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Home arrow Student Resources arrow Chapter 7 Byzantium, Islam, and the Latin West: The Foundations of Medieval Europe, 550–750 arrow True-False Questions

True-False Questions

Which statements below are true and which are false?

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
The Byzantine Empire maintained strong institutions stemming from the Roman Empire.

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Question 2.
Literacy, classical studies, and the use of Latin increased dramatically in the Byzantine Empire in the seventh century.

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Question 3.
The battle of Talas marked the farthest extent of Muslim penetration of Europe.

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Question 4.
The Shi'a believed that Ali should have directly succeeded Muhammad as leader of the Islamic community.

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Question 5.
The Umayyads used the Persian language to unify their vast empire.

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Question 6.
Germanic kings succeeded in forcing Roman populations to convert to Arian Christianity.

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Question 7.
The Lombard king Albion, whose leadership was based only on his ability to plunder northern Italy, failed to build a strong, lasting kingdom.

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Question 8.
The basic units of Germanic society were kinship-based clans.

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Question 9.
Waccho was the bishop who converted thousands of Irish polytheists to Christianity.

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Question 10.
Pope Gregory the Great accommodated some Anglo-Saxon religious practices to promote the rapid spread of Christianity.

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