Exam Flashcards
What was the hijrah
Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to medina
How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?
It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty.
The split between Sunni and Shia muslims during the late 600’s was most directly provoked by a dispute regarding
The succession of caliphs
What was the early attitude of Islam towards Jews and christians
They recognized both as “peoples of the book” and treated them honorably in return for a special tax
The word islam means:
Peace through submission to the will of allah
Differing from the Umayyad caliphs, the abbasids rulers
Paid more attention to administration and intellectual growth rather than the expansion of the empire.
Which of the following was NOT a right of Islamic women
They could take up to 4 husbands, just like a man could take 4 wives
The five pillars include all of the following except
Asceticism
In 1258, invading mongols sacked ¨¨¨¨and killed the Abbasid caliph
Baghdad
Which of the following describes a major effect of the Bantu migrations?
The diffusion of iron metallurgy in sub Saharan Africa.
What are push pull factors
Reasons for migration
Which of the following statements is true about Songhai
It was an empire built through military conquest and expansion
Which of the following was the chief means of social and political organization in African stateless societies
Lineage groups
The original almohads and Almoravids were both part of which group
Muslim reformers
Why did the city state of Kilwa become an important trading center
Its location in relation to india and Southern Africa
The conversion to islam of rulers of the kingdom of Ghana and Mali empire:
Stimulated commercial relations with Muslim merchants
By the era from 600 to 1450 ce, coastal cities in east Africa spoke the Swahili language which blended….
Bantu and Arabic influences
Internal trade in the sui dynasty was greatly stimulated by the
Construction of the grand canal
Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was
Less militarized
Chinese diplomatic interaction with foreigners, which required other Tate’s to accept superiority, at least ritually, was known as the _____ system
Tribute
What created an intelligent, capable governing class in tang china
The civil examination system
What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government
An emperor who reigned as a figurehead while another power ruled.
In Southeast Asia, power has often came from
Control of sea routes
The mongol khanate which controlled Central Asia was known as the
The Chagatai khanate
Which of the following accurately describes the mongol empires role in facilitating the trans Eurasian trade
It re established the silk roads between east Asia and Europe
Rusia achieved liberation from mongol rule after
The Russian and mongol armies faced each other in standoff
In what way are Angkor wat and the temple at Borobudur alike?
They show the influence of Indian culture on southwest Asia
Fast ripening rice
Was introduced to china from Vietnam
Enabled cultivators to harvest three times a year
Increased food supply and supported a large population
Which was not a major technological innovation of tang and song china
Paper making
What was a basic economic characteristic of manorialism during the Middle Ages in Europe
Self sufficiency
The institution most responsible for creating cultural unity in Europe between 600 and 1000 ce was
The Catholic Church
When the pope disallowed the sacraments from being given in a certain territory, this was called
Excommunication
The academic pursuit to harmonize catholic doctrine with Ancient Greek thought was known as
Scholasticism
The weapon primarily responsible for ending the utility of heavy cavalry in European warfare was the
Longbow
The Arabian peninsula took on a new importance when political disorder in Mesopotamia and Egypt
Shifted trade routes through Mecca to Yemen and then across the Indian Ocean
The nature of the society into which the prophet Muhammad was born was
A society made up largely of nomads and merchants
Muhammad experienced profound spiritual revelations that led him to believe that
He was the last prophet of allah
Under pressure from authorities in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers fled to medina in 622. Muslims call this move
The Hijra
After Muhammad’s death , Muslim scholars drew up the shari’ah, which is
A law code that provided believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives
The revolt led by hussein in the early u,ayas period led to
The split of Islam into two groups, the shiites and the sunnis.
