The Byzantine Empire & Geography
Chronology
Monotheistic Religions
Feudalism
Early Middle Ages & The Crusades
100

This is the modern day name for the capital of the Byzantine Empire

What is Istanbul?

100

Place these events in order:

1. Muhammad flees to Medina

2. The 4 Rightly-Guided Caliphs rule

3. The Abbasid Caliphate rules

4. The Umayyad Caliphate rules

What is 1, 2, 4, 3?

100

These 2 prophets are considered prophets in the following religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Prophets:

Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad

Who are Abraham & Moses?
100

A feudal lord provides THIS (A) to a vassal in exchange for THIS (B)

What is

(A) Land known as a fief

(B) Military Service and Loyalty

100

The motive of the Crusades according to Pope Urban II's speech was to expel this group from the Holy Lands.

What is the Muslims?

200
These are 3 types of Byzantine atwork.

What are the Icon, Illuminated Manuscript, and Mosaic?

200

Place these events in chronological order:

1. Byzantine Emperor asks the Pope for help stopping the Turks

2. Richard the Lionheart agrees to a truce with Saladin over the control of Jerusalem

3. Pope Urban II delivers a speech to convince European Christians to join the Crusades

4. The Fourth Crusade ends with the sacking of Constantinople

What is 1, 3, 2, 4?

200

THESE are the core practices of Islam, generally. 

Double Points if you can give each specific practice.

What are the 5 Pillars?

There is only 1 God

Pray 5 Times each day

Pay a yearly tax to help poor and needy

Fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan

Make a pilgrimage to Mecca once during lifetime

200

THIS code establish social norms particularly dictating the behavior of a knight.

What is the Code of Chivalry?

200

This battle stopped the expansion of Islam into Western Europe

What is the Battle of Tours?

300
Principles of justice and architecture are two features of THIS society that the Byzantine Empire adopted.

What is Roman?

300

Place these events in chronological order:

1. The Great Schism of Christianity

2. Muhammad dies

3. Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

4. Battle of Tours

What is 2, 4, 3, 1

300

The prohibition of the use of icons during worship is an example of a controversy between these two churches. (You must identify which church banned the use of icons)

What are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?  The Eastern Orthodox is the one that banned the use of icons during worship.

300

Following the death of Charlemagne, invasions from the Vikings, Magyars, and Muslims and the signing of THIS treaty were two key events that led the rise of feudalism in Europe.

What is the Treaty of Verdun?

300

This Frank was named Holy Roman Emperor. One of his many accomplishments was expanding education in Western Europe.

Who is Charlemagne?

400

These are the two cities that became the capital of the Islamic Empire when the Umayyad and the the Abbasid took over respectively.

You must identify each capital to the correct Caliphate. Make sure you know where these are on a map.

What is:

Umayyad = Damascus

Abbasid = Baghdad

400

Place these Rulers in chronological order:

1. Justinian

2. Clovis

3. The Rightly Guided Caliphs

4. Charlemagne

5. Pepin the Short

What is 2, 1, 3, 5, 4?

400

THIS movement led to the translation of several Greek, Persian and Indian texts into Arabic

What is the Translation Movement?

400

This is the key feature that best describes a manor?

What is self-sufficient?

400

This Frank was the first to unite the Frankish tribes under one ruler. He also converted to Christianity.

Who is Clovis?

500

This sea is north of Europe and east of Britain and Scandinavia.

What is the Baltic Sea?

500
1. Clovis becomes first Frankish king

2. Muhammad dies

3. Justinian leads the Byzantine Empire to the height of its power

4. Abbasids murder most of the Umayyad family to take control of the Islamic Empire

5. Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

What is 1, 3, 2, 4, 5?

500

These 4 cities are significant to Islam. 

One is the location of the Ka'aba. 

One is the location of the Dome of the Rock. 

One is the location of the House of Wisdom. 

One is where Muhammad fled to during the Hijrah.

What are Mecca, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Medina

500

This is the complete hierarchy and relationship between each social class in feudalism.

What is:

King gives land to nobility who gives him money, loyalty and protection.

Nobility gives land to vassal who provides him loyalty and protection

Vassal protects the peasants and serfs who provide food and resources to the vassal and nobility.

500

These were the social, economic, and political reasons for The Crusades.

What are:

Social: Get the knights to stop fighting each other

Economic: Share in the wealth of Jerusalem

Political: Pope wanted to expand influence