unit 3: world history study guide Q&A:

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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


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