Test Review
To succeed on this exam, you will need to review your notes from: 1) The Mongols 2) Islam
3)The Greeks 4) The Romans 5) The Byzantines 6) Christianity 7) Feudalism
Terms:
Steppes
Shia
Messiah
Pax Mongolia
Abu Bakr
Roman Catholic Church
Khanates
City-States/Polis
Bible
Genghis Khan
Parthenon
Resurrection
Kublai Khan
Acropolis
Great Schism
Mandate of Heaven
Democracy
Patriarch
Cultural Diffusion
Athens
Protestant Reformation
Muslim
Sparta
Martin Luther
Muhammad
Peloponnesian War
95 theses
Bedouin
Hellenism
Apostles
Mecca
Alexander the Great
Paul
The 5 Pillars of Islam
Republic
Feudalism
Hajj
Patricians
Vikings
Pilgrimage
Plebeians
Fiefs
Caliph
Mediterranean
Vassals
Caliphate
Colosseum
Peasants
Qu’ran
Aqueduct
Serfs
Mosque
Code of Justinian
Manors
Kaaba
Byzantine Empire
Tithes
Dome of the Rock
Hellenism
Sunni
1453
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The Mongols can be seen as villains or heroes. Be able to defend either stance with
specific evidence
Was Khan’s power primarily political, religious, or social? Why did this matter after he
died?
What are the 2 major ways Islam spread?
What caused the division between the Sunni/Shia? Be able to identify which group
believes what.
Be able to identify some major Islamic cultural contributions.
Was Muhammad’s power primarily political, religious, or social? Why did this matter
after he died?
How were Spartan women different than other women of their time period?
Be able to identify how Athenian democracy and the Roman republic influenced the
United States government.
How does the social mobility of the Roman Republic compare to feudalism?
How were the Greeks and Romans similar? Why is this?
Why did the Roman Empire fall?
Why did the Byzantine Empire survive?
Be able to list contributions of the Byzantine Empire
Why did the Byzantine Empire fall?
What do Judaism/Islam/Christianity have in common? What makes them different?
How did the fall of the Roman Empire create an environment where feudalism thrived?
Why were the lower feudal classes willing to stay in a place with little social mobility?
What were the 3 divisions of feudal society?
What was the role of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages?