Unit 3: Silk Roads, Mongol Empire
Who is MOST associated with the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
Where did Islam originate?
Middle East
Who is at the most powerful during the Middle Ages?
The Church/Pope
Wealth was based on _____ during the Middle Ages.
land
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire? What benefit did it have?
Constantinople; major trading center
Which empire is the Silk Road most closely associated with?
the Han Dynasty
What is the trade route associated with the Mali Empire and what was traded?
Trans-Saharan Trade Route; gold for salt trade
Who was the first to unite Western Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and where was he originally from?
Charlemagne from the Franks
What was the purpose of feudalism and why?
to provide order and stability because the Western Roman Empire collapsed and fell into chaos
What is the Byzantine Empire MOST known for?
Preserving Greco-Roman culture
Which continents are connected through the Silk Road?
Europe and Asia
What geographic feature is associated with the trade route used in the Mali Empire?
Sahara Desert
Why was the Justinian Code created?
the Twelve Tables were outdated and needed to be revised
What is the relationship between a noble and a knight?
A noble gives land to knights in exchange for loyalty and protection.
What is Empress Theodora BEST known for?
giving more rights to women
What exact region did the Mongols control?
eastern Europe to eastern Asia
What empire is associated with the Golden Age of Islam?
Abbasid Caliphate
What/who did the Carolingian Empire use to better manage their land?
counts and missi dominici
What was the economic system of the Middle Ages?
What was it based on?
What is the defining characteristic of this economic system?
manorialism, agriculture/crops, self-sufficient
Cyrillic alphabet, orthodox christianity, and domed architecture
Which empire did these things come from and which empire did it influence?
Byzantine Empire; Kievan Rus
What did the use of the Silk Road encourage?
cultural diffusion
What was Mansa Musa most known for doing in his pilgrimage to Mecca?
Spreading Islamic culture and education
What treaty separated Charlemagne's empire and what two modern-day countries are they now?
Treaty of Verdun
France and Germany
What is a similarity and a difference between the European and Japanese feudal systems?
Why did the Great Schism happen? (Who, What, Where, Why)
ANSWERS MAY VARY (Pope, Patriarch, split of Christianity in two: Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, political and religious differences (lanugages, rituals, etc.)