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What was the hijrah

Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to medina

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How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?

It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty.

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The split between Sunni and Shia muslims during the late 600’s was most directly provoked by a dispute regarding

The succession of caliphs

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What was the early attitude of Islam towards Jews and christians

They recognized both as “peoples of the book” and treated them honorably in return for a special tax

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The word islam means:

Peace through submission to the will of allah

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Differing from the Umayyad caliphs, the abbasids rulers

Paid more attention to administration and intellectual growth rather than the expansion of the empire.

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Which of the following was NOT a right of Islamic women

They could take up to 4 husbands, just like a man could take 4 wives

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The five pillars include all of the following except

Asceticism

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In 1258, invading mongols sacked ¨¨¨¨and killed the Abbasid caliph

Baghdad

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Which of the following describes a major effect of the Bantu migrations?

The diffusion of iron metallurgy in sub Saharan Africa.

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What are push pull factors

Reasons for migration

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Which of the following statements is true about Songhai

It was an empire built through military conquest and expansion

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Which of the following was the chief means of social and political organization in African stateless societies

Lineage groups

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The original almohads and Almoravids were both part of which group

Muslim reformers

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Why did the city state of Kilwa become an important trading center

Its location in relation to india and Southern Africa

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The conversion to islam of rulers of the kingdom of Ghana and Mali empire:

Stimulated commercial relations with Muslim merchants

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By the era from 600 to 1450 ce, coastal cities in east Africa spoke the Swahili language which blended….

Bantu and Arabic influences

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Internal trade in the sui dynasty was greatly stimulated by the

Construction of the grand canal

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Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was

Less militarized

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Chinese diplomatic interaction with foreigners, which required other Tate’s to accept superiority, at least ritually, was known as the _____ system

Tribute

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What created an intelligent, capable governing class in tang china

The civil examination system

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What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government

An emperor who reigned as a figurehead while another power ruled.

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In Southeast Asia, power has often came from

Control of sea routes

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The mongol khanate which controlled Central Asia was known as the

The Chagatai khanate

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Which of the following accurately describes the mongol empires role in facilitating the trans Eurasian trade

It re established the silk roads between east Asia and Europe

Rusia achieved liberation from mongol rule after

The Russian and mongol armies faced each other in standoff

In what way are Angkor wat and the temple at Borobudur alike?

They show the influence of Indian culture on southwest Asia

Fast ripening rice

Was introduced to china from Vietnam Enabled cultivators to harvest three times a year Increased food supply and supported a large population

Which was not a major technological innovation of tang and song china

Paper making

What was a basic economic characteristic of manorialism during the Middle Ages in Europe

Self sufficiency

The institution most responsible for creating cultural unity in Europe between 600 and 1000 ce was

The Catholic Church

When the pope disallowed the sacraments from being given in a certain territory, this was called

Excommunication

The academic pursuit to harmonize catholic doctrine with Ancient Greek thought was known as

Scholasticism

The weapon primarily responsible for ending the utility of heavy cavalry in European warfare was the

Longbow

The Arabian peninsula took on a new importance when political disorder in Mesopotamia and Egypt

Shifted trade routes through Mecca to Yemen and then across the Indian Ocean

The nature of the society into which the prophet Muhammad was born was

A society made up largely of nomads and merchants

Muhammad experienced profound spiritual revelations that led him to believe that

He was the last prophet of allah

Under pressure from authorities in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers fled to medina in 622. Muslims call this move

The Hijra

After Muhammad's death , Muslim scholars drew up the shari'ah, which is

A law code that provided believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives

The revolt led by hussein in the early u,ayas period led to

The split of Islam into two groups, the shiites and the sunnis.

