Question

(01.03 MC)What was the primary effect of cultural exchange between Europe and the Islamic world?

Europeans learned from the Muslims to respect other religions.

Muslim goods and knowledge led to some advancements in European society.

European monarchs began to drive the Muslims out of Europe.

European Christians and Jews adopted some of the religious views of Islam.

Answer 1

(01.07 MC)The following is an excerpt from Urban II's letter of instruction to the Crusaders, 1095. Use the excerpt to answer the following question:

Your brotherhood, we believe, has long since learned from many accounts that a barbaric fury has deplorably afflicted and laid waste the churches of God in the regions of the Orient. More than this, blasphemous to say, it has even grasped in intolerable servitude its churches and the Holy City of Christ, glorified by His passion and resurrection.
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What impression did Urban II hope to make on those reading this letter?

Christians were being persecuted by Muslims in the Holy Land.

The Crusades have been a huge success.

Christendom is weak and decadent.

The Western world should unite with the east.

Answer 2

@Ber96 @texaschic101

Answer 3

1. B
2. A -- I think

Answer 4

(01.04 MC)The following passage from the Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta's narrative of his travels. Use the passage to answer the following question:

I passed through the jewellers' bazaar, and my eyes were dazzled by the varieties of precious stones that I beheld. They were displayed by beautiful slaves wearing rich garments with a waist-sash of silk, who stood in front of the merchants, exhibiting the jewels to the wives of the Turks, while the women were buying them in large quantities and trying to outdo one another. As a result of all this I witnessed a riot—may God preserve us from such! We went on into the ambergris and musk market, and witnessed another riot like it or worse.
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Based on this description what can be deduced about Ibn Battuta?

He was a keen observer of economic principles in action.

He was reluctant to pass judgment on others.

He was concerned about the corrupting influence of wealth.

He had strong opinions about the methods of bargaining.

Answer 5

Not 100% sure....I am going with : He had strong opinions about the methods of bargaining.

Answer 6

(01.06 MC)Which of the following was the reason Justinian I was unsuccessful in regaining the former provinces of the Western Roman Empire?

a weak military due to unskilled leadership in the Byzantine Empire

the Ostrogoths successful recapture of the city of Rome

financial problems caused by unrestrained spending in the Byzantine Empire

the Ostrogoths successful capture of the city of Constantinople

Answer 7

01.05 MC)Read the description of Justinian from Procopius. Use the excerpt to answer the following question:

How could anyone put Justinian's ways into words? These and many even worse vices were disclosed in him as in no other mortal: nature seemed to have taken the wickedness of all other men combined and planted it in this man's soul. And besides this, he was too prone to listen to accusations; and too quick to punish. For he decided such cases without full examination, naming the punishment when he had heard only the accuser's side of the matter. Without hesitation he wrote decrees for the plundering of countries, sacking of cities, and slavery of whole nations, for no cause whatever. So that if one wished to take all the calamities which had befallen the Romans before this time and weigh them against his crimes, I think it would be found that more men had been murdered by this single man than in all previous history.
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Based on this excerpt, what can be deduced about the reputation of Justinian?

Justinian's careful decisions made him many enemies during his time.

The reputation of Justinian as a strict follower of the law was not shared by all contemporaries.

The reputation of Justinian as a plunderer was shared by most in his time.

Justinian had a reputation of being a careful military strategist but a brutal conqueror.