World History Chapter 11 Quiz and Test

In the early AD 800s a combination research library and school called _____ opened in Baghdad

In ancient times people who lived on the Arabian peninsular were ____, nomade who hered sheed, camels, and goats

In AD 624 Muhammad drafted a politcial agreement know as ___ _____ _____ which created an islamic state and culture as well as a religion

To be a Muslim all believers must carry out obligations known as

The Umayyads moved the capital to ____, which was centrally located in the expanding Islamic state

migration to Yathrib

first caliph

Comprehensive Book

Muhammad's wife

The Rubaiyat

holy war

built the Ka' aba

monotheistic, equal rights of followers, Holy book, heaven/Hell, appeal to the poor, common ground in Jerusalem

perfrom the Stoning in the Mina Valley to ward off temptation

The Umayyad advace into westerm Europe was stopped in AD 732 by ___ ___ at the ____ __ ____

the military expeditions of the _______, were successful because their horses and camel calvry over welmed more tradtional armies

Muslim scientists used the ____ to determine the size and circumference of the earth

In 1258 they sacked and looted Baghdad and killed the last Abbasid caliph

the terms Islam means

the conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims centered on

Muslims at birth, convered Muslims, protected people, and slaves were the four ____ ____ in Muslim society

Islamic tradtion prohibits the fathful from

According to Muhammad "the pople of the book" were

"it enableth its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it is our friend in the desert; our society in solitude... an ornament amoung friends and armor amoung enemies"

Islamic tradtion holds that in AD 610 Muhammad experienced a revelation proclaimed "___"

The Rightly Guided Caliphs were overthrown by rebel groups ehich ended the ____ system of choosing a caliph

born into a powerful clan and orphaned at a young age

the written history of Britian begun by Alfred the Great and finished 250 years after his death is called

In AD 768 Pepin the Short's son became king and gave the name ____ to his dynasty

In order to seek out and punish heretics, the Church developed a court in AD 1232 known as the

To win support against the Pope, King Philip IV of France called together ___ ___, an assembly of nobles, clergy, and townspeople

the exclusive right of the eldest son to inherit his father's estate is called

the early medieval period is called the ____ ____ because law and order vanished and literacy almost disappeared

this famous memorial was commissioned by King Harald of Denmark after he converted to Christianity

In 1075 Pope _______ banned lay investiture. In response Emperor _____ insulted the pope and ordered him to step down

___ living on medieval manors were bound to the land and could not leave without the lords permission

____ __ ____'s invasion fleet was delayed in France because strong northeasterly winds kept his ship at their moorings

_____ and the _____ ___ limited the power of the english king

_____ revived literacy and learning and united western Europe under one government

In 866 the ___ ___ landed in England. Their purpose was to conquer the island and make it Viking territory

the missi dominici were

the knights code of conduct

fight fairly, be generous to enemies, protect and cherish noble women and the church, be steadfast, loyal, and always true to their word is part of the knights

"behold the church of St. Cuthbert splattered with the blood of priests of God despoild of all its ornaments ; a place more venerable then all in Britian is given prey to pagan people".... Alcuin refers to

this was the first large scale mechanized seige weapon and it could propel objects up to 980 feet at or over castle walls

historians refer to the type of battles waged by Frankish knights

popes enforced church laws and exercised power over medieval Christians using these two powerful weapons

Archbishop of Canterbury

Francis of Assisi

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Danish conqueror

Capetian king

Monte Cassino

Holy Roman Emperor