The uniform code of law compiled by Justinian to rule the Byzantine Empire
Justinian Code
100
Religious images used to aid devotions
Icons
100
Under Song leadership, how did China become a great sea power?
Invention of the magnetic compass
100
Architectural style associated with the age of faith
Gothic
100
What was the chief means of social and political organization in African stateless societies?
lineage groups
200
Who created the Cyrillic Alphabet and why?
Sts. Cyril and Methodius---so slavs could read the Bible in their native tongue
200
In 1054, what solution was comprised to end tensions between the Catholics and the Orthodox Christians?
Separate into two churches
200
Name 3 reasons for the fall of the Tang Dynasty
Imposed taxes, could not control empire, invasion
200
Who was the English king who led the Third Crusade
Richard the Lion-Hearted
200
Which two languages mixed together to form Swahili?
Arabic and Bantu
300
What title did Ivan III use
Czar
300
What is the ethnic background of the Vikings?
Scandinavian
300
How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror?
Brilliant organizer, gifted strategist, used terror and cruelty as a weapon
300
Who was the Pope that called for the First Crusade
Urban II
300
Who was Mali's first great leader?
Sundiata
400
How did the Russians, under the Mongols, and the Mamelukes, under the Abbasids, gain power?
By working for them
400
What does the word "lay" in "lay investiture" mean?
People who are not part of the church leadership
400
What did the Japanese combine with Buddhism to form their own religious beliefs?
Shinto
400
Which crusade resulted in the signing of a truce and an agreement to allow Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem?
Third
400
What was the main object/s that Africans provided in the trade between East Africa and Asia?
Raw materials
500
Who gained power in 945 when the Persians conquered Baghdad?
Sultans
500
On which issue did Emperor Henry IV and the Pope disagree?
Lay Investiture
500
Did Kublai Khan follow the Mongolian nomadic way of life?
No
500
Practice of selling positions in the church
Simony
500
This was the furthest south that Indian ships could travel in a monsoon season. It was the trade hub between Africa and Asia. It controlled the port of Sofala, where all gold was traded.