PRACTICE MC QUESTIONS FOR THE 600-1450 ERA TEST - WORD DOCUMENT BELOW THAT IS BETTER FORMATTED AND WITH ANSWERS. ALSO NOTE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS FOLLOW THE OLD APWH MODEL (E.G. 5 CHOICE ANSWER, TOPICS NO LONGER ADDRESSED, ETC)
PRACTICE MC QUESTIONS FOR THE 600-1450 ERA TEST
What dynasty, along with the Sui, re-established and improved Chinese civilization after the fall of China’s classical civilization?
A. Ming
B. Shang
C. Qin
D. Song
E. Tang
All of the following empires are postclassical empires EXCEPT
Constantinople and Malacca both became a powerful commercial states primarily because of their
A. talented merchant class
B. strategic location
C. laissez-faire economic policies
D. military technology
E. silver mines
E.
Why did the Mongols refrain from attacking central Europe in 1241?
A. The death of the Great Khan
B. The conversion of the Great Khan to Christianity
C. The conversion of the Great Khan to Buddhism
D. Massive military buildup in Europe
E. They turned attention to Korea
What important cultural movement rejected Buddhism while adapting its some of its themes to the predominant thought which stressed family duty and honor?
B. Daoism
C. Shinto
D. Zen Buddhism
E. Sikhism
In Japan, from the Heian period until the Tokugawa period, emperors
A. shared powers with the Shinto priests.
B. seldom wielded any real political power.
C. required the Mandate of Heaven to maintain power.
D. came from constantly changing lineages.
E. maintained tight political control.
Which of the following best compares European and Chinese merchants in society during the early 15th century?
A. European merchants were bound to their lords in the feudal system and Chinese merchants were from the noble class.
B. Merchants in Europe were important to the revival of long distance trade gaining status and wealth, while Chinese merchants used their wealth to buy higher status for their families.
C. Chinese merchants were guaranteed government support while European merchants were independent persons of the towns.
D. European monarchs favored alliances with nobility against merchants and merchants under the Ming dynasty were favored over scholar gentry.
E. The Confucian order highly respected profit making and European Christianity considered profit making sinful.
The Turkic expansion under Timur the Lame disrupted all of the following regions EXCEPT
A) Persia.
B) India.
C) China.
D) southern Russia.
E) the Fertile Crescent.
In what ways were the civilizations in Mesoamerica before 1000 C.E. more sophisticated than those in North America?
A. In the former, social structure was more complex, astronomical knowledge was greater, and architectural skills were more advanced.
B. In the former, Christianity was already practiced.
C. Mexican and Central American civilizations never practiced human sacrifice, while societies in North America did.
D. The former civilizations adopted democracy, while the latter used tribal rule.
E. In no ways, because the North Americans had more advanced social structures.
In the five centuries after the year 1000 C.E. the peoples of the eastern hemisphere
A. cut off contact with the rest of the world because of the ravages of disease.
B. fell under the control of the expanding empires of the western hemisphere.
C. traveled and interacted more intensively than ever before.
D. fell dangerously behind the rest of the world in science and technology.
E. united into the largest empire the world had seen since the time of Rome.
Which factor helps explain the scientific and literary achievements of the Muslims during their Golden Age?
A. expansion of transatlantic trade
B. innovations introduced by the Europeans during the Renaissance
C. cultural diversity accepted by many Islamic governments
D. legal equality of all people in the Islamic empire
E. the status of women in society.
All of the following trade routes existed prior to 1000 C.E. except the:
a. Silk Route
b. Arabia/India Ocean Route
c. Atlantic Ocean Route
d. China/India Route
e. Trans-Sahara Route
Zheng He... as ordered by the emperor, proceeded with their journey to the Western Ocean. Well furnished with treasure and accompanied by more than 27,800 officers and men... What body of water is the "Western Ocean" in reference to?
A. Atlantic Ocean.
B. Mediterranean Sea.
C. Indian Ocean.
D. Pacific Ocean.
E. Red Sea.
Narratives such as Marco Polo’s created a European
A. isolationist mentality.
B. image of Mongol poverty.
C. ambition to find easier routes to Asia.
D. fear of Mongol attack.
E. literary movement called romance writing.
Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?
