Unit 2 WH Test-Short Answer

What factor contributed to the Japanese belief they had a separate destiny from people on the main continent of Asia?

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

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

ruled from 618-907. created more stable economy, gave land to peasant, and break up large estates to reduce power

Which Roman emperor began persecuting Christians?

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

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

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

Which is the majority group in the Muslim world?

This trade association was an alliance of more than 100 northern European trade cities that banded for mutual trade

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

In the Middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code for knights

Who was ultimately victorious after all three Punic Wars?

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

The official state religion of Rome was:

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

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

What language was spoken in the Roman Empire?

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

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

Women in feudal Europe were expected to:

Why was education important to Charlemagne?

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

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

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

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

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

All Muslims are strongly encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Makkah at some point in their lives. 

In thirteenth century England, the representative government that emerged; two of every

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

ruled from 960-1279. a period of prosperity and cultural achievement. eventually thrown over by Mongols

Early Arabs were:

Which group of Jews favored overthrowing Roman rule?

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

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

This word means "striving in the way of God".  It refers to a Muslim's duty to work for triumph of Islam in the world.

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

Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?

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

What was the Byzantine Empire's most lucrative good?

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

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

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

Which pope strengthened the power of the papacy and Roman Catholic Church by taking control of Rome and arround?

In medieval Europe, a person who was legally required to stay on the land and provide labor, pay rent, and be subject

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

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

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

Who is the prophet of Islam?

In the Roman social structure, the dominant male of the household, which also included his wife, sons, etc.

Who is considered the first emperor of Rome?

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

Who succeeded Muhammad after his death?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following contributed to unrest in Rome?

Why was southeast Asia never unified under a single government?

This person unified the Mongols in the 1100s.

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

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

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

In the Roman system of justice a crime such as murder was considered an offense against society or the state.

These three people formed the First Triumvirate.

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

What is the holy book of Islam called?

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

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

What was Charlemagne's empire called?

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

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

What island was fought over during the First Punic War?

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

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

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

What was the religion of the Byzantine Empire?

This man was born in the 1330s and launched a program of conquest when he gained power in 1369.conqured east caspain sea

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

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

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

Why was Caesar assassinated?

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