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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (October 25, 732) Charles Martel, the Frankish Leader went against an Islamic army led by Emir Abd er Rahman; the Islamic army was defeated and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed. The battle stopped the northward advancement from Spain. | Battle of Tours |
| Religious duties of Muslims (confession of faith, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, hajj). | Five Pillars |
| Living quarters reserved for wives, concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household. | Harem |
| Mohammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina. | Hijrah |
| Islamic shrine in Mecca; focus of annual truce among Bedouin tribes. | Ka'aba |
| Christians and Jews who shared the Bible with Muslims, could be taxed by Muslims. | People of the Book |
| Islamic month of fasting from dawn to sunset. | Ramadan |
| Islamic law | Shariah |
| Community of the faithful within Islam; creating political unity. | Umma |
| Bligatory tax for Muslims used for charity#Zakat:@A landed estate granted in feudal tenure. | Benefice |
| Banishment from certain religion & church. | Excommunication |
| The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office (there was investiture controversy – who got to do it). | Investiture |
| Relating to the Middle Ages | Medieval |
| Time period between the postclassical era and the renaissance. Consists of Dark Ages and the High Middle Ages, in which the latter saw an improvement in trade, economy, and lives of peasants. | Middle Ages |
| Plow invented during the Middle Ages to improve farming effeciency | Moldboard Plow |
| A social category based on age, through which individuals pass over the course of their lives. This is in contrast to an age set, to which individuals remain permanently attached as the set itself becomes progressively more senior. | Age Grade |
| A large language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. | Austronesian |
| A small, highly maneuverable, three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for long voyages of exploration beginning in the 15th century. | Carave |
| West African poet, praise singer, and wandering musician, considered a repository of oral tradition. | Griots |
| A legendary typhoon said to have saved Japan from a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281. In Japanese, the word "kamikaze" is used only for this typhoon. | Kamikaze |
| Mongol ruler | Khan |
| A triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. Adopted in the Late Middle Ages, and Europeans were able to sail out of the Mediterranean. | Lateen Sail |
| Traded and interacted with other Southeast Asian societies a lot. | Malay Sailors |
| Indigenous people of New Zealand. | Maor |
| A big city with a large population. | Metropolitan |
| What China called itself. Idea of ethnocentrism by the Chinese | Middle Kingdom |
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