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Midterms

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What is the holy book and leader of religious services for Islam?   Holy Book is Qu'ran and Imam was leader of religious services  
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What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?   The last and greatest prophet  
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What is the one main difference between Sunnis and Shiites?   How the caliph or leader is chosen  
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What division of Islam believes that only a relative of Muhammad is qualified to be the leader or caliph?   Shiites  
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What does Islam mean?   "to submit to god"  
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Where are the customs and laws of Islam such as business practices and marriage found?   In the Shria  
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In the Islamic religion, there is no separation between ___________ and ___________   religion; government  
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The month of fasting from sunrise to sunset is...   Ramahad  
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Muslim centers of learning can be best described as...   places that made advancements in medicine, literature, math and science  
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In Muslim civilization, they are best known for developing this type of mathematics   algebra  
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The belief in one god is called...   monotheism  
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The holiest day of the year for someone who practices Judaism is   Yom Kippur  
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What is the meaning behind the Christian holiday of Good Friday?   It is a day to mourn about the crucification of Jesus  
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What was the body of law that was created for the Byzantine Empire called?   Justinian's Code of Law  
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The great schism occurred because the dispute over what between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?   icons  
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Which culture influenced the Seljuk culture the most?   Persian culture  
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Byzantines and Mongols influenced the development of which civilization?   Russia  
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The Seljuks converted into what religion?   Islam  
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What title did Ivan III use?   Czar  
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The capitol of the Byzantine Empire and the city of trade, linking Europe and Asia was...   Constantinople  
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Resulting from Mongol rule over medieval Russia, Russian rulers continued the Mongol's use of...   absolute rule/power  
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Who were the rulers of the Muslim Empire?   The Abbasids  
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During the reign of Justinian, this building was intended to be the world's most beautiful church?   Hagia Sophia  
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After the Great Schism, the Byzantine church became known as the...   Eastern Orthodox Church  
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The main contribution that Byzantine Empire left behind for the world was the legacy of...   Greek and Roman Knowledge  
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The very first settlement that became the center of early Russian civilization was the city of ______.   Kiev  
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Describe the nature of a guild   an association of people who worked at the same occupation  
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The central issue of the Hundred Years' War was   The Throne of France  
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The purpose of the Reconquista was   to drive Muslims out of Spain  
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What was the stake in the Battle of Hastings?   whether the Normans or the Anglo-Saxons would rule England  
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The issue that led to both the Magna Carta and the establishment of Parliament was   how to end taxation without representation  
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The three problems of lay investure, simony and the marriage of priests lead to what solution?   a reform during the middle ages  
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What is not a characteristic of Gothic architecture?   Very little light and rounded arches  
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The decisions of the English royal courts of justice created...   english common law  
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What was the main effect of the Commercial Revolution?   more money was available to build businesses  
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The major cause of the Great Schism was arguments about which man would be holding the position of...   true pope  
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What did The Magna Carta guarantee?   basic legal rights  
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What caused devastation which both disrupted and led to the collapse of Medieval Society?   the bubonic plague  
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According to the code of chivalry, a knight fought for   his heavenly lord, his feudal lord, and his lady  
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Who were the Germanic people who were in power in the Roman province of Gaul?   The Franks  
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During the middle ages, who were the lowest-ranking member of the clergy?   priests  
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The leader who brought and spread Christianity to the Franks was   Clovis  
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What was the main job of a squire?   To serve a knight  
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What were religious ceremonies that led to achieving salvation called?   sacraments  
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Knights most commonly traded military service for   land  
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When Pepin the Short became "king by the grace of God" this began the   Carolingian Dynasty  
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People who were bound to the land of a lord and who could not lawfully leave the place they were born   serf  
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The Treaty of Verdun resulted in   the division of Charlemagne's empire into three parts  
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The era of European history between 500-1500 AD called the _____________ began with the decline of the western Roman Empire   Middle Ages  
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From what region or country did the Vikings come in 500AD?   Scandinavia  
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