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