CHAPTER 6
IDENTIFICATIONS
Write a short description of the following. Answers should include who or what, when and
where, and the historical significance.
1. Tacitus 15. Corpus Juris Civilis
2. Huns 16. Iconoclasm
3. Ulfila 17. Cyril and Methodius
4. Vandals 18. Vladimir of Kiev
5. Pope 19. Islam
6. Gregory the Great 20. Muhammad
7. Benedict of Nursia 21. Qur'an
8. Clovis 22. Bedouin
9. Merovingian 23. Hijra
10. Ostrogoths 24. Battle of Tours
11. Theodoric 25. Shi'ite
12. Visigoths 26. Avicenna
13. Constantinople 27. Umayyad
14. Justinian 28. Abbasid
MULTIPLE CHOICE
29. The bulk of the tribes that invaded the Roman Empire after 400 A.D. were
A) Turkish
B) Slavic
C) Mongolian
D) German
30. The Roman historian Tacitus
A) Wrote his book on Germany to urge Romans to adopt more virtuous customs
B) Wrote a history of his captivity by the Germans
C) Denounced German men for oppressing German women
D) None of the above
31. The society of early Germans
A) Was led by strong kings with virtually dictatorial powers
B) Was very nomadic with wars occurring only when tribes were wandering
C) Was often very warlike and occasionally nomadic
D) None of the above
32. Of the societies studied in the first five chapters, Germanic society had the most parallels
with
A) The urban society of Sumer
B) The heroic society described in Homer's epics
, C) The monumental society of Egypt
D) The republican society of Rome
33. The tribe whose movement seems to have triggered the invasion of the Roman Empire was
the
A) Ostrogoths
B) Huns
C) Franks
D) Vandals
34. All of the following were true of the Roman Empire in the era of invasion except
A) Germanic tribes were often permitted to settle in Roman lands as federates
B) Many of the invaders were Christian, though of the Arian variety
C) Britain was able to hold out against the Germanic invaders
D) The empire lost the rich and productive North African lands to the Vandals, who once
lived in Eastern Europe
35. Historians have often criticized the concept of the "Fall" of Rome because
A) The eastern half of the Empire did not collapse but remained strong for several
centuries
B) The concept of "Transformation" fits the evidence better
C) The Germans themselves were transformed, both in their languages and in their
religious beliefs
D) All of the above
36. The popes began to claim spiritual authority over the Christian church because
A) Some New Testament texts could be cited in support of this idea
B) The Germanic invasions were so destructive that for a time the bishop of Rome was the
only bishop remaining in the west
C) Constantine, when he moved to Constantinople, left the government of Rome in the
hands of its bishop
D) None of the above
37. Pope Gregory the Great enhanced the position of the papacy by doing all of the following
except
A) Formally ending the Arian heresy through his theological arguments
B) Taking over the day to day administration of the city of Rome
C) Sending missionaries to begin the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England
D) Negotiating a truce with the Lombards to prevent a sack of Rome
38. The founder of Western Christian monasticism that had great influence on the Middle Ages
was
A) Patrick of Ireland
B) Benedict of Nursia
C) Augustine
D) Gregory the Great
, 39. The monastic movement founded by Benedict of Nursia
A) Encouraged fasting and asceticism among the monks
B) Permitted abbots to exercise authority over bishops
C) Established through its rule a balanced daily regime of work and prayer
D) Rejected education as unnecessary for salvation
40. The most famous of the Merovingian kings of France was
A) Clovis
B) Theodoric
C) Odovacar
D) Pepin
41. The Merovingian kings of France
A) Were converted to Roman rather than to Arian Christianity
B) Were brutal, murdering warriors in spite of their Christianity
C) Lost their real power to "Mayors of the Palace"
D) All of the above
42. Theodoric was king of the
A) Visigoths
B) Ostrogoths
C) Franks
D) Vandals
43. Which of the following is not true about the Ostrogothic kingdom?
A) It had the most vigorous intellectual life of the Germanic successor states, with
philosophers, historians, and the development of the BC/AD system of counting
years
B) It was short lived, falling into disarray after the death of its great ruler, Theoderic
C) It rulers briefly united the entire Roman Empire
D) It shared a weakness with several other Germanic states because its people were Arian
rather than Roman Christians
44. After numerous wanderings, the Germanic Visigoths, who had started in Eastern Europe,
settled in
A) North Africa
B) Italy
C) France
D) Spain
45. The Visigothic kingdom in Spain
A) Was destroyed by the expansion of Islam
B) Was noted for its political instability
C) Was noted for its anti-Semitism
D) All of the above
IDENTIFICATIONS
Write a short description of the following. Answers should include who or what, when and
where, and the historical significance.
1. Tacitus 15. Corpus Juris Civilis
2. Huns 16. Iconoclasm
3. Ulfila 17. Cyril and Methodius
4. Vandals 18. Vladimir of Kiev
5. Pope 19. Islam
6. Gregory the Great 20. Muhammad
7. Benedict of Nursia 21. Qur'an
8. Clovis 22. Bedouin
9. Merovingian 23. Hijra
10. Ostrogoths 24. Battle of Tours
11. Theodoric 25. Shi'ite
12. Visigoths 26. Avicenna
13. Constantinople 27. Umayyad
14. Justinian 28. Abbasid
MULTIPLE CHOICE
29. The bulk of the tribes that invaded the Roman Empire after 400 A.D. were
A) Turkish
B) Slavic
C) Mongolian
D) German
30. The Roman historian Tacitus
A) Wrote his book on Germany to urge Romans to adopt more virtuous customs
B) Wrote a history of his captivity by the Germans
C) Denounced German men for oppressing German women
D) None of the above
31. The society of early Germans
A) Was led by strong kings with virtually dictatorial powers
B) Was very nomadic with wars occurring only when tribes were wandering
C) Was often very warlike and occasionally nomadic
D) None of the above
32. Of the societies studied in the first five chapters, Germanic society had the most parallels
with
A) The urban society of Sumer
B) The heroic society described in Homer's epics
, C) The monumental society of Egypt
D) The republican society of Rome
33. The tribe whose movement seems to have triggered the invasion of the Roman Empire was
the
A) Ostrogoths
B) Huns
C) Franks
D) Vandals
34. All of the following were true of the Roman Empire in the era of invasion except
A) Germanic tribes were often permitted to settle in Roman lands as federates
B) Many of the invaders were Christian, though of the Arian variety
C) Britain was able to hold out against the Germanic invaders
D) The empire lost the rich and productive North African lands to the Vandals, who once
lived in Eastern Europe
35. Historians have often criticized the concept of the "Fall" of Rome because
A) The eastern half of the Empire did not collapse but remained strong for several
centuries
B) The concept of "Transformation" fits the evidence better
C) The Germans themselves were transformed, both in their languages and in their
religious beliefs
D) All of the above
36. The popes began to claim spiritual authority over the Christian church because
A) Some New Testament texts could be cited in support of this idea
B) The Germanic invasions were so destructive that for a time the bishop of Rome was the
only bishop remaining in the west
C) Constantine, when he moved to Constantinople, left the government of Rome in the
hands of its bishop
D) None of the above
37. Pope Gregory the Great enhanced the position of the papacy by doing all of the following
except
A) Formally ending the Arian heresy through his theological arguments
B) Taking over the day to day administration of the city of Rome
C) Sending missionaries to begin the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England
D) Negotiating a truce with the Lombards to prevent a sack of Rome
38. The founder of Western Christian monasticism that had great influence on the Middle Ages
was
A) Patrick of Ireland
B) Benedict of Nursia
C) Augustine
D) Gregory the Great
, 39. The monastic movement founded by Benedict of Nursia
A) Encouraged fasting and asceticism among the monks
B) Permitted abbots to exercise authority over bishops
C) Established through its rule a balanced daily regime of work and prayer
D) Rejected education as unnecessary for salvation
40. The most famous of the Merovingian kings of France was
A) Clovis
B) Theodoric
C) Odovacar
D) Pepin
41. The Merovingian kings of France
A) Were converted to Roman rather than to Arian Christianity
B) Were brutal, murdering warriors in spite of their Christianity
C) Lost their real power to "Mayors of the Palace"
D) All of the above
42. Theodoric was king of the
A) Visigoths
B) Ostrogoths
C) Franks
D) Vandals
43. Which of the following is not true about the Ostrogothic kingdom?
A) It had the most vigorous intellectual life of the Germanic successor states, with
philosophers, historians, and the development of the BC/AD system of counting
years
B) It was short lived, falling into disarray after the death of its great ruler, Theoderic
C) It rulers briefly united the entire Roman Empire
D) It shared a weakness with several other Germanic states because its people were Arian
rather than Roman Christians
44. After numerous wanderings, the Germanic Visigoths, who had started in Eastern Europe,
settled in
A) North Africa
B) Italy
C) France
D) Spain
45. The Visigothic kingdom in Spain
A) Was destroyed by the expansion of Islam
B) Was noted for its political instability
C) Was noted for its anti-Semitism
D) All of the above
