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Social Studies
Final-study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did people adjust to life in the Arabian Desert? | Moved from place to place; became herders, nomads |
| How did people adjust to life in the oasis enviroment? | Settled, traded with nomads, farmed |
| What is a person that moves from place to place? | Nomads |
| What is a group of people that are related to each other? | Clans |
| Why was the Arabian Penninsula well situated for trade? | Surrounded by bodies of water in between 3 continents-unique resources |
| Who is Muhammad? | Founder of Islam; conqured Mecca; took over Ka'aba |
| What/who is Monotheism/Allah? | Belief in one god; Allah- god of Islam |
| 5 Pillars of Islam: | Charity, Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage(Hajj), declaring your faith |
| How did the Ummayad Dynasty unify its empire? | Arabic language, common money, the hajj pilgrimage |
| What advancements took place during the Golden Age of the Abbasid Dynasty? | Arabic numbering system, books on math and medicine, house of wisdom for professors, paper making |
| What is the Abbasid Empire's standing army? | Controlled the Abbasid Empire in times of war and peace |
| What happened at the Battle of Tours in 732 CE? | Charles Martel and Franks stopped Muslim Empire from expanding into rest of Western Europe |
| What made Al Andulas and Cordoba the leading city of Europe during the Middle Ages? | Gret Mosque, libraries, paved and lighted streets, scientific and medical advancements |
| What is a savannah? | Grassland with scattered trees central and South Africa |
| Why were rivers important to the survival of Africans? -Major West African River? | Irrigation transportation, trade communication. -Niger River |
| How did Ghana kings of West Africa become wealthy? | By taxing trade |
| Why were people willing to trade salt for gold? | Gold needed currency in many empires. Salt was needed to preserve food; as part of a diet |
| Why did Mali King Mansa Musa bring so much on his pilgrimage to Mecca? | To impress others; to establish trade; to encourage people to visit his capitol- Timbuktu |
| What is a griot? | An African story teller who passes down oral history |
| Kinsip->Village->Kingdom-> | Development of an African Kingdom (Urbanization) |
| What religion did the North African berbers (traders) bring to West Africa | Islam |
| How did Islam influence West African culture during the Middle Ages? | Arabic first language, Muslim architecture (Mosque), 5 pillars of Islam |
| Mali capitol that was a center of trade and learning where the "camel met the canoe"? | Timbuktu |
| Large desert in the Northern section of West Africa? | Sahara Desert |
| What was traded during Kongo and Portugal alliance of the Middle Ages? | Kongo got guns, horses, and manufactured goods; Portugal got slaves |
| King Afonso of the Kongo Kingdom? | Afonso cut off the slave trade, but later called on the Portuguese for help when reopened it |
| Country bordering China in the north that invaded China for its resources? | Mongolia |
| Why did China look to the sea to trade? | Traveling west on land was too difficult |
| What type of people served in the burecracy? | Scholars, aristocrates, and foreigners |
| Civil service exam: | Tests scholars had to take for government jobs |
| China's Golden Age discoveries and advancements: | Gunpowder, papermoney, compass, clocks: moveable type |
| Why did China begin to use papermoney? | Coins were too heavy and copper was limited, paper had a bigger supply |
| Why did that population of China grow rapidly during the Tang and Song dynasties? | New and faster rive growing, farming technology |
| Why were the Mongols able to take over China? | Nomadic people could move quickly, excellent fighting and horse riding skills |
| Why did Mongol Ruler of China Kublai Khan appoint foreigners instead of Chinese to government jobs? | Foreigners were more loyal and dependant on him and therefore he could maintain his power |
| Ways the Ming Dynasty was powerful and successful: | Forbidden city, Zheng He fleet, finished the Great Wall of China |
| Name some causes for the decline and Fall of Roman Empire: | military pledged allegiance to generals instead of emperor- slpit into 2 parts: capitol moved from Rome to Constanople |
| Name of leader and tribe that conqured the remaining part of the Western Roman Empire in 486 and later converted to Christianity: | Clouis and the Franks |
| Name of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire that remained 1,000 yers longer tha the Western part: | Byzantine Empire |
| Term for the split in Christianity over icons that formed the Roman Catholic and Orthdodox groups? | Schism |
| Virtual and political leader of the Roman Catholic Church: | Pope |
| Roman Chatolic Church Pyramid: | Pope, cardinal, bishop, preist, nuns and monks |
| Why as the Roman Catholic Church so powerful? | Key to afterlife, pope had control over monarcks, united all of Europe in religion |
| King of Franks that unified Western Europe by partnering with pope to create the Holy Roman Empire: | Charlemagne |
| People group from Scandinavia that terrorized Europe during the reign of Charlemagne: | Vikings |
| What was the order of the European Feudal pyramid? | King, nobles, lords, knights, peasants/serfs |
| Why did European armies fight the Crusades despite ultimately not gaining land after 9 of them? | Take back the Holy land (Jerusalem) from the Muslim Empire |
| What was the Black Death (the Plague) | Plague that went through Europe, killed about 1/3 of people, spread by fleas on rats that come by trade |
| What rebirth in art, learning, and advancement ended the Middle Ages and brought in the Modern Era? | The Renaissance |
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