World History Chapter 11 Quiz and Test – Flashcards
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In the early AD 800s a combination research library and school called _____ opened in Baghdad
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The House of Wisdom
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In ancient times people who lived on the Arabian peninsular were ____, nomade who hered sheed, camels, and goats
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Beoduins
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In AD 624 Muhammad drafted a politcial agreement know as ___ _____ _____ which created an islamic state and culture as well as a religion
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the Madinah Compact
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To be a Muslim all believers must carry out obligations known as
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the five pillars of Islam
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The Umayyads moved the capital to ____, which was centrally located in the expanding Islamic state
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Damascus
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migration to Yathrib
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Hijrah
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first caliph
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Abu Bakr
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Comprehensive Book
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Al- Razi
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Muhammad's wife
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Khadijah
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The Rubaiyat
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Omar Khayyam
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holy war
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Jihad
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built the Ka' aba
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Ishmael
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monotheistic, equal rights of followers, Holy book, heaven/Hell, appeal to the poor, common ground in Jerusalem
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links between Islam, Christanity, and Judaism
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perfrom the Stoning in the Mina Valley to ward off temptation
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the final day of the Hajj
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The Umayyad advace into westerm Europe was stopped in AD 732 by ___ ___ at the ____ __ ____
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Charles Martel; Battle of Tours
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the military expeditions of the _______, were successful because their horses and camel calvry over welmed more tradtional armies
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Rightly Guided Caliphs
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Muslim scientists used the ____ to determine the size and circumference of the earth
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astrolabe
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In 1258 they sacked and looted Baghdad and killed the last Abbasid caliph
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the Mongols
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the terms Islam means
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submission to the will of God
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the conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims centered on
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the blood kinship of Muhammad
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Muslims at birth, convered Muslims, protected people, and slaves were the four ____ ____ in Muslim society
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social classes
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Islamic tradtion prohibits the fathful from
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eating pork, drinking alcohol, gambling
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According to Muhammad "the pople of the book" were
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Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians
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"it enableth its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it is our friend in the desert; our society in solitude... an ornament amoung friends and armor amoung enemies"
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education
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Islamic tradtion holds that in AD 610 Muhammad experienced a revelation proclaimed "___"
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Recite
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The Rightly Guided Caliphs were overthrown by rebel groups ehich ended the ____ system of choosing a caliph
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elective
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born into a powerful clan and orphaned at a young age
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Muhammad
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the written history of Britian begun by Alfred the Great and finished 250 years after his death is called
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the Anglo Saxon Chronicles
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In AD 768 Pepin the Short's son became king and gave the name ____ to his dynasty
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Carolingian
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In order to seek out and punish heretics, the Church developed a court in AD 1232 known as the
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Inquisition
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To win support against the Pope, King Philip IV of France called together ___ ___, an assembly of nobles, clergy, and townspeople
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Estates General
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the exclusive right of the eldest son to inherit his father's estate is called
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primogenitor
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the early medieval period is called the ____ ____ because law and order vanished and literacy almost disappeared
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Dark Ages
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this famous memorial was commissioned by King Harald of Denmark after he converted to Christianity
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the Jelling Stone
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In 1075 Pope _______ banned lay investiture. In response Emperor _____ insulted the pope and ordered him to step down
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Gregory VII; Henry IV
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___ living on medieval manors were bound to the land and could not leave without the lords permission
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serfs
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____ __ ____'s invasion fleet was delayed in France because strong northeasterly winds kept his ship at their moorings
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William of Normandy
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_____ and the _____ ___ limited the power of the english king
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Parliament; Magna Carta
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_____ revived literacy and learning and united western Europe under one government
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Charlemagne
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In 866 the ___ ___ landed in England. Their purpose was to conquer the island and make it Viking territory
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Great Army
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the missi dominici were
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royal agents
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the knights code of conduct
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chivalry
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fight fairly, be generous to enemies, protect and cherish noble women and the church, be steadfast, loyal, and always true to their word is part of the knights
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code of conduct
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"behold the church of St. Cuthbert splattered with the blood of priests of God despoild of all its ornaments ; a place more venerable then all in Britian is given prey to pagan people".... Alcuin refers to
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the attack on Lindisfarne
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this was the first large scale mechanized seige weapon and it could propel objects up to 980 feet at or over castle walls
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trebuchet
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historians refer to the type of battles waged by Frankish knights
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shock warfare
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popes enforced church laws and exercised power over medieval Christians using these two powerful weapons
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excommunication and interdict
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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thomas beckett
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Francis of Assisi
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Clovis
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Henry II
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Danish conqueror
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Canute
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Capetian king
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Philip IV
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Monte Cassino
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Benedict
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Holy Roman Emperor
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Otto I
