Islam
The Ka'ba is a holy shrine located in which city?
Mecca
Justinian I
Which group of people united the slavic tribes of eastern Europe and founded the city of Novgorod, creating the Kievan Rus?
Varangian Vikings
Temujin united the Mongol clans and ruled them all. What was the name given to him?
Chingiss Khan
or
Ghengis Khan
Who is the "father of many nations" credited with started all 3 major monotheistic faiths?
Abraham
The Sunni/Shia split is a disagreement over what?
Leadership
Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church?
The Pope
Which religion did the Kievan Rus adopt?
Christianity
List two reasons the Mongol army was unstoppable:
Technology (Composite bow, stirrup, siege engines)
Nomadism (Survival skills, horse rising)
The Jewish Religious leader is called what?
Rabbi
Which famous Islamic traveler mapped most of the known world by walking it himself?
Ibn Battuta
The Hagia Sophia was a massive, 180 foot tall structure. What was the building used as?
Church
Mosque
Religious and Government purposes
Which language did the slavic people of Kievan Rus adopt to read their holy book?
Cyrillic
What did Mongol control of most of the world do to trade and travel?
Made it safer and easier to travel
Ruler of Mali and considered the richest man on the planet, who launched the Golden Age of Islam in Africa?
Mansa Musa
Why did the Islamic Empire have a higher literacy rate than other places?
People were expected to read the Qu'ran
Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453. What was the city renamed?
Istanbul
The Russian word, Czar, translates to which Roman word?
"Caesar"
Other than Technology, Religion, and Trade Goods, what else traveled along the Mongolian Yam? (trade system)
Disease
The Black Death
The Bubonic Plague
The Islamic holy book is called what?
Qu'ran
Name 3 of the 5 pillars of Islam
Faith
Prayer
Fasting
Charity
Pilgrimage
The Great Schism split the Christian Church into what two groups?
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
The Varangian Vikings served the Byzantine emperors as what?
Royal guards
What tactics did Mongols use to avoid fighting every army and city in their path?
Fear
Terror
Who is the founder of Islam?
Mohammed