Unit 4- The Middle Ages in Asia & Middle East

Where did Islam originate?

• Arabia
• Persia
• North Africa
• Judea

How did the Byzantine government demonstrate a close relationship between Church & State?

• The emperor developed & published Christian tenets
• The emperor was crowned head of the Church by the Pope
• He built large churches such as the Haiga Sophia
• The capital was moved from Rome to Constantinople

What was a contribution of Muslim scholarship to Europe?

• Movable Type
• a unified body of Christian & Islamic law
• Preservation & translation of Greek & Roman texts
• development of the Cyrillic alphabet for the Slavs

This factor shaped the practice of slavery in the Muslim world.

• Muslims could not enslave fellow Muslims
• Need for manual labor on farms in Arabia
• the tradition of Jews freeing slaves
• construction of trade centers for Bedouin caravans

What was the impact of the Silk Roads & the Gold-Salt Trade in Africa?

• We don't know much about either, other than they connected people over great distances
• Both helped to spread trade & ideas, especially weapons tech, & religion.
• Though they both helped spread trade across continents, they failed to help spread cultural diffusion
• Despite helping their local areas, they prevented the spread of trade & ideas

What demonstrates how the Mongol Empire was diverse? 

• The Mongols ruled peoples from China, Russia, Eastern Europe & India
• All people in the Empire were Hindus.
• The empire only covered Central Asia
• Genghis Khan organized a network of communication across the empire.

This concept is central to Islamic Shari'a law in many Muslim countries:

• The law promotes freedom of religion
• The law regulates almost all areas of human life
• The law prohibits religious intervention in government
• The law requires a communal sharing of material resources

The Silk Road in Asia and trade routes in northern Africa caused which of the following?

• A decline in trade

• Isolationist tendencies

• Cultural Diffusion

• The rejection of slavery

This was the (permanent) split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, which began over icon use.

• The Great Western Schism
• The Great (East-West) Schism
• The Great Chasm
• The East-West Shrine Game

Which religion did Prince Vladimir decide was the religion for the people of the Russia?

• Islam

• Eastern Orthodox Christianity

• Judaism

• Roman Catholicism