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Module 1: Africa, America, and Europe before 1500
Module 1: Africa, America, and Europe before 1500
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Which describes the relationship between lords and vassals
Lords gave land to the vassals in exchange for loyalty and military service
Lords provide knights to escort vassals on trade missions in for payment
Lords allowed vassals to farm on their manors exchange for food & goods
Lords represented the political interest of vassals in exchange for labor
2
The empire of Ghana gained enormous wealth by
farming vast stretches of fertile land
controlling the gold and salt trade
raiding Arab and European villiages
manufacturing valuable goods
3
How did Mansa Musa introduce his empire to the world?
He invited European leaders leaders to vist.
He sent missionaries to foreign lands
He went on a pilgrimage to Mecca
He delivered messages to traders
4
The invention of the ____ helped spread new ideas during the Renaissance.
Printing press
Joint stock company
Square root
Bank system
5
Which of the following describes why Mensa Musa believed education was important?
Traders should understand economic principles
Explorers should become fluent in other languages and cultures
Muslims should be able to read the Qur'an
Soldiers should be able to learn advanced battle strategies
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Which of the following describes a way Ghana became wealthy through trade?
Seizing valuable possessions from defenseless traders
Being center for salt and gold trade
Mining salt and exchanged large slabs of it for gold
Forcing travers to play a free to use its trade routes
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How did Islam influence the achievements of the Mali and Songhai empires?
Both empires had Muslim rulers who promoted education.
Both empires had Christian rulers who promoted education.
Both empires had Catholic rulers who promoted education.
Mali empire had Muslim rulers who promoted education.
8
Which of the following were the earliest civilizations in the Americans, and where were they located?
Aztec, Mesoamerica
Maya,, South America
Olmec, Mesoamerica
Inca, South America
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Mansa Musa traveled to ______ on a spiritual journey, and along the way, he introduced his empire to the world.
Mecca
Morrocco
Mogadishu
Mali
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What did the Anasazi, Hopewell, and Mississippian societies have in common?
All hunted bison
All were farming cultures
All lived in cliff dwellings
All built burial mounds
11
Why was the printing press critical to the spread of new ideas?
Thousands of people could read and discuss the same books.
Bankers could produce paper money and lending materials
People can learn to read from widely available texts.
Individuals could publish their own literature and research
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How did the Muslim group known as the Almoravids lead to the decline of Ghans's empire?
The Almoravids traded with the Ghana
The Almoravids told the leader to step down
The Almoravids Ghana in an effort to force its leaders to covert to Islam
The Almoravids went to war with the Ghana
13
As travel became safer and trade expanded, people began to leave and move to cities, whereby the ___ fell into decline
Middle Class
Roman Empire
Catholic Church
Feudal system
14
During the time known as the Greek ___ Greece was organized into hundreds of independent city-states
Renaissance
Classical
Englightenment
Fudual
15
Which type of government developed during the Greek classical Period?
a democracy, in which citizens rule themselves
a dictatorship, in which one ruler makes laws for the benefit of his self
an aristocracy, in which a small group makes all the laws
a monarchy, in which one ruler make laws for the benefit of the people