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Postclassical Review 600 - 1450 CE
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1
What was the most important Christian kingdom in Africa?
Mali
Kongo
Songhay
Ethiopia
2
Why were the practices of seclusion and veiling seen as essential in Islamic society?
Women were only to do business if identities were hidden.
Veiling discouraged contacts between Muslim women.
Veiling was a means of halting the practice of concubinage.
Women were full of lust from which men had to be protected.
3
What significant impact did the Mongol conquest have on the Islamic heartland?
The assault on the East African city-states weakened Islam
Shi’ism was eliminated as a major factor within Islam
Most areas were permanently changed to a Mongolian culture.
The destruction of cities devastated Islamic civilizations
4
Which region of Africa was first converted to Islam by 700 A.D.?
West
East
North
Central
5
What Eastern emperor was responsible for the restoration of a united Roman Empire after 533?
Diocletian
Justinian
Heraklius
Constantine
6
Japanese samurai lived by the feudal code of conduct called
Bushido
Seppuku
Kamikaze
Chivalry
7
The Fourth Crusade was manipulated by merchants in Venice, who turned it into an attack on:
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Constantinople
Athens
8
The faction within Islam that recognized Ali and only the prophet's descendants as rulers
Sunnis
Kharij
Fiqhs
Shi’is
9
The practice of judging other peoples by the standards and practices of one’s own culture is:
Ethnocentrism
Genocide
Aversionism
Anthropomorphism
10
Inca system where every community contributed to distributing resources on the basis of need
Indian utilitarianism
Utopian positivism
Inca socialism
Inca despotism
11
What Chinese dynasty succeeded the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China?
Ming
Chou
Tang
Han
12
Ritual suicide of Japanese samurai was called
Seppuku
Tokugawa
Bushido
Kami
13
The pilgrimage to Mecca (one of the 5 pillars) is known as the
hijira
ulama
hadith
hajj
14
The Umayyads in control of Mecca were threatened by all of the following developments EXCEPT:
The growing power of Medina
The development of a new religion under Muhammad’s direction
Raids on their caravans
Muhammad’s destruction of the Ka’aba
15
Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800?
Louis XII
Pepin
Charles Martel
Charlamagne
16
The capital of the Abbasid dynasty was
Jerusalem
Damascus
Medina
Baghdad
17
Who called for the first Crusade and why?
Pope Pius XI to recapture Constantinople
Pope Urban II to free holy land from Muslims
Pope Gregory to liberate Jerusalem
Pope Benedict to overthrow the Byzantine Empire
18
The Mongol commander in the 13th century campaigns against Song, was Chinggis Khan’s grandson
Batu
Ogedei
Berke
Kubilai Khan
19
How did conditions for women change during the Song dynasty?
They worsened, including footbinding
They improved, women had right to divorce and property
They worsened, widows were burned alive in sati ritual
They improved, women were allowed education
20
Aztec floating gardens that could hold multiple yields of crops were called
tambos
quipus
calpulli
chinampas
21
The Inca ruler associated with the first creation of the Inca empire in 1438 was:
Moctezuma II
Pachacuti
Ahuitzotl
Topac Yupanqui
22
What was the
Shah-Nama
?
The name given to the first wife of the Caliph
The title of the commander of the slave mercenaries
The title given to the oldest son of the Caliph
The history of Persia from creation to the Islamic conquests
23
Political relations where vassals provided military service for lords was called
manorialism
serfdom
feudalism
chivalry
24
Who was the founder of the Tang dynasty?
Li Bo
Li Yuan
Yangdi
Zhao Kuangyin
25
What accounts for the success of the First Crusade?
