Chapter 4

Question 0

Millennium

Answer 0

A period of 1,000 years

Question 1

Epidemic

Answer 1

An outbreak of disease that spreads rapidly

Question 2

Afro-Eurasia

Answer 2

The vast region made up of Africa, Europe, and Asia

Question 3

Autonomy

Answer 3

Self-government;independence

Question 4

Orthodox Christianity

Answer 4

The religion of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which split from Catholicism during the Byzantine Empire

Question 5

Mesoamerica

Answer 5

A region of pre-Columbian culture stretching from central Mexico through northern Central America

Question 6

Caliph

Answer 6

A spiritual and political leader of the Muslims

Question 7

Shi’a

Answer 7

A minority branch of Islam that maintains loyalty to the caliph Ali and his descendents

Question 8

Sunni

Answer 8

The majority branch of Islam which accepted the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates

Question 9

Sufis

Answer 9

A mystical form of Islam in which believers seek direct personal experience of God, often through prayer and meditation

Question 10

Dar al-Islam

Answer 10

Lands under Muslim rule, where Islam can be practiced freely

Question 11

Khan

Answer 11

Mongol tribal leader

Question 12

Pax Mongolia

Answer 12

The state of peace that existed in Eurasia under Mongol rule

Question 13

Bubonic Plauge

Answer 13

A deadly bacteria responsible for the Black Death of the 1300’s;t transmitted by fleas living on infected rats

Question 14

World Religions

Answer 14

A religion practiced in various parts of the world, beyond the land origin

Question 15

Crusades

Answer 15

Christian campaigns to retake the holy lands from the Muslims