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Crusades
Golden age
Yuan dynasty
Silk Road/feudalism
Miscellaneous
100
What are the crusades?
They were a series of holy wars fought between the Christians and the Muslims over Jerusalem.
100
What is the golden age?
A time-period when new inventions and ideas were being developed.
100
Who developed the yuan dynasty and how did he change the government?
Kublai Kahn. He got rid of the civil service exams and kept the open door policy.
100
What was the purpose of feudalism?
To protect the people.
100
What empire did the Byzantine break off from?
The Roman Empire.
200
What happened in the fourth crusade?
The Christians turned their back on the Byzantine empire who was helping them. Instead of helping them take back Jerusalem, they attacked the Byzantine empire, Constantinople.
200
What are two ways in which Muslims made astronomy better?
They made the compass and astrolabe.
200
Who unified the mongols? How did he set up his army?
Genghis Kahn unified the mongols. He mixed different tribes together into units of 10, 100, and 1,000. He did this to insure loyalty.
200
Why was Europe forced to adopt feudalism?
Because of the Germanic invasions.
200
What is cultural diffusion?
Cultural diffusion is the spreading of cultural elements from one cultural to another.
300
What were two effects of the crusades?
One effect was that lords were forced to sell their manors to raise money, which hurt feudalism, and royal families began to grow power. Another effect was Western Europe was opened to new ideas from the east in such things as science, math, inventions, art, architecture, tools, etc. This begins the renaissance in Europe.
300
What are ways in which Muslims made mathematics better?
They wrote a textbook on algebra, came up with Arabic numerals, and the concept of zero.
300
What are the four social classes in the yuan dynasty?(Highest to lowest)
The Mongolians, the Semu people, the Hun people, and the southerners.
300
What is the Silk Road?
Interlinking trade routes between Europe, Asia, and Africa.
300
Why were the Turks moving into the Middle East?
The Turks were from Central Asia but they were forced to move because of the mongols. They moved into the Middle East.
400
What were the major events of the 2nd and 3rd crusades and the results?
The Turks conquered the city of edessa, and so the Christians launched another crusade, but they were badly defeated. Saladin conquered Jerusalem so king Richard led the third crusade. At the end of the third crusade, the Turks and the Christians made a truce. Saladin said Christians could pilgrimage to Jerusalem safely and without having to pay tribute. The city of Jerusalem was then completely under Muslim control.
400
What are two ways in which Muslims improved navigation and geography?
They figured out the Earth was not flat,calculated its circumference, and created accurate maps of the world.
400
What type of people were the mongols and why were they like that?
They were nomads. They were like this because their homeland was very cold and it was not fertile. They moved from place to place looking for fertile land.
400
What are some goods that came from Asia to Europe?
There were goods and ideas such as gunpowder, silk, paper, gold, and christianity.
400
What is the open-door-policy?
The open door policy means that anyone can come in and trade or spread new ideas. The people are also allowed to leave.
500
What are two causes to the crusades?
One cause is that the Turks took Jerusalem and killed many of the Christians on their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Another cause is that the Turks were making advances in the east and were threatening Constantinople, so they asked the pope for help.
500
What are two ways in which Muslims made medicine better?
Muslim pharmacists developed many medicines, they developed hospitals, and they began to use surgery.
500
What dynasty did the yuan dynasty conquer in southern china?
The Song Dynasty.
500
What is the plague and how did it spread?
The plague (Black Death), was a disease that started in Asia and spread to Europe along the Silk Road. It killed thousands of people.
500
Why did Constantine make Constantinople the capital?
Constantinople is surrounded by water on three different sides, which makes it easy to defend. It is in the Middle East between Europe and Asia and many traders stop in these cities on their journeys. This made it a popular and rich city. They had a sewer system, hospitals, and homes for the elderly.