AP World History Unit 3

Mohammaed referred to his new belief system as Islam, meaning

• "submission to God"

• "the faith of Allah"

• "People of the Book"

• "Blessed Revelations"

Which of the following best describes the historical term medieval?

• A period that ends with the coronation of Vladimir Comnenus

• An epoch that begins with the founding of Christianity

• The contemporary era after the Enlightenment

• A time between ancient Greco-Roman history and modern times

Shari'a can best be defined as

• the rule of the Mamluk sultans.

• the flight to Medina in 622.

• the body of Islamic law and custom.

• fasting during Ramadan.

Early Russia grew out of a principality centered in the city of

• Minsk

• Kiev

• St. Petersburg

• Novgorod

The term vassal means

• a landless peasant.

• the center of a fiefdom.

• a container for fluids.

• a status of mutual obligation between lord and underling.

The population of western Europe nearly doubled from 1000 to 1200 because of the

• influx of Aryan peoples.

• use of the potato as a foodstuff.

• relative peace that existed.

• new farming technology, such as the improved plow and horse collar.

The decentralization of Islam took place after 1000 when

• Mohammed passed his authority on to his sons.

• the Turks took over Byzantium.

• rival caliphates took power in North Africa and Spain.

• Christianity took back portions of Syria during the Crusades.

The spread of Buddhism in China c. 800 was sponsored by

• Tibetan monks who traveled widely throughout East Asia.

• Tang rulers who brought in missionaries from India.

• the Han emperor Wei Ping.

• Uighur tribesmen from the West.

Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with

• the revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.

• the discovery of gold in the Hindu Kush.

• the collapse of the Roman empire.

• the development of a new breed of camel.

The classical era of Japan took place during the _________ period.

• Tokugawa

• Minamoto

• Meiji

• Heian