History Exam

Which of the following is not a pillar of Islam?

Trade and peace led to a decrease in the spread of disease

Sahel means

In Kievan Russa medieval nobles lived in manors from which they ruled their peasants

Li Shimin smartly made what decision concerning the government?

What was a guild?

In the Delhi Sultanate, the Turkish leaders rely on what to enforce their rule?

The Song army was roughly twice the size of America's current standing army

Which document, written in England, gave the citizens more rights?

Up until recent times, cultivation was extensive rather than intensive

Unlike their older descendants, Tang leaders reach more into ___ than ___

The Tang's lands were mostly on the east coast of China

Aztec women played a more prominent role in daily life because

The IOMS was a set of unified ethnically similar people who all spoke the same language

Which of the following are shared characteristics of Tropical Africa and Asia

What language is evidence of extensive contacts in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Micahelangelo painted which of the following Renaissance masterpieces?

The Southern Song were forced to establish a new capital south of the ___ river

The two main branches of Islam

The Inca Empire stretched from what modern day countries?

A chinampas using sticks and reeds was used to

___ herders eventually overtake ___ herders in Sahara trade routes

Into how many provinces was the Inca Empire divided?

Erasmus of Rotterdam was most known for what?

The II-Kahn state was a primarily Muslim part of the Mongol Empire. Their leader eventually established what?

What short lived dynasty set the stage for the rise of the Tang?

The ___ empire turned against the Song, after helping them depose the Liao

Humanism was an attempt to link ___ with ___

The religious shrine of these people, thought to have been built by Abraham was known as

What did families do to create federations and strong bonds?

What was a primary factor of the decline in the Tang

The rural communities played almost no role in the growing empires

Muhammad received his revelations in a visitation from

European Christians only marched on Muslim lands during the Crusades

This event marks year one of the Muslim calendar

As independent city states began to emerge in Flanders and Italy, the barter system eroded and the use of ___ emerged

Zheng He's voyages extended as far as

East-west travel was increasingly difficult in Sub-Saharan Africa

The first Muslim caliphate was the

The African continent has 3 climate zones

A(n) ___ economy is one which people only meet their basic needs and very little surplus is created

A significant innovation developed by the Mongols for use on the Silk Road was

Genghis Khan's son attacled and won in W Europe in 1241

The Song used iron for all of the following except

The Yuan Empire placed its capital at

The ___ was a factor in motivating early Crusaders to attempt to take back Christian holy states in the Middle East

How did the Bubonic plague spread into Europe?

The SIng pioneered a rudimentary credit system also known as

Demand on the Silk Road initially emerges because

Mahayana Buddhism put emphasis on what?

What kingdom can we trace the Silk Road's origin from?

Islamic law is known as

Unlike in western society at the time, eastern Russian ecnomic activity was

Due to extended periods of peace, the Ming were able to innovate at a much more rapid pace than the song

In thed Sasanid Kingdom high level silver making and silk fabrics indicated a sophisticated lifestyle

Zhu Yuanzhang led a series of revolts that culminated in the overthrow of the Yuan Empire and established the __ Dynasty

One consequence of the IOMS was

The Grand Canal was built to connect what two bodies of water?

Trade did not bvegin on the Silk Road until 500 CE

One of the main sources of revenue of the Yuan Empire was

Ususry was the Church concept that ___ was illegal and banned

Muhammad and his followers had to leave Mecca because

Zhu Yuanzhang professed belief in ___ philosophies during his rise to power, but once espoused ___ philosophies

The Tangutt practiced ___ Buddhism

The Mali Empire was founded by who?

The Aztecs did not allow local leaders to stay in conquered areas

The Great Western Schism was a breka between the Greek speaking church and the Latin speaking church

What strategy did he employ to get people to subject to him?

Copper mined in SE Africa was used for what?

The Toltec people were conquered by the Mayans

Footