Post Classical World (open-note) Quiz

What event is often considered the start of the European Dark Ages?

• The signing of the Magna Carta
• The fall of the Roman Empire
• The beginning of the Crusades
• The discovery of the New World

Which group of people frequently raided Europe during the early Middle Ages?

• Mongols
• Huns
• Vikings
• Persians

What was the main political and economic system in Medieval Europe?

• Democracy
• Feudalism
• Capitalism
• Socialism

What was the role of the Catholic Church in medieval Europe?

• It had little influence over daily life.
• It controlled education, politics, and land.
• It was limited to religious services only.
• It was mostly ignored by European rulers.

What was one consequence of the Black Death in Europe?

• Immediate population growth
• Strengthening of feudalism
• A decline in the workforce
• New trade routes

What was one of the greatest contributions of Islamic scholars to the world?

• Feudalism
• The invention of the printing press
• The preservation and translation of ancient Greek and Roman texts
• The construction of the Great Wall of China

Which mathematical concept, introduced by Muslim scholars, is essential to modern mathematics?

• Geometry
• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Calculus

The Islamic Golden Age flourished under which dynasty?

• Abbasid
• Han
• Charlemagne
• the Moors

An Islamic art style combining written word with imagery:

• quran
• calligraphy
• algebra
• moorism

Which is the correct chronological order of events?

• the rise of Islam, the Black Death, the fall of Rome, the building of the Hagia Sophia
• the rise of Islam, the Crusades, the rise of the Mongols, the second Plague
• the fall of Rome, the second Plague, the rise of Islam, the rise of the Mongols
• the rise of Mongolia, Justinian's Plague, the Viking Age, the fall of Rome