Unit 1
Justinian is credited with the creation of Justinian's Code which became the basis for...
In order to identify the height of the Byzantine Empire on a map, one must be able to identify this large body of water.
Mediterranean Sea
What aspect of Islam includes a pilgrimage to Mecca and a month of fasting?
What is: The Five Pillars
Patrons
What was one effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Introduction of new foods to both Europe and Americas
Spread of Disease
Ottoman Janissaries were able to defeat Constantinople's Triple Thick Walls using this new technology...
What is: gunpowder
The Byzantine Empire is credited with the preservation of what other societies
Greco-Roman
Who is considered to be the founder of the Islamic faith?
Who is: Muhammad
Pope Urban II gave a speech calling for Christians to help their "brothers" in the east who had been attacked by the Turks and Arabs... what was the long term effect of this speech?
What is: The Crusades
Which event led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in England?
The Glorious Revolution?
Habeas Corpus protects you and everyone else from what?
What is illegal or arbitrary arrest?
Rome represented Centralized Government, this other type of socio-political structure involved kings, bishops, knights and serfs.
Feudalism
What did the famous Islamic doctor, Al-Razi, contribute to the Islamic Golden Age?
What is: the writing of medical texts
Nicholas Copernicus is famous for which theory?
Heliocentric Theory
What was the major cause of the Enlightenment?
People began to questions traditional beliefs
What helped culturally unify Europe after the fall of Rome?
What is: Christianity
This principle in the Magna Carta protects against illegal or arbitrary arrest
Habeas Corpus
Abu Ja'far Muhammad Iben Musa al-Khwarizmi is known for the creation of what?
What is: algebra
Martin Luther pushed for bibles to be printed in vernacular languages... why did the Catholic Church oppose this?
It took power away from Priests and other church officials.
The Great Fear
Tennis Court Oath
Storming of the Bastille
The above events all occurred during what time period?
The French Revolution
This scholar is credited as the creator of Scholasticism, the blending of faith and reason.
Thomas Aquinas
The Black Death, Great Famine, and the 100 Years War all led to what for the peasants and serfs in the Middle Ages
What is: Increase in serfs rights and increased value of labor.
The Muslim office of Caliph is best described as a...
What is: Political and Religious leader for government officials.
Why did the Council of Trent fail to bring the Protestants back to the Catholic Church?
The Council of Trent reinforced Catholic Doctrine
Why would the French people allow Napoleon to take control of the Government after 10 years of Revolution?
He would restore order to the French Government