Byzantine collapse and Tartar control led to

Byzantine collapse and Tartar control led to

(A) different sects of Christianity in post classical Europe.
(B) Mongols and Turks ruling eastern and southern Europe peacefully for centuries.
(C) Germanic cultural domination in western Europe.
(D) a profound disruption of eastern European social structure.
(E) a long period of anarchic warfare in the former Byzantine Empire.







Answer: D

The first state in Russia arose when

The first state in Russia arose when

(A) nomadic pastoralists established a sedentary Jewish state.
(B) Byzantine missionaries converted Russian farmers.
(C) Scandinavian traders set up a government along their trade route.
(D) Arabs who conquered the area established a province of the Muslim empire.
(E) Catholic influences from western Europe invaded the region.








Answer: C

Unlike the Roman Catholic church, Byzantine Orthodox missionaries

Unlike the Roman Catholic church, Byzantine Orthodox missionaries

(A) were frequently merchants and traded while they preached.
(B) permitted people to use local languages in religious services and literature.
(C) were sent out by the religious, not political, authorities.
(D) never intermarried into the local populations.
(E) rarely established monasteries, hospitals, and convents to further conversions.






Answer: B

Christianity spread to the Balkans and Russia through

Christianity spread to the Balkans and Russia through

(A) mass migration by Greeks to these regions.
(B) forced conversions of the Slavs by the victorious Byzantine armies.
(C) military conquest.
(D) Christian merchants who intermarried and settled amongst non-Christians.
(E) missionary activities.






Answer: E

All of these peoples and states contributed to the destruction of the Byzantine Empire EXCEPT the:

All of these peoples and states contributed to the destruction of the Byzantine Empire EXCEPT the:

(A) Kievan Rus.
(B) Seljuk Turks.
(C) independent Slavic states in the Balkans such as Bulgaria and Serbia.
(D) Western crusaders and the Roman Catholic Church.
(E) Italian trading city-states such as Venice and Genoa.






Answer: A

The schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches was due to all of these issues EXCEPT:

The schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches was due to all of these issues EXCEPT:

(A) papal interference in Byzantine political and religious affairs.
(B) clerical celibacy; Catholic priests could not marry but the Orthodox could.
(C) dispute over the type of bread to be used in religious ceremonies.
(D) the Byzantine state controlled the church in the eastern lands.
(E) Muslim influence on the Orthodox branch of Christianity






Answer: E