QR Challenge: Final - Medieval World HistoryTest

Question	Answer
The environment of the Arabian Peninsula is hard to live in because	It is covered by vast deserts
A Muslim place of worship	Mosque
What are the five pillars of Islam?	Declaration of faith, prayer 5x, almsgiving, fasting, pilgrimage
Muslims pray toward	Mecca
Which part of the Roman Empire, Eastern or Western was more affected by the barbarian tribes?	Western
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire was	Constantinople
Emperor ______________was the first to divide the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western regions
How did Constantine use the wealth of the city to make it magnificent?	He used the wealth from trade to build palaces, gov. Buildings, marketplaces, and a stadium for chariot racing.
After making an impressive hajj to Mecca, He became famous and introduced the world to the Mali Empire	Mansa Musa
What immense geographic feature did traders have to overcome in order to send gold from West Africa to markets along the Mediterranean?	Sahara Desert
The trade good most in demand by the people of Ghana was	Salt
How did iron help the Soninke people of Ghana?	Iron weapons helped them to defeat their neighbors.
What was the main job of griots in West Africa?	to pass on the history of the people.
What river did West Africans settle on?	Niger
Under the Song, China developed which kind of system for choosing and promoting civil servants?	merit
Tang Taizong brought stability to China by reviving the country's…	official bureaucracy.
Japanese culture was influenced by its proximity to…	China and Korea
The native religion of Japan is	Shinto
Samurai code of honor	Bushido
An archipelago is	a chain of islands
Under the code of bushido, to whom did a samurai owe the greatest loyalty?	his lord
Prince Shotoku’s Constitution was based on ______________________ and _____________________ ideas.	Buddhism and Confucianism
To exclude a person from a church or religious community	excommunication
Non-church or non-religious	secular
Which was the most successful crusade for the European Christians?	the first
Why was the fourth crusade a disgrace to the idea of the crusades?	The crusaders destroyed Constantinople and never reached the Holy Land.
Why did serfs across Europe revolt against their lords as a result of the Black Death?	The lords tried to pass laws limiting the serf's movements to keep them from going to manors that offered them higher wages.
Why did the inquisition punish heretics?	Heretics might persuade people to leave the Church.
Why did the system of feudalism rise in Europe?	the fear that Vikings would control the region
Rebellious English barons forced King John to agree and approve the ____________ in 1215.	Magna Carta
What was a negative effect of the Crusades?	Jews, Muslims, and heretics were persecuted for their beliefs
How did William the Conqueror transform England?	He introduced a strong feudal system with a small group of Normans in control
During medieval times, which group was legally tied to the land?	serfs
a Christian warrior’s rules of behavior	chivalry
One of Florence's most powerful families that patronized the arts for generations was the __________ family.	Medici
What was the Renaissance?	a great cultural revival that swept through Europe between the 1300s and 1500s
the everyday spoken language of the people	vernacular
a cultural movement in the Renaissance based on the study of classical works	humanism
The view that religion need not be the center of education or other human affairs	secularism
What was the cause of urban growth during the 1300s?	Peasants were drawn to towns by the promise of paid work.
mathematical system for representing three-dimensional space on a flat surface	linear perspective
Shakespeare's plays are still popular today because	his characters behave the way people do, even today
Where did the Renaissance begin?	Florence, Itlay

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