quizzes for unit 2

Arab expansion into Europe came to a halt in 732 when Arab forces were stopped by Charles Martel's army in this battle.

This word means "striving in the way of God"

A uniform system of law that developed in England on court decisions, and customs and usage rather than on written codes

What is the pilgrimage called thatMuslimss are encouraged to take?

What was Charlemagne's empire called?

The "great Charter" of rights, which King John was forced to sign by the English nobles at Runnymede in 1215.

When the administrative structure of the empire in the west collapsed it was replaced by which group of people?

Which group of Jews favored overthrowing Roman rule?

In China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service.

Which monk wrote a set of rules which established the basic form of monastic life in the western Christian church?

Which of the following people was considered the best doctor of his day in tenth century Baghdad?

what is the holy book of islam called

Who was the powerful man who became the Frankish king in 768?

Which of the following cities was NOT a center of cultural, administrative, and economic activity in the Islamic world?

What island was fought over during the First Punic War?

These three people formed the First Triumvirate.

This person unified the Mongols in the 1100s.

Why did the central government lose power and influence during the Nara period?

Which of the following did the Romans build with their engineering skills?

What led to the growth of cities in the Middle Ages?

Which of the following religions was NOT spread along the Silk Road?

This was a set of laws on public display in Rome that established and protected rights for both patricians and plebeians

Which Roman emperor began persecuting Christians?

The official state religion of Rome was:

Which Roman emperor issued the Edict of Milan which granted religious freedom to Christians within the Roman empire?

What was the religion of the Byzantine Empire?

What was the greatest gift that a lord could give a vassal?

This group came from Scandinavia in the ninth century and attacked villages and towns throughout Western Europe.

person who was legally required to stay on the land and provide labor, pay rent and be subject to the the landowners

Which Roman emperor divided Rome into two parts (east and west) with each part containing two prefectures?

Which Emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire?

Acts of worship that every Muslim must perform; this includes belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage.

Women in feudal Europe were expected to:

In China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service.

The development of Rome was most influenced by this group who were located north of Rome.

Which is the majority group in the Muslim world?

What is considered to be Justinian's most important contribution?

The strict code by which Japanese samurai were supposed to live.

In thirteenth-century England, the representative government that emerged

Islamic art does not contain people because a Hadith warns against imitating God by creating pictures of living beings.

Which of the following is NOT something that was considered part of the golden age of Chinese art and literature.

What was a crime such as murder considered in germanic law

in the middle ages the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility

Were non-Muslims considered to be equal to Muslims in the Islamic world?

What was the main type of food that people ate in medieval Europe?

Which of the following contributed to unrest in Rome?

Which religion took over formerly Hindu areas of India in the years of the 900 and 1000s?

Why was southeast Asia never unified under a single government?

Which language became both the official and common language of the Byzantine Empire?

This dynasty was considered to set the standard for the dynasties that followed.

Who is considered the first emperor of Rome?

Which of the kingdoms of Korea gained control over the peninsula with the support of Tang China?

who is the prophet of islam

This man born in the 1330s, launched a program of conquest when he gained power in 1369, conquered the entire region...

Which of the following is thought to be a reason for the decline and fall of the Roman empire?

From 725 to the 900s much of Spain was ruled by which religious group?

Which group united the Malaysian archipelago into a single rule in the late 1200s?

What was a reason for the schism that separated the Christian church into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?

Which of the following did NOT account for the growth in population during High Middle Ages?

This is considered one of the finest examples of an Islamic palace.  It is located in Grenada, Spain.

early arabs were

Japanese warriors who were similar to the knights of medieval Europe.

During the later Tang dynasty period countless temples and monasteries from this religion were destroyed.

The states of Southeast Asia were divided into which two groups?

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the fall of the Mongol Dynasty?

This dynasty ruled from 960-1279.  It was a period of prosperity and cultural achievement.  overthrown by the Mongols.

Who was ultimately victorious after all three Punic Wars?

Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?

A period of about 200 years during which the so-called good emperors were in power and Rome had peace and prosperity.

According to the map on page 180 where had Christianity spread by 325 AD/CE?

What language was spoken in the Roman Empire?

Why was education important to Charlemagne?

This trade association was an alliance of more than 100 northern European trade cities

Who developed an alphabet so that he could create a Christian Bible and liturgy in the Slavic language?

The successors of Muhammad as spiritual and temporal leaders of the Muslims were known as:

Which ruler converted to Christianity during battle and later united the Franks as a people?

The political and social order during Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects

Why was Caesar assassinated?

Who did Augustus fail to defeat leading to him being devastated to learn that Rome's power was not unlimited?

In 1368 the Mongol dynasty fell and this new dynasty was set up.

What was the Byzantine Empire's most lucrative good?

Which pope strengthened the power of the papacy and Roman Church by taking control of Rome and the surrounding area?

Who succeeded Muhammad after his death?

This dynasty ruled from 618-907.  They created stable economy by giving land to peasants and...

the dominant male of the household