Chapter 10 - 18

Question 0

Who was Muhammad?

Answer 0

the founder of Islam, according to Islam: the final prophet of Allah

Question 1

What are the five Pillars of Islam?

Answer 1

Fasting, Prayer, Almsgiving, Hajj, and the Testimony of Faith

Question 2

Describe Sunni (one of the subsections of Islam)?

Answer 2

followers of Islam

Question 3

Who rebelled against the Umayyads, Sunni or Shi’a?

Answer 3

Shi’a

Question 4

Describe the Shi’a (one of the subsections of Islam) ?

Answer 4

“the party of Ali” , believed that the caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad

Question 5

What is Mecca

Answer 5

The most important city for the Islam faith; the birthplace of Muhammad

Question 6

What is a Muslim

Answer 6

someone who belongs to the faith of Islam

Question 7

What does “Muslim” mean in Arabic?

Answer 7

“one who has submitted”

Question 8

What is Islam

Answer 8

the nation of muslims; the religion founded by Muhammad

Question 9

What does “Islam” mean in Arabic?

Answer 9

“submission to the will of Allah”

Question 10

What are the similarities between Islam to Judaism and Christianity?

Answer 10

When Muslims conquered lands with Christians and Jews, they treated them with respect; Muslims believe that they all worship the same god : Allah

Question 11

Who are the Abbasids?

Answer 11

leaders in control of the Islamic community

Question 12

Who came first, the Umayyads or Abbasids?

Answer 12

Umayyads

Question 13

Where did the Abbasids move the capital of Islam to?

Answer 13

Baghdad

Question 14

Who were the Umayyads?

Answer 14

a group that controlled the Islamic community; ended the period of the “Rightly Guided” caliphs

Question 15

Where did the Umayyads move the capital of Islam to?

Answer 15

Damascus

Question 16

Who was Justinian?

Answer 16

the first and greatest ruler of the Byzantine Empire

Question 17

What was the geography of Constantinople?

Answer 17

surrounded by water, on a peninsula, had a wall to protect themselves from the other side

Question 18

What was the Hagia Sophia?

Answer 18

a huge elaborate church created under Justinian’s rule

Question 19

What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?

Answer 19

one side of the church when the church split

Question 20

What are the differences between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer 20

The Eastern Orthodox Church has a patriarch instead of a pope and allows divorce and priests to marry

Question 21

What is the Justinian Code?

Answer 21

A code of law for all of the Byzantine Empire

Question 22

What are some main principles that the Justinian code talks about?

Answer 22

marriage, slavery, divorce, etc.

Question 23

Who was Ivan III?

Answer 23

A Russian leader who defeated the Mongols and built the Russian Empire

Question 24

What was Kiev?

Answer 24

The first Russian major city that combined the Slavic people and the Vikings

Question 25

What is Moscow?

Answer 25

A Russian city that challenged the mongols; famous for its huge protective log wall

Question 26

Who were the Mongols?

Answer 26

A ferocious group of people that ruled most of Southern Russian for about 200 years

Question 27

Who was Genghis Khan?

Answer 27

The leader of the Mongols

Question 28

What is the social structure of feudalism?

Answer 28

King Lords, Nobles, Clergy Knights Peasants (and serfs)

Question 29

What is chivalry?

Answer 29

a set of ideals that stated that knights fight bravely in honor of three "masters"

Question 30

According to the code of chivalry, who should a brave knight fight for?

Answer 30

his chosen lady, his heavenly Lord, and his feudal lord

Question 31

Who was Charlemagne?

Answer 31

The leader of the Carolingian Dynasty; spread Christianity

Question 32

What was the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 32

the political state of the Catholic Church

Question 33

What is lay investiture?

Answer 33

the nomination of a church official by a secular leader

Question 34

What are the Crusades?

Answer 34

a series of wars fought to gain control of the Holy Land

Question 35

What was the Reconquista?

Answer 35

an effort by the Spanish to try to drive the Muslims out of Spain

Question 36

What is the 3 Field System?

Answer 36

a system where farmers grow crops on 2/3 f their land and leave only 1/3 fallow

Question 37

What is a burgher?

Answer 37

a merchant-class town dweller

Question 38

what is a guild?

Answer 38

an organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions of its members

Question 39

Who was William the Conqueror?

Answer 39

a leader of Normandy who invaded England

Question 40

What did William the Conqueror do after he invaded England?

Answer 40

He declared all of England his personal property

Question 41

How did William the Conqueror's efforts in England benefit England?

Answer 41

- unified control of the land | - set up foundation for centralized government

Question 42

What is the Magna Carta?

Answer 42

a document that guaranteed basic political rights and checked the king's power

Question 43

Who was Phillip II

Answer 43

A king of England who established bailiffs to strengthen centralized government

Question 44

Who was Henry II?

Answer 44

An English king who established appeals courts, gained french land, and established trial by jury

Question 45

What is Parliament?

Answer 45

legislature in the English government

Question 46

What was the Great Schism?

Answer 46

A major split in the Catholic Church

Question 47

What caused the Great Schism?

Answer 47

2 popes were elected and started to fight

Question 48

What was the Bubonic Plague?

Answer 48

A plague that swept through Europe, Asia, and the Muslim World (wiped out 1/3 of people)

Question 49

What was the Hundred Year's War?

Answer 49

A set of years that started because an English king died and his son claimed the French throne

Question 50

What were some of the outcomes of the Hundred Year's War?

Answer 50

- long bow invented - nationalism increased - ended Feudalism - ended Middle Ages

Question 51

Wo was Suleyman?

Answer 51

an ottoman leader who gained control of much of Europe created a law code, and limited taxes