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History Midterm
World History Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False: Muhammad was born in Mecca | True |
| True or False: The head of an Arab tribe is called a vizier | False |
| True or False: According to Muslim teachings, Muhammad received revelations from God through the angel Gabriel | True |
| True or False: The crusades were effectively ended by Saladin when he gained control of Egypt and took the offensive against the Christian states | True |
| True or False: One of the first leaders of the Mongols was Genghis Khan | True |
| True or False: The Quran taught that women had no social or spiritual rights | False |
| True or False: An Islamic man can have no more than one wife | False |
| True or False: Sailors observing the stars with astrolabes were able to determine their ship's location | True |
| True or False: The Roman body of law, known as the "Law of Nations," applied only to the patricians | False |
| True or False: The Romans suffered a serious defeat against Hannibal at Cannae | True |
| True or False: A dictator is a ruler with absolute power | True |
| True or False: The Roman emperor Nero committed suicide | True |
| True or False: The Romans adopted Christianity as their official religion under Theodosius the Great | True |
| True or False: Constantine called Constantinople "New Rome" | True |
| A _______ is a form of gov. in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote | Republic |
| A select group of about three hundred patricians who served for life was ___ | The Roman Senate |
| The first dictator of Rome was ___ | Julius Ceaser |
| How did Julius Caesar die? | Assassinated |
| The ________ was a period of peace and prosperity that lasted almost a hundred years | Pax Romana |
| The "golden age of Latin literature," was______ | The Augustan Age |
| Where did Muhammad meditate when he became troubled by the gap between the honesty of most Meccans and the greediness of trading elites in the city | in the hills |
| What is the law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives | Shari'ah |
| Islam split into two groups ____ | Shiites and Sunnis |
| The Umayyad dynasty was replaced by who? | The Abbasids |
| Technological developments during which dynasty was gunpowder | Tang |
| During the tang dynasty ______ was a technological development | Gunpowder |
| Because of trade, The city of Changan became _______ | The wealthiest city in the world |
| The Mongols were led by who? | Genghis Khan |
| The mongols created what kind of empire? | The largest empire |
| People who were used for protecting the security and property of their employers were ____ | Samurais |
| Seeing Buddhism as a "Way of Life" is ________ | Theravada |
| Ruler of a Mongol state based in Samarkand | Timur Lenk |
| First Christian emperor | Constantine |
| This proclaimed the official tolerance of Christianity | Edict of Milan |
| The _______ were the first INVADERS to sack Rome | Visigoths |
| Early development of Rome was most influenced by the ________ | Etruscans |
| This body of law was one of Rome's chief gifts to later generations | Law of Nations |
| The ___ Triumvirate was made up of Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar | First |
| Under this emperor Rome adopted Christianity as its official religion | Theodosius the Great |
| Military and Political reforms of Diocletian and Constantine enhanced the ____ and civil service institutions. But it drained most of the ______ _____. | Army Public Funds |
| Wrote the "Rubaiyat" | Omar Khayyám |
| Crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the _____, which was a covered market. | Bazaar |
| During the Abbasid dynasty, the council that advised the caliph was led by a prime minister known as a(n) _________. | Vizier |
| One of the 5 Pillars of Islam. Pilgrimage to _____ was known as ______. | Mecca Hajj |
| Muhammad is ___ _______ __ _____. | The Prophet of Allah |
| For Muslims, obeying Allah's will means following ___ ____ _______ __ _____. | The Five Pillars of Islam |
| In the Quran, fair, defensive war is called _____, which means "struggle in the way of God" | Jihad |
| In addition to the 5 Pillars, Muslims must obey the ________ which forbids them to gamble, drink alcohol, or engage in dishonest behavior | shari'ah |
| General _________ was known for using force only when neccessary | Mu'awiyah |
| Nomadic Arabs who lived in the desert rather than in towns | Bedouins |
| Journey of Muhammad and his followers to Madinah | Hijrah |
| Chief Islamic religious authority | Caliph |
| "Holder of Power" | Sultan |
| Wrote medical encyclopedia that stressed contagious nature of diseases | Ibn-Sina |
| Muslim Philosopher | Ibn-Rushd |
| Muslim "crier" who calls Muslims to pray five times a day | Muezzin |
| Most famous section of the Great Mosque of Samarra | Minaret |
| Muhammad's wife | Khadijah |
| "City of the Prophet" | Madinah |
| Successor to Muhammad | Abu Bakr |
| Replaced the Umayyads | Abbasids |
| Created by a 9th century Iranian mathematician | Algebra |
| Perfected by the Muslims; later helped European sailors | Astrolabe |
| 14th Century Islamic place in Grenada, Spain | Alhambra |
| What are the five pillars of Islam? | Beliefs Prayer Charity Fasting Hajj |
| Muhammad's Son-in-law 1st Caliph Successor of Muhammad He Led Jihads Helped with spread of Islam religion He came to office because Muhammad didn't have a next of kin so he was appointed. Made Medina Capitol | Abu Bakr |
| The Kamakura shogunate and a masssive typhoon contributed to the failure of ______ ____ invasion in Japan in 1281 | Kublai Khan |
| In Tang and song eras, old landed aristocracy was replaced by the ______________ as the political and economic elite of Chinese Society | Scholar- Gentry |
| Emperor Tan Xuanzang is remembered for his devotion to the __________ ________. | Commoner's daughter |
| Who established the Mongol Empire | Genghis Khan (Temujin) |
