Unit 3 Regular

What were some of the advancements made during the time of the Tang and Song Dynasties?

What was true of the Mongol Empire?

What were the Five Pillars of Islam?

Why was Constantinople a good location for the Imperial Capital?

What was the term given to the first four successors of Muhammad?

Who did the Roman Catholics worship as the earthly leader of the church?

How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror?

Who became the first caliph after Muhammad’s death?

What was true of the “rightly guided” caliphs?

What was employment based upon in the Chinese Civil Service System?

What is meant by assimilation?

What was the demanding code of behavior that Japanese samurai were expected to follow?

What is the main teaching of Islam?

What was Japanese society divided into in the 1^st Century BC?

Which Dynasty established the Grand Canal which helped to expand trade?

What was significant about Muhammad’s return to Mecca in 630?

During the Heian Period, what family created a strong central government?

What geographical feature was known as the crossroads of Africa, Asia, and Europe?

What was the early Japanese religion known as the way of the gods called?

What was known as the Baghdad institute of a library, academy, and text translator?

What Chinese Dynasty restored unity to China, expanded borders, & developed a system of government lasting centuries?

What happened during the Pax Mongolica?

Who is the major prophet of Islam?

Which empire became known as Byzantium?

What is the name given to the Japanese warriors who were born into their positions and could not leave?

Approximately how many islands make up Japan?

Who was responsible for uniting the Mongols around 1200?

What is similar between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism?

What happened to the Chinese population during the time of the Tang and Song Dynasties?

Identify the Muslim Holy book.

What was the title given to a military dictator of Japan?

What was the system of government that was based on protection & loyalty ?

What was the climate like in the steppe regions?

What were the steppe regions of Eurasia?

What nomadic group herded domesticated animals?

Who was eligible to become a scholar-official under the Tang Dynasty’s Civil Service System?

How were conquered peoples treated by the Muslim Empire?

What was Japan’s response to its first contact with Chinese culture?

What division of Islam believes that only a relative of Muhammad is qualified to be a caliph?

Who became the emperor of Byzantium?

What was believed to have been the reasoning for Muhammad’s rise to heaven?

What was the name of the new set of laws that was used to regulate Byzantine life?

What part of the body did females have bound as a sign of beauty?

What is the term given to a chain of islands?

What does the name Japan mean?