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Semester Finals Flashcards

1
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What do Muslims believe about Muhammed?

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He was the last and greatest of the prophets

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What encouraged Muslim leaders to support places of learning such as the house of wisdom?

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Muhammad’s emphasis on study and scholarship

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Al-jabr

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Algebra

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Toward what city do Muslims pray?

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Mecca

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What are the five pillars of Islam?

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The major duties required of all Muslims

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Why did the Muslim way of praying lead to advances in astronomy

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Muslims wanting to know the precise direction of Mecca

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What system of law regulates the family life, moral conduct, and the business in the community life of Muslims?

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Shari’a

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What is the best Muslim example for proper living?

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The Sunna

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9
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Who do Muslims consider people of the book?

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Jews and Christians

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10
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What was the main difference between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam?

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Shia believed that the caliph needed to be related to Muhammad

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11
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What made calligraphy popular?

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Muslim law prohibited the drawing of living beings.

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12
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Calligraphy is a type of…

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Handwriting

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13
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The QUR AN and what other work forms the sharia or body of Islam law?

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The Sunna

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A nomadic, desert tribes man who joined with other tribes men to begin the settlements from which the Muslim empire sprang

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Bedouin

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15
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This means God in Arabic

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Allah

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16
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Original home of Muhammad and became most holy city

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Mecca

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17
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The migration in 622 of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to yathrib

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Hijrah

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18
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This became Yathribs new name

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Medina

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19
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An Islamic house of worship

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Mosque

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20
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Means one who has submitted

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Muslim

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21
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Muslim holy book and is considered to be the true word of God only in its original Arabic version

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Qur an

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Muhammad’s example and is considered the model for living a proper Muslim life

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Sunna

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23
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The duties of all Muslims

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Five pillars

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24
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The system of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, business life, and community life of Muslims

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Sharia

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25
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The pilgrimage that each Muslim strives to make at least once in a lifetime

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Hajj

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26
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Muhammad’s wife

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Khadijah

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27
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Body of civil law created for the Byzantium empire

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Justinian code

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28
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Who invented the alphabet that is used in many Slavic languages?

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St. Methodist and st. Cyril

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29
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What was Mongol empire in Russia called?

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Khanate of the Golden Horde

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30
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Which of the following titles did Ivan III use?

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Czar

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31
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Who were the Mamelukes?

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Turkish slave who became a powerful force in the Abbasid Empire

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32
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The Seljuks converted to which of the following religions?

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Islam

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33
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Which of the following names was used for Seljuk rulers?

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Shah

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34
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Which prince of Moscow led the Russians to freedom from the Mongols?

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Ivan III

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35
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Which people attacked and demolished Kiev?

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Mongols

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36
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Which term is the title of the Russian empower and is the Russian version of the term Caesar?

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Czar

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37
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Which people came from the forest region north of the Black Sea?

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Slavs

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38
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Which group of invaders probably founded Novgorod and later settled in Kiev?

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Vikings

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39
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Who created a legal code for Kiev that emphasized and protected property and commerce?

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Yaroslav The Wise

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40
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Who was the first member of the Kievan nobility to convert to Christianity?

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Olga

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41
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Under which Kievan Ruler did all of the citizens of Kiev convert to Byzantine Christianity?

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Vladimir

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42
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The Abbasids were rulers of…

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Muslim empire

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43
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Which of the following is true of the Mamelukes?

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They were originally slaves

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44
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Nomadic people who hearded animals

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Pastoralis

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45
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Built Angkor Wat one of the greatest architectural achievement in the world

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Khmer empire

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46
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The dynasty that expanded China, promoted foreign trade, and promoted improvements in ag was founded by

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Tang taizong

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47
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Who was the Mongol ruler who united China for the first time in 300 years?

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Kublai Khan

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48
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Who were loyal warriors and bodyguards of their lords?

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Samurai

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49
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The title of a military dictator in Japan

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Shogun

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50
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Most European readers did not believe the stories that the Venetian merchant _____ told about what he had seen in China.

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Marco Polo

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51
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______, an important Chinese technological advance, Revolutionized printing

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Moveable type

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52
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The establishment of a Confucian civil service examination did not significantly increase social mobility under the ________.

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Koryu Dynasty

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53
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________ united the Mongols and led them in conquering much of Asia

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Genghis Khan

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54
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What helped China to become a great sea power under Song leadership?

