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Exam Multiple Choice
Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In pre-Islamic times, the statues of Mecca was enhanced by | the Ka’aba, a religious shrine which attracted pilgrims |
| The Prophet Muhammad had knowledge of life beyond Mecca because he was | a merchant and had traveled |
| One of the strengths of Islam which made it a successful universalizing religion similar to Christianity was its | egalitarianism that transcended previous loyalties, ethnicities, or allegiances |
| The issue that confronted Muslims following Muhammad’s death, and the issue which eventually split Muslims into Shi’a and Sunni sects involved | who was Muhammad’s legitimate successor |
| The Pillar of Islam which helped create the first global civilization was | the pilgrimage by the faithful to Mecca |
| The reasons for the Arab’s (Muslim) successful conquest of the Middle East and north Africa was most likely due to | the weakness caused by their long wars of Islam’s two main adversaries, Persia and the Byzantine Empire |
| The decline of women’s position within Islamic civilization was due to | contacts with older sedentary cultures and their highly stratified urban systems |
| As the Muslim empire grew and the Abbasid dynasty came to power | Muslim rulers were increasingly isolated because of advisors and harems |
| As similarly compared to classical Rome, later Muslim society | used slave labor extensively and had an important landed elite |
| Unlike the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa | was never totally isolated from other civilizations |
| Sub-Saharan African societies are similar to Latin American Indian societies in that both | were devastated by contacts Europeans and Arabs, which led to mass epidemics and the death of whole indigenous populations |
| While all of these peoples migrated to, settled, and influenced north Africa, the only indigenous inhabitants seem to be the | Berbers |
| Islamic teachings in north and west Africa | put an end to the African slave trade |
| The first black African states and civilizations developed | in the Sahel, the grassland belt of south of the Sahara |
| Islam in west Africa | converted the kings and elites first without necessarily affecting the masses |
| A common concern for west African Muslim jurists and clerics was | the persistence of pagan beliefs and practices among its population |
| Islam was spread through west and east Africa as well as southeast Asia by | migration to the areas by large groups of Muslims |
| After the arrival of Islam, societies in west Africa | often continued to recognize traditions granting women extensive rights |
| The slave trade from west Africa to the Muslim world | existed before the arrival of Islam and was expanded over the centuries |
| Unlike the Romans in the western part of the empire, the eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire | did not succumb to Germanic invasions in the 5th century |
| As had Hammurabi’s Code (Mesopotamia), Justinian’s Code (Byzantine) | became the basic law code for his state, and influenced future law codes |
| Under the emperors after Justinian, the chief concern of the Byzantine state was | the defense against Slavs, Russians and Arab invaders |
| Although Byzantine society was patriarchal, | women could inherits the imperial throne |
| The schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches was due to all of these issues EXCEPT for: | Muslim influence on the Orthodox branch of Christianity |
| Unlike the Roman Catholic church, Byzantine Orthodox missionaries | permitted people to use local language in religious services and literature |
| The period known as the Middle Ages in Europe | began with the fall of Rome and ended with the decline of Europe’s feudal and religious institutions |
| During the Middle Ages, effective political and military power in Europe was | local in nature with regional aristocrats holding the greatest influence |
| Manorialism was characterized by all of these conditions EXCEPT: | manors and peasant depended on merchants for most necessities |
| Serfs differed from slaves in that | they could not be bought or sold, and owned some of the land they farmed |
| After the collapse of Charlemagne’s empire, the pattern of political life in western Europe | consisted of regional monarchies with strong aristocracies |
| Medieval universities and schools | trained students mainly in theology, medicine, and law |
| The major lasting result of the Crusades was the | establishment of cultural and economic contacts between western Europe and the Middle East |
| Many scholars in the Middle Ages | attempted to assimilate Christian faith with Greek philosophy and reason |
| Although later civilizations in Mesoamerica borrowed and built on the previous accomplishments of the Olmecs and Maya, later civilizations | rarely surpassed their intellectual predecessors |
| The Aztecs rose to power through all of the following EXCEPT: | warfare |
| For the Mesoamericans of the Aztec period, religion | was oppressive and made little distinction between the sacred and secular |
| In order to supply food to Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs | built floating agricultural islands on the lake |
| Around 1500 C.E., membership in Aztec society was hierarchically defined by all of these methods EXCEPT: | ethnicity |
| Because of their level of technological development, Aztec work and production | relied heavily on the physical labor of humans |
| Demographic evidence of the Aztec Empire around 1500 C.E. indicates | an extremely high population density |
| One reason offered for the expansion of the Inca state was | each new Inca ruler had to secure new land and wealth for himself |
| Religious practices of the Incas included all of these attributes EXCEPT: | monotheism |
| All land in the Inca state | was owned by the state but assigned and redistributed to others |
| The era of Tang and Song rule in China was known as a(n) | golden age of Chinese culture and accomplishments |
| The Tang rulers were able to control potential nomadic threats to China by | playing one nomadic group against another |
| To administer China, the Tang and Song dynasties relied on | scholar-gentry |
| Buddhist successes in China during the Tang era | led to persecutions and seizures of Buddhist monastic lands |
| The major demographic change in China between 500 and 1000 C.E. was the | large population increase in the south around the Yangtze |
| Tang military expansion into central Asia | promoted renewed commercial contacts between China and west Asia |
| The invention of explosive powder (gunpowder) in China | had little initial impact on warfare |
| The high level of Chinese literacy was due to | the invention of movable-type printing and cheap paper |
| The only indigenous aspect of Japanese culture during the Heian era was | Shinto |
| The group which mostly directly challenged Chinese influences in Japan and Vietnam during the postclassical era was | aristocrats and local provincial administrators |
| Although the Mongols were often brutal, they were | tolerant of religious differences and encouraged trade |
| All of these events led to the weakening or end of medieval western European institutions EXCEPT | the Ottoman Turk invasion of western Europe |
| The Renaissance in Europe | was largely a cultural and intellectual movement |
| The major barrier to west European expansion prior to the 15th century was | the low level of European technology |
| The first western European nation to establish an overseas empire in the 15ht century was | Portugal |
| All of these influence Europe to expand EXCEPT: | fear of the states and people Europe might encounter |
| In comparison to Spain and Portugal, the northern European states and their expeditions | began later an initially acquired only limited holdings outside Europe |
| In order to facilitate colonization, and exploration, the British, French, and Dutch | chartered companies and created commercial monopolies in given regions |
| All of these were examples of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT | Muslim and Chinese merchants came to monopolize Atlantic trade |
| The most important basic commodity traded in the Early Modern Period was | sugar |
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