Resentment against the Umayyad rule grew because
Non Arab muslims did not like the way local administrations favored arabs
What was significant about the battle of tours
Arab expansion in Europe was halted
Muslim scholar and scientist ibn sina wrote a medical encyclopedia that
Was translated into Latin and became a basic textbook in Europe
Trade and communications networks were slower to penetrate sub Saharan compared to other regions because
There was formidable geographical barriers to overcome
Before the tenth century, the dominant form of social organization in sub Saharan Africa was the
Stateless society
Which is a belief not shared by most African societies
A belief in a single god
The earliest Bantu migrants were
Agriculturalists
The African rain forest is home to
Several disease carrying insects, including the tsetse fly
Islam was slow to spread in east Africa because
Many of islams beleifs conflicted with traditional African beliefs and customs
This “seasonal wind” pattern was crucial for traders to understand in order to harness its power to travel across the Indian Ocean
Monsoon
What was the major cause of the expansion of trade throughout SE Asia
The growing demand for spices
Which of the following images would you most likely see in an early chinese painting
A small figure in the midst of a nature scene
The tang government was run primarily by
Bureaucrats of intellectual merit
The practice of foot binding
Placed women of the privileged classes under male supervision
Which of these was most often the philosophical basis of Chinese government
Confucianism
Despite cultural borrowing and imitation, Korea was still different from china in that
Aristocrats dominated Korean society while bureaucrats dominated Chinese life
During the 13th century, long distance trade in Eurasia increased primarily because
The mongols worked to secure trade routes and ensure the safety of merchants passing through their vast territories
In 1279, Kublai Khan proclaimed the
Yuan dynasty
_______ was the strict code of behavior followed by the warrior class of early Japan
Bushido
Early Japanese history notes two major innovations NOT borrowed from the Chinese
Civil service exam and Mandate of Heaven
What was so great about Ivan III “the great”
He is credited with ending mongol rule in Russia
Bishops of Rome became known as ____ of the Roman Catholic Church
Popes
The Vikings were made part of the European civilization by
The Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity
While the lord was away at war or court, management of his estate fell to
The lady of the castle
Justinians codification of Romina law resulted in
The body of civil law
At the heart of feudalism was
Serfdom, which meant that all non vassals labored to support the serfs
Phillip II Augustus greatly increased the power of the French monarchy by
Forming the first French parliament by meeting with representatives of the three estates
In 1066, William of Normandy
Invaded England, soundly defeating king harolds forces at the battle of Hastings
The carolingian renaissance was
An artistic movement
Why was Constantinople an important center of European trade
It was located along major Russian and Asian trade routes
Saint Benedict founded a community of monks that
Established the basic form of monasticism in the Catholic Church
Serfs were different from peasants in that serfs
We’re legally bound to the land upon which they worked and lived
The struggles between henry the IV and Gregory VII was known as
The investiture controversy
Born to a wealthy merchant family, Francis of Assisi
Eventually abandoned all worldly goods and material pursuits to live and preach in poverty
The chief task of ____ was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of the Greek philosophers
Scholasticism
Joan of arc brought an end to the Hundred Years’ War to a decisive turning point by
Inspiring the French with her faith
Merchants and artisans living in walled cities came to be known as
Burghers or bourgeoisie, from the German word burg, meaning “a walled enclosure”
To achieve his political ends, pope innocent III often used an interdict, which
Prohibited priests from giving the sacraments of the church to a particular group of people
The inquisition was
The court created by the Catholic Church to find and try heretics.
The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in
Severe economic consequences
What brought about new heights to cathedral ceilings during the Middle Ages
Ribbed vaults
The war between France and Spain for control of Italy ended when the
Spanish mercenaries were let loose to sack the city of Rome
Christine de pisan is best known for
Defense of the poor
Christian humanists believed that
If people read the classics, and especially the basic works of Christianity, they would become more pious
Part of calvins reformation of the city Geneva included
The formation of the consistory
Despite their importance in developing a new view of the family, protestants
Did nothing to change the women’s subordinate role in society
In 1528, Baldassare Castiglione wrote the book of courtier, which
Described the characteristics of a perfect renaissance noble
Chaucer’s the Canterbury tales is an important work because
Chaucers use of English vernacular was important in making his dialect the chief ancestor of the modern English language
The high renaissance in Italy is associated with these three artists
Ninja turtles
Both the Catholics and the Protestants considered the _____ to be dangerous radicals
Anabaptists
