Important People
What wealthy African king destabilized regions of the world during his Hajj to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
Which historian gave us the best definition of the Middle Ages?
Joseph Strayer
What weapon, similar to the flame thrower, was used by the Byzantine Empire to reconquer and control their new empire?
Greek Fire
The Ottoman Empire followed which religion?
Islam
Which of the Meso-American civilizations/empires were known for their terrace farming and suspension bridges?
Incas
Name the person who influenced the Justinian Code to be more equal for women and the poor?
Theodora
What period that began around 1500 convinced people that 500-1500 were the dark ages because they were trying to prove that there was a rebirth of civilization.
Renaissance
The spiritual sanctuary for all Muslims found at the center of their most important mosque is called the what?
Kaaba 🕋🕋🕋🕋
After the Schism of 1054 AD, the Russian joined which Christian Church?
Eastern Orthodox
In what modern country/countries were either the Aztecs or Incas located?
Aztecs: Mexico Incas: Peru/Chile
According to the Sunnis, what man took over as caliph after Muhammad died in 632 AD? He was the 4th convert to the religion and was a good friend of Mohammad.
Abu Bakr
The most widely accepted definition for the middle ages is, “The Middle Ages are the centuries between what?
The Fall of Rome and Modern European Civilization
In Islamic history, what is a Fitnah?
Civil War
Mansa Musa made which city an intellectual and economic powerhouse?
Timbuktu
What was the oldest, richest, and largest civilization in the world in 1492?
China
Name and number. What man is credited with bringing Christianity to the Russians?
Vladimir I
What is the term used to describe when a person in the middle ages gave credit to someone else for a piece of work or literature?
Attribution
Who was the Byzantine general who helped the empire gain back a lot of the territory once lost by the Romans to barbarians?
Belisarius
Identify the four groups of the hierarchy of feudal Europe AND their Japanese equivalents.
King-Emperor Nobles - Daimyo Knights - Samurai Serfs - Peasants
What year did the Ottomans conquer the Byzantines which allowed the Ottomans to expand into Eastern Europe?
1453
Name all four of the “Rightly Guided Caliphs”
Abu Bark, Umar, Uthman, Ali
What are the two major problems with Strayer’s Middle Ages definition?
No specific dates and Eurocentric
The Tang dynasty is considered the “golden age” of China by many historians mainly because they had 5 major inventions, name them.
Printing, toilet paper, poetry, porcelain, and mapmaking
Name all 4 Khanates and where they were located in the world.
Golden Horde - Russia
Chagatai - Central Asia
Ilkhanate - Middle East
Yuan Dynasty - China
What was the name of the Lake that Tenochtitlan was built on?
Texcoco