History

Question 0

What did the arabs believe in?

Answer 0

The concept belief in one god named Allah.

Many Christians and Jews lived on the Arabian penninsula and practiced monotheism.

Question 1

Describe desert town life.

Answer 1

Arab nomads called bedouins, were organized into tribes and group clans.
Clans provided security for a life in extreme desert conditions
Believed in courage and loyalty to family

Question 2

Who was muhhamad?

Answer 2

Born into powerful clan of the Meccan family.
Orphaned at six, raised by uncle and grandfather.
Impressive leader
Started the practice of Islam and belief in only Allah.

Question 3

What were people called who practiced Islam?

Answer 3

Muslims

Question 4

What were some basic believes of Islam?

Answer 4

The five pillars: faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage
Servicing the community
Holy book qur’an
Sunna-Muhammad’s example
Shari’a- system of law regulates family law moral conduct and business and community life

Question 5

Describe five pillars

Answer 5

Faith- statement: no god but allah, Muhammad is messenger of Allah
Prayer- five times a day mosque- worship
Alms- helping unfortunate
Fasting- during Islamic holy month Ramadan do not eat between dawn and sunset
Pilgrimage- all Muslims who are physically and mentally able to perform hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca at least once.

Question 6

What is qur’an?

Answer 6

Holy book of Muslims
Written in Arabic
True word of Allah

Question 7

Where and what is Mecca?

Answer 7

Western Arabia
During certain holy months caravans stopped here
Pilgrims came here to worship at an ancient shrine in the city called ka’aba

Question 8

Describe rise of Islam

Answer 8

Abu bakr became the first caliph after Muhammad
Was a close friend of muhhamad
Muslim armies were well disciplined
Persecution suffered by people under Byzantine or Sassanide rule
Spread Islam after muhhamad

Question 9

Where did the spread is Islam start and where did it end?

Answer 9

Started in Saudi Arabia, went through Middle East and Northern Africa and stopped from going into Europe during battle of tours 732 CE

Question 10

Why did Sunni and Shia split

Answer 10

Had different beliefs

Shia does not believe muhhamads rule but Sunni does believe in Muhammad’s rule

Question 11

Describe Muslims influence on art and architecture

Answer 11

Calligraphy- art of BEAUTFIUL handwriting
Woodward
Glass
Ceramics

Question 12

What was the Justinian code?

Answer 12

Contained nearly 5,000 roman laws
Digest summarized thoughts of romes greatest legal thinkers about laws
Institutes taught law students how to use the laws
Novalle- new laws

Question 13

What is Hagia Sophia?

Answer 13

Holy wisdom is Greek

Question 14

Who were the mongols?

Answer 14

A ferocious groups men from Central Asia slashed their way into Russia
Nomads

Question 15

What is Constantinople?

Answer 15

Capital of Byzantine empire

Question 16

Who were Cyril and Methodists and what was the Cyrillic alphabet?

Answer 16

Invented an alphabet for Slavic languages

Many Slavic languages including Russian are now written in the Cyrillic alphabet

Question 17

Describe orthodox Christianity

Answer 17

Priests may be married
Bible is holy book
Services are conducted in Greek or other languages

Question 18

What was the name if the leader of the Orthodox Church?

Answer 18

Patriarch

Question 19

Explain the rise of power and decline of Kiev

Answer 19

Thanks To Byzantine ties Kiev became a glittering capital.
Decline started with the death of yaroslav.
He divided his empire among his sons which caused lots of conflicts

Question 20

Who is valdamir?

Answer 20

Princess Olga’s grandson who came to throne in 980. Converted to Christianity.

Question 21

Who is Ivan the III?

Answer 21

Ruled Russia for 43 years. Took the czar name. Made Russia a genuine empire

Question 22

Who is Alexander Nevsky?

Answer 22

Novogorods prince and military hero.

Question 23

Who is Justinian?

Answer 23

Took throne to the Byzantine eastern empire.

Empire falls after his death

Question 24

Describe Moscow

Answer 24

First founded in 1100s | A prince of Moscow had the power to control nearly all of European Russia and perhaps successfully challenge the mongols

Question 25

Explains the Sui dynasty

Answer 25

Short lived but created a strong foundation for the great achievements of the next dynasty

Question 26

What dynasty came after the Sui?

Answer 26

Tang

Question 27

Explain the Tang Dynasty

Answer 27

Empire expanded Strengthened central government They expanded the roads and calls that were started by the Sui

Question 28

What happened after the tang

Answer 28

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty conflicts divided china Song Dynasty came along and reunited china Established a grand new capital

Question 29

Who was wu zhao?

Answer 29

Empress in Korea She held the real power while weak emperors sat on the throne Assumed title of emperor- only woman to ever do so

Question 30

What is the gentry?

Answer 30

``` A class of well to do powerful people Attained their status through education and civil service positions ```

Question 31

Explain women's roles?

Answer 31

Under men In upperclass work was lees important Peasants women worked all the time Feet binding

Question 32

What were three examples of the technological advancements explain them?

Answer 32

Gunpowder to expand warfare and weapons Magnetic compass helped with travel and trade Moveable type made it so they didn't have to hand wright everything

Question 33

What is dasiosm?

Answer 33

A guy named laozi believed that a universal force called the dao guided all things

Question 34

Who were pastoralists?

Answer 34

Nomadic people who herded domesticated animals

Question 35

Who was genghis khan?

Answer 35

Universal ruler of the mongol clans

Question 36

Who was kublai khan?

Answer 36

The grandson of genghis Kahn | Assumed title of Mongolian empire in 1260

Question 37

Describe the yuan dynasty

Answer 37

Kublai khan founded this new dynasty Lasted less than a century Important era United china for the first time in over 300 years

Question 38

Who was Marco Polo?

Answer 38

Most famous europeN Venetian trader | Later during a war in Venice he was captured

Question 39

Describe the Japanese feudalism

Answer 39

The rich fujiwara family held the real power in Japan but lost control of the central government and the family began to slip in the mid 11th century

Question 40

Who were samurai?

Answer 40

Bodyguard of loyal warriors

Question 41

What is bushido?

Answer 41

The demanding code of behavior samurai ah | Pham to follow

Question 42

Explain Buddhism during the Han dynasty

Answer 42

Vietnam fell under Chinese rule and absorbed many Chinese cultures such as Buddhism

Question 43

Explain Shintoism

Answer 43

A religion "the way of the gods"

Question 44

What does shogun mean?

Answer 44

Supreme general of the emperors army

Question 45

Explain the Khmer empire

Answer 45

Now known as cambodia For centuries held power in southeast Asian mainland Khmer had conquered neighboring kingdoms and created an empire

Question 46

What is Angkor wat?

Answer 46

One of the worlds greatest architectural achievements dedicated to Vishnu