Question 1

Zhang Qian was

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an ambassador sent out by Han Wudi

Question 2

Zhang Qian’s mission was to line up allies for Han China against the

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Xiongnu

Question 3

The information that Zhang Qian brought back encouraged Han Wudi to destroy the Xiongnu and lay the foundations for the

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silk roads

Question 4

The most important port on the Red Sea, constructed by the Ptolemies, was

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Berenice

Question 5

The easternmost point of the silk roads was the Han capital of

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Chang’an

Question 6

A key element in establishing trade across the Indian Ocean was the

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mastering of the monsoon system

Question 7

The trading port of Rhapta was located

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on the east African coast

Question 8

Which of the following deserts was one of the most dangerous spots along the silk roads? Its name means “he who enters does not come back out

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Taklamakan

Question 9

In the west, the silk roads terminated in the Turkish port of

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Antioch

Question 10

The land route of the silk roads ran from the Han capital of ________ to the Mediterranean port of ________.

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Chang’an; Rome

Question 11

In the ancient world, the main producer of silk was

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China

Question 12

Buddhism was spread to China by

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foreign merchants

Question 13

The fact that by the first century C.E. southeast Asian kings called themselves rajas shows how they were influenced by the

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Indians

Question 14

The expanding influence of India was shown by the fact that southeast Asian kings called themselves

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rajas

Question 15

Christianity was carried to Anatolia during the third century C.E. by

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Gregory the Wonderworker

Question 16

The Nestorians were

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a Christian community that emphasized the human nature of Jesus

Question 17

The prophet who promoted a syncretic blend of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements into a religious faith that would serve the needs of a cosmopolitan world was

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Mani

Question 18

Devout Manichaeans, who abstained from marriage and sexual relations and who devoted their lives to prayer and fasting, were called the

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elect

Question 19

The “hearers” were

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devout Manichaeans who abstained from marriage and personal comforts

Question 20

The prophet Mani died in chains as a prisoner of the Sasanid emperor, under the urging of the

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Zoroastrians

Question 21

In 180 C.E. smallpox claimed the life of the Roman emperor

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Marcus Aurelius

Question 22

By around the year 600 C.E., the ravages of epidemic disease had caused both the Mediterranean and Chinese populations to fall by

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at least a quarter

Question 23

Which of the following recorded the suffering of Christians caused by epidemic diseases in his On Mortality

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St. Cyprian

Question 24

In the year 184 C.E., peasant discontent in China led to an uprising known as the

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Yellow Turban rebellion

Question 25

With the collapse of political order after the fall of the Han empire,

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Daoism and Buddhism became much more popular.

Question 26

The term sinicization refers to the

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spread of Chinese culture

Question 27

The “barracks emperors” were the

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twenty-six Roman emperors between 235 and 284 C.E

Question 28

The Roman empire was divided into two parts by

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Diocletian

Question 29

The tetrarchs were

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the four officials who ruled the Roman empire under Diocletian’s plan

Question 30

Which of the following was NOT accomplished by Constantine?

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the reunification of the empire

Question 31

After 330 C.E., the capital of the Roman world became

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Constantinople

Question 32

Chaos threatened the Roman empire in the mid-fifth century C.E., when Germanic tribes poured into the empire for protection from

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Attila

Question 33

In 410 C.E., Rome was sacked by the

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Visigoths

Question 34

The leader of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in 410 C.E. was

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Romulus Augustulus

Question 35

In 476 C.E., the Germanic leader Odovacer brought an end to the western half of the Roman empire when he overthrew

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Justinian

Question 36

In 476 C.E., Rome finally fell to

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Odovacer

Question 37

After the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire, imperial authority survived for another thousand years in the

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Holy Roman Empire

Question 38

Christians were allowed to openly practice their religion when the emperor Constantine issued the Edict of

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Milan

Question 39

In the late fourth century, Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the Roman empire by Emperor

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Theodosius

Question 40

Christian thought was linked to Platonic philosophy through the work of

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St. Augustine

Question 41

St. Augustine made Christian thought more appealing to the educated classes by harmonizing it with ________ thought

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Platonic

Question 42

In the structure of the early Christian church, who presided over the dioceses?

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bishops

Question 43

In 325 C.E., the Council of Nicaea

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decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures

Question 44

That Jesus possessed both human and divine natures was a decision made by the Council of

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Nicaea

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