unit 3: world history study guide Q&A:
Who is Sudanita? What Empire did he establish?
1st King of the Empire of Mali
What is Swahili? What two lang's influenced its creation?
A Language spoken in the East African Coast, Bantu + Arabic
What religious founding father to Jews, Christians, and Muslims share?
Abraham
Shia Muslims believe that the caliphate should be who?
Ali, or a descendant of Muhammad
Who recites the Qur'an to Muhammad in a cave in Hira'a?
Angel Gabriel
The Kingdom of Kiev controlled the trade routes for furs, wax, and slaves between Scandinavian and WHICH Empire?
Byzantine
What is Mongol Yam?
Communication / Travel routes across Mongol Empire
How did Genghis Khan United the Mongols and built an Empire?
Created new gov't. system used the United Tribes to conquer
Russian term for Caesar?
Czar
Why did Sunni and Shia Muslims split?
Disagreed who should take over when Muhammad passes
What made Mongols nearly unstoppable on the Battlefield?
Do everything from Horseback
What is one example of the long-term impact of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe?
Eastern Orthodox Church
According to the Quran who is Muhammad?
Final Prophet of Allah
Islam is a monotheistic religion that recognizes the Koran as the inspired word of?
God (Allah)
What did Africans trade across the Sahara?
Good + Salt
What language did most people in the Byzantine Empire speak?
Greek
What large church did Justinian build, and was the largest church in the world for almost 1000 years?
Haiga Sophia
Greatest Islamic Traveler? Famous for?
Ibn Battuta, traveling all over the Muslim world + writing about it
The cities of Mecca and Medina are most associated with what religion?
Islam
What was Emperor Justinian's most important accomplishment?
Justinian's Code
Which city was the center of the earliest Russian Kingdom?
Kiev
Who is Mansa Musa? What Empire did he rule?
King of Mali-Empire, Richest man whoever lived
Who (What People) traded with Africa First?
Muslim Merchants
What are 5 most important requirements for the Islamic Faith? (List the five things and what they require followers to do)
Prayer Profession of Faith Fasting Charity, Giving Hajj
Icon?
Religious Figure
The Byzantine Empire was MOST influenced by what other empire?
Rome
Saints Cyril and Methodius were key in spreading culture from the Byzantine Empire to?
Russia
Where did the religion of Islam originate?
Saudi Arabia
What important trade route did the Mongol Empire control?
Silk Road
Iconoclast?
Someone against having Icons in Church
In the Islamic religion disagreement about Muhammad's successor led to what?
Split between Sunni + Shia
Which Branch of Islam has always had the majority of followers since the Sunni-Shia split?
Sunni
What was The Great Schism?
The split of the Greek Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches
Who was Justinian's wife and why is she important to the Byzantine Empire?
Theodora, and she was a woman in power who helped in political choices, believed in woman's rights
What term does "Pax Mongolica" ("Monogolian Peace") refer to?
Time of peace under the Mongol Empire
