Part One: Byzantine Empire (20%)
What religion did the empire adopt?
How did Eastern Orthodoxy differ from Roman Catholicism?
What was the importance behind the location of Constantinople, Byzantium?
What did Justinian's Law Code contribute to the Western World?
What was the Nika Rebellion? Who convinced Emperor Justinian to stay and fight?
What contributed to the Great Schism? (split between Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians)
What religion did the Eastern half of Europe worship?

Part Two: Islamic Empire (35%)
Who are the Abbasid Caliphates?
How did the Abbasids control their large empire?
Explain the role merchants played in spreading the Islamic Religion?
What areas did Islam spread to?
How were the Byzantine Emperors and Muslim Caliphs similar? (type of government)
What characteristics did the Muslims have that allowed for them to spread their empire so rapidly?
What two branches did the Islamic faith split into upon Muhammad's death?
Explain the difference between the two branches of the Islamic faith?
What specific role do Muslims believe Muhammad represented within Islam and the monothestic world?
Describe the characteristics or focal points of Islamic Art:
How did Islamic Art differ from art in the Byzantine Empire & the Medieval Ages?
List the innovations (achievements) of the Islamic Empire:
Math
Medicine
Astronomy
Engineering


Part Three: Medieval Europe (35%)
Explain the role of religion in the lives of Medieval Europeans:
Explain the oath of loyalty/agreement made between a lord and vassal (knight/serf). Why was this important to the Feudalistic Structure?
How were feudalism and the manor system related?
Power and position in feudalism were based on the control of what?
Define Feudalism:
Define Manorialism:
Describe the layout of a Manor (buildings):
What is the Magna Carta?
What impact did the Magna Carta have on modern legal rights?
What are the characteristics of Medieval Art?
What was the design intention behind Gothic Cathedrals?
Know what a Gothic Cathedral looked like.
What Gothic architectural style keeps the roof and sides of the cathedral supported?


Part Four: Tang & Song Chinese Dynasties (10%)
This era in Chinese history was known as:
List the inventions originating during the Tang & Song Dynasties:
What impact did the Song Dynasty have on East Asia?