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| What is an aqueduct | A pipeline or channel built to carry water.
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| What was the Roman language? | Latin
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| What were three advancements in engineering in ancient Rome? | Domes, arches, and aqueducts
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| Who is Tacitus? | A Roman historian who recorded the good and bad of imperial Rome.
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| Who is Virgil? | A Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid.
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| What is Pompeii? | A Roman town covered by the eruption of Mount
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| The mixing of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture produced a new culture called | Greco-Roman culture.
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| What important standards of law were set by Romans? | Everyone has the right to equal treatment and are innocent until proven guilty.
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| What were three Roman cultural achievements? | Mosaics, the Aeneid, and making sculptures realistic
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| What word is used to refer to the inner struggle against evil or an armed struggle against unbelievers? | jihad
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| A Muslim title that means "successor" or "deputy" is | caliph.
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| A Muslim group who pursued poverty and devotion to a spiritual path were the | Sufi.
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| The Muslim family who came into power after 661 was the | Umayyads.
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| Muslims who followed Muhammad's example were known as | Sunni.
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| The Arabic name for God is | Allah.
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| The spiritual leader of the Islamic faith is | Muhammad.
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| The migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Yathrib in 622 was called the | Hijrah.
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| An Islamic house of worship is called a | mosque.
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| The holy book of the Islamic faith is the | Qur'an.
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| The Islamic system of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of Muslims is the | Shari'a.
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| What people were noted for their military skills? | Turks
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| What was a Seljuk prime minister? | Vizier
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| What were Turkish military slaves called? | mamelukes
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| Who launched the first crusade in 1095? | Pope Urban II
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| The eastern Roman Empire became known as | Byzantium.
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| A high-ranking Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the Eastern Empire in 527 was | Justinian.
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| The Justinian code was | a body of civil law that controlled Byzantine life.
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| The crowning religious glory of Justinian's building program was | the Hagia Sophia.
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| The site of wild chariot races in Constantinople was the | Hippodrome.
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| The Abbasids were rulers of the | Muslim Empire.
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| In 945, when the Persians conquered Baghdad, the power to govern was assigned to the | sultan.
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| Seljuk culture was most influenced by | Persian culture.
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| In the Seljuk Empire, the vizier was a type of | political leader.
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| Malik Shah was the last strong, effective | Seljuk leader.
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| What was the ethnic background of the Vikings? | Germanic
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| Which of the following groups were Turkish nomads? | Magyars
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| In the feudal system, what was a manor? | a lord's estate
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| When Pepin the Short became "king by the grace of God," this began the | Carolingian Dynasty.
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| Powerful landholders who governed their counties under Charlemagne were called | counts.
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| The heir to the Frankish Kingdom who extended Frankish rule was named | Charlemagne.
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| The English king who led the Third Crusade was | Richard the Lion-hearted.
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| The practice of selling positions in the Church is | simony.
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| The pope who issued the call for the First Crusade was | Urban !!.
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| The common language of a place or region is | vernacular.
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| Thomas Aquinas is known for scholarly work that combined Christian belief with the ideas of the best thinkers of ancient | Greece.
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| Who led the Norman conquest of England? | William the Conqueror
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| To whom was Eleanor of Aquitaine married? | Henry II
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| Who included commoners in the Estates General? | Philip IV
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| Who forced whom to sign the Magna Carta? | The English nobility forced John to sign
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| What provided the origin of English common law? | royal courts of justice
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