Unit #3 Questions Flashcards
What are the characteristics of World Religions? How are they different from religions in ancient societies?
1) Religions of Salvation
2) Revealed Religion (Prophet)
3) Monotheistic
4) Personal
5) Moral codes
6) Sacred texts or scriptures
7) Portable
8) Remake the world according to God’s commands
The difference is practically the opposite of the World Religions
What effects did World Religions have on women and gender roles?
Women were held in higher regard in the Buddhist faith ???
By what means were religions of salvation spread from their place of origin?
Missionaries, merchants
How did Christianity become the dominant religion of the Roman Empire?
Constantine’s conversion to Christianity
The Byzantine Empire was the only classical empire that survived into the post-Classical period. Why did it survive when all the others did not?
It wasn’t invaded by the Germanic invasions like on the west-side of the empire. They also had a great bureaucracy in Constantinople.
What are the basic tenets of Islam? What aspects of Islam made it appealing?
Umma - part of the community Quran - the words of the Prophet Muhammad Five Pillars of Islam Jihad - struggle, war Dietary Restrictions No gambling Strict Sexual code Islam was appealing because everyone was part of the community
Why did Islam spread more rapidly than any other major world religion?
Their goal of expansion was more of a political goal than a religious one at first
Why and how did Islam become such a prevalent religion in Africa in this period? What were the effects of Islam on African societies?
During expansion the Berber people of Africa decided to join the Muslims and helped them continue their expansion. Because of this conversion the Muslims did a lot of trading and made the African cities very wealthy with gold and other things.
What was the political situation in China between the fall of the Han dynasty and the beginning of the Sui dynasty? What major changes in Chinese society occurred during this period?
The political situation between the Han and Sui dynasties was a lot of warring states. This caused certain changes like: Labor decline (increase of slavery) Lots of small kingdoms Lots of different types of rulers Decentralization won out for a while but empires came back
The Chinese population underwent rapid growth from 600 to 1200. What developments during this period promoted that growth?
Champa rice that grew and develop faster
The use of tea (boiling killed the bacteria in water)
What is southernization, and why (from a world historical perspective) is it important? How is it connected to Westernization?
Southernization is the spread of luxury goods from South of the equator in and near the Indian Ocean. It is so important because people and mainly Europeans implemented slavery and exploration in order to plant sugar. Southernization caused Westernization
How did the arrival of Islam affect the Indian Ocean World?
It greatly increased the trade of the luxury goods, it allowed the goods to spread a lot throughout the world
