social order of medieval Europe.

a strong, centralized political order.

the class of highly trained Confucian officials.

In medieval society, political power was vested in

a strong centralized government.

the hands of the Holy Roman emperor.

Emperor Leo III inaugurated the divisive ecclesiastical policy of

translating the Bible into German.

In 1054 the pope in Rome and the patriarch in Constantinople

mutually excommunicated each other.

met at the Council of Milan to settle old differences.

jointly called for a new crusade.

agreed on a joint plan to bring Christianity to Russia.

Saints Methodius and Cyril

converted the Slavic lands to Roman Catholicism.

died while on a mission to spread the faith to Africa.

were highly influential "pillar saints."

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

The mixture of secular and religious authority that marked Constantine's reign as well as that of the Byzantine emperors is known as

Byzantine.

caesaropapism.

Corpus iuris civilis.

secularism.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Historians use the term caesaropapism to refer to the

European struggle between church and state.

split between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.

attempt by later Roman emperors to abolish the papacy.

system in which the emperor has a mixture of political and religious authority.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Byzantion's major advantage was its

position as the greatest trading center of the Greek world.

huge army.

strategic position on the Bosporus.

status as the most populous city in the Mediterranean basin.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

The wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was

Belisarius.

Livia.

Hagia Sophia.

Theodora.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?

a thousand pounds of gold

a golden chandelier

a terra-cotta army

an elephant named Abu al-Abbas

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AP World History Ch 16

Which of the following statements about Constantinople is NOT true?

One important political feature of the Byzantine state was its

The mixture of secular and religious authority that marked Constantine's reign as well as that of the Byzantine emperors is known as

Historians use the term caesaropapism to refer to the

Byzantion's major advantage was its

The wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was

In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?

Theodora's career before marrying Justinian was as a

One of the causes of Byzantine resurgence was the political innovation wherein a general was given military and civil control over an imperial province, or

Hagia Sophia was

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