Exam Review 600 to 1450 part 1

Question 1

Mecca

Answer 1

Islam holy city

Question 2

5 Pillars

Answer 2

Declaration of faith,

Question 3

Islam beginner

Answer 3

Muhammad

Question 4

Hijrah

Answer 4

beginning of islamic calendar

Question 5

Quran

Answer 5

islamic holy book

Question 6

Shariah law

Answer 6

islamic law based on teachings of muhammad and the quran

Question 7

Caliphs

Answer 7

islamic religious/political leaders

Question 8

Abu Bakr

Answer 8

First caliph

Question 9

people of the book

Answer 9

jews/christians

Question 10

sunni vs shiite

Answer 10

sunni thinks any muslim, shiite thinks relative

Question 11

Muawiyah

Answer 11

second caliph from the ummayad clan, established the umayyad dynasty

Question 12

Battle of tours

Answer 12

frankish/french ppl invaded by arab ppl

Question 13

Abbasid dynasty capital

Answer 13

Baghdad

Question 14

wergild

Answer 14

you injure, you pay $

Question 15

ordeal

Answer 15

trial, god won’t let innocent ppl be harmed

Question 16

Clovis

Answer 16

german who converted to christianity and helped spread it

Question 17

charlemagne

Answer 17

grandson of charles martel, crowned roman emperor by pope in 800, showed unity of church, germany, and rome, started mini renissance b/c he revived learning, had monks copy roman/latin works.

Question 18

charles martel

Answer 18

defeated the muslims in the battle of tours

Question 19

carolingian renaissance

Answer 19

when charlemagne wanted everyone to learn, had monks copy roman/latin works

Question 20

maygars/vikings

Answer 20

magyars are hungarian, both invaded carolingian empire

Question 21

fief and vassal

Answer 21

fief=land that was granted

vassal=ppl who were granted land

Question 22

william of normandy

Answer 22

defeated angles/saxon king,

Question 23

battle of hastings

Answer 23

1066, tapestry, against french and english, began norman conquest of england

Question 24

Henry the second and Thomas abecket

Answer 24

henry appointed thomas a job b/c they were buddies, thomas wanted not to party but to take the job seriously, henry killed thomas

Question 25

RC monks

Answer 25

spread info, copied bible

Question 26

Slavs

Answer 26

Western: roman cath, Eastern: orthodox

Question 27

Kievan Rus

Answer 27

first russian state

Question 28

Vladimir

Answer 28

married byzantine emperors daughter for alliance, chose orthodox christianity b/c he didn’t want to give up drinking

Question 29

Byzantine/eastern roman empire

Answer 29

center was Constantinople, Justinian was emperor starting in 527, he organized “the body of civilization” used as imperial law until 1453, built hippodrome (arena 4 fights/races), Haga Sophia(church of wisdom, byzantine brought the schism(split of churches b/c pope)

Question 30

First Crusade

Answer 30

called by pope urban 2, capture of holy lands, commoners invaded jerusalem and massacred muslims, jews, and christians, kill them all and let god sort out the rest,

Question 31

second crusade

Answer 31

seljik turks took over byzantine and took judea.

Question 32

third crusade

Answer 32

ended in truce, led to more trade but persecution of jews.

Question 33

sui grand canal

Answer 33

longest man made waterway, connects yellow and yang-tze rivers, peasants did work, improved economy/trade and restored authority for imperial officials

Question 34

Tang

Answer 34

had empRESS Wu, movable type, gunpowder, spread of Buddhism, poetry, painting, calligraphy, tea, footbinding, and tension btwn religions, split into many kingdoms

Question 35

An Lushan Rebellion

Answer 35

led to decline of tang, An Lushan tried to take china/capital of Chang’an and the tang dynasty, didn’t work, but led to decline

Question 36

Li bo

Answer 36

tang poet claimed as a genius and romantic figure

Question 37

DuFu

Answer 37

tang poet

Question 38

song

Answer 38

strong economy, bureaucracy, civil service exams, growing merchant class, improved agriculture, paper money, neoconfucanism, increased education, magnetic compass, abacus(fairy mary), poetry, fell because of political corruption and weak military

Question 39

Uighers

Answer 39

turks that controlled their own empire in central asia

Question 40

literati

Answer 40

educated elite