Vocabulary
Islam Empire
African Kingdoms
The Crusades
The Black Death
100
A series of Holy Wars between Christians and Muslims over Jerusalem (between 1095-1291
The Crusades
100
Islam arises from what city in Saudi Arabia?
Mecca
100
Name of the three Western African Kingdoms
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
100
What was the dominant religion in Western Europe
Christianity
100
The Bubonic Plague aka Black Death originated started in...
East Asia (China)
200
The Abbasids moved the capital city to
Baghdad
200
This learning center in Baghdad was the Abbasid center of learning and scholarship. Works were translated and new ideas were created.
House of Wisdom
200
The wealth and prosperity of Mali and Songhai were dependent on controlling the trade in
Gold and Salt
200
A primary goal of European Crusaders fighting in the Middle East was to
Take back Jerusalem from the Muslims
200
Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague, caused by the bacterium _______ ________
Yersinia pestis
300
a widespread occurrence of a disease which impacts several regions
Pandemic
300
After the prophet Muhammad's death in 632, a _______ ruled Islam. This leader was considered the civil and religious leader
Caliph
300
These trades routes were the dominate routes in North and Western Africa.
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
300
Identify 2 effects of the Crusades on Western Europe
- increase of trade between Western Europe and the Muslim world
-An increased flow of knowledge into Western Europe (especially Ancient Greek and Roman works preserved by Muslims)
- Muslims maintain control of Jerusalem
- Ongoing tensions between some Muslim and Christians leaders, even during the 20th and 21th centuries
- The Roman Catholic Church experienced an increase in wealth, and the power of the Pope was elevated after the Crusades ended
- The crusades caused a rupture in western-Byzantine relations
300
How did the Black spread?
- Fleas on rats
- Trade routes such as the Silk Road and Mediterranean Sea trade routes (made safe during the Pax Mongolica)
400
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
Hajj
Ramadan
Charity
Prayer
Belief in ONE God (monotheism)
400
These two Islamic empires were the largest and most influential and ruled from 661 to 1258. One of them was considered the golden age of Islam
the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) and the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)
400
In 1325, this explorer left his home in Morocco to make a ritual pilgrimage, called a haj. He traveled for over 30 years throughout the Muslim world and documented his experiences.
Ibn Battuta
400
Pope Urban II gave a fiery speech in Modern day France which persuaded Christian nobles to join Crusades. What is the name of speech?
Speech of Claremont
400
Identify two causes of the Black Death
- Increased international trade
- Urbanization (Rise of cities)
- Lack of medical knowledge
500
This vocabulary word means non-religious
Secular
500
Identify at least two methods used by the Islamic empires to spread rapidly
Varies
500
What impact did Mansa Musa have on Western Africa (identify at least 2)
- Promotes the spread of Islam in the region (builds mosques)
- Causes inflation by donating a massive portion of his wealth
- Annexes (takes) the city of Timbuktu, which was the intellectual center of Western Africa
- Due to his wealth and power he is put on the Catalan Map in 1375 by European mapmakers
- Doubles the size of the Mali Empire
- Creates a massive centralized government
500
Explain the historical circumstances that led to the development of the Crusades
- Rising conflict between Islamic Caliphate (Empire) and Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Emperor Alexuis I calls for help from Pope Urban II
- Pope Urban II gives a fiery speech to persuade Christian nobles and kings to led their armies to Jerusalem to conquer the holy land
500
Identify two effects of the Black Death
- start of the Renaissance
- Improvement of medical and scientific knowledge
- Increased wages for peasants
- Feudalism continued to decline as serfs fled from manors for better opportunities.
- 1/3 of Europe's population died
-People start to have more criticisms of the Catholic Church