Unit One-Group E

Question 0

Wu Zhao

Answer 0

First empress

Philip Brain

Question 1

What is the true meaning of the word Islam?

Answer 1

Submission

Jake Sullivan

Question 2

What is the dar-al-Islam?

Answer 2

“The house of Islam”; All lands under Islamic control. (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 3

What does Islam mean?

Answer 3

“Submission”; The faith worshipping one god, Allah. (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 4

Who was Muhammad?

Answer 4

Muhammad was the Islamic prophet (“Seal of the Prophets”) that created all the rules of the Islamic faith. (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 5

What is the Quran?

Answer 5

“Recitation”; Islamic book of Muhammad’s teachings (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 6

What or who is the umma?

Answer 6

“Community of the faithful”; The cohesive Islamic community created by Muhammad with specific legal and social codes (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 7

Who are the Sufis?

Answer 7

A Mystic Islam group that neglected formal teaching in favor of spirituality. They enjoyed much success because they did not require or encourage believers to be educated in the texts of Islam. Traditional believers questioned their neglect of Islam texts.

Paul Kaster

Question 8

Who is Wu Zhao?

Answer 8

Female emperor of the Tang dynasty. Her rule seems ironic as she ruled in a time when women experienced rather harsh subjugation.

Paul Kaster

Question 9

What agricultural advances occurred in China post classically?

Answer 9

• Introduction of fast-ripening rice
• Improvement of irrigation
• The equal-field system

Paul Kaster

Question 10

What is the Hajj?

Answer 10

The Muslim holy trip to Mecca that is to be taken at least once in one’s lifetime

Paul Kaster

Question 11

What is the equal field system?

Answer 11

The allocation of agricultural land

Noah Coleman

Question 12

Upperclass urban women were forced to wear as a sign of modesty

Answer 12

Veiling

Noah Coleman

Question 13

What are institutions of higher education?

Answer 13

Madrasas

Noah Coleman

Question 14

What is a Ka’ba

Answer 14

A Ka’ba is a cubed shaped building used for ritual practices.

Noah Coleman

Question 15

Who was the cosmopolitan non conquering dynasty that also paired with the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 15

Abbasid Dynasty

Noah Coleman

Question 16

What were the 2 main problems with the Song Dynasty?

Answer 16

They rewarded bureaucrats heavily, pressuring the treasury, and their army was commanded by aristocrats who were untalented with commanding armies.
(Max Parsa)

Question 17

What is the native religion of the Japanese?

Answer 17

Shinto.

Max Parsa

Question 18

From whom did Muslims adopt the practice of veiling?

Answer 18

The Mesopotamians.

Max Parsa

Question 19

True or False: the Koreans fought a revolutionary war with the Chinese.

Answer 19

False, the Koreans peacefully agreed to become a vassal of China in exchange for withdrawal of military forces, and retained much of their independence.
(Max Parsa)

Question 20

Who is Haung Chao?

Answer 20

Rebel under the Tang Dynasty, he led rebellions for 10 years and eventually brought down the Tang.

Paul Kaster

Question 21

What was foot binding?

Answer 21

In China girl’s feet were bound at a young age stopping bone growth making them more dependent on their families and easier to control
(Jacob Peddicord)

Question 22

Who was the leader of the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 22

An Lushan

Jake Sullivan

Question 23

Who was one of the most influential and well-known poets of the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 23

Li Bai

Jake Sullivan

Question 24

Where did fast ripening rice come from?

Answer 24

Vietnam

Jacob Peddicord

Question 25

How did the tributary system work?

Answer 25

Neighboring countries would come to the court in China and offer gifts recognizing China as the supreme ruler and would receive gifts in return
(Jacob Peddicord)

Question 26

Tang Taizong

Answer 26

started Tang empire, ruled Tang Dynasty 627-649, murdered brothers for throne, built capitol at Chang’an
(Jacob Peddicord

Question 27

An Lushan

Answer 27

Started rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in 755 AD

Jacob Peddicord

Question 28

Who is Xuanzang?

Answer 28

He was a Buddhist monk in China who broke the law and left the country to travel to India and study Buddhism there.
(Philip Brain)

Question 29

What is the Sui Dynasty?

Answer 29

A dynasty founded by Yang Jian who was appointed to duke of Sui by a Turk and by 589, ruled all of China. Sui Yangdi (2nd emperor) built the Grand Canal.
(Philip Brain)

Question 30

What is the Grand Canal?

Answer 30

The grand canal was a canal built for (mostly) trade by Sui Yangdi across northern China.
(Philip Brain)

Question 31

What is the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 31

A dynasty characterized notably by their improvements to transportation and communication and equal-field land distribution system. They controlled the largest area in Chinese history. They hired Uighurs to suppress rebellions.
(Philip Brain)

Question 32

What culture created modern numerals?

Answer 32

India, but Europe discovered them through the Arabs

Max Parsa

Question 33

Who led the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 33

An Lushan

Jake Sullivan

Question 34

Who was the most influential poet of the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 34

Li Bai

Jake Sullivan

Question 35

What is the word meaning “struggle” mentally and physically in Islam?

Answer 35

Jihad

Jake Sullivan

Question 36

Who did Muhammed marry at the age 25?

Answer 36

Khadija

Jake Sullivan

Question 37

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Answer 37

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