A. Western knights carved out a kingdom in the Holy Land that lasted until the sixteenth century.
B. The Fourth Crusade aided in the defense of Constantinople and preserved the integrity of the Byzantine Empire.
C. The Crusades demonstrated a new Western superiority in the wider world.
D. The Crusades helped to open the West to new cultural and economic influences from the Middle East.
E. The Muslims adopted much of Europe's culture.
During the postclassical period, societies in the Americas
A) remained entirely separate from those of the Old World.
B) experienced the initial contacts that led eventually to European invasion of the New World.
C) failed to develop imperial forms of government, a failure that mirrored European society.
D) were united under a single government.
E) were isolated from Europe, but had limited contact with Africans.
Which of the following was a source of Western dynamism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
A) The growing dominance of the Holy Roman Empire
B) Two centuries of peace among the major nations
C) The absence of epidemic disease
D) The growth of cities and urban economies
E) The Catholic Church's drive to reform
“Their men show no signs of jealousy whatever; no one claims descent from his father, but on the contrary from his mother's brother. A person's heirs are his sister's sons, not his own sons.” (Ibn Battuta) This is an description of
Which of the following societies’ gender roles was overall the least constrictive and gave the greatest amount of freedom and rights to women?
(A) India.
(B)China.
(C)Maya.
(D) Greece.
(E)Rome.
Christians' devotion to saints was very much like
Which of the following practices was common to the Aztec and the Inca empires?
A. Extensive use of sacrifice
B. A tribute system
C. A merchant class
D. A writing system
E. The quipu system
Merchants in southern post-classical India
A- would have been severely threatened by monsoon winds as their ships were not stable for Indian Ocean travel
B- were heavily taxed by Muslim overlords in Delhi which halted their expansion into Africa
C- were very acquainted with local temples as they were the source of banking and finance.
D- did not venture out from India because the Chinese and Europeans came to them.
E- had a very successful system of bartering so a money system never developed.
The artwork shown above most likely an example of
A. the spread of Christianity.
B. the spread of the Mongols.
C. the spread of Buddhism.
D. the spread of the Persians.
E. the spread of Islam.
Which of the following statements is true about Chinese influence on the surrounding areas?
48. What accounts for the relative weakness of the Song Empire?
3. Which of the following is an example of successful outreach of major religions from 600 to 1450?
A. Sufis taking Islam to Southeast Asia.
B. Crusaders spreading the Christian faith into Eastern Asia.
C. Buddhist monks gaining favor in the Umayyad court.
D. Traders taking Buddhism to Eastern Europe.
E. Missionaries spreading Christianity to Southern Africa.
1. Within the Byzantine state, as had been the case with government in most of the dynasties of China, the chief power and influence was
A.emperors and their trained bureaucrats.
B. the Church and clergy.
C. large aristocratic landowners.
D. the military.
E. merchants and artisans.
12. Which of the following was NOT a similarity between the establishment of Buddhism in China and Christianity in Western Europe?
a. Both the Buddhist and Christian establishments built hierarchies modeled on their respective empires.
b. Reformers often accused both Buddhist and Christian establishments of forgetting their central spiritual missions.
c. Both Buddhism and Christianity appealed to recently settled nomadic rulers who sought legitimacy for their rule.
d. Both Buddhist and Christian monasteries offered relative freedom from male control for substantial numbers of women.
8. Which of the following was NOT an important Eurasian trade route before 1450?
a. The Sand Roads across the Sahara Desert
b. The Sea Roads across the Indian Ocean
c. The Silk Roads across central Asia
d. The Atlantic Ocean Roads across the eastern Atlantic between Europe and equatorial West Africa
64. What new industry, transmitted to the Islamic world from China, was introduced during the Abbasid period?
a. steel production.
b. paper manufacture.
c. bronze production.
d. silk production.
e. iron production.
22. One of the strengths of Islam which made it a successful universalizing religion similar to Christianity was its
A. Use of a common language, Arabic to unite all members.
B. Insistence that there was only one God
C. Support for merchants and commercial values.
D. Egalitarianism that transcended previous loyalties ethnicities, or allegiances.
E. Condemnation of violence as incompatible with faith.
55. What was the level of trade in the Abbasid Empire?
A. Long-distance trade with Africa, the Mediterranean, India, and China continued to flourish despite periodic interruption.
