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World History - 101
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10/12/2005

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Who were the Huns?
Definition
Asiatic people who came from Mongolia.
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Who was the famous leader of the Huns?
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Attila
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Who led the Visigoths?
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Alaric
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What army conquered Italy soon after 526 and incorporated it into the Byzantine Empire?
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The army of Justinain
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Who carved out a kingdom along the North African coast?
Definition
the Vandals
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The Angles and the Saxons permanently settled what island?
Definition
Britain
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When did the Merovingian Kingdom begin?
Definition
When King Clovis expanded his kingdom in present-day France and western Germany.
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Charles Martel defeated whom at the Tours?
Definition
He the Moslems at Tours.
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Pepin the Short gave the Pope land called the "Donation of Pepin," later called what?
Definition
the Papal States
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Who did the Pope crown on Christmas Day, A.D. 800?
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Charlemagne
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What was the name of old Greek colony where Constantine built Constantinople?
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Byzantium
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The location of Constantinople made it easy to defend and at the end of both of what routes?
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land and sea trade routes
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Justinian was called "the Great" because of what?
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his great deeds
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Justinian built what great church and where?
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The great church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
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Who was Justinian's wife, and what did she give him during the revolt of 527?
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Theodora, gave him strength.
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What did the people of the First Crusade do??
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Pillaged, burned, and stole as much as the could around Constantinople before they left for Palestine.
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Who almost destroyed Constantinople?
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the Latins of the Fourth Crusade
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The Crusaders were called what in the Middle East?
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Latins
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Did the Byzantines fully recover from the Fourth Crusade?
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No, they did not.
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Who conquered Constantinople in 1453?
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the Ottoman Turks
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The main centers of Christianity in the East were where?
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Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople
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Illuminated manuscripts are what?
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manuscripts decorated with pictures
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What is the Arabian Peninsula?
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A vast, mainly desert area southeast of Palestine.
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What is the Arabian Peninsula?
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A vast, mainly desert area southeast of Palestine.
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Where were wells located throughout the Arabian Peninsula?
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oases
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The individual bedouin's loyalty was to whom first?
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his family first
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Frankincense and myrrh came from where?
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South Arabia
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What, having fallen from the sky, was worshipped in Mecca?
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a black stone
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How old was Mohammed when he married Khadijah?
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25 years old
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Who did Mohammed talk to about their religion?
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Jews and Christians
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Where did the Moslems emigrate to, and when?
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Medina in A.D. 622
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The Caliph who sent troops to reconquer the Arabian Peninsula was?
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Abu Bakr
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Abd al-Malik built what, and where did he build it?
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Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
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When was the Golden Age of the Abbasids?
Definition
during the reign of Harun al-Rashid
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When was the Golden Age of the Abbasids?
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during the reign of Harun al-Rashid
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India can be thought of as a what?
Definition
a large triangle
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What are India's seasons?
Definition
hot, cold and rainy
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Most people throughout India's history have lived in what?
Definition
villages
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Who were the Aryans?
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originally nomads from grasslands northwest of India
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The religious weritings of the Aryans were called what?
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the Vedas
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What were the four main classes of the caste system?
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1.priests and holy men 2.rulers and soldiers 3.craftsmen, merchants, & farmers 4.laborers
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Who the greatest ruler of India shortly after Alexander the Great?
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Asoka
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What was the Golden Age in India--from a worldly standpoint?
Definition
the Gupta Period between A.D. 320 and 500
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Who founded the Mogul Dynasty?
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Babur the Conqueror
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The greatest Mogul of the early period is considered to be whom?
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Akbar
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One teaching of Hinduism is that all life is what?
Definition
sacred, even harmful insects and animals
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We who are Christians believe what?
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That Christ died and arose from the dead for us.
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The eight-fold path is a very important part of what religion?
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Buddhism
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Chinese writing began when?
Definition
Shang Dynasty
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A storm like a hurrican, only worse?
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typhoon
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What is the land of many river valleys?
Definition
Southern China
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Confucius lived during which dynasty?
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Chou Dynasty
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The Ch'in Dynasty was built around whom?
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Shih Huang-ti. He is well remembered as China's first dictator.
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What important event took place during the time of the Han Dynasty
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Advent of Jesus Christ
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When was China's golden age of art and poetry?
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T'ang Dynasty
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The Analects are the teachings of whom?
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Confucius
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Who wrote the Book of Tao?
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Lao Tzu
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Caliph
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Successor to Mohammed
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Carolus
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Latin name for Charles
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icon
Definition
sacred image
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monsoon
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seasonal wind
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mosaic
Definition
colored stones fitted together to form a picture
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patriarchs
Definition
fatherly rulers
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