| What's Genghis Khans' real name | Temujin |
| Strict law code samurai lived by that was based on loyalty to the samurai's lord | Bushido |
| ________ saw Buddhism as a religion, not philosophy, with Buddha as diving figure | Mahayana |
| Genghis Khans' grandson was ______ ____ | Kublai Khan |
| Kublai Khan established the ____ dynasty | Yuan |
| What preceded the Tang dynasty | Sui Tang Song |
| Established after Chinese rule was overthrown | Dai Viet |
| Trule ruler of Japan | Shogun |
| Hindu warriors who resisted the advance of Ghazni | Rajputs |
| 3 of the 5 states that were formed in SE Asia | Thailand Burma Vietnam |
| launched a building program that turned Rome into a city | Etruscans |
| less wealthy landholders, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers | Plebians |
| A gov. by three people with equal power | Triumvirate |
| Committed suicide after being defeated by Octavian | Anthony and Cleopatra |
| head of the Roman Family | Paterfmailias |
| Favored cooperation with the Romans | Sadducees |
| Made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire | Theodosius the Great |
| German tribe that sacked Rome | Vandals |
| Deposed by Germanic head of the army, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire | Romulus Augustulus |
| Form of gov. in which the leader isn't a monarch and certain people can vote | Republic |
| Great landowners who became Rome's ruling class | Patricians |
| assassinated by a group of leading senators | Julius Caesar |
| First Roman Emperor | Augustus |
| Author of the Aeneid | Virgil |
| Gladiator who led a massive slave revolt | Spartacus |
| What proclaimed official tolerance of Christianity | Edict of Milan |
| Man who believed the Roman Empire was too large for a single leader | Diocletian |
| Punic War: 23 Years long Rome VS Carthage _____ Triumvirate | First |
| Punic War: Hannibal Battle of Cannae 46,000 troops ______ Triumvirate | Second |
| Punic War: 50 Years later Completely destroyed Carthage Took everyone as slaves _____ Triumvirate | Third |
| Under Germanic law, if an accused person was unharmed after a physical trial, or ______, he or she was presumed innocent | Ordeal |
| ______ ________ founded a community of monks that established the basic form of monasticism in the Catholic Church | Saint Benedict |
| The ____________ ___________ was a revival of lea | Carolingian Renaissance |
| The _______ were made part of European Civilization by their Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity | Vikings |
| The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was feif or _____ __ ____. | Piece of Land |
| ________ was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold | Chivalry |
| In 1066, William of Normandy invaded ________, soundly defeating King Harold's forces at the Battle of _________ | England Hastings |
| The ______ ______ was a document that eventually was used to strengthen the idea that a monarch's power was limited, not absolute | Magna Carta |
| _______ led the Muslim forces to retake Jerusalem from the crusaders | Saladin |
| Under early Germanic law, a wrongdoer had to pay _______, or "money for a man," to the family of the person he injured or kiled | Wergild |
| Gregory I, aka _______ ___ _____ strengthened the power of the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church | Gregory the Great |
| At the heart of feudalism was __________, which meant warriors swore loyalty to a lord, who in turn took care of their needs | Vassalage |
| The ______ _______ was a set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal | Feudal Contract |
| While the lord was at way or court, management of his estate fell to "the lady of the ______." | Castle |
| The ________ ___ was the first census since Roman times | Domesday Book |
| Justinians's codification of Roman law resulted in ___ _____ __ ____ ___. | The body of Civil Law |
| A man who separates himself from ordinary society in order to pursue a life of dedication to God is a _____ | Monk |
| People sent out to carry a religious message were ___________ | Missionaries |
| Monks copied the scripture and Latin classics in rooms called ___________ | Scriptorias |
| Knights showed their fighting skills in contests called ____________ | Tournaments |
| In 1215, at Runnymeade, King John signed a document of rights called the ______ ______ | Magna Carta |
| The separation between the E. Orthodox and the Catholic Church of the W. was called a ______ | Schism |
| The European Christians called the Muslims of the Holy Land ________, or unbelievers | Infidels |
| Amount of money paid by a criminal to the family of the person he had killed or injured | Wergild |
| German noble who acted as the king's representative in a certain local area | Count |
| Strengthened the power of the papacy (person) | Gregory I |
| The heart of Feudalism | Vassalage |
| The grant of land made to a vassal | Fief |
| First census since Roman times | Domesday Book |
| Created the first French parliament | Phillip IV |
| Codified Roman law, Resulting in The Body of Civil Law | Justinian |
| Means of determining guilt under Germanic law | Ordeal |
| Founded a community of monks that became the model for Roman Catholic monasticism | Benedict |
| Created the Carolingian Empire | Charlemagne |
| Norsemen of Scandinavia | Vikings |
| A man who served a lord in a military capacity | Vassal |
| Heavily armored cavalry soldier | Knight |
| Gave written recognition to the mutual rights and obligations between kings and vassals | Magna Carta |
| Won the Battle of Hastings | William of Normandy |
| Led the Muslim forces during the Third Crusade | Saladin |
| Important document signed in England in 1215 by King John that protected the rights of the people and reduced the power of the king is? It led to the English parliament. | Magna Carta |
| The First Democracy was __________ and it was similar to our congress | English Parliament |
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