Muslim political fragmentation and the element of surprise
The power of the Byzantine Empire
The military superiority of western military technology
The emergence of the Christian Seljuk Turks in Baghdad
26
The wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of Islam were called:
Karbala
Dhow
The First Fatwah
Ridda
27
The Aztec social hierarchy developed a nobility referred to as the:
Quipus
Calpulli
Chinampas
Pipiltin
28
The northern nomadic peoples who entered central Mexico following the decline of Teotihuacan
Aztecs
Toltecs
Olmecs
Incas
29
The Moroccan Islamic scholar who visited and wrote about his many travels was
Ibn Khaldoun
Mansa Musa
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
30
The capital of the Inca empire was:
Cuzco
Chan Chan
Tihuanaco
Chichen Itza
31
What was the religious policy of the Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan?
Buddhism became the state religion of the Mongol empire
He was converted to Islam late in his life
He followed the shamanistic beliefs but tolerated others
After the Russian campaign they became Orthodox Christians
32
Which of the following was a major change in the administration of China under the Mongols?
The Mongol dynasty ruled with a military elite
Confucianism was suppressed and Daoism became state religion
The Mongols discontinued the use of the examination system
All of the main divisions of the empire were removed
33
Which of the following was NOT a factor behind the Great Schism of 1054?
Latin vs. Greek language
Iconoclastic controversy
Celibacy of priests
The Holy Trinity - God the father, son, holy spirit
34
Who disrupted the development of political institutions in the medieval West until the 900s?
Mongols
Muslims
Vikings
Chinese
35
What was the tribe into which Muhammad was born?
Umayyad
Almoravid
Abbasid
Quraysh
36
Islam means:
"victory"
"submission"
“dedication to Allah”
"peace"
37
Which Muslim leader responsible for the reconquest of most of the territories of the Crusaders?
Al-Ghazali
Saladin
Firdawsi
Muhammad ibn Qasim
38
Where was the capital of the Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan?
Karakorum
Tatu
Samarkand
Khwarazm
39
Following the death of Chinggis Khan, who succeeded him as Khagan of the Mongols?
Ogedei
Kubilai
Berke
Batu
40
What religion played a key role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to Japan?
Daoism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
41
What was the primary reason the Sudanic kingdoms rose in West Africa
surplus agricultural production
control over salt mines
military technology
control of local gold mines
42
What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam?
Buddhists and low caste Hindus
Brahmins and Merchants
Members of the administrative machinery of Islam
Raja and Warriors
43
The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center was located at:
Rome
Nicaea
Constantinople
Baghdad
44
The ceremony and promise when a knight swore to defend his lord was called the
honor code
pledge of allegiance
covenant
oath of fealty
45
Which of the Kievan princes issued a formal legal code?
Boris
Rurik
Yaroslav
Vladimir
46
What was the Inca practice of split inheritance?
Family’s wealth was equally divided between all heirs
The throne passed to two descendants from the ruler’s family
All power and wealth was inherited by the eldest son
Power went to successors, wealth went to dead ruler's mummy
47
The Arabic camel nomads were referred to as:
Mawali
Bedouin
Hashim
Ayan
48
What was the outcome of the first crusade in 1097?
Crusades resulted in a Western kingdom of Bulgaria
The Holy Land was restored to the Jews
Crusaders attacked and conquered Constantinople
Success in capturing Jerusalem and forming crusader states
49
Agricultural laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called:
Serfs
Artisans
Guilds
Bourgeoisie
50
What was the Ka’ba?
the name given to the prophet Muhammad’s flight from Mecca
the port of Mecca
the religious shrine that was the focus of an annual truce
the tribe that dominated Mecca
51
The dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han was the:
Tang
Sui
Song
Chou
52
What was the relationship between Islam and the indigenous religions of Africa?
Islam accommodated pagan practice early on, assimilation
Islam was less flexible than Christianity with natives
Almost all Africans converted to Islam
Islamic teachers attempted to eradicate indigenous religions
53
What was the ultimate outcome of the crusades?
Europeans lost faith in God
Europeans gained knowledge of science/technology from East
Muslims benefited from European knowledge
Muslims were defeated and Jerusalem restored to Christians
54
Which of the following was NOT a technological innovation of the Tang-Song era?
Complex Bridges
Abacus
Gunpowder
Paper
55
What monarch is credited with beginning Malinke expansion and creating the Mali Empire?
Sunni Ali
Mahmud of Ghur
Sundiata
Mansa Kankan Musa
56
Which of the khanates undertook the invasion of the Muslim heartland?
Ilkhan khanate
Golden Horde
Chinese khanate
Karakorum khanate
57
What is the name of the nature spirits of Japan?
Genji
Hara-Kiri
Hapu
Kami
58
What was the status of Mongolian women during the Yuan dynasty of China?
Mongol women wholeheartedly adopted Chinese culture
Mongolian women lost status & fell under Confucian ideology
Mongolian women suffered social and political isolation
Mongol women remained relatively independent
59
What dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in the eighth century?
Saxon
Hohenstaufen
Carolingian
Merovingian
60
What new architectural style featuring pointed arches and flying buttresses became dominant?
Romanesque
Structuralism
Gothic
Turkic
61
Which of the following represents a cultural difference between the Incas and the Aztecs?
No practical use of the wheel
Lack of a writing system
Beautiful pottery and cloth
Monumental architecture
62
Which Italian merchant served in the court of Kubilai Khan and wrote about his Travels?
Ibn Battuta
Niccolo Polo
Michelangelo
Marco Polo
63
Why was the construction of the Grand Canal necessary?
The Yangze River valley was a food-producing region
It connected the Tang capitals of China with the north
Peasants moving from the countryside to the urban areas
Chinese population was concentrated along the Yangze River
64
What Sudanic kingdom declined in 1076, making way for new political organizations in the region
Axum
Mali
Ghana
Songhay
65
What group successfully captured Baghdad in 1055?
Buyids
Ghazni
Mongols
Seljuk Turks
66
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Hawaiian culture?
Warlike regional kingdoms
Animal husbandry featuring swine
Urbanization
Highly stratified social structure
67
All of the following were functions of the merchant and artisan guilds EXCEPT:
Regulation of apprenticeship
Ensuring a free market economy
Guaranteeing good workmanship
Limitation of membership
68
The code of conduct that medieval European knights swore to abide by was
Chivalry
Bushido
Seppuku
Bravado
69
What was the political organization of Russia during the Mongol invasion in the 13th century?
United under the rule of the Prince of Novgorod
United under the rule of the Prince of Moscovy
Divided into petty kingdoms centered on trading cities
United under the rule of Kiev
70
What was the Umayyad attitude to other religions?
Zoroastrians and Hindus were never accepted.
They suppressed all religions except Islam.
They converted to Christianity, but allowed worship of Islam
They displayed tolerance towards religions of dhimmi peoples
71
The capital of the Umayyad dynasty was
Damascus
Baghdad
Constantinople
Makkah
72
What ruler was responsible for the creation of the Songhay Empire?
Sundiata
Sunni Ali
Mansa Kankan Musa
Mahmud of Ghur
73
Why did the Ming Dynasty halt the trade expeditions of Zheng He in 1433?
Japanese invasion
European traders had better ships to bring goods
These expeditions brought disease and plague to China
Too expensive, nothing desirable, return to tradition
74
The central figure of the cult of human sacrifice and the most sacred deity of the Aztecs was:
Tonatiuh
Tlaloc
Quetzalcoatl
Huitzilopochtli
75
Economic relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was called:
Feudalism
Manorialism
Slavery
Capitalism
76
How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
Islam stressed the egalitarianism of all believers
Islam stressed the a strict caste system
Both Hinduism and Islam are polytheistic.
Hinduism was monotheistic, while Islam was polytheistic.
77
Which of the khanates undertook the task of conquering Russia?
Chinese khanate
Golden Horde
Ilkhan khanate
Karakorum khanate
78
African societies lacking the concentration of political power and authority were referred as:
Bantu Conical Clans
Islamic Tribes
Stateless
Hunting and Gathering Bands
79
In 1271, Kubilai Khan changed the name of the Mongol dynasty in China to:
Ming
Qin
Chin
Yuan
80
What group captured Baghdad in 1258?
