Byzantine and Islamic Review

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1 Name Date Period Class Byzantine and Islamic Review Directions: Using your textbook, class notes, and homework/classwork from the unit, complete the following questions, review the following material, and use it to prepare and study for your Unit 4 Test. I HIGHLY encourage you to go to mrcaseyhistory.com to review PowerPoint slides and homework/classwork materials you might have misplaced. DO NOT expect to find everything in the textbook. If you still need help, me at pcasey@maspethhighschool.org, and I can help you to find information. Internet may be used as a last resort. IMPORTANT NOTE!!! You recently completed a review sheet for IA #2, which covered many concepts that will be on this test. Some of this review sheet will be the same or similar to what you did to prepare for the IA, so I urge you to refer back to that review sheet to help you to complete this one. You should also check old homeworks and classworks for answers to similar questions. DEFINE/IDENTIFY: Byzantine Empire Justinian Justinian s Code Justinian s Plague Theodora Orthodox Heresy Clergy Patriarch Pope Great Schism Steppe The Rus Cyrillic Tsar Muhammad Allah Quran Hijra People of the Book _ Caliph/Khalifah Mosque

2 Minaret Sharia Calligraphy Al Khwarizmi Ibn Sina Al Andalus Córdoba Berbers Mongols Mughals Din e Ilahi Sultan Vizier Guru Nanak Devşirme Janissaries Bureaucracy Civil Service Millet System Safavid Empire DEFINE/IDENTIFY: Were the Byzantines Romans? Explain. What was Justinian s main goal as Emperor? What did he do to achieve it? What caused the Nika Riots, and how did Justinian respond to them?

3 How were the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox sects of Christianity different? In what ways were the Russians influenced by the Byzantine Empire? How did Ivan the Great try to establish a connection with Byzantine identity? How did the Mongol invasions affect Russia? Did they cause more harm or good? How did Byzantium become Constantinople? Describe each of the Five Pillars of Islam According to the Sharia (teachings of Islam) how were the People of the Book supposed to be treated? What was the original cause for the spilt between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam? What was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate? What was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate? How did the religion of Islam spread throughout the world? Give a few different ways.

4 Under what Caliphate did the greatest expansion of Islamic territory take place? Under what Caliphate did the Islamic Golden Age take place? Why did Muslim artists focus on calligraphy, floral designs, and geometric patterns? Although we call them Arabic Numerals where did our decimal system originally develop? What made Abdur Rahman I the perfect person to rule Al Andalus? How were the Almohads different from previous Muslim rulers of Spain? What was the Reconquista and in what year was it completed? What happened to the Jews in Spain? When the Seljuk Turks took over the Middle East, what did they do to the Abbasid Caliph? How did the Mongol invasions affect the Muslim World? Did they cause more harm or good? What are the three Gunpowder Empires, and why do they have this title? How did Akbar the Great show tolerance toward other religions? How did Sikhism reflect Hindu and Islamic influences? How did Constantinople become Istanbul? Who was Shah Abbas? How was he similar to Suleiman the Magnificent?

5 A B C Which building is the Hagia Sophia? Who built it? What type of building was it originally? How did it become a mosque? Which building is the Taj Mahal? Who built it and why? What type of building is it? Which building is the Kaaba? How is the Kaaba connected to the second pillar of Islam? How is the Kaaba connected to the fifth pillar of Islam? Identify the following cities on the map below (use page 315 & 292) Córdoba Damascus Baghdad Mecca Medina Constantinople/Istanbul Bukhara Moscow