B. Trade with the East grew, but the Crusades eliminated the western trade routes.
C. Trade with Africa and the Mediterranean continued to expand, but the wars in India disrupted the eastern trade routes.
D. As a whole, long-distance trade along the traditional caravan routes virtually ceased during the Abbasid Empire.
E. Trade with Africa, the Mediterranean, India and China began under the Abbasids for the first time ever.
12. Which of the following statements best describes the significance of the Bantu migration?
A. The migration allowed for the opening up of the trans-Saharan trade and the spread of Islam to West Africa.
B. As the Bantus migrated, they spread their agriculture, culture, and language throughout Africa.
C. The migration eliminated hunter and gather communities from Africa established an economy solely based on agriculture;
D. Christian missionaries often followed the Bantus as they migrated, spreading their religion and Western values throughout Africa.
E. The Bantus used the monsoon winds to migrate from Southeast Asia to East Africa, bringing the banana, which could be easily cultivated in Africa.
56. How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
22. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Umayyad and Abbasid Empires?
28. Which ethnic group came to dominate most of the Middle East and South Asia by the end of the fifteenth century?
31. Hammurabi's Code, the Islamic sharia, and the Justinian Code are all examples of developments in which field?
17. What was the driving force for urbanization in the Tang and Song dynasties?
24. In 1000, Western Europe was more economically developed than
A. China
B. India
C. the Islamic world
D. none of the above
33. Which of the following had the greatest manufacturing capacity during the time period 1000-1450?
a) Japan
b) Inca
c) China
d) Western Europe
62% 3. In India c. 500-1000, and later in Southeast Asia, what proved to be the most effective at achieving conversions from Hinduism to Islam?
“The term southernization is used here to refer to a multifaceted process that began in Southern Asia and spread from there to various other places around the globe. The term is meant to be analogous to westernization. Westernization refers to certain developments that first occurred in western Europe. Those developments changed Europe and eventually spread to other places and changed them as well. In the same way, Southernization changed Southern Asia and later spread to other areas, which then underwent a process of change.” Lynda Shaffer in Southernization 1994
In which of the following statements is the author in the greatest agreement with Shaffer’s statement above?
A. In the past, there was significant trade among the societies clustered around the South Asian center.
B. In the past, every civilization imports and exports aspects of its culture.
C. In world history it is important to go beyond the relatively static structures of the civilization narrative.
D. The whole of the Afro-Eurasian zone is the only context large enough to provide a framework for answering the more general and more basic historical questions.
