Ch 3 Study Guide

World History

 

  1. Where did the Arabs live (specifically and non-specifically)?

 

 

  1. To whom do Arabs trace their ancestry back? What were these guys to have built? Where?

 

 

  1. According to Muslims, who had revelations from God?

 

 

  1. What is the holy book of Islam called? What is in it?

 

 

  1. Do Muslims believe Muhammad was divine, or just a man?

 

 

  1. In what city did Muhammad have his revelations?

 

 

  1. What is a place of worship in Islam called?

 

  1. What is a jihad?

 

  1. What are the two holiest cities in Islam? In what country will you find them?

 

 

  1. What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?

 

 

 

  1. How big E and W did the Arab Empire get?

 

 

  1. What cities served as the centers of the Arab world at various times during the height of the empire?

 

 

  1. Give three things the Arabs left us from the height of their empire.

 

 

  1. What did Ibn Sina do?

 

 

  1. Between what years did the Middle Ages take place? What is another name for this time period?

 

 

  1. Between what two time periods did the Middle Ages occur?

 

 

  1. What group of people was Clovis the 1st to unite to create an empire?

 

 

  1. What helped provide really the only unity for people in Europe during the Middle Ages?

 

 

  1. What became the highest position in the Catholic Church? What was the most local level of the Catholic Church?

 

 

  1. What did a Christian monk do during the Middle Ages?

 

 

  1. Who created the Carolingian Empire?

 

 

  1. After the fall of the Carolingian Empire, who did people turn to for protection? What did these people become?

 

 

  1. What was the term for the political and social system that was based on land ownership during the Middle Ages?

 

 

  1. Who was a vassal?

 

  1. Who was a lord?

 

 

  1. Could a person be both a vassal and a lord? Could you be a vassal to more than one lord?

 

 

  1. What did a vassal owe the lord?

 

 

  1. What did William of Normandy do in 1066?

 

 

  1. What did Henry II do that strengthened the power of the king in England?

 

 

  1. What does it mean that Henry II created common law in England?

 

 

  1. What did King John do that hurt the power of the king in England?

 

 

  1. What was the main point of the Magna Carta?

 

 

  1. What is the law making body of England called today? What was it at first?

 

 

  1. What country did many German kings want to unite under their rule? What did they call this unified land?

 

 

  1. How did #34 effect their own land?

 

 

  1. Give an example of E slavs, W slavs and S slavs.

 

 

  1. From what was the Byzantine Empire created out of?

 

 

  1. For what do we remember Justinian?

 

 

  1. What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

 

 

  1. What religion did people in the Byzantine Empire follow? How many Christian religions were there in the world at this time?

 

 

  1. What became the goal of the crusades?

 

 

  1. What Muslim leader helped to take Jerusalem back from the Europeans?

 

 

43. How did Italy prosper as a result of the crusades?