Western Civilization Ch.
7 Study Guide “The Passing of the Roman World and the Emergence of the Medieval
World”
The Late
1.
2. Describe the political, economic,
and social policies of the restored empire under Diocletian and Constantine?
3. Who was the first emperor of the
4. Christianity was made the
official religion of the
5.
6. What was provided for
in the AD 313 Edict of Milan?
7. What was heresy?
8. What was accomplished
by the Council of Nicea in AD 325?
9. What was essentially the border
of the
10. How did the Romans
regard the people whom they called the Germans?
11. Which barbarian group actually
sacked
12. Who had the
distinction of being the last Roman Emperor in the West?
The Germanic Kingdoms pp. 134-137
13. Which foreign peoples from
15. By what year was the
16. What was the German’s man religion?
17. What did the heresy of Arianism
question?
The Ostrogothic
18. Which barbarian group crossed
from Europe at Gibraltar into North Africa and subsequently reentered Europe
only to sack Rome in AD 455 worse than it had been sacked in AD 410? .
19. Which was the Germanic tribe that most maintained Roman
tradition and synthesized their culture with that of the Romans?
21. Theodoric
was king of which barbarian group?
22. Who was the Ostrogothic
King?
23. Theodoric
died when?
24. Under which emperor did the
25. Who reconquered
much of
The Visigothic
26. In which country did the
Visigoths settle and commingle their culture with that of the Romans?
27. What was the essential
similarity between the Ostrogoths of Italy and the
Visigoths of Spain?
28. Favored coexistence between the what populations?
29. Intermarriage laws were dropped
and what peoples began to blend?
30. What was one fatal weakness of
the
31. Who destroyed the
The
32. Which was the only German state
on the continent which proved long-lasting?
33. Describe the Frankish kingdom.
34. Who established the
35. He was of what Dynasty? He became a Catholic Christian around
500A.D.
36. After
Anglo-Saxon
37. Many Angles and Saxons from
38. From where did the Angles and
Saxons originate?
39. After the death of
40. What did the Germans believe
that the "ordeal" would accomplish?
41. Guilt under Germanic
customary law was determined by what?
The Frankish Family and Marriage
42. Who were dominant and made all
the important decisions.
43. Which females could hold
property without a male guardian.
44. What sanctions was placed on
adulterous women under Frankish marriage customs?
Development of the
Christian Church pp.
138-143
45. On what basis did the bishops of
46. What were accomplishments of Pope Gregory the Great ?
47. Who was the father of hermitic monasticism?
48. Describe Benedictine
monasticism.
49. What title did female heads of
monasteries for women bear?
50. Describe Augustine's The City of
51. The Latin Father of the Church,
Jerome, is known for what?
52. Chief apostle
and the first bishop of
53.Peter’s
successors came to be know as?
54. Gregory I, was also know as?
55.
56. What term means “one who lives
alone?”
57. Idea based on the model of the
solitary hermit who forsakes all civilized society to pursue spirituality.
58. Who established the fundamental
form of monastic life in the western Christian church.
59. Benedict’s rule favored an ideal
of?
60. Another word for abbot?
61. The
62. Who was Pope Gregory’s most
important agent?
63. The Christian feast of Christmas
was held on December 25, this was?
64. Head of a convent or monastery
for women?
65. A Christian writer form
66. The title of papa has
traditionally been given to whom?
67.What
was the primary instrument used by Pope Gregory for converting the Germanic
peoples?
68.Who
developed the basic rule for western monastic living?
69. Describe Irish monasticism from
the 6th through 8th centuries?
70.Augustine
is remembered for what?
71. Who translated Scriptures into the
Latin Vulgate?
72. What are the Liberal arts?- 7 areas of
study that formed the basis of education.
73. The great Christian scholar of late
antiquity, Cassiodorus, divided the 7 liberal arts into
the trivium and quadrivium.
What is Trivium?
74. What is Quadrivium?
The
75. How did Justinian treat the city
of
76. What was Justinian's most
important contribution to Western civilization?
77. Name major buildings
in the city of
p. 147
78. What is the stone
called that Arabian tribes worshiped in the city of
A. the
Allah stone B. the Muhammad rock C. the Ka'ba D. the Blu'da'ba'de
79.T/F Islam means submission to the will of Allah.
80.T/F Followers of Muhammad became known as Muslims which
means Muhammad's followers.
81. Muslims means
what?
82. Which is NOT one of the Five Pillars
of Islam.
A.Belief in Allah and his prophet Muhammad B. Pray 5 times a day and
public prayer on Friday
C.Participating in a Jihad D. Going to
83. What is a caliph?
The Rise of Islam p. 147
84.
Who was the
85. Who was the surpreme god?
86. How was Allah symbolized?
87. What did all the tribes worship?
88. Where was Muhammad born?
89. What did Muhammad begin to experience in his middle year?
90. What did Muhammad's teachings form?
91. What was the first Muslim community called?
92. What is Muhammad's flight from
93. What are similarities between
Christianity and Islam?
94. Do Muslims consider Muhammad or Jesus to be
divine?
95. In Islam, what term means
“Striving in the way of the Lord”?
96. What is the cardinal
principle of the Islamic faith?
97. Some, though not
all, Muslim societies abide by a strict code of law, much of it derived from
the holy book Qur’an, and regulating all
aspects of Muslim life. What is this law code is called?
98. What was the result of the Battle of Tours in 732?