3. Which belief system, in its original form, would most strongly support a patriarchal form of society?
A. Daoism
B. Confucianism
C. Christianity
D. Buddhism
10. During the Abbasid period, the status of women in Islamic communities
F. improved as a result of the increase of trade and the booming economy.
G. remained unchanged from the pre-Islamic period.
H. improved as a result of greater occupational and political opportunities within the Abbasid bureaucracy.
I. declined, in part, as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians.
20. How did the political center of Islam change after the Mongol invasions?
A. Baghdad remained the capital of Islam, but under the control of successive Mongol dynasties who converted to Islam.
B. After Baghdad and the Abbasids were destroyed, Islam had various political centers, including Cairo and Istanbul.
C. The political center of Islam was removed to sub-Saharan Africa.
D. Mongolian became the language of politics and commerce.
55. Which of the following represents an accurate comparison between post-classical Eastern and Western Europe?
A. Western Europe traded more with Asian than Eastern Europe did.
B. Latin was the official language in both societies
C. Western Europe was more organized politically during most of the post-classical period than Eastern Europe.
D. Political units in the Western half of Europe struggled for political cohesion more than that in the East
61. Which of the following statements is true about Chinese influence on the surrounding areas?
A. Confucianism, Hinduism and Buddhism were introduced into Vietnam from China.
B. The Chinese civil service exam with its emphasis on merit was adopted in its entirety in Japan.
C. The Chinese civil service exam was adopted in Korea, but was only open to the nobility.
D. China did not trade directly with its Japanese or Korean neighbors.
63. Which of the following was NOT a factor that led to the decline or revival of the specified urban area?
A. The Black Death ultimately led to larger cities in Europe
B. The Little Ice Age led to urban growth.
C. The Mongol invasion destroyed Kiev.
D. An increase in trade led to the growth of Malacca.
8. Women’s participation in the marketplace in Mongol societies, Southeast Asia, and Africa can be described as
A. relegated to the manufacturing of luxury crafts like ironworking.
B. part of the activities of the entire nuclear family.
C. an integral and independent part of commercial activity.
D. incidental and infrequent due to child-rearing responsibilities.
21. Which of the following was true of women's experience in the Middle Ages in Europe?
A. There were no alternatives to marriage for women.
B. Women officiated at masses.
C. Women played no role in local commerce.
D. Women's roles as assistants to and comforters of men were stressed.
50. One of the major differences between India and Western Europe during the beginning of the postclassical era (ca 600-1000) is that
A. India actively participated in a global commercial trade whereas Western Europe did not.
B. India did not suffer from any foreign invasions whereas Western Europe had to fight against foreign invaders from Asia and Africa.
C. India had a strong religious tradition uniting it and Europe had none at all.
D. All of the above are differences.
52. What was a similarity between sub-Saharan African, Northwestern European, and Japanese civilizations in the post-classical era?
41% 46. What was the social impact of the Mongol conquest on Russia?
62% 14. Which of the following characterized Western Europe from 600-1000:
47. A result of the Black Death epidemic in Europe was
5. Which of the following was NOT one of the crops that was spread beyond its area of origin during the 600-1450 period of increasing interaction?
A. Tomato.
B. Rice.
C. Sugarcane.
D. Citrus fruits.
4. Mongol rule in Russia and China differed in that
A. in China, the Mongols maintained Chinese traditions of isolation from all foreigners
B. Eurasian trade routes under Mongol protection connected Russia more to Western European trade routes than it connected China to them
C. the Mongols became more involved in administration in China than in Russia (Russia was more of a tribute state than a conquered state)
D. Russia advanced culturally under Mongol rule while China became increasingly backward
51% 56. The map shown above most likely is depicting
PRACTICE MC QUESTIONS FOR THE 600-1450 ERA TEST
What dynasty, along with the Sui, re-established and improved Chinese civilization after the fall of China’s classical civilization?
F. Ming
G. Shang
H. Qin
I. Song
J. Tang
All of the following empires are postclassical empires EXCEPT
Constantinople and Malacca both became a powerful commercial states primarily because of their
F. talented merchant class
G. strategic location
H. laissez-faire economic policies
I. military technology
J. silver mines
J.
Why did the Mongols refrain from attacking central Europe in 1241?
F. The death of the Great Khan
G. The conversion of the Great Khan to Christianity
H. The conversion of the Great Khan to Buddhism
I. Massive military buildup in Europe
J. They turned attention to Korea
What important cultural movement rejected Buddhism while adapting its some of its themes to the predominant thought which stressed family duty and honor?
G. Daoism
H. Shinto
I. Zen Buddhism
J. Sikhism
In Japan, from the Heian period until the Tokugawa period, emperors
F. shared powers with the Shinto priests.
G. seldom wielded any real political power.
H. required the Mandate of Heaven to maintain power.
I. came from constantly changing lineages.
J. maintained tight political control.
Which of the following best compares European and Chinese merchants in society during the early 15th century?
A. European merchants were bound to their lords in the feudal system and Chinese merchants were from the noble class.
B. Merchants in Europe were important to the revival of long distance trade gaining status and wealth, while Chinese merchants used their wealth to buy higher status for their families.
C. Chinese merchants were guaranteed government support while European merchants were independent persons of the towns.
D. European monarchs favored alliances with nobility against merchants and merchants under the Ming dynasty were favored over scholar gentry.
E. The Confucian order highly respected profit making and European Christianity considered profit making sinful.
The Turkic expansion under Timur the Lame disrupted all of the following regions EXCEPT
A) Persia.
