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Which institution held the most power in medieval Europe?

• The Catholic Church
• Knights and Nobles
• Feudal Lords
• The Holy Roman Empire

The system of land ownership and duties that defined medieval Europe was called:

• mercantilism
• feudalism
• manorialism
• serfdom

The system of land ownership and duties that defined medieval Europe was called:

• The fall of Constantinople

• The fall of the Western Roman Empire

• The start of the Crusades

• The signing of the Magna Carta

The Magna Carta was signed in 1215 to limit the powers of the English monarchy.

• True

• False

Guilds in medieval Europe were organizations of merchants that worked to overthrow feudal lords.

• True

• False

The Islamic calendar (Hijri calendar) begins with which significant event?

• The birth of Muhammad
• The Hijra (migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)
• The revelation of the Quran
• The Battle of Badr

Which dynasty is credited with establishing the House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikmah) in Baghdad?

• Umayyad dynasty
• Ottoman dynasty
• Sassanian dynasty
• Abbasid dynasty

Who was the Muslim scholar known as the “father of optics” for his work on vision and light?

• Ibn al-Haytham
• Al-Khwarizmi
• Avicenna
• Al-Farabi

The Rashidun Caliphs ruled for over 200 years after the death of Prophet Muhammad.

• True

• False

Al-Razi (Rhazes) was the first to differentiate smallpox from measles in medical history.

• True

• False