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| What marked the end of the Medieval Era? |
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| The invasion of what group signaled the end of the Roman Empire? |
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| The Germanic tribes, the Huns, African tribes |
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| Who was the first Frankish ruler to establish a large European kingdom? |
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| Who established the largest empire after the fall of Rome? |
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| What are the raiders from Scandinavia called? |
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| The Franks dominated which parts of Europe? |
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| From where did the concept of feudalism originate? |
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| Who is at the top of the feudal power structure? |
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| The knight most often came from which class? |
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| What was the code of honor that knights were expected to live by called? |
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| military defense, residence, intimidation |
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| St. Benedict of Nursia was the model for what movement? |
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| Which area was not likely explored by the Vikings? |
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| Where did the Capetian Dynasty rule? |
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| Feudalism was imported to England under? |
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| The House of Lords and House of Commons are components of the: |
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| The Magna Carta was forced upon the King of which nation? |
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| What area of Europe did the Muslims dominate, causing centuries-long struggle for independence? |
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| What was sparked by Pope Urban II's famous 1905 speech? |
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| Rulers of the ______________________, which extended from Germany to Italy, often confronted the Pope over the appointment of church officials. Pope _______________ wanted the church free from lay control. |
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| Holy Roman Empire, Gregory VII |
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| In response to the pope's ban on lay investiture, ____________said that bishops held royal lands under his control, so he had the right to appoint them. In 1076, the pope_______________ him and threatened to crown a new emperor. He then humbled himself to the pope and was forgiven. |
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| By the 1200s the CHurch reached its peak of power. by 1198, Pope________________ took office and claimed supremacy over all other rulers. He also launched a holy war against heretics in southern France, killing tens of thousands. |
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| Where did the Plague originate? |
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| Which two groups were fighting north of Arabia in the seventh century? |
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| Byzantines and the Persians |
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| All of the following are among the main Pillars (requirements) of Islam except: |
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| Judaism, Christianity and Islam all share the following traits? |
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| The belief in one god (monotheism) |
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| Muslims pray in the direction of what city? |
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| Most of the world's Shi'a Muslims live in which country? |
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| Islam experienced its Golden Age during which dynasty? |
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| Towers built next to mosques to provide a high platform to call the faithful to prayer |
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| In 750, a handful of__________ escaped their death by fleeing to ____________, where they created the Caliphate of Cordoba. |
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| According to Muslims, the word of God was recorded in the following book |
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| All of the following men succeeded Muhammad as a leader of the Islamic community except: |
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| THe Abbasids are credited with all of the following accomplishments except: |
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| The invention of the Mudejar style of architecture. |
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| The battle of Manzikert in 1071 was significant for the following reason: |
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| It damaged the image of the Byzantines as a unconquerable empire. |
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| The Muslims were able to take Damascus and Jerusalem after defeating the Byzantines in the following battle: |
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| The Sephardic Jews flourished under the rule of the following: |
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| Uthman, the third caliph, was responsible for the following: |
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| Compiling verses to create the first official Qur'an |
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| Conversion to Islam was appealing to many converts in the seventh century for all but one of the following reasons: |
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| New converts were given parcels of land |
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| The Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa mosque were built by the Umayyads in which city? |
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| All of the following were led by Sunni rulers except: |
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| WHat two countries make up al-Andalus today? |
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| By the tenth century, the Muslim world was divided into the following three competing empires: |
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| Umayyads of Cordoba, Fatimids, Abbasids |
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| The Roman Emperor Constantine rebuilt the city of Byzantium and renamed it: |
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| The Byzantine empire reached its peak under: |
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| Justinian had a commission collect and organize the laws of Rome and this collection came to be known as: |
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| In the 1090s, the Byzantine emperor asked the pope to help in fighting the Muslim: |
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| ________________ date the origins of the country to 862, when a Viking tribe called the Rus began ruling from Novgorod in the north. |
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| Two Orthodox monks, Cyril and Methodius, developed the ___________ alphabet, which is still used in Russia. |
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| Between 1236 and 1241, Mongols advanced into Russia. They were known as the_________________. |
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| A driving force behind Moscow's successes was Ivan the III or _____________________. |
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| The Maygars settled in Hungary and it was a Hungarian king that was forced to sign the ____________________ which strictly limited royal power. |
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| Where were the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali located? |
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| The overall time period for the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali was: |
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| Which rivers were important to the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali? |
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| The Niger and the Senegal |
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| What was the major religion of the kingdom of Ghana? |
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| A traditional African religion |
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| What was the religion of the rulers of the kingdom of Mali? |
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| What was the most important mineral that the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali sold? |
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| Who was the founding king of Mali? |
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| To what city did Mansu Masa make a pilgrimage? |
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| After the kingdom of Mali weakened, the kingdom of _________ developed in West Africa? |
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| The kingdom of ______________ conquered Nubia about 350 C.E. |
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| Axum became a __________ kingdom in the 300s and helped strengthen trade ties with other ___________ countries. |
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| Axum's legacy survived for centuries in present day ___________. |
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| In the 1200s, under King ______________, CHristian churches were carved below ground into mountain rocks in present day Ethiopia. |
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| _________________, the capital of a great inland empire, was built by a succession of Bantu-speaking peoples between 900-1500. |
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| The correct order for Chinese dynasties is: |
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| as the only female emperor |
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| In 960, Zhao Kuangyin founded the __________________dynasty that lasted for 319 years. |
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| The man who reunited China after the collapse of the Han dynasty and who established the Sui dynasty was: |
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| One benefit of the civil exam system was that: |
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| it opened up government jobs to those who were better prepared |
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| Of the different religions that were diffused into China, which came to have the greatest influence? |
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| The primary emphasis of Confucianism was: |
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| concerned with the need to operate within proper relationships |
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| In the early 1200s, a Mongol chieftain united the Mongol tribes of Central Asia. He took the name _________________, meaning "universal ruler". Under his leadership, Mongol forces conquered a vast empire. |
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| The grandson of the Mongol "universal ruler", ___________ toppled the last Song emperor of China in 1279 and named his dynasty the ______________. |
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| Zhu Yuanzhang formed a rebel army that toppled the Mongols. In 1368, he founded the _________________ or "brilliant" dynasty. |
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| In Korea, the dynasties were as follows: |
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| In 1443, King Sejong decided to replace complex Chinese writing and had experts develop ________________, the Korean phonetic alphabet. |
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| The Japanese revised the Chinese writing system and added ___________, symbols representing syllables. |
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| Early Japanese society was divided into clans. the clans honored kami, or powers that were natural or divine. The worship of these forces of nature became known as; |
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| Missionaries from Korea introduced _______________ to Japan in the 500s. |
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| Japan evolved into a feudal society. Theoretically, the emperor was the head of this society, but he really was powerless. The ____________________, or supreme military commander, had the real power. The commander distributed land to lords, called ________________, and they in turn granted land to lesser warriors called____________. |
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| A series of kingdoms and empires developed in Southeast Asia. One of these, the kingdom of _____________ arose in present day Myanmar. |
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| Indian influences also shaped the _____________ empire, which reached its peak between 800 and 1350. Its rulers controlled much of present day Cambodia, Thailand and Maylaysia. |
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| In Indonesia, the trading empire of ________________ flourished from the 600s to 1200s. |
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| The European feudal system featured knights, while the Japanese feudal system featured: |
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| The samurai served overlords known as" |
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| the code of the warrior, bushido, held that a samurai's honor was all important. If defeated in battle or dishonored in any way, he was required to commit __________________, or ritual suicide, to redeem his honor. |
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