B) India.
C) China.
D) southern Russia.
E) the Fertile Crescent.
In what ways were the civilizations in Mesoamerica before 1000 C.E. more sophisticated than those in North America?
F. In the former, social structure was more complex, astronomical knowledge was greater, and architectural skills were more advanced.
G. In the former, Christianity was already practiced.
H. Mexican and Central American civilizations never practiced human sacrifice, while societies in North America did.
I. The former civilizations adopted democracy, while the latter used tribal rule.
J. In no ways, because the North Americans had more advanced social structures.
In the five centuries after the year 1000 C.E. the peoples of the eastern hemisphere
F. cut off contact with the rest of the world because of the ravages of disease.
G. fell under the control of the expanding empires of the western hemisphere.
H. traveled and interacted more intensively than ever before.
I. fell dangerously behind the rest of the world in science and technology.
J. united into the largest empire the world had seen since the time of Rome.
Which factor helps explain the scientific and literary achievements of the Muslims during their Golden Age?
F. expansion of transatlantic trade
G. innovations introduced by the Europeans during the Renaissance
H. cultural diversity accepted by many Islamic governments
I. legal equality of all people in the Islamic empire
J. the status of women in society.
All of the following trade routes existed prior to 1000 C.E. except the:
a. Silk Route
b. Arabia/India Ocean Route
c. Atlantic Ocean Route
d. China/India Route
e. Trans-Sahara Route
Zheng He... as ordered by the emperor, proceeded with their journey to the Western Ocean. Well furnished with treasure and accompanied by more than 27,800 officers and men... What body of water is the "Western Ocean" in reference to?
F. Atlantic Ocean.
G. Mediterranean Sea.
H. Indian Ocean.
I. Pacific Ocean.
J. Red Sea.
Narratives such as Marco Polo’s created a European
F. isolationist mentality.
G. image of Mongol poverty.
H. ambition to find easier routes to Asia.
I. fear of Mongol attack.
J. literary movement called romance writing.
Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?
F. Western knights carved out a kingdom in the Holy Land that lasted until the sixteenth century.
G. The Fourth Crusade aided in the defense of Constantinople and preserved the integrity of the Byzantine Empire.
H. The Crusades demonstrated a new Western superiority in the wider world.
I. The Crusades helped to open the West to new cultural and economic influences from the Middle East.
J. The Muslims adopted much of Europe's culture.
During the postclassical period, societies in the Americas
A) remained entirely separate from those of the Old World.
B) experienced the initial contacts that led eventually to European invasion of the New World.
C) failed to develop imperial forms of government, a failure that mirrored European society.
D) were united under a single government.
E) were isolated from Europe, but had limited contact with Africans.
Which of the following was a source of Western dynamism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
A) The growing dominance of the Holy Roman Empire
B) Two centuries of peace among the major nations
C) The absence of epidemic disease
D) The growth of cities and urban economies
E) The Catholic Church's drive to reform
“Their men show no signs of jealousy whatever; no one claims descent from his father, but on the contrary from his mother's brother. A person's heirs are his sister's sons, not his own sons.” (Ibn Battuta) This is an description of
Which of the following societies’ gender roles was overall the least constrictive and gave the greatest amount of freedom and rights to women?
(F) India.
(G) China.
(H) Maya.
(I) Greece.
(J) Rome.
Christians' devotion to saints was very much like
Which of the following practices was common to the Aztec and the Inca empires?
F. Extensive use of sacrifice
G. A tribute system
H. A merchant class
I. A writing system
J. The quipu system
Merchants in southern post-classical India
F- would have been severely threatened by monsoon winds as their ships were not stable for Indian Ocean travel
G- were heavily taxed by Muslim overlords in Delhi which halted their expansion into Africa
H- were very acquainted with local temples as they were the source of banking and finance.
I- did not venture out from India because the Chinese and Europeans came to them.
J- had a very successful system of bartering so a money system never developed.
The artwork shown above most likely an example of
F. the spread of Christianity.
G. the spread of the Mongols.
H. the spread of Buddhism.
I. the spread of the Persians.
J. the spread of Islam.
Which of the following statements is true about Chinese influence on the surrounding areas?
