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A.P World History
A.P. World History <3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This was the first central city for Muslims | Mecca |
| God in Arabic is | Allah |
| Muslims believe in one God, meaning they are a | monotheistic Religion |
| Muslims do not except this prophet as "the son of God" | Jesus |
| The five pillars of Islam are: | Faith, Prayer,Fasting,Almsgiving,Hadj |
| The mystical Muslims are Known as | Suffis |
| A muslim pope A.k.a head of Muslim People | Caliph |
| Took over after Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h) Died | Abu Bakkar |
| these are descendants of the Prophet | Shia |
| choosen from among the Umma | Sunni |
| Jihad | Holy war |
| After the death of Uthman this dynasty took over the islamic empire | Abbasid |
| 3 Islamic Urban Centers were | Baghdad,Cairo,Cordoba |
| " People of the Book" | Christians,Jews,Muslims |
| 1200's | Mongols destroy Baghdad |
| Persian Leaders...A.k.a Sultans took over what Islamic Urban Center? | Baghdad |
| Sacred LAw | Sharia |
| Sharia Consists of | Quran+ Interpretations by Ulama(Holy Men) |
| Ummyad | Sunni |
| These two denominations have conflicts in islam | Sunni Shia |
| Since pictures or sculptures were frowned upon oin worship areas the Muslims became skilled in this art of Beautiful Handwriting | Calligraphy |
| These are towers in which the muslims are called to prayer from | Minarets |
| These are the Muslim places of worship | Mosques |
| The islamic empire was all about | Education |
| An example of Islamic Literature is | Arabian Nights |
| After the death of Uthman this dynasty took over the islamic empire | Abbasid |
| 3 Islamic Urban Centers were | Baghdad,Cairo,Cordoba |
| " People of the Book" | Christians,Jews,Muslims |
| 1200's | Mongols destroy Baghdad |
| Persian Leaders...A.k.a Sultans took over what Islamic Urban Center? | Baghdad |
| Sacred LAw | Sharia |
| Sharia Consists of | Quran+ Interpretations by Ulama(Holy Men) |
| Ummyad | Sunni |
| These two denominations have conflicts in islam | Sunni Shia |
| Since pictures or sculptures were frowned upon in worship areas the Muslims became skilled in this art of Beautiful Handwriting | Calligraphy |
| These are towers in which the muslims are called to prayer from | Minarets |
| These are the Muslim places of worship | Mosques |
| The islamic empire was all about | Education |
| An example of Islamic Literature is | Arabian Nights |
| Abasid dynasty | Shia |
| This Major trade route which consisted of multiple norther european regions and practiced common trade was called the | Hanseatic League |
| Known as the "Black Death" it caused 1 out of every 3 people in europe to die in the 14th century | Bubonic plaugue |
| Before Islam women were viewed as | Property |
| Ghana was known as | The land of the Gold |
| Arab traders helped | spread islamic fath and expanded knowledge in africa |
| This western empire was located on the gold coast | Mali |
| this emperor of Mali took all of the people in his kingdom for pilgramage to Mecca | Mansa Musa |
| Mississippians | People of the Mississippi plains |
| known as floating gardens, small, rectangle-shapes area of fertile arable land used for agriculture in the Xochimilco region of the Basin of Mexico | chinampas |
| moldboard plow | plow invented during the Middle Ages to improve farming effeciency |
| Time period between the postclassical era and the renaissance. Consists of Dark Ages and the High Middle Ages, in which the latter saw an improvement in trade, economy, and lives of peasants. | Middle Ages |
| dhimmi) Christians and Jews who shared the Bible with Muslims, could be taxed by Muslims | people of the Book |
| this is the ritual suicide/disembowelment in Japan (hara-kiri); demonstrating courage and restoring family honor | seppuku |
| Warlord rulers who divided Japan into 300 little kingdoms | Daiymo |
| is a formal recognition of the Chinese emperor's authority, where representatives from tribute states would present gifts and engage in a formal bowing ceremony | Kow-tow |
| capital city of the Incan Empire | Cuzco |
| city founded by the Aztecs in 1325 | Teotihuacan |
| Cortes Spanish explorer who defeated the Aztec Empire and brought most of Mexico under Spanish control | Herman Cortes |
| religious controversy with the Byzantine Empire in the 8th century; emperor attempted to suppress veneration of icons | Iconclasscism |
| Nobles fed up with King John made him sign what Great Charter that made sure king got approval of aristocracy before imposing taxes, etc, limited king’s power | Magna Carta |
| Subordinate who, in exchange for land, gives loyalty | Vassell |
| System where both parties benefit - such as feudalism in Europe - protection for labor | Reciprocal Relationship |
| Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders. Played major roles in the Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | Junks |