Buyids
Seljuk Turks
Crusaders
Mongols
81
The period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fifteenth century is referred to as the
Age of Discovery
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Baroque
82
The 3rd Crusade (Crusade of the Kings) pitted the Muslim leader Saladin against this European
King Louis XII
King John of England
King Richard the Lionheart
King Phillip of France
83
What was the result of the Black Death?
One-third of Europe died, causing labor shortage
One-quarter of Africa died, root cause of underdevelopment
One-half of the world's population perished
One-half of Europe died, China filled the power vacuum
84
The emperor responsible for the initial construction of Constantinople was
Justinian
Constantine
Diocletian
Heraklius
85
What was the primary written language of the later Abbasid court?
Arabic
Greek
Latin
Persian
86
Who was the Turkic nomadic leader who began a period of conquest beginning in the 1360s?
Muhamman Shah
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Pasha
Timur-i Lang
87
The study of population is referred to as:
Demography
Positivism
Political science
Populism
88
The first novel written by Lady Murasaki about life in the Heian court was
The Lotus Flower
The Tale of Genji
Shinto's Tale
The Handmaiden's Tale
89
In most ways, the Mongols epitomized what type of society and culture?
Hunting and gathering
Urban
Sedentary agricultural
Nomadic
90
Leaders of the Bedouin clans were called
Mawali
Dhows
Wazirs
Shaykhs
91
Which Tang ruler attempted to make Buddhism the state religion?
Li Bo
Empress Wu
Emperor Taizong
Empress Wei
92
What accounted for the downfall of Songhay?
Defeat and incorporation within the Mali Empire
Invasion by a Moroccan Muslim army equipped with firearms
The rise of the Swahili coast
Invasion by the Portuguese
93
What was the most significant impact of the period of the Mongol rule on Russia?
Mongol rule introduced Russia to advanced Asian technology.
It resulted in the destruction of Eastern Orthodoxy
It kept Russia isolated from western Europe
Mongol rule introduced Islam into the region of Russia.
94
What was the level of trade in the Abbasid Empire?
Trade with Africa, Mediterranean, India, & China flourished
Trade with the East grew, but Crusades slowed western trade
Trade along traditional routes ceased during Abbasid Empire.
Wars in India disrupted the eastern and Mediterranean trade
95
The Inca practiced this type of agriculture on the Andes mountains
llama plows
quipus
mountain irrigation
terrace farming
96
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the early expansion of Islam beyond Arabia?
The desire for treasure
The weakness of their adversaries
The sense of common cause and united strength
The desire to convert new populations to Islam
97
The African story tellers that kept track of lineage and advised kings were
Jenne
Soninke
Juula
griots
98
How did Bubonic Plague spread?
From the Middle East to China on Indian Ocean trade routes
From East to West on rats and along trade routes
From Europe to Africa and the far east along Silk Roads
From Africa northward on slave ships
99
What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty?
Nomadic invasions
A deranged emperor
Widespread Buddhist rebellion
Excessive building projects and military campaigns
100
Mali leader at its height, made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca, considered richest man in world
Mansa Musa
Askia Muhammad
Sundiata
Sunni Ali
101
Which of the following statements concerning Bedouin society is NOT accurate?
Bedouins were rarely found living in urban areas.
Bedouins lived in highly mobile tent encampments.
Clans were congregated together in larger tribal groupings.
Bedouin herders lived in kin-related clan groups.
102
In general, how did Islam spread in Southeast Asia?
Port cities were points to other links in trading networks.
After the military victories of Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
Isolated regimes were visited by dervishes
Islam was carried to Southeast Asia from China
103
The “Demographic Transition” is often associated with what change in society?
Industrialization
The militarization of society
Conversion to Christianity
The adoption of private property
104
Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the economic crises of the 14th century
Lack of technological advance in agriculture
Recurrent famine
Withdrawal from the global trading network
Bubonic plague
105
In what region of Europe did the Renaissance begin?
France
Italy
England
Germany