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Islam/Middle Ages Review
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9th Grade
03/07/2007

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True or False:
Arabs trace their ancestry to Abraham through his son Ishmael
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True
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True or False:
Muhammad was born in Mecca.
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True
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True or False:
According to Muslim teachings, Muhammad received revelations from God through the angel Gabriel.
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True
Term
True or False:
The head of an Arab tribe is called a vizier.
Definition
False
Sheikh
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True or False:
The Crusades were effectively ended by Saladin when he gained control of Egypt and took the offensive against the Christian States.
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False
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True or False:
One of the first leaders of the Mongols was Genghis Khan.
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True
Term
True or False:
Islamic law prohibits Muslims from being slaves.
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False
Woman were often slaves.
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True or False:
The Quran taught that women had no social or spiritual rights.
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False
Woman had no political rights.
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True or False:
An Islamic man can have no more than one wife.
Definition
False
An Islamic man can have 4 wives.
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True or False:
Sailors observing the stars with an Astrolobe were able to determine their ship's location.
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True
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True or False:
Dervishes try to achieve union with Allah through dancing and chanting.
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False
It is achieved through following the 5 Pillars.
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True or False:
The Quran specifically forbids any representation of a human figure in painting or any other art form.
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False
Muslims cannot depict god.
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Muhammad began to meditate in the hills because...
Definition
he became troubled by the gap between the honesty of most Meccans and the greediness of trading elites in the city.
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After Muhammads death, Muslim scholars drew up the Shari'ah, which is...
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A law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives.
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The revolt led by Hussein in the early Umayyad period led to
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The split into the two groups, the Shiites and the Sunnis.
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The Umayyad dynasty was replaced by the...
Definition
Abbasids.
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With a population of two hundred thousand ... was Europe's largest city adter Constantinople.
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Cordoba.
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It was through the Muslim world that Europeans...
Definition
Recovered the works of Aristotle and other Greek philosophers.
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Omar Khayyam is most famous for...
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his literary works, especially the Rubaiyat.
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A crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the ... ,which was a covered market.
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Bazaar.
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During the Abbasid dynasty, the council that advised the caliph was led by a prime minister that was know as a...
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Vizier.
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One of the five pillars of Islam is the hajj, which is...
Definition
a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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According to the Islamic belief, Muhammad is...
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the prophet of Allah.
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For Muslims, obeying Allah's will means following...
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The Five Pillars of Islam.
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According to the Quran, fair, defensive warfare is a jihad which means...
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struggle in the way of god.
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Resentment against Umayyad rule grew because...
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non-arab Muslims didnt like the way local administrators favored arabs.
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The Crusades had little lasting impact on Southwest Asia except to...
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breed centuries of mistrust between Muslims and Christians.
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In addition to the Five Pillars, Muslims must obey the Shari'ah which,
Definition
forbids them to gamble, eat pork, drink alcohol, or engage in dishonest behavior.
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Muslim scholar and scientist Ibn Sina wrote a medical encylopedia that...
Definition
was translated into Latin and became a basic textbook in Europe.
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Islamic scholars and theologians organized moral rules into the ..., or code of law.
Definition
shari'ah
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General Mu'awiyah was know for what outstanding virtue...
Definition
using forces only when necessary.
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Why are there no representations of the prophet Muhammad adorning mosques?
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the Hadith warns against any attempt to imitate God by creating pictures of living beings.
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Under Germanic law, if an accused person was unharmed after a physical trial, or ..., he or she was presumed innocent.
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ordeal.
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Saint Benedict founded the community of monks that...
Definition
established the basic form of monasticism in the Catholic Church.
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The Carolingian Renaissance was...
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a revival of learning and culture.
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The Vikings were made part of European civilization by...
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the Frankish policy of settling and converting them to Christianity.
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The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was...
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a piece of land.
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... was a code of ethics a knight were supposed to uphold.
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Chivalry.
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In 1066, William of Normandy...
Definition
invaded England, soundly defeating King Harold's forces at the Battle of Hastings.
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The Magna Carta was a document that...
Definition
eventually was used to strengthen the idea that a monarch's power was limited not absolute.
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... led the Muslim forces to retake Jerusalem from the crusaders.
Definition
Saladin.
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The Ventian leaders of the Fourth Crusade...
Definition
saw an opportunity to neutralize the Byzantine Empire and diverted their army to Constantinople.
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Under Germanic Law, a wrongdoer had to pay ... or "money for a man" to the family of the person.
Definition
werglid.
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Gregory 1, also know as Gregory the Great...
Definition
strengthened the power of the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church.
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Charlemagne establish the missi dominici, who were...
Definition
two men who were sent out to local districts to insure that the courts were carrying out the kings orders.
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At the heart of feudalism was...
Definition
vassalage, which meant warriors swore loyalty, who in turn took care of their needs.
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The ... was a set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between lord and his vassal.
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feudal contract.
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While the lord was away at war or at court, managment of the estate fell to...
Definition
the lady of the castle.
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The Doomsday Book was...
Definition
the first census since Roman Times.
Term
Phillip 2 Augusts greatly increased the power of the French monarchy by...
Definition
waging war on the rulers of England and gaining control or Normandy, Maine, Anjou, Aquitaine.
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Justinian's codification of Roman Law resulted in...
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The Body of Civil Law.
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The push for the crusades came when...
Definition
Emperor Alexius 1 asked for aid.
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A man who separates himself from ordinary society in order to pursue a life of dedication to God is a...
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Missionary.
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People sent out to carry a religious message were...
Definition
prophets.
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Monks copied the scriptures and Latin Classics in rooms called..
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Scriptoria.
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The region of land given by west Frankish king to the Vikings came to be called...
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Normandy.
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The clergy, the nobility, and the peasants and townspeople made up three ... classes, of society.
Definition
estates.
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Knights showed their fighting skills in contests called...
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tournaments.
Term
Under Edward 1, the English ... emerged.
Definition
Parliment.
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In 1215 at Runnymeade, King John signed a document of rights called the...
Definition
Magna Carta
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The first French parliment which convened in 1302, was called the...
Definition
estates general.
Term
The seperation between the Eastern Orthodox and the Catholic Church of the West was called a....
Definition
Schism.
Term
The monastic leader, Saint ... of Clairvaux, enlisted the aid of King Louis 7 in a second crusade.
Definition
Bernard.
Term
The European Christians called the Muslims of the Holy Land...
Definition
infidels.
Term
Muhammad's wife...
Definition
Khadijah.
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"city of the prophet"
Definition
Madinah.
Term
successor to Muhammad...
Definition
Abu Bakr.
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replaced by the Umayyads...
Definition
Abbasids.
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after their rise, focus of trade shifted to Cairo...
Definition
Fatimids.
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created by a ninth-century Iranian mathematician...
Definition
Algebra
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perfected by the Muslims; later helped European sailors...
Definition
astrolabe.
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Europe's largest city after Constantinople...
Definition
Cordoba.
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created the Rubaiyat...
Definition
Omar Khayyam.
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Europe's largest city after Constantinople...
Definition
Cordoba.
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fourteenth-century Islamic palace in Grenada, Spain...
Definition
Alhambra.
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