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Invention of the magnetic compass

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55
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How did genghis khan succeed as a conqueror?

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Through brilliant military strategy and organization

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56
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What did the kamikaze, or divine wind, do for Japan?

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It stopped a Mongolian invasion

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57
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What did Japanese worshipper a combine with Buddhism?

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Shinto

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58
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What happened during Pax Mongolia?

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Ideas and inventions spread with trade between Europe and Asia

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59
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What created an intelligent, capable governing class in China?

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The civil service examination system

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60
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Why did Kublai Khan favor Mongols and foreigners for government posts?

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He believed that Mongols and foreigners had no local loyalties

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61
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What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government?

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An emperor who reigned as a figurehead while another power ruled

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62
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The invention of moveable type sped up the existing printing process mainly because the individual type…

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Could be reused to print something else

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63
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Inventions of the Tang and Song dynasties

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Porcelain, paper money, magnetic compass

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64
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What does Muslim mean in Arabic?

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One who has submitted

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65
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Membership in a Mongol clan was determined by the members claim of a common ______.

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Ancestor

66
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Immediately following the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire was…

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Fragmented by conflict among rival khans

67
Q

During the Middle Ages, what was a grant of land from a lord to a vassal called?

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Fief

68
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What was a mock battle that served as a training exercise for young nights called?

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Tournament

69
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What was the act of taking a way a person’s right to membership in the church?

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Excommunication

70
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Which Carolinian leader reunited Western Europe and was crowned emperor by pope Leo III?

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Charlemagne

71
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What system of government was based on the exchange of land for protection and services?

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Feudalism

72
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Which code were Knights expected to follow?

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Chivalry

73
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What was the body of rules and regulations governing religious practices such as marriage?

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Canon law

74
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What was a lords estate called?

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Manor

75
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What was the name for a community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God?

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Monastery

76
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Which leader halted the Muslim invasion of Western Europe at the battle of tours?

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Charles Martel

77
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The achievement for which Charlemagne is most remembered was…

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Building an empire larger then any since Rome

78
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Viking raids eventually ceased because of several factors, including the fact that…

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Farming conditions in the Viking homeland improved

79
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The interdict was an effective weapon for a pope to use against a king because…

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It would deprive the king of his own personal salvation

80
Q

What were the forces holding feudal society together?

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A set of mutual social obligations and the teachings of the church

81
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Which group was called the Northmen?

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Vikings

82
Q

What is a synonym for surf?

A

Peasant

83
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Under the system of feudalism, I fife belong to which category?

A

Land grant

84
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In the feudal system, a tithe represented what part of a peasants income?

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10%

85
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A tithe was a payment made to which type of person?

A

Priest

86
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In the feudal system, what was a manner?

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A Lord’s estate

87
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Despite the fact that it was for bidden in the code of chivalry, nights were rarely punished for_____.

A

Brutality to the weak

88
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This is true about tournament held in middle ages…

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Used to test courage, a form of spectator sport

89
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Troubadours are ______.

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Poet musicians

90
Q

Canon law deals with issues under the authority of?

A

The church

91
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What was the main goal of the Crusades?

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To recover Jerusalem in the holy land from the Muslim Turks

92
Q

What was the effect of the three field system?

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Farmers produce more food and villagers had more to eat

93
Q

Who was most responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague to Europe?

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Traders

94
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What was the purpose of the reconquista?

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To drive the Muslims out of Spain

95
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What was one negative effect of the crusades that has continued to the president?

A

Hostility between Muslims and Christians

96
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What was at stake in the battle of Hastings?

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Whether the Normans or the Anglo-Saxons would rule England

97
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Who was the English king who led the third Crusade?

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Richard the lion hearted

98
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What was the practice of selling positions in the church?

A

Simony

99
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Who was the founder of the Franciscans and cofounder of the poor Claire’s?

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St. Francis of Assisi

100
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Which pope issued the call for the first Crusade?

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Urban the second

101
Q

What was the organized effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain?

A

Reconquista

102
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Who was the most famous and respected Muslim leader of his age?

A

Saladin

103
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What was the church court used in Spain to persecuted Jews and Muslims?

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Inquisition

104
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What was the style of architecture intended to achieve greater light and height?

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Gothic style

105
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Which crusade failed in at school every capturing the Crusader state of Edessa from the Turks?

