Early Germanic Society Verified Test Bank Chapter 3 - Medieval Europe 4e | Test Bank Backman by Clifford R. Backman. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 3
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 01
1) What was the primary aim of most ‘Germanic’ peoples entering Rome?
Page reference: 62-63
a. To replace Roman rule with Germanic style governance
b. To overthrow and destroy Roman rule
c. To assimilate into and benefit from Roman rule
d. To convert to Christianity
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 02
2) What are the main problems with sources for immigrants into the Roman Empire? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Early Germanic Society
Page reference: 63
a. The sources that survive are predominantly hostile
b. No contemporary sources about the Germanic peoples survive
c. Germanic sources were written by their elite and do not reflect widespread realities
d. Germanic peoples were preliterate and left no sources of their own
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 03
3) Which of the following best describes the Germanic social structure?
Page reference: 63
a. Rigid, based on a strict patriarchal model
b. Fluid, based on changing loyalties and power
c. Matriarchal, based on female authority
d. Structureless, with no individuals holding positions of authority
Title: Chapter 03 Question 04
4) A __________ village is one in which inhabitants live together in the center with agricultural properties surrounding them.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 05
5) What is the best definition of ‘wergeld’?
Page reference: 67
a. Compensatory payments for violence
b. Blood feud
c. Money paid to the state
d. One’s calculated worth
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 06
6) What was the general status of Germanic women?
Page reference: 68
a. They were permitted to marry of their own free will
b. They had the right to own property and conduct business
c. They were legal minors under male protective ownership
d. They held the same position as slaves
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 07
7) Which of the following help explain the surge in Germanic immigration into Rome? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Germanic Life
Page reference: 64
a. Overpopulation leading to the search for resources
b. The desire to escape the culture of blood feud
c. The goal of dismantling Roman governance
d. Pressure from the Huns
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 08
8)
Which regions were the homelands of the tribes that invaded England?
Page reference: 73
a. Spain and Portugal
b. France and Switzerland
c. Denmark and the Netherlands
d. Algiers and Tunisia
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 09
Which Germanic military custom does this bas-relief depict?
Page reference: 75
a. The reliance on iron armor
b. The use of cavalry
c. The preference for double-edged swords
d. The adoption of Roman fighting techniques
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 10
10) What marked the ‘fall’ of Rome in 476 CE?
Page reference: 76
a. The Visigoths sacked the city of Rome
b. The capital relocated to Constantinople
c. Roman rule was completely dismantled
d. The last Western emperor was deposed
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 11
11) What technique did Theodoric use to promote stability in the successor states?
Page reference: 78
a. Politically expedient marriage alliances
b. The abolishment of anything reminiscent of Rome
c. Suppression of non-Arian Christian groups
d. Exclusion of Romans from political office
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 03 Question 12
The _____________ tribe ultimately overthrew the Ostrogoths and settled in northern and central Italy.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 13
13) What act established a lasting bond between Frankish kings and the papacy?
Page reference: 81-82
a. Clovis’ oath to give up all violent behavior
b. Clovis’ donation of the papal states to the pope
c. Clovis’ conversion to Christianity and baptism
d. Clovis’ marriage to Clothilde, a relative of the pope
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 14
14) What was one major result of Recared’s attempts to unify Visigothic territories?
Page reference: 84
a. Abolishment of church councils
b. Centralized theocracy
c. Anti-Jewish legislation
d. Deposition of kings
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 15
15) Which of the following is true of the spread of Christianity among the Germanic peoples? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Germanic Christianity
Page reference: 86
a. It spread bottom-up from commoner to elite
b. It spread top-down from elite to commoner
c. It continued alongside traditional pagan religion
d. It resulted in the official end of Germanic paganism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 16
16) What was Pope Gregory’s main goal regarding German conversion to Christianity?
Page reference: 87
a. Authentic and meaningful conversion
b. Immediate conversion without challenge
c. Conversion by the sword
d. Conversion by command
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 17
17)
Which area did not subscribe to Catholic Christianity by c. 700 CE?
Page reference: 88
a. France
b. England
c. Ireland
d. Germany
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 18
18) Alongside Pope Gregory, who are other recognized Doctors of the Church? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Germanic Christianity
Page reference: 87
a. St Augustine of Hippo
b. St Augustine of Canterbury
c. St Ambrose
d. St Jerome
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 19
19) Which of the following was a major obstacle for the early Church?
Page reference: 86
a. The nonexistence of bishoprics
b. The inability to read Latin
c. The shortage of priests
d. The disinterest of most Western Europeans
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 20
20) In his letter, what does Pope Gregory suggest missionaries do in order to draw pagans to Christianity? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Germanic Christianity
Page reference: 87
a. Destroy all pagan temples
b. Establish altars and relics in pagan temples
c. Substitute Christian rituals for pagan ones
d. Permit animal sacrifices