Unit 2 Vocab

This Sunni dynasty that overthrew the Umayyads as caliphs in 750 C.E.

Who was the first caliph? He was one of Muhammad’s earliest followers and closest friends? (632-634 C.E.)

What was the capital of the Abbasid dynasty? It was located in Iraq.

The eastern Half of the Roman Empire following the collapse of the western half of the old empire was referred to as…

What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

What was the name of the Incan religious center in Cuzco?

What city was the center of Aztec power, founded on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco?

Who was the thinker who believed that through reason, it was possible to know everything about natural order, moral law, and the nature of God?

Who were the Umayidds?

Who were members of military elite who received land or benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty?

What is another term for Scandinavian raiders?

Also known as the Duke of Normandie, who invaded England and created a centralized feudal system?

What masterpiece of Byzantine architecure was built as a Christian church by Jusinian in present day Istanbul, but was converted into a mosque in 1453, and now is a museum?

Originiating in China, what technique was used for printing widely throughout East Asia?

What is the term for a tower attached to a mosque, that was used to call for prayer?

What is the native language of a particular locality?

Recorded by women, what traditions of the prophet Muhammad played a critical role in islamic law and rituals?

In Christian theology, what belief implies that law, not faith, is the pre-eminent principle of redemption?

What religion of early Japanese culture worships numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world?

What translates as "the way of changes?"

What fundamental text of Taoism was a Chinese classic written by Lao Tzu?

What divide of the Christian church resulted in two popes?

What was type of culture was retained in the Byzantine Empire?

Who were political and religious successors to Muhammad?

What was the royal house of Franks that succeeded the Merovingian Dynasty?

Who was the most prominent member of the Carolingian Dynasty?

What was a social status system based on class in India?

What Carolingian monarch’s real name was Charles the Great?

Charlemagne established a substantial empire in which two countries?

Chichen Itza was originally a city in what empire?

“Way of the Warrior”

This code of knighthood was associated with ideals of knightly virtues, honor, and courtly love

When was the Code of Chivalry originated?

What was a series of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim?

Who were the warlord leaders of 300 small kingdoms following the Onin war and the disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate?

What was an Islamic shrine in Jerusalem that is believed to be the site where Muhammed ascended to heaven?

What is a family or group that maintains power for several generations?

Whose marriage united Spain?

Who was responsible for the re-conquest of Granada and the initiation of exploration of the New World?

What was a system where lords provided protection or aid to serfs in return for labor?

What are the obligatory religious duties of all Muslims?

Five Pillars of Islam: prayer…

Five Pillars of Islam: fasting…

Five Pillars of Islam: zakat…

Five Pillars of Islam: hajj…

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

Who were a group of Germanic tribes in the early Christian era who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire?

Who was the leader of all the Mongol tribes and responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of China and territories as far west as the Abbasid regions?

What was one of the four subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan’s death whose territory covered much of present-day south-central Russia?

What was a large church constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Justinian?

What was the organization of cities in North Germany and Scandinavia that established a commercial alliance?

What are beliefs that reject the orthodox tenets of a religion?

What are opinions or doctrines at variance with the established or orthodox position?

What was a continuation of the Roman Empire in central-western Europe?

What were nomadic Mongol tribes?

What was a conflict between England and France over lands England possessed in France?

What issue emerged from the Hundred Years War?

Who were a group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create an empire incorporating various Andean cultures?

What is a term for the leader of an empire?

What is an investigation?

What was a tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy?

What is a major world religion originating in 610 C.E. in the Arabian peninsula based on the prophecy of Muhammad?

What is the literal translation of Islam?

What was a compilation of Roman law?

Who was a French military leader of the fifteenth century who took up arms to establish the rightful king on the French throne at age 17?

How did Joan of Arc die?

How did Joan of Arc commit heresy?

Joan of Arc is now a saint of what church?

Who was a eastern Roman emperor who tried to restore the unity of the old Roman Empire and compiled Roman law?

Which early Frankish king converted the Franks to Christianity and allowed the establishment of Frankish Kingdom?

Who was a Venetian trader that went and learned about China under Kublai Khan?

Who was an African King who made pilgrimage to Mecca and gave away so much gold that the price of gold dropped rapidly?

What was the district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe?

What country of western Africa was a huge territorial empire during the Middle Ages and was the center of Islamic study as well as a trade route for gold?

What was the center of the Mali Empire?

What people occupied the eastern third of Mesoamerica, particularly the Yucatan Peninsula?

What was an ancient Incan fortress city in the Andes located northwest of Cuzco, Peru?

What commander of Mongol forces was responsible for the conquest of China?

Who was the grandson of Chinggis Khan?

Which African state developed along the upper reaches of the Nile and eventually conquered Egypt?

What document confirmed feudal rights against monarchial claims, representing the principle of mutual limits and obligations between rulers and feudal aristocracy?

Which king was the Magna Carta issued against?

In what year was the Magna Carta issued?

What city is the religious center of Islam? Muslims pray towards this city that was originally controlled by the Umayyads.

What city was a great trading center where Muhammad fled to?

What region extends from central Mexico to the northwestern border of Costa Rica?

What region gave rise to a group of stratified, culturally related agrarian civilizations spanning an approximately 3,000 year period before the European discovery of the New World?

What was the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three “ages?”

In the traditional schematic division of European history into three ages, what was the first Age?

In the traditional schematic division of European history into three ages, what was the Age?

What dynasty was succeed by the Yuan, and was characterized by great trade expeditions?

Who was the prophet of Islam, born in Mecca into the Quraysh tribe in 570?

Who were the central Asian nomadic people that pillaged Asia and Europe into a massive empire?

Who are people that believe and follow the Islamic religion?

What is a generalized reference to the Eastern traditions of Christianity, as opposed to the Western traditions which descend from the Roman Catholic Church?

What is a system of knotted strings utilized by the Incas in place of a writing system? It was used to record information for censuses and finances.

What is the holy book of Islam?

What is the literal translation of the Qur’an?

What was the dominant medieval philosophical approach based on the use of logic to resolve theological problems?

Who were peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system of the Middle Ages?

Who were military leaders of the bakufu?

What was another name for the bakufu?

What was a military government in the 12th century Japan that was established by the Minamoto after the Gempei Wars?

In the shogunate system, although there was an emperor, who held the real power?

Who were the mystics within Islam, responsible for the expansion of the Islamic empire into southeastern Asia?

What are the two sects of Islam?

Who is the man that rules a family, clan, or tribe?

What state church of Greece is an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church?

What Christian Church is characterized by an episcopal hierarchy with the pope as its head and belief in seven sacraments and the authority of tradition?

What Arab traveler commented on African traveling security, cities, etc?

What African prince from Mali gave out so much gold during a pilgrimage that it lost its value?

Who was the Japanese lord who wielded the most power while the emperor was controlled?

During what dynasty did the Mongols rule China?

What was a Chinese ship equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders? They played major roles in the Asian seas east of the Malayan Peninsula.

Invented in China, in what machine were individual characters made of fired clay assembled and glued onto a plate to create a printing block?

During what era in China were landscape painting popular?

What were plots of land similar to small kingdoms that were owned by a lord in the feudal system?

In what type of system, such a feudalism in Europe, do both parties benefit?

Who were Japanese feudal military leaders, the rough equivalent of Western knights?

Who was known for being the younger brother of King Richard and a terrible King of England?

When nobles were fed up with King John, they made him sign this document that limited his power.

What is the literal translation of Magna Carta?

What type of governing legislative body began in England with a House of Lord and House of Commons?

What port city of Mali was located just off the flood plain on the great bend in the Niger River?