9th Unit 4 #1: Feudalism, Islamic Caliphates

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe turned to feudalism - land was exchanged for

• money

• protection

Based on this picture, in Western Europe, serfs [peasant farmers] worked a lord's land and

• lived on the estate [property]

• traveled in from a neighboring village each day

Based on this image, feudal manors were self-sufficient, meaning

• it was necessary to ship food in from other towns

• no one needed to leave, because the manor made almost everything they needed

The geographic context of this map is

• the Byzantine Empire became wealthy because waterways allowed for trade

• the Byzantine Empire fell to invading barbarian groups

To keep order, Byzantine Emperor Justinian created a set of laws, called

• the 10 Commandments

• Justinian's Code

• the Twelve Tables

• Ashoka's Edicts

The purpose of the Diwans during the Umayyad & Abbasid Caliphates was to

• organize & keep control over the empires

• organize a movement to spread Islam throughout Asia

Caliphate means

• empire

• nation

The geographic context of this map is

• Muslim empires lost territory in Africa & Asia to the Persian Empire due to war

• Muslim empires expanded their territory to Asia, North Africa, and Europe through war

The Umayyad Caliphate replaced Christian symbols on Byzantine coins with

• Islamic script

• Proverbs from Judaism

The invention that allowed Islamic caliphates to spread learning and knowledge was

• paper

• gunpowder

• the compass