Islam

Who is Muhammad and what do he represent in Islam?

Last and greatest of the prophets

List the five pillars of Islam.

Faith

Prayer

Alms

Fasting

Pilgrimage

Explain the Muslim class system.

Muslims at birth

Converts to Islam

Protected religions (Christians and Jews)

Slaves

What were the beliefs of the Sunni?

Believe that Muslim rulers should follow the Sunna, or Muhammed’s example

What were the beliefs of the Shi’A?

Believe that Muslim rulers should be descended from Muhammad

What is the House of Wisdom?

Combination library, academy and translation center. Translated all types of documents from different countries.

Define calligraphy and how it was used in Muslim society.

Art of beautiful handwriting

Muslims believed that only Allah can create life so images of living beings were discouraged.

In what fields of learning did Muslims excel?

Astronomy

Medicine

Mathematics

Why was astronomy so important to the Muslim way of life?

To create a correct lunar calendar from Ramadan

To determine which way as Mecca

How were people of different religions treated in the Muslim empire?

Qur’an forbids forced conversion

They were charged a tax each year in exchange for military exemption

Tang and Song China

Describe movable type.

Each letter was carved into a wooden block. These blocks could be rearranged and reused multiple times.

List the inventions of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Porcelain

Mechanical clock

Explosive Powder

Paper Money

Magnetic Compass

Movable Type

How did the Tang Dynasty fall?

High taxes

Struggle to control empire

Internal conflicts

Explain the purpose of the civil service examinations.

To create intelligent and capable governing class.

Feudal Japan

How were the Japanese and Chinese cultures connected?

Used Chinese system of gov’t, writing, art, cooking, gardening, hairstyling.

Adapted Chinese ways to suit their own needs.

What religions was introduced in Japan?

Buddhism

Describe feudalism in Japan.

Rich landowners protected small landowners in exchange for land.

Each lord surrounded himself with a a bodyguard of loyal warriors -- samurai

Define samurai and Bushido.

Bodyguard of loyal warriors who protected rich landowners.

Bushido is the demanding code of behavior that emphasized honor, bravery, and loyalty.

Describe the Japanese government.

An emperor who reigned as a figurehead while another power ruled.

Feudalism in Europe

Describe feudalism in Europe.

SOCIAL - based on rights and obligations.

A wealthy landowner would protect and provide other services to peasants.

Knights protected landowners.

List the invades that attacked Western Europe.

Vikings

Magyars

Muslims

Define lord, fief, and vassal and explain how they are related.

Lord = wealthy landowner

Fief = loaned piece of land

Vassal = person receiving the land

Lord gave land (fief) to a vassal (peasant) in exchange for protection.

Describe the manor system.

ECONOMIC arrangement

Lord provided the serfs with housing, farmland, and protection.

Serfs tends the lords’ land, animals, and home.

What is chivalry? Complex set of ideals that a knight must follow

The ideal knight was loyal, brave, and courteous

What was the purpose of a guild?

Organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improved economic and social conditions of its members.

Set standards for quality of work

Wages

Working conditions

How did Europeans study ancient Greek work?

Visiting Muslim libraries and translated Arabic documents into Latin.

What was the goal of the crusades?

Economic, social, political, and religious goals.

To recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims.

What were the effects of the crusades?

Expanded trade

Decreased the power of the pope

Weakened feudal nobility

Increased the power of kings

Increase of religious interlace and prejudice for Muslims.

Who was responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague to Europe?

Trade routes

Where were the effects of the bubonic plague?

Disrupted medieval society

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