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Second Crusade

106
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Which crusade resulted in the capture of Jerusalem by the Christians in the creation of four crusader states?

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First Crusade

107
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Which crusade resulted in the signing of a truce and an agreement to allow Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem?

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Third Crusade

108
Q

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

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Art and learning

109
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For what is the Medici family famous for?

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For being rulers and patrons of the arts

110
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What was the first full-size but Gutenberg printed?

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The Bible

111
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In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance man

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He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and Scientist

112
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Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?

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The clergy sold pardons that release people from performing penalties for their sins

113
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Who declared himself the head of the English church?

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Henry the eighth

114
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What was one of John Calvin’s major teachings?

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Predestination

115
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Who was the important catholic reformer who founded the Jesuit order?

A

Ignatius of Loyola

116
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What kind of person represented the ideal of a Renaissance man?

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Someone who excelled in many areas of study

117
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What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?

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Increase literacy

118
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The period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from

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1300 to 1600

119
Q

The best synonym for secular is

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Worldly

120
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To become known as an important patron, One must need to be?

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Wealthy

121
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The technique known as perspective is most useful in the creation of?

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3-D art

122
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A person who produces work in the vernacular is one who

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Writes in a local, rather than a classical, language

123
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The printing press was invented by?

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Johahn Gutenberg

124
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Who was the last of Henry the eighth children to ruel English?

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Elizabeth the first

125
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Henry the eighth divorced Catherine of Aragon and wanted to marry this woman enough to prompt his break up with the Roman Catholic Church & the pope

A

Ann Boleyn

126
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Which term originally referred to a German prince who is not loyal to the pope?

A

Protestant

127
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Which term means to take back a statement?

A

Re-can’t

128
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Who was the first of Henry VIII’s children to rule England?

A

Edward the sixth

129
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Which term refers to a pardon that releases a sinner from penalty for committing a sin?

A

Indulgence

130
Q

Which term means that a marriage never took place?

A

Annul

131
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Who proposed the heliocentric or sun centered theory?

A

Nicholas Copernicus

132
Q

What did Isaac Newton explain?

A

The law of universal gravitation

133
Q

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

A

Thomas Jefferson

134
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What influenced the American Revolution?

A

British policies, political scientist, the philosophies

135
Q

The first national government of the 13 individual states in North America was created by the what?

A

Articles of Confederation

136
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What was a major reason for the colonies victory over Britain?

A

A strong motivation to fight

137
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What is the policy of glorifying power in keeping an army prepared for war?

A

Militarism

138
Q

What region was referred to as the powder keg of Europe?

A

The Balkan Peninsula

139
Q

Why was Germany and Austria Hungary known as Central Powers?

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Because of their location in the heart of Europe

140
Q

Which nations actions caused the United States to fight in World War I?

A

Germany

141
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What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to an end?

A

An armistice was signed

142
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What were the 14 points?

A

Plan for the postwar world

143
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What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?

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Germany’s policy to sink any ship and British waters without warning

144
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How did the Treaty of Versailles of that postwar Germany?

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It left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people

145
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What was the American public so Pinyan about joining the league of Nations?

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The public believe that the United States should stay out of European affairs

146
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In 1917, Germany return to its policy of under strict and summary more warfare, hoping to

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Keep cargo ships from reaching great Britain

147
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During World War I what was a total war in the sense that

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Nations involved devoted all their resources to

148
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The system of rationing was designed to limit______.

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Purchases of consumer goods

149
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The purpose of propaganda during World War I was two____.

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influence public opinion

150
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What German plan did the Zimmerman note expose?

A

Help Mexico regain US territory

151
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What did the armistice, signed near Paris in November 1918, bring an end to?

A

World War I

152
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Which nations heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by Serbian nationalist?

A

Austria Hungary

153
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What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

A

German invasion of Poland

154
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The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

A

Surprise and overwhelming force

155
Q

What event occurred on the day described as a date which will live in infamy?

A

Attack on Pearl Harbor

156
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What was significant about the battle of Midway?

A

It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese

157
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Which of the following was the location of the Nazi extermination camp?

A

Auschwitz

158
Q

Where were atomic times dropped?

A

Hero Shima and Nagasaki

159
Q

To the following was addressed by the Nuremberg trials?

A

Holocaust

160
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What did the allies strategy of island hopping in the pacific involved?

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Attacks only on islands that were Japanese strongholds

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