Duplicate of Unit 2 World History

Question 1

Why was Trans-Saharan trade uniquely difficult?

Accepted Answer

The geography/climate of Africa

Question 2

What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?

Accepted Answer

He is the last and greatest of prophets

Question 3

What caused the Great Schism in Christianity

Accepted Answer

Use of icons in religious worship

Question 4

Capital of the Byzantine Empire

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 5

What was Justinian&#x27;s code of law based on?

Accepted Answer

Roman Law

Question 6

System of land and loyalty exchanged between kings, nobles, knights, and peasants?

Accepted Answer

Feudalism

Question 7

The great church built in Constantinople by Justinian?

Accepted Answer

Hagia Sophia

Question 8

The main commodities traded in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Gold and salt

Question 9

Mongols epitomized what type of society and culture

Accepted Answer

Nomadic Pastoralist

Question 10

What Mali king took a pilgrimage to Mecca spreading his wealth along the way?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 11

What are the three Medieval Western kingdoms of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Question 12

Why was Constantinople important?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 13

Christian ceremonies in which "God&#x27;s Grace" is transmitted

Accepted Answer

Sacraments

Question 14

The Great Schism divided Christianity into

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox

Question 15

Most important crop for early Americans?

Accepted Answer

Corn

Question 16

Why did Europe become a feudal society?

Accepted Answer

Europeans needed a system of protection from invaders

Question 17

The Russian term "czar" comes from what?

Accepted Answer

Roman

Question 18

What is true of the Mongol empire?

Accepted Answer

Mongol Empire was the largest unified empire in history

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam

Accepted Answer

Required faith exam

Question 20

Which of the following religions believe their faith begins with Abraham?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 21

Churches held the power of kings in check by....

Accepted Answer

Applying interdiction to the land

Question 22

Code of Honor for European Knights?

Accepted Answer

Chivalry

Question 23

Which of the following was the most important CHRISTIAN kingdom in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 24

What branch of Islam believes any devout Muslim is qualified to interpret the Qur&#x27;an or become caliph

Accepted Answer

Sunni

Question 25

Act of taking away a person's membership within the Church

Accepted Answer

Excommunication

Question 26

Which of the following was NOT a way in which the Islamic Empires expanded?

Accepted Answer

Increased birth rates amongst Muslim families

Question 27

How did Medieval Western Kingdoms of Africa grow strong and powerful?

Accepted Answer

By controlling and taxing trade

Question 28

What were the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Holy wars between Christians and Muslims

Question 29

Which group in the Feudal Stucture was "bound to the land" and could not leave it without permission?

Accepted Answer

Serfs

Question 30

What king extended Frankish rule and expanded Christianity

Accepted Answer

Charlemagne

Question 31

What is NOT a characteristics that the Empires in the Americas shared? (Olmec, Aztec, Maya, Inca)

Accepted Answer

Monotheistic Religion

Question 32

What are Chinampas?

Accepted Answer

Manmade floating gardens used by the Aztecs

Question 33

The Sunni/Shi&#x27;a Split began with a disagreement over...

Accepted Answer

The choice of who would replace Muhammad as successor

Question 34

Mongol military was....

Accepted Answer

Entirely cavalry

Question 35

Role of Knights in the Feudal Structure?

Accepted Answer

Specially trained soldiers to protected the lords

Question 36

What trade route connected North Africa to West Africa?

Accepted Answer

Trans-Saharan Trade

Question 37

Which of the following were contributed by Muslim scholars?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 38

What did religion look like in indigenous tribes of sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

Animistic, belief in powerful forces in nature

Question 39

What three groups influenced Russian culture?

Accepted Answer

Vikings, Byzantines, Slavs

Question 40

How did the bubonic plague affect the Feudal Economy of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Labor shortages ended Feudal economy

Question 41

Genghis Khan means "_________________"

Accepted Answer

Universal Ruler

Question 42

How was the Pax Romana and Pax Mongolica similar

Accepted Answer

Both were times of peace and stability

Question 43

Holy book of Islam

Accepted Answer

Qur'an

Question 44

Mother culture of Mesoamerica?

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Duplicate of Unit 2 World History

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Duplicate of Unit 2 World History

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