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Name _____________________________________ Date ___________________________ Pd _______
Unit 3 Review: Post Classical Age (AD 600 – AD 1450)
Directions: Complete the following review using your notes and activities from class. Be specific and
detailed in your answers. Your answers must be handwritten, so start working now. Reviews must be
turned in before the test to earn credit for test corrections.
Byzantine Empire
1. What happened to the eastern portion of the Roman Empire after the “fall” of Western Rome in A.D. 476?
2. Look at the map of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Note the relative location of the city to the
Roman Empire and to Asia. What impact do you think this location will have on the development of
Constantinople?
3. How did Christianity unite the Byzantine Empire socially and politically?
4. What caused the Schism of 1054 and what was the result?
5. Explain the characteristics of Roman Catholicism vs. Eastern Orthodoxy:
6. What was the impact of Justinian’s Code?
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7. The ______________ ____________, or (“Holy Wisdom” in English) was designed to reflect the Christian principle
of being plain on the ‘outside’ and majestic on the ‘inside’ and shows the connection between church and state.
Medieval Europe
8. What was the impact of the fall of Rome on Western Europe? (Include the effects on the rule of law, political
institutions, education, economics, architecture and infra-structures (roads, public structures, etc.):
9. How did Christianity unite medieval Europe politically and socially?
10. Explain the legacy of Charlemagne’s rule on Western Europe:
11. Why is the Church credited for “preserving” learning and literacy during the early Middle Ages?
12. Explain the reasons why the nobles and peasants of Western Europe decided to set up a regionalized system of
protection. What threats motivated this decision?
13. What were the major characteristics of feudalism AND the economic system of manorialism?
14. The manorialism system was said to have been “self-sufficient”. What does that mean?
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15. What leverage did the pope (the Roman Catholic Church) have over kings and nobles during the Middle Ages? Why
did the kings and nobles even listen to a religious leader?
16. What social functions did the clergy (local priests, monks and nuns) perform within medieval communities?
17. How did King Henry II of England advance the use of juries and English common law?
18. Speculate why a king would want his laws and his judges travelling throughout his realm instead of allowing local
nobles to continue using their own courts and laws to regulate the activities of the people. How do judges and laws
increase the power of a king?
19. How does the Magna Carta attempt to limit the power of the king?
20. What two principles contained in the Magna Carta were included by the founding fathers in the U.S. Constitution?
21. Explain St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy on faith and reason:
22. Identify the four major events that contributed to the end of medieval Europe:
23. What was the western European goal in the Crusades?
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(Impact of the Crusades: return of interregional trade helped restore the power of Europe and created conditions that
would lead to the Renaissance, Reformation, and the Age of Exploration.)
24. Explain the effects that the crusades had on the rise of nation-states:
25. Explain the effects of the decline of the power of the Pope and Church:
26. Explain the effects of the Black Death (bubonic plague) on western Europe:
27. Explain the cause and effects of the collapse of feudalism and manorialism:
28. What changed the nature of warfare during the Hundred Years War?
29. Describe Joan of Arc’s influence on The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453):
30. Explain what led to a decline in the power of the Church in Medieval Europe:
31. Describe the split of the Catholic Church during the Great Schism:
[Note: The Great Schism (1378-1417) is not the same The Schism of 1054]
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32. Whose power did John Wycliffe challenge?
33. Jan Huss believed that the authority of the ___________________ was higher than the authority of the church
34. Identify the following examples of Western/Catholic world architecture:
_________________________
__________________________
Islam
35. What are the origins and major characteristics of Islam?
36. Why did Islam spread so quickly?
37. What regulated moral conduct, family life, business practices, government, and other aspects of a Muslim
community?
38. What was the role of women in the Islamic world during the post-classical period?
39. Identify these significant examples of art and architecture in the Muslim World:
______________________
_______________________
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40. Describe the following Islamic caliphates:
 Umayyad:
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Abbasid:
41. What was the political, economic, and social impact of Islam on each of the following regions: (think big picture)
 Europe:
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Asia:
42. The Muslim invasion of Europe was halted by their defeat by Charles Martel and the Franks at the Battle of
___________________ in 732.
43. What major ideas in mathematics, science, and technology originated during the Golden Age of the Muslim world?
44. Describe the interactions between Muslims, Christians, and Jewish societies in Europe, Asia, and North Africa:
45. What was the impact of Indian Ocean trade during the post-classical time period?
Post-Classical Africa
46. How did Islam spread throughout Africa?
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47. Describe the interactions between Muslim, Christian and Jewish societies in North Africa. Why was Islam appealing
to the lower classes? Could Christians and Jews have roles w/in Muslim states, why? Where was the Fatimid
dynasty? Where were the Berbers and why are they considered important in the spread Islam?
48. Where and when did the slave trade originate?
49. How did the African gold-salt trade contribute to the spread of ideas and trade?
50. Describe the changing role of women in Muslim Africa:
Post Classical Asia
51. What were the major political, economic, and cultural developments of the Tang Dynasty?
 Political:
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Economic:
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Cultural (achievements & inventions):
52. What were the major political, economic, and cultural developments of the Song Dynasty?
 Political:
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Economic:
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Cultural (achievements & inventions):
53. How did the Silk Road trade contribute to the spread of ideas and trade?
54. What structure, finished by the Tang, increased trade in the Indian Ocean? How did it increase trade?
55. What was the reason that women in China practiced foot binding? What does it show about the culture in China?
The Mongols
56. Describe the impact that Genghis Khan had on the Mongol Empire:
57. The Mongol invasions led to impactful changes in several different civilizations. Describe the cultural diffusion that
took place as a result of the Mongols invading:
 Russia –
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China –
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The Islamic World –

South Asia –
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58. “Pax Mongolica” is a phrase used to describe what?
59. The Mongols are widely considered to be last thriving nomadic civilization. What impact did their decline have on
the rest of the world?
South Asia
60. Explain the rise and major characteristics of the Delhi Sultanate:
61. What were the interactions between Muslim and Hindu societies in South Asia?
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