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True or false
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True or false: The year 476 marks the sudden disappearance of Roman society in western Europe, including Roman law and Christianity.
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Which two regions did Constantinople's strategic position link?
- A
The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
- B
Europe and Asia
- C
Britain and the far north of Europe
- D
Iberia and Gaul
03
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In what year was Charlemagne crowned emperor in Rome?
04
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Clovis’s conversion to Catholic Christianity helped connect Frankish rulers with the .
05
True or false
1 point
True or false: In the Roman world, cities often became Christian before the countryside, while older customs continued for generations.
- A
True
- B
False
06
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After western Roman government fragmented, which groups helped sustain religious life, education, and written culture?
- A
They replaced kings as the sole political authorities across Europe.
- B
They ended local religious customs immediately.
- C
They helped sustain religious life, education, and written culture.
- D
They organized all trade across the Mediterranean.
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In 589, the Visigothic king Reccared adopted .
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Which statement best describes how many new western kingdoms related to Roman institutions?
- A
They discarded Roman laws and institutions everywhere they ruled.
- B
They often relied on Roman officials, laws, landowners, and Christian institutions.
- C
They restored a single western emperor who governed every former Roman territory.
- D
They replaced local life with a uniform urban administration.
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Select all statements that accurately describe the Byzantine state.
- A
It preserved Roman imperial government and law.
- B
It developed a distinct Christian and increasingly Greek-speaking culture.
- C
Its people called themselves Byzantines rather than Romans.
- D
It ended when western Roman imperial rule ended.
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Select all statements that accurately describe imperial policy toward Christianity.
- A
The Edict of Milan granted Christians legal toleration.
- B
Later in the fourth century, imperial policy established Nicene Christianity as the empire’s official religion.
- C
The Edict of Milan immediately made Christianity the empire’s official religion.
- D
Christianity became universal throughout the empire as soon as it gained legal toleration.
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What name do modern historians commonly use for the eastern Roman state centered on Constantinople?
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Which description best fits the political situation in Iberia after Muslim rule began there?
- A
Muslim rule began in the north, while Christian kingdoms survived in the south.
- B
The entire peninsula remained under Byzantine rule.
- C
Muslim rule began in the early eighth century, while Christian kingdoms survived in the north.
- D
The peninsula was divided between the Franks and the Ostrogoths.
13
True or false
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True or false: Arab conquests in the seventh century removed large eastern and southern territories from Byzantine rule, even though Constantinople remained a powerful center.
- A
True
- B
False
14
Open ended
1 point
Describe how Byzantine influence reached beyond the empire’s borders. Name at least two areas of influence and one neighboring people affected.
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1 point
In what year was Constantinople founded as a new imperial capital?
- A
313
- B
476
- C
330
- D
800
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In what year did Constantine found Constantinople as a new imperial capital? Enter the year in CE.
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What political and religious effect did King Clovis's conversion to Catholic Christianity have on the Frankish kingdom?
- A
It led the Franks to abandon kingship in favor of Roman officials.
- B
It immediately restored Roman government throughout western Europe.
- C
It strengthened ties between Frankish rulers, the Roman Church, and much of Gaul's population.
- D
It caused the Frankish kingdom to adopt Orthodox Christianity from Constantinople.
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How was political authority increasingly organized in the western kingdoms?
- A
Political authority increasingly centered on kings and personal ties of loyalty.
- B
Political authority remained directly controlled by the emperor in Constantinople.
- C
Regional kingdoms restored a single western Roman government.
- D
Local communities abandoned ties of loyalty and were governed only by written law.
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What two-word status did imperial policy give Nicene Christianity later in the fourth century?
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After western Roman government fragmented, what contribution did bishops and monasteries make to written culture?
- A
They ended the copying and preservation of written works.
- B
They replaced the Roman legal system with a single new law code.
- C
They helped sustain written culture.
- D
They centralized political rule under the Byzantine emperor.