| 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 |
