Unit 2 Review Test Flashcards
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What are the five pillars
Faith, pray five times a day, charity, fast dyring ramadan and pilgrimage to mecca
Who spread islam and arabic to other societes in europe, asia, and north africa ?
Arab merchants
What modern day country and what region in africa did islam dominate ?
Saudi arabia and north africa
Timbuktu became a center of trade and developed contacts with which group of people ?
With the islamic world
What was a consequence of the islamic caliphates?
A consequence of the islamic caliphates is they made advancements in science and mathematics
What are some achievements of the islamic world?
Lateen sail, preservation of ancient greek or roman texts, borrowing concept of zero from india, algebra, medical advancements
Define Eastern Orthodox Church
Christianity that developed in the eastern Roman Empire
What does the Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox have in common?
They have faith in jesus to redeem humankind
Justinian is the leader of the empire, hagias sophia is a famous building in it, and constantinople was a major city, what empire am i ?
Byzantine empire
Define justinian code
Roman laws created by emperor justinian
What did the twelve tables, hammurabis code, and justinians code have in common?
They are examples of early developments of law
Define monoralism
The organizing principal of rural economy or economic system during feudalism
Define feudalism. Where did it exist ?
Exchange of land for loyalty. In Western Europe
Define black death. How did it spread?
A diseas that killed 1/3 of the population, it spread along the trade routes from asia to Europe
Define magna carta
A document that limited the power of the king
Define crusades
Holy wars between christians and muslims
Define hundred year war
War between england and france
Define the great schism
The split with christianity and catholic churches
What was the causes of the end of the middle ages in europe?
Crusades, black death, hundred year war, the great schism
What were some political, economic,and cultural developments of the tang and song China
Political aspects: conquest of manchuria, korea, and parts of asia.
Economic: completion of grand canal, coins, and paper currency.
Cultural: poetry, glazed pottery
What were some technological advancements during the golden age of china during the tang and Song Dynasties ?
Compass, type print, gunpowder
Define silk road and what is an effect of the silk road?
Trade route that introduced Europeans to goods and it spread religion
What natural resource does the kingdom of ghana trade?
Gold
What kind of an impact did the mongols have on the conquered territories?
It spread dises,