48. What accounts for the relative weakness of the Song Empire?
3. Which of the following is an example of successful outreach of major religions from 600 to 1450?
F. Sufis taking Islam to Southeast Asia.
G. Crusaders spreading the Christian faith into Eastern Asia.
H. Buddhist monks gaining favor in the Umayyad court.
I. Traders taking Buddhism to Eastern Europe.
J. Missionaries spreading Christianity to Southern Africa.
1. Within the Byzantine state, as had been the case with government in most of the dynasties of China, the chief power and influence was
J. emperors and their trained bureaucrats.
K. the Church and clergy.
L. large aristocratic landowners.
M. the military.
N. merchants and artisans.
12. Which of the following was NOT a similarity between the establishment of Buddhism in China and Christianity in Western Europe?
a. Both the Buddhist and Christian establishments built hierarchies modeled on their respective empires.
b. Reformers often accused both Buddhist and Christian establishments of forgetting their central spiritual missions.
c. Both Buddhism and Christianity appealed to recently settled nomadic rulers who sought legitimacy for their rule.
d. Both Buddhist and Christian monasteries offered relative freedom from male control for substantial numbers of women.
8. Which of the following was NOT an important Eurasian trade route before 1450?
a. The Sand Roads across the Sahara Desert
b. The Sea Roads across the Indian Ocean
c. The Silk Roads across central Asia
d. The Atlantic Ocean Roads across the eastern Atlantic between Europe and equatorial West Africa
64. What new industry, transmitted to the Islamic world from China, was introduced during the Abbasid period?
a. steel production.
b. paper manufacture.
c. bronze production.
d. silk production.
e. iron production.
22. One of the strengths of Islam which made it a successful universalizing religion similar to Christianity was its
F. Use of a common language, Arabic to unite all members.
G. Insistence that there was only one God
H. Support for merchants and commercial values.
I. Egalitarianism that transcended previous loyalties ethnicities, or allegiances.
J. Condemnation of violence as incompatible with faith.
55. What was the level of trade in the Abbasid Empire?
F. Long-distance trade with Africa, the Mediterranean, India, and China continued to flourish despite periodic interruption.
G. Trade with the East grew, but the Crusades eliminated the western trade routes.
H. Trade with Africa and the Mediterranean continued to expand, but the wars in India disrupted the eastern trade routes.
I. As a whole, long-distance trade along the traditional caravan routes virtually ceased during the Abbasid Empire.
J. Trade with Africa, the Mediterranean, India and China began under the Abbasids for the first time ever.
12. Which of the following statements best describes the significance of the Bantu migration?
F. The migration allowed for the opening up of the trans-Saharan trade and the spread of Islam to West Africa.
G. As the Bantus migrated, they spread their agriculture, culture, and language throughout Africa.
H. The migration eliminated hunter and gather communities from Africa established an economy solely based on agriculture;
I. Christian missionaries often followed the Bantus as they migrated, spreading their religion and Western values throughout Africa.
J. The Bantus used the monsoon winds to migrate from Southeast Asia to East Africa, bringing the banana, which could be easily cultivated in Africa.
56. How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
22. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Umayyad and Abbasid Empires?
28. Which ethnic group came to dominate most of the Middle East and South Asia by the end of the fifteenth century?
31. Hammurabi's Code, the Islamic sharia, and the Justinian Code are all examples of developments in which field?
17. What was the driving force for urbanization in the Tang and Song dynasties?
24. In 1000, Western Europe was more economically developed than
E. China
F. India
G. the Islamic world
H. none of the above
33. Which of the following had the greatest manufacturing capacity during the time period 1000-1450?
a) Japan
b) Inca
c) China
d) Western Europe
62% 3. In India c. 500-1000, and later in Southeast Asia, what proved to be the most effective at achieving conversions from Hinduism to Islam?
“The term southernization is used here to refer to a multifaceted process that began in Southern Asia and spread from there to various other places around the globe. The term is meant to be analogous to westernization. Westernization refers to certain developments that first occurred in western Europe. Those developments changed Europe and eventually spread to other places and changed them as well. In the same way, Southernization changed Southern Asia and later spread to other areas, which then underwent a process of change.” Lynda Shaffer in Southernization 1994
In which of the following statements is the author in the greatest agreement with Shaffer’s statement above?
