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SS final
| 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 environment? | settled, traded with nomads, farmed |
| People who move from place to place? | Nomads |
| Groups of people that are related to each other? | Clans |
| Why was the arabian peninsula well suited for trade? | Surrounded by bodies of water; in between 3 continents, unique resources. |
| Muhammad? | Founder of Islam; conquered mecca; took over Kaaba. |
| Monotheism/ Allah | Belief in one god. Allah; god of islam |
| 5 pillars of islam | Charity, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, faith |
| How did Umayyad Dynasty unify it's empire? | Arabic language, common money, the hajj pilgrimage. |
| What advancements took place during the Golden Age of the Abbasid Dynasty? | Arabic number system, books on math and medicine, house of wisdom for professors. |
| The Abbasid empire's standing army: | controlled the Abbasid empire in times of war and peace |
| What happened at the battle of torris? | 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? | Great Mosque, Libraries, Paved and lighted streets, Scientific and medical advancements. |
| savannah? | grassland with scattered trees |
| Why were rivers important to the survival of Africans? -Major West african river? | Irrigation, transportation, trade, communication. -The Niger River |
| How did Ghana Kings of west Africa become wealthy? | By taxing trade |
| Why were people willing to trade salt for gold? | Gold was needed as currency, in many empires salt was needed to visit his capital; Timbuktu |
| Griot? | African story teller who passes down history |
| kinship-village-city-kingdom- | Development of an African kingdom (urbanization) |
| What religion did the North Africa Berbers bring to West Africa ? | Islam |
| How did Islam influence West African Culture during the Middle ages? | -Arabic first written language - Muslim architecture - 5 pillars of islam |
| Mali capital 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 |
| 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 | Alfonso cut off the slave trade, but later called on the Portuguese for help which reopened it. |
| Name some cause for the fall of the Roman Empire. | -Split into 2 parts -Bad emperors -germanic tribes invaded |
| Name the leader and tribe that conquered the remaining part of western roman epire | Clovis and the Franks Name of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire that remained 1,000 years longer than the western part? |
| Name of eastern part that remained 1000 t=years longer than the western part? | Byzantine Empire |
| Term for the split of Christianity over icons that formed the Roman Catholic and Orthodox groups? | Schism |
| Spiritual and political leader of the Roman Catholic Church? | Pope |
| The roman catholic church pyramid | 1. Pope 2. Cardinals 3. Bishops 4. Priests 5. nuns and monks |
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