Test Qs

Question 1

Which of the following was most responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West Africa

Answer 1

Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes

Question 2

Which of the following was the main reason that Buddhist thought had important social implications for South Asia?

Answer 2

It challenged hierarchies based on caste

Question 3

All of the following were part of Confusion social order except

Answer 3

chastity by husbands

Question 4

In the period 609 CE to 1450 CE, states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had which of the following in common?

Answer 4

all were culturally influenced by China

Question 5

Which of the following is a key philosophical and religious element of Daoism?

Answer 5

Emphasis on harmony between humanity and nature

Question 6

Which of the following stable crops is most associated with the rise of Mesoamerican civilizations?

Answer 6

Maize

Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding the tenets of Islam is accurate?

Answer 7

Islam is a monotheistic religion

Question 8

The sponsoring of scholarship by Turkic dynasties, such as the Timurids, best shows that, in the period cir
00-1450, scholarly activities in the Muslim world continued despite the…

Answer 8

fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate

Question 9

Muslim scholars’ incorporation of cultural and intellectual influences from pre-Islamic societies can best be used as evidence that

Answer 9

muslim states and empires were central to the processes of intellectual transfer in Eurasia

Question 10

Muslim scientists in the period before 1450 C.E. generally participated in intellectual and scholarly exchanges with neighboring cultures by

Answer 10

expanding upon the legacy of earlier scientific works by conducting their own research

Question 11

Which of the following was an important continuity in the social structure of states and empires in the period 600
B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.?

Answer 11

Landholding aristocracies tended to be the dominant class.

Question 12

Which of the following was a common feature of most Asian and European philosophies during the period of 1000
to 1450?

Answer 12

A close association with religion

Question 13

The act of the countess of Béarn in the image is most closely identified with which of the following political systems?

Answer 13

Fuedalism

Question 14

The image most directly illustrates which of the following features of the political development of medieval
Europe?

Answer 14

Its decentralization, as European rulers frequently delegated authority to local subordinates.

Question 15

In Europe, political relationships of the type depicted in the image emerged most directly on account of which of the following developments?

Answer 15

Local elites’ need for military protection from more powerful lords

Question 16

The events described in the passage represent a reaction against which of the following forms of coerced labor?

Answer 16

Serfdom

Question 17

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the political systems in western Europe and China during the time period 1000—1300?

Answer 17

Western Europe developed multiple monarchies, while China maintained a single empire.

Question 18

The term “samurai” describes men in feudal Japan who were most like the men in feudal Europe known as

Answer 18

knights

Question 19

In which region did Islam spread more through trade rwather than military conquest?

Answer 19

West Africa

Question 20

Which of the following are a POLITICAL effect of Dar-al-Islam

Answer 20

A “Caliphate” government united the MidEast & N. Africa

Question 21

Which of the following is true of a “caliph” in a “caliphate”?

Answer 21

He was both a political and spiritual leader