Resentment against the Umayyad rule grew because

Non Arab muslims did not like the way local administrations favored arabs

What was significant about the battle of tours

Arab expansion in Europe was halted

Muslim scholar and scientist ibn sina wrote a medical encyclopedia that

Was translated into Latin and became a basic textbook in Europe

Trade and communications networks were slower to penetrate sub Saharan compared to other regions because

There was formidable geographical barriers to overcome

Before the tenth century, the dominant form of social organization in sub Saharan Africa was the

Stateless society

Which is a belief not shared by most African societies

A belief in a single god

The earliest Bantu migrants were

Agriculturalists

The African rain forest is home to

Several disease carrying insects, including the tsetse fly

Islam was slow to spread in east Africa because

Many of islams beleifs conflicted with traditional African beliefs and customs

This "seasonal wind" pattern was crucial for traders to understand in order to harness its power to travel across the Indian Ocean

Monsoon

What was the major cause of the expansion of trade throughout SE Asia

The growing demand for spices

Which of the following images would you most likely see in an early chinese painting

A small figure in the midst of a nature scene

The tang government was run primarily by

Bureaucrats of intellectual merit

The practice of foot binding

Placed women of the privileged classes under male supervision

Which of these was most often the philosophical basis of Chinese government

Confucianism

Despite cultural borrowing and imitation, Korea was still different from china in that

Aristocrats dominated Korean society while bureaucrats dominated Chinese life

During the 13th century, long distance trade in Eurasia increased primarily because

The mongols worked to secure trade routes and ensure the safety of merchants passing through their vast territories

In 1279, Kublai Khan proclaimed the

Yuan dynasty

_______ was the strict code of behavior followed by the warrior class of early Japan

Bushido

Early Japanese history notes two major innovations NOT borrowed from the Chinese

Civil service exam and Mandate of Heaven

What was so great about Ivan III "the great"

He is credited with ending mongol rule in Russia

Bishops of Rome became known as ____ of the Roman Catholic Church

Popes

The Vikings were made part of the European civilization by

The Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity

While the lord was away at war or court, management of his estate fell to

The lady of the castle

Justinians codification of Romina law resulted in

The body of civil law

At the heart of feudalism was

Serfdom, which meant that all non vassals labored to support the serfs

Phillip II Augustus greatly increased the power of the French monarchy by

Forming the first French parliament by meeting with representatives of the three estates

In 1066, William of Normandy

Invaded England, soundly defeating king harolds forces at the battle of Hastings

The carolingian renaissance was

An artistic movement

Why was Constantinople an important center of European trade

It was located along major Russian and Asian trade routes

Saint Benedict founded a community of monks that

Established the basic form of monasticism in the Catholic Church

Serfs were different from peasants in that serfs

We're legally bound to the land upon which they worked and lived

The struggles between henry the IV and Gregory VII was known as

The investiture controversy

Born to a wealthy merchant family, Francis of Assisi

Eventually abandoned all worldly goods and material pursuits to live and preach in poverty

The chief task of ____ was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of the Greek philosophers

Scholasticism

Joan of arc brought an end to the Hundred Years' War to a decisive turning point by

Inspiring the French with her faith

Merchants and artisans living in walled cities came to be known as

Burghers or bourgeoisie, from the German word burg, meaning "a walled enclosure"

To achieve his political ends, pope innocent III often used an interdict, which

Prohibited priests from giving the sacraments of the church to a particular group of people

The inquisition was

The court created by the Catholic Church to find and try heretics.

The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in

Severe economic consequences

What brought about new heights to cathedral ceilings during the Middle Ages

Ribbed vaults

The war between France and Spain for control of Italy ended when the

Spanish mercenaries were let loose to sack the city of Rome

Christine de pisan is best known for

Defense of the poor

Christian humanists believed that

If people read the classics, and especially the basic works of Christianity, they would become more pious

Part of calvins reformation of the city Geneva included

The formation of the consistory

Despite their importance in developing a new view of the family, protestants

Did nothing to change the women's subordinate role in society

In 1528, Baldassare Castiglione wrote the book of courtier, which

Described the characteristics of a perfect renaissance noble

Chaucer's the Canterbury tales is an important work because

Chaucers use of English vernacular was important in making his dialect the chief ancestor of the modern English language

The high renaissance in Italy is associated with these three artists

Ninja turtles

Both the Catholics and the Protestants considered the _____ to be dangerous radicals

Anabaptists

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