E. In the past, there was significant trade among the societies clustered around the South Asian center.
F. In the past, every civilization imports and exports aspects of its culture.
G. In world history it is important to go beyond the relatively static structures of the civilization narrative.
H. The whole of the Afro-Eurasian zone is the only context large enough to provide a framework for answering the more general and more basic historical questions.
3. Which belief system, in its original form, would most strongly support a patriarchal form of society?
A. Daoism
B. Confucianism
C. Christianity
D. Buddhism
10. During the Abbasid period, the status of women in Islamic communities
O. improved as a result of the increase of trade and the booming economy.
P. remained unchanged from the pre-Islamic period.
Q. improved as a result of greater occupational and political opportunities within the Abbasid bureaucracy.
R. declined, in part, as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians.
20. How did the political center of Islam change after the Mongol invasions?
A. Baghdad remained the capital of Islam, but under the control of successive Mongol dynasties who converted to Islam.
B. After Baghdad and the Abbasids were destroyed, Islam had various political centers, including Cairo and Istanbul.
C. The political center of Islam was removed to sub-Saharan Africa.
D. Mongolian became the language of politics and commerce.
55. Which of the following represents an accurate comparison between post-classical Eastern and Western Europe?
E. Western Europe traded more with Asian than Eastern Europe did.
F. Latin was the official language in both societies
G. Western Europe was more organized politically during most of the post-classical period than Eastern Europe.
H. Political units in the Western half of Europe struggled for political cohesion more than that in the East
61. Which of the following statements is true about Chinese influence on the surrounding areas?
E. Confucianism, Hinduism and Buddhism were introduced into Vietnam from China.
F. The Chinese civil service exam with its emphasis on merit was adopted in its entirety in Japan.
G. The Chinese civil service exam was adopted in Korea, but was only open to the nobility.
H. China did not trade directly with its Japanese or Korean neighbors.
63. Which of the following was NOT a factor that led to the decline or revival of the specified urban area?
A. The Black Death ultimately led to larger cities in Europe
B. The Little Ice Age led to urban growth.
C. The Mongol invasion destroyed Kiev.
D. An increase in trade led to the growth of Malacca.
8. Women’s participation in the marketplace in Mongol societies, Southeast Asia, and Africa can be described as
E. relegated to the manufacturing of luxury crafts like ironworking.
F. part of the activities of the entire nuclear family.
G. an integral and independent part of commercial activity.
H. incidental and infrequent due to child-rearing responsibilities.
21. Which of the following was true of women's experience in the Middle Ages in Europe?
E. There were no alternatives to marriage for women.
F. Women officiated at masses.
G. Women played no role in local commerce.
H. Women's roles as assistants to and comforters of men were stressed.
50. One of the major differences between India and Western Europe during the beginning of the postclassical era (ca 600-1000) is that
A. India actively participated in a global commercial trade whereas Western Europe did not.
B. India did not suffer from any foreign invasions whereas Western Europe had to fight against foreign invaders from Asia and Africa.
C. India had a strong religious tradition uniting it and Europe had none at all.
D. All of the above are differences.
52. What was a similarity between sub-Saharan African, Northwestern European, and Japanese civilizations in the post-classical era?
41% 46. What was the social impact of the Mongol conquest on Russia?
62% 14. Which of the following characterized Western Europe from 600-1000:
71% 47. A result of the Black Death epidemic in Europe was
5. Which of the following was NOT one of the crops that was spread beyond its area of origin during the 600-1450 period of increasing interaction?
A. Tomato.
B. Rice.
C. Sugarcane.
D. Citrus fruits.
4. Mongol rule in Russia and China differed in that
E. in China, the Mongols maintained Chinese traditions of isolation from all foreigners
F. Eurasian trade routes under Mongol protection connected Russia more to Western European trade routes than it connected China to them
G. the Mongols became more involved in administration in China than in Russia (Russia was more of a tribute state than a conquered state)
H. Russia advanced culturally under Mongol rule while China became increasingly backward
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