Transcript Unit II Test Review

Unit II Test Review
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Q: Sufis
A: Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions
Q: Golden Horde
A: One of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol empire
after the death Chinggis (aka Genghis) Khan
Q: Bedouin
A: Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula
Q: Tatu
A: Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty; present-day Beijing
Q: Mamluks
A: Muslim slave warriors
Q: Shamanistic Religion
A: Mongol beliefs focused on nature spirits
Q: Kiev
A: Commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians
in 9th century, early capital of Russia
• Q: Mecca
• A: home of Muhammad and the future center of
Islam.
• Q: Boyars
• A: Russian landholding aristocrats
• Q: Iconoclasm
• A: The breaking of images
• Q: Islamic empire that made were successful due
to the use of gunpowder
• A: Ottoman Empire
• Q: Chief characteristic of the Islamic empire from
1000-1400
• A: Political unity
• Q: Empire that created the Justinian Code, Hagia
Sophia and Hippodrome
• A: Byzantine Empire
• Q: Janissaries
• A: Ottoman soldiers
• Q: Period after the death of Mohammad was
ruled by a
• A: Caliph of disciple of Mohammad
• Q: Significance of Marco Polo
• A: Lead to trade between Europe and Asia
• Q: Generals cooperated w/ governors in
administration of local law
• A: Theme system
• Q: Domestic problem in the Byzantine Empire
• A: Decline of free peasants/had to rely on
wealthy
• Q: Spread of Chinese culture known as
• A: Sinicization
• Q: God would invest in the power of the king was
the reason for
• A: Russia’s conversion to the Eastern Orthodox
Church
• Q: Russia would borrow monarchy, art,
architecture, and religion from
• A: Byzantine Empire
• Q: Major difference between Roman and
Byzantine Empire
• A: Rome didn’t use a bureaucratic government
• Q: Justinian code provided
• A: Standardized system of laws
• Q: Functional region of geography connected
through
• A: Movement
• Q: Exchange of ideas, philosophy, and religion
• A: Cultural diffusion
• Q: Islamic empires gained economic prosperity by
or through
• A: Trade
• Q: One of the largest cathedrals in the world
(rebuilt by Justinian)
• A: Hagia Sophia
• Q: Epicureans believed in pursuit of
• A: Pleasure
• Q: Inherit property, divorce, considered equal in the
eyes of Allah, engage in business were the rights of
• A: Islamic women
• Q: Russia would interact with what empire
• A: Byzantine
• Q: Ottoman Empire would defeat this empire in 1453
• A: Byzantine
• Q: City that was the center of trade between Europe
and Asia
• A: Constantinople
• Q: Code that would serve as a model for European
legal systems
• A: Justinian Code
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Q: Holy war
A: Jihad
Q: Greek and Roman culture was preserved by
A: The Byzantine Empire
Q: Ruled by Suleiman
A: Ottoman Empire
Q: 1054 Christian church was split (main reason)
A: Jurisdiction/who could rule where
Q: Alphabet that would develop in Russia
A: Cyrillic
Q: Sunni and Shi’a
A. Two different sects of Islam
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Q: Nomads, from Asian plains/steppes, horseman
A: Mongols
Q: Educated Byzantines
A: Studied Greek humanities, classics, heir to the
Greeks, spoke Greek
Q: Area with the largest group of cities that served
as centers for advanced culture
A: Arab Islamic world
Q: Prophet of Allah
A: Mohammad
Q: Byzantine economic policy
A: Wealthy couldn’t monopolize land, one currency,
banks, trade (i.e. silk)
• Q: Hirja
• A: Mohammad fleeing to Medina
• Q: Religious justification for conquest, which
lead to a jihad was the reason for
• A: Islamic expansion/growth
• Q: First king of Russia
• A: Rurik
• Q: Importance of Baghdad
• A: Trading center in Islamic expansion
• Q: Tried to conquer Japan, gained complete
control of China, opened up China
• A: Mongols
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Q: Reason for Ottoman and Safavid difference
A: Religion
Q: Marco Polo would travel what trade route
A: Silk road
Q: Persian and Arabic were
A: Predominant languages during Islamic
expansion
Q: Result of the Mongol invasions
A: Russia become important, spread of the
plague, B.E. would fall, rise of the Ottoman
Empire
Q: Who lead the American League in HR’s in 1951
A: Gus Zernial