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MODULE 1 STUDY GUIDEWHAT DO I LEARN ABOUT IN MODULE 1??You learn about the similarities and differences in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Also, you learn about the spread of Islam and its Golden Age. Lastly, you learn about the Byzantine Empire and its creation, cultural advancements, expansion, and collapse.1.02What does the word monotheistic mean?What are the 3 major religions that are monotheistic?Where is the Holy Land, the land that all 3 consider sacred?Do all 3 of these religions share the same religious roots/family tree?Use the chart on page 5 of this lesson to answer the following questions: What rituals do these 3 religions have in common? Which rituals belong to Christianity? Islam? Judaism?Using the same chart, what beliefs do these 3 religions have in common?What beliefs belong to Christianity?Islam?Judaism? Paying close attention to the same chart, answer the following: What are the 5 Pillars?Who is Moses?Who is Jesus?What does Sabbath mean?1.03Why is the city of Medina important?Why is Mecca an important city of Muslims? How did it become important?What were the 2 major ways Islam spread?Using the interactive on page 3 of this lesson, answer the following:What lands were acquired under Mohammad?What lands were acquired under each of the caliphs?Using the interactive on page 4, answer the following question:What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite (Shi’a) Muslims (different sects in Islam)? Which one has a larger population?According to the map on page 4, what countries/empires did Islam spread to?Using the interactive on page 5:Who were the Ummayids?Who stopped them from expanding? And where?How were Non-Muslims treated differently?Who are People of the Book?Who were the Abbasids?Where did they move the Muslim capital? Why?What territories/countries were conquered by each?Why was their tension and conflict when Islam spread to India?Which ruler accomplished a period of peace in India?After his death, why did conflicts begin again?Ultimately, was Islam accepted in India?1.04What subjects flourished during the Golden Age of Islam?Did the Muslim empire force Christians and Jews to convert? Why would they do so?Using the interactive on page 3, please answer the following questions. Write down the correct answer.This image from the outside of a building suggests an Islamic design because of "That fondness for science ... has encouraged me to a compose a short work on Hisab al-jabrw'almuqabala, confining it to what is easiest and most useful in arithmetic, such as men constantly require in cases of inheritance, legacies, partition, law-suits [all based on the Qur'an], ... the measuring of lands, the digging of canals, and geometrical computations." Based on the content clues this quote can be attributed to"If we come to (a state of) anger and battle, it is the reflection of His Wrath. And if we come to (a state of) peace and pardon, it is the reflection of His Love."-Rumi, in Mathnawi 1 Whom is Rumi referring to in these lines from one of his poems?"The ink of scholars is more precious than the blood of martyrs." -Muhammad What effect did this idea have on the Islamic Empire? Why was the location of Baghdad important that the capital was moved to there?1.05What is New Rome? Who created it?With Constantine the Great's support, _____________had become the official religion of the Roman Empire by the end of the fourth century CE.With it becoming official, who did it help to unify?On page 1, watch the video or read the transcript to answer the following:How did the Byzantines continue the Roman traditionWhat was the Iconoclast Controversy? Who supported the use of Icons? Who didn’t? (In other words, who was this controversy between) Who was the most ardent supporter of icons?Because of this controversy, what caused a major break in relationships between the East and the West?Besides the inconoclast controversy, what other issues split the East and the West?A.B.C. 8. What is the Great Schism?1.06 1. Constantine made Constantinople the capital of the Roman Empire. After his death, the Roman Empire split. Was Constantinople now the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire or the Western Roman Empire? 2. Using the information on page 1 of this lesson, list 8 advancements of the Byzantine Empire in Constantinople: 3. Describe the Hagia Sophia. What was it later turned into? By whom? 4. Did the Byzantine Empire still have classes of people? What were they? 5. Using the information on page 5 of this lesson, list 4 cultural advancements the Byzantine’s made. 6. Who was Justinian and what were his 2 goals during his reign? 7. What type of influence did Justinian’s wife, Theodora, have over him? 8. Who was Belisarius? Using information on page 6 and 7, which groups did he lead attacks on? 9. Using the interactive on page 6, answer the following: 1. In 528 and 529, what does Justinian create? 2. What building was he known for constructing? 10. What ended Justinian’s conquest? Where was it he was trying to conquer but was unsuccessful? 11. What type of laws did Justinian’s Code create? What did it say about women? Slaves?1.07List 3 reasons Justinian contributed to weakening the Byzantine Empire?What barbarian group did the Byzantine’s arrange to fight the Slavs? What did this barbarian group eventually do to the Byzantines? What were the goals of the Crusades?During the Crusades, which 2 groups turned against the Byantines, thus resulting in land lost and weakening of the empire?What was the specific reason the Byzantines resented each of these groups?During the Crusades, the Byzantines finally had to create a government in exile due to the Venetians discovering that Alexis did not do what?Who were the Powerful and what did they try to take over that helped the Byzantine Empire to decline?Who were the invaders which finally overtook the Byzantine Empire, thus making it it’s biggest threat? Why did they want this empire (this location)?Using the information on page 7, how did that group finally get into the city of Constantinople? What did they use to get in? How long did it take?What religion became the most predominant after the Byzantine Empire collapsed? ................
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