| movable type By johaness Gutenburg | invented in China in the mid-eleventh century. Individual characters made of fired clay were assembled and glued onto a plate to create a printing block. Introduced in Europe in the 15th century |
| landscape painting | Popular artistic style in China during the Tang-Song era. |
| Grandson of Genghis Khan | Kublai Khan |
| fiefs | Plots of land owned by a lord, little kingdoms |
| reciprocal relationship | System where both parties benefit - such as feudalism in Europe - protection for labor |
| Spanish conquerer who defeated the Incan Empire of Peru from 1535-1540 | |
| samurai | Japanese feudal military leaders, rough equivalent of Western knights |
| King John | Younger brother of King Richard, & bad king of England basically |
| these people were te reason islam didnt spread to russia | The golden Horde |
| Parliament | Beginning in England with a House of lords (aristocracy) and House of Commons (rich merchants) governing legislative body |
| 1271 to 1368, also called the Mongol Dynasty. Period of Kublai Kahn and the Mongols dominance over China | Yuan Dynasty |
| Port city of Mali; located just off the flood plain on the great bend in the Niger River | Timbuktu |
| Japanese lord who wielded most power while the emperor was controlled | Shogun |
| The Christian church characterized by an episcopal hierarchy with the pope as its head and belief in seven sacraments and the authority of tradition | The Roman Catholic Church |
| The state church of Greece, an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church | Greek Orthodox Church |
| a man who rules a family, clan or tribe | Patriarchal |
| Divide of the Christian church whereby for a time there were two popes | The Great Schism |
| The Way of Changes, a Chinese classic written by Lao Tzu around the 3rd century BC It is the fundamental text of Taoism | Tao Te Cheng |
| Religion of early Japanese culture; devotes worshipped numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world; offers of food and prayer made to gods and nature spirits | SHinto |
| In Christian theology, legalism is belief, stated or supposedly implied, that law, not faith, is the pre-eminent principle of redemption | Legalism |
| Rock Islamic shrine in Jerusalem; believed to be the site where Muhammed ascended to Heaven | Dome of the rock |
| Charles the Great; Carolingian monarch who established substantial empire in France and Germany | Charlemagne |
| Social codes of knighthood that originated in France in the Middle Ages; associated with ideals of knightly virtues, honour and of courtly love; came to known as 'gentlemanly conduct.' | Chivalry |
| series of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free Holy Land from Muslims | Crusades |
| obligatory religious duties of all Muslims: confession of faith, prayer (5 times a day facing Mecca), fasting during Ramadan, zakat (tax for charity), and the hajj (pilgrimage) | Five pillars of Islam |
| 1170s – 1227) from 1206 khagan of all Mongol tribes; responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of China and territories as far west as the Abbasid regions | Genghis Kahn |
| any opinions/doctrines at variance with the established or orthodox position; beliefs that reject the orthodox tenets of a religion | heresies |
| 1337 – 1453) conflict between England and France –fought over lands England possessed in France (issue of feudal rights vs. emerging claims of national states) | hundred years war |
| she was trial for heresy and her execution by burning at the stake. | Joan of arc |
| a group of Germanic tribes in the early Christian era; spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire | Franks |
| large church constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Justinian | Hagia Sophia |
| An investigation; A tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy | Inquisition |
| Early Frankish king; converted Franks to Christianity C. 496; allowed establishment of Frankish kingdom | King Clovis |
| An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile C 100 BCE; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | Kush |
| Country of western Africa; During the Middle Ages, Mali formed a huge territorial empire, noted as a center of Islamic study and as a trade route for gold. Its center was Timbuktu | MAli |
| The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe | manors |
| A Venetian trader that went and learned about China under Kublai Khan | Marco Polo |
| Succeeded Mongol Yuan in 1360 lasted till 1644, characterized by great trade expeditions that were withdrawn | Ming |
| Creator of one of the great syntheses of medieval learning; believed that through reason it was possible to know much about natural order, moral law, and nature of God | Aquanis |
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