AP World - Unit 3 Review

Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common

• territory.

• belief.

• language

• tribe

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.

What commonalities can be seen between European and Japanese feudalism?

• Centralized kingdoms dominated the political scene.

• Literature flourished during long periods of peace.

• Land formed the basis for power, with lords controlling fiefdoms.

• Weak emperors were controlled by religious leaders.

Which of the following was an outcome for peasants in Europe after the Black Death c. 1340?

• More land was available and wages increased.

• Wages plummeted as demand decreased.

• Social unrest decreased.

• About 10% of the peasant population died.

Islam made its way into the Asian subcontinent over time after 1000 because of the outreach of the

• Persians who established the Delhi Sultanate.

• Afghani Wazir.

• Umayyad dynasty.

• Ottoman Turks.

Justinian is given credit for all of the following EXCEPT

• reestablishing Greek as the language of the Byzantine empire.

• the rebuilding of Constantinople.

• the codification of Roman law.

• the construction of the Hagia Sofia.