Dark ages/ being religious Flashcards
Islam holy city
Mecca
important phropet islamic reliion
muhammad
Muslim or Islam -religion
islam
Muslim or Islam -people
muslim
Jewish HOW
Synagogue
jewish book
Torah
jewish time(how long they have been around)
oldest, 3000 years ago
Islam HOW
Mosque
Islam book
koran or Quran
Islam (how long they have been around)
youngest, about 1400 years
Christian book
bible
christan HOW
church
Christian (how long they have been around)
C- Middle child, about 2000 years ago
Are the religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism monotheistic? Explain-
Monotheistic, they all believe in one god and it is the same god. Where polytheistic means that you believe in multiple gods, usually connected to nature
Do Muslims, Christians and Jews pray to the same god or does each religion worship its own god?
Same god
The Arabic or Islamic word for god
allah
According to Christians, who is the “Messiah”
Jesus
Charlemagne
What religion did he help spread throughout Europe?
Christianity
How did he improve the educational system of the Middle Ages?
Setup schools that taught people how to read and write and about Christianity
Name of the Germanic Tribe that defeated the City of Rome
Visigoths
How did the Germanic tribes cut supply lines to the city of Rome?
Blockaded the city, cutting off supply lines
bede preserve knowledge?
Copied books by hand so the information in them would not be lost
Bubonic Plague
What animal/insect carried the disease-
Fleas on the back of rats
Vikings
Were they polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic
Why was the rest of Europe so afraid of them Vikings
They would attack and destroy towns and villages, stealing, killing and murdering anyone that stood in their way
What other parts of the world did the Vikings travel to / develop trade routes to / try and conquer, besides Scandinavia?
Greenland, Iceland, Canada, England, France, Spain, Italy, Parts of Asia and Africa, Constantinople, Russia, Ukraine, Middle East
What made their “Longships” better than other ships of that time?
They were large and fast, glided on top of the waves, had sails to harness the power of the wind and had oars for when they were close to a coastline or moving up a river
Did most Vikings… stay home and lead a normal, peaceful life OR travel to and attack other towns in Europe?-
Most stayed at home and lead normal lives
The vikings From which countries did they originate?- Region:
Scandinavia- Norway, Sweden and Denmark
Who was/were the first European(s) to discover the Americas, the Vikings or Christopher Columbus?-
The Vikings, almost 500 years before Columbus
Define Silk Road-
overland and maritime (on the water) trade route that started in eastern Asia and ended in the Middle East, where spices, silks, ideas, diseases, spices and anything of value were traded between Europe, Asia and parts of Africa
Where did it start, where did it end?
East Asia to Middle East
East Asia to Middle East
Bandits, deserts, mountains, harsh weather
What was traded on it?
Spices, diseases, silk, food, animals, precious metals like gold, artwork, ideas, elements of culture, anything of value
Would traders / merchants travel the entire 4,000 mile Silk Road or jst parts of it?
No one would travel the entire trade route, only small parts of it
Was the Silk Road trade network on land, on water or both?
Was the Silk Road trade network on land, on water or both?
