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Question 1: Why was the location of Constantinople ideal?

Answer:

1) Protection of the eastern frontier

2) Distance from Germanic invasions in the western empire

3) Crossroads of trade

4) Easily fortified site on a peninsula bordered by natural harbors

Question 2: How did Islam spread?

Answer:

Muhammad and his followers spread Islam Question 3: How did geography influence the economic, social, and political development of the Islamic civilization?

Answer:

1) Political unity of the first Islamic empire was short-lived

2) Arabic language spread with Islam and facilitated trade across Islamic lands

3) Slavery was not based on race

Question 4: How did the Byzantine culture preserve Greek and Roman traditions?

Answer:

1) Continued flourishing of Greco-Roman traditions

2) Greek language (as contrasted with Latin in the West)

3) Greek Orthodox Christianity

4) Greek and Roman knowledge preserved in Byzantine libraries

Question 5: Who conquered the Byzantine Empire?

Answer:

Ottoman Turks

Question 6: When did Angles and Saxons migrate to England?

Answer:

fifth century

Question 7: Which Germanic civilization was located in Scandinavia?

Answer:

Vikings

Question 8: What were the key events of the Crusades?

Answer:

1) Pope Urban's speech

2) The capture of Jerusalem

3) Founding of Crusader states

4) Loss of Jerusalem to Saladin

5) Sack of Constantinople by western Crusaders

Question 9: How did the Byzantine culture influence Eastern Europe and Russia?

Answer:

1) Trade routes between Black and Baltic Seas

2) Adoption of Orthodox Christianity by Russia and much of Eastern Europe

3) Adoption of Greek alphabet for the Slavic languages by St. Cyril (Cyrillic alphabet)

4) Church architecture and religious art Question 10: Which languages replaced Classical Roman Latin as the everyday language during the Age of Charlemagne?

Answer:

French, Italian, Spanish, or other languages

Question 11: What forms the basis for the Islamic religion?

Answer:

The revelations of Muhammad, the Prophet

Question 12: Where did the Vikings settle?

Answer:

In the areas known today as Russia, Iceland, and Greenland, and briefly in North America

Question 13: Who crowned Charlemagne emperor?

Answer:

The Pope

Question 14: What type of religion is Islam?

Answer:

Monotheistic

Question 15: What is the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

Answer:

Constantinople

Question 16: Who is a vassal?

Answer:

Owner of a fief

Question 17: Who is a serf?

Answer:

Peasant who worked on a fief in exchange for protection

Question 18: The new empire under Charlemagne included most of ________.

Answer:

Western Europe

Question 19: What locations are important to Islam?

Answer:

1) Arabian Peninsula

2) Mecca

3) Medina

Question 20: What were built to unite the empire?

Answer:

Churches, roads, and schools

Question 21: What are the characteristics of the Eastern Church?

Answer:

1) Centered in Constantinople

2) Close to the seat of power after Constantinople became capital

3) Use of Greek language in the liturgy

Question 22: What provided the inspiration for Byzantine art and architecture?

Answer:

Christian religion and imperial power