Western Civ Final Ccu Steward Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
King John and the Magna Carta - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- forced to sign the Magna Carta
in 1215. Magna Carta was designed to protect nobles from the king's power; it also asserted
that monarchs must obey the law.
Values of Western Civilization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The fundamental value:
Christianity
Democracy and representative government
Limited government & government by consent
Rule of law
Individual liberty of conscience
Individual human rights
Economic freedom and free markets
Openness to science and technology
Toleration of religious and political dissent
When was the "Beginning" of Western Civilization as a Self-Conscious Entity?: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- When the Greco-Roman Society becomes Christianized & began to see itself
as distinct from Islamic and Eastern Civilizations
The (early?) Middle Ages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 500-1500
Eastern Empire after fall of Rome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Flourished under emperor
Justinian & empress Theodora
What is the Corpus Juris Civilis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Body of civil law from
Justinian
What is the Hagia Sophia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the church of "Holy Wisdom" that
shows how culture was flourishing in the Byzantine empire in the East (as compared to the
West that was being taken over by barbaric germanic tribes)
,great city - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constantinople
What Germanic tribes invaded Britain? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Anglos and Saxons
What happened to the Britons? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Killed, assimilated or driven
into the North or West
Who consolidated and founded the kingdom of the Franks? and what time? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Clovis in 500 AD
What happened to these "barbaric" Germanic tribes as they conquered the old region of
Rome? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gradually became Christian and learned to read with
literature
The major changes that the Germanic tribes brought to Europe: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Agrarianism, women (managed house and farm), children (farm labor), a revolution in
agriculture (heavy plow, 3 field system), the agricultural manor (raise knights to protect land,
mutually beneficial relationship; no slavery)
What did the Monks from Iona do to England? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Re-
Christianized England
Who set up Canterbury? and what is Canterbury? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Queen Bertha
and King Ethelbert, center of Christianity
Alfred the Great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Spreads Chrisitanity, set up schools, transmits
scripture, reformulates law
Christian Kings of Anglo-Saxon England - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Ethelberth
2. Alfred the great
3. Edward the Confessor
, Gregory the Great (Gregory I) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- most significant pope... "last
good pope"...zealous faith
theological contribution of Gregory the great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Doctrine of
Purgatory
other contribution of Gregory the great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reform of the Liturgy
(Gregorian Chant)
Purgatory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- temporal punishment to cleanse you completely of
your sins when you first die (like a temporary hell)
Papacy after Gregory the Great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increase in political power;
decline in spirituality
rise of Islam - Mohammed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- received monotheism from jews and arian christians
- "Encounter with Gabriel": how he got the Quran
The Hegira - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
(because monotheism wasn't received)
Five Pillars of Islam - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. confession that there is no God but
Allah and Muhammad is his prophet
2. offering up prayers five times a day facing mecca
3. giving of alms
4. Fasting during the month of ramadan
5. pilgrimage to Mecca
Islam's understanding of Christ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christ was a prophet that
ascended into heaven, but they don't belive he was the Son of God (so they reject His deity,
crucifixion, and resurrection)
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
King John and the Magna Carta - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- forced to sign the Magna Carta
in 1215. Magna Carta was designed to protect nobles from the king's power; it also asserted
that monarchs must obey the law.
Values of Western Civilization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The fundamental value:
Christianity
Democracy and representative government
Limited government & government by consent
Rule of law
Individual liberty of conscience
Individual human rights
Economic freedom and free markets
Openness to science and technology
Toleration of religious and political dissent
When was the "Beginning" of Western Civilization as a Self-Conscious Entity?: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- When the Greco-Roman Society becomes Christianized & began to see itself
as distinct from Islamic and Eastern Civilizations
The (early?) Middle Ages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 500-1500
Eastern Empire after fall of Rome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Flourished under emperor
Justinian & empress Theodora
What is the Corpus Juris Civilis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Body of civil law from
Justinian
What is the Hagia Sophia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the church of "Holy Wisdom" that
shows how culture was flourishing in the Byzantine empire in the East (as compared to the
West that was being taken over by barbaric germanic tribes)
,great city - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constantinople
What Germanic tribes invaded Britain? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Anglos and Saxons
What happened to the Britons? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Killed, assimilated or driven
into the North or West
Who consolidated and founded the kingdom of the Franks? and what time? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Clovis in 500 AD
What happened to these "barbaric" Germanic tribes as they conquered the old region of
Rome? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gradually became Christian and learned to read with
literature
The major changes that the Germanic tribes brought to Europe: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Agrarianism, women (managed house and farm), children (farm labor), a revolution in
agriculture (heavy plow, 3 field system), the agricultural manor (raise knights to protect land,
mutually beneficial relationship; no slavery)
What did the Monks from Iona do to England? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Re-
Christianized England
Who set up Canterbury? and what is Canterbury? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Queen Bertha
and King Ethelbert, center of Christianity
Alfred the Great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Spreads Chrisitanity, set up schools, transmits
scripture, reformulates law
Christian Kings of Anglo-Saxon England - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Ethelberth
2. Alfred the great
3. Edward the Confessor
, Gregory the Great (Gregory I) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- most significant pope... "last
good pope"...zealous faith
theological contribution of Gregory the great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Doctrine of
Purgatory
other contribution of Gregory the great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reform of the Liturgy
(Gregorian Chant)
Purgatory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- temporal punishment to cleanse you completely of
your sins when you first die (like a temporary hell)
Papacy after Gregory the Great - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increase in political power;
decline in spirituality
rise of Islam - Mohammed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- received monotheism from jews and arian christians
- "Encounter with Gabriel": how he got the Quran
The Hegira - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
(because monotheism wasn't received)
Five Pillars of Islam - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. confession that there is no God but
Allah and Muhammad is his prophet
2. offering up prayers five times a day facing mecca
3. giving of alms
4. Fasting during the month of ramadan
5. pilgrimage to Mecca
Islam's understanding of Christ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christ was a prophet that
ascended into heaven, but they don't belive he was the Son of God (so they reject His deity,
crucifixion, and resurrection)
