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Question 1

1.
Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 is known as the:
Answer

Ka’ba.

razzia.

jihad.

Hijra.

3 points

Question 2

1.
Which of the following is NOT a similarity between Christianity and Islam?
Answer

Both religions have a holy book

Both religions consider Jesus to be divine

Both religions are monotheistic

Both religions received a portion of their scriptures through divine revelation

3 points

Question 3

1.
Justinian’s military conquests under the general Belisaurius:
Answer

included Spain and Gaul by 552.

was the solution to the eastern Empire’s economic problems.

helped Italy economically.

were disastrous in 537.

3 points

Question 4

1.
The People of the Book in Islamic culture were:
Answer

the scholars.

Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians.

tax collectors.

caliphs.

3 points

Question 5

1.
The Frankish palace official, Charles Martel, successfully defended the civilization of the new western European kingdoms in 732 by:
Answer

destroying the Visigoths.

pushing the Burgundians back across the Rhine river.

defeating Muslim armies in 732 and driving them back to Spain.

sacking Rome.

3 points

Question 6

1.
Augustine did all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer

wrote
Confessions and the City of God.

examine the relationship between classical learning and Christianity.

respect Roman culture and intellectual achievements.

translated scripture into the Latin Vulgate.

3 points

Question 7

1.
The controversy of 726 that split the Latin and Greek Orthodox branches of Christianity apart was over:
Answer

the official use of the Greek language in the Byzantine Empire.

the election of the pope.

iconoclasm or the destruction of icons.

the divinity of the Trinity.

3 points

Question 8

1.
The golden age of Cordoba in the tenth century is known for its:
Answer

poets and scientists.

philosophers.

sculptors.

philanthropists.

3 points

Question 9

1.
Which of the following was built by Justinian in the city of Constantinople?
Answer

Hagia Sophia

Circus Maximus

the Coliseum

Pantheon

3 points

Question 10

1.
The basic rule for western monastic living was developed by:
Answer

Benedict

Jerome.

Ambrose.

Basil.

3 points

Question 11

1.
__________is a poem describing the heroic efforts of Byzantine and Arabic soldiers during the late eighth century.
Answer