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Islam, and periods
Facts about Islam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fallen from heaven and has speacial powers | Ka'aba |
| Preached monotheism in Meeca - Allah, and last of long line of prophits. | Muhammad |
| teachings written down as koran | recitation |
| community of believers | Muslims |
| Faith, prayer, Alms, Fasting, Hajj | Pillars |
| Someone who wrote scripture | Caliph |
| only family member of Muhammed | Shia |
| Chosen among Umma | Sunni |
| Land of Gold | Ghana |
| took control of Baghdad in 945 | Sultans-Persian Leaders |
| Role of sacred law | Sharia |
| Calligraphy, Minarets-towers, Mosques-worship | Art |
| Western Europe | Mediterranean |
| 100 cities joined this league | Hanseatic league |
| record keeping | accounting |
| Roles in diffusion | Religions, Literature, plague spread |
| Black plague that took one third of Europe | Bubonic plague |
| land of Gold | Ghana |
| regional cultural center for West Africa, Capital | Timbuktu |
| Chinese General of Muslim faith | Zheng He |
| huge boats | Chinese junks |
| The Crusades | Holy Lands |
| epitome of nomadic | Mongols |
| had largest empire ever, and was a ruthless warrior | Gengis Khan |
| son of Gengis Khan | Ogodei |
| What was conquired by illiterate Mongols | Russia |
| Where neigboring regions sent delegations | Tributary system |
| poetry most significant | Tang |
| Printing process-expanded literacy | Song |
| Who was the first empress of China | Wu Zhao |
| appreciation of beauty | meditation |
| Daoists saw this as a threat | Buddhism |
| Chivalry "way of warrior" | Code of Bushido |
| loose gov. under rich guy-shogun | shogunite |
| Fidelity | faithful-loyal |
| Virility | fearlessness |
| What are 17 sylable triple lines about nature | Haiku versus |
| What uses big masks, smooth, quiet movements | Noh Drama |
| What rice method is better than the dry method | Wet method |
| Khmer | smaller kingdom |
| 500-1500 middle ages | medieval |
| 500-1000 dark ages | judgemental, inaccurate |
| European social, economic, political system | Manorialism/Feudalism |
| manors | estates |
| fall-harvest, spring, follow | three-field system |
| Towns and cities gained momentum | Banking began |
| Why did east show little interest in western goods. | unbalanced trade |
| what is the Feudalisms social classes | King-Nobles-Vassals-peasent- Military/food producers |
| Being imprisoned on land made you? | highly skilled |
| Charlemagne | Holy Roman Empire |
| Emporer of Holy Roman Empire? | Charles the Great |
| Who was the Duke of Normandy | William the Conquier |
| Who was forced to sign the Magana Carta | King John |
| What was a Clergy and Nobility? | House of Lords |
| Who was the Urban Elite Class? | House of Commons |
| How long did the Hundred Years War last? | 1337-1443 106 years-haha fooled you dude |
| What was the Codification of ancient Roman Legal properties? | Justinian Code |
| What happened under Justinian | Trade & Arts Flourished |
| What was the Hagia Sophia | a Cathedral which was turned into a Mosk |
| West Rome is Popey or Greecy | Popey |
| East Rome is Popey or Greecy | Greecy |
| Liturature | Latin language of elite |
| Spectacles | Eye Glasses |
| Firearms | Gunpowder |
| reconcile logic and faith | Scholastism |
| Secular music was about what | love and adventure |
| Cathedrals were built with what | a higher degree of skill |
| Thick walls, small windows, square blocky building | Romanesque |
| tall, slender spires, ornate carvings, large stained-glass windows, | Gothic |
| Vassals who served in lords military force | Knights of samari |
| Followed an honor code. | Chivalry |
| Christianity split into Roman Catholisism and Christian orthadoxy. | Great Schism |
| Monastaries | Monataries |
| Pope ran the what? | Church |
| Mesopotamia | first civilization |
| In Inca wives? | served as domestic servants |
| Mayans built pyramids like whom? | Egyptions |
| These were similar to Egyption pyramids. | Chichen builders |
| maize | corn |
| Great fortress/temple complex | Machu Picchu |
| sun God | Foremost |
| Incas religion | Polytheism |
| Farming in a staircase fashion | Terrace farming |
| What to use when no large animals | Manpower |
| animals used for farming | Beasts of Burdon |
| Reasons for the Mayans decline | Disease, Drought, Internal unrest |
| Cheif Aztec city | Tenichtitlan |
| Cuzco | King of Inca |
| What are Earthern Mounds? | burial places/ceremonial centers |
| What is the most famous Earthern Mound? | Cahokia- in Illinois |
| mongols used paper money that came from where? | China |
| what took 1 3rd of Europe | Bubonic plague |
| Who discovered America first? | Vikings |
| who founded newfoundland | Leif Ericsson |
| Vikings were Norse or .....? | North |
| Beliefs in spirits of the natural world. | Animistic |
| Bubonic Plague was also called? | Black Death |
| What does Pilgramages mean? | constantly on the move |
| Labor Groups that maintain monopoly | Guilds |
| Divided religion 1 | Christian Sphere |
| Divided religion 2 | Islamic Sphere |
| Divided religion 3 | Hindu Sphere |
| Divided religion 4 | Buddhist Sphere |
| China traded with..... | Japan |
| idea that women are delicate, beautiful, and need to be protected | Chivalry |
| Who was the richest heiress in France? | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| Crippleing feet to look tiny and dainty | Foot Binding |
| Inheritance and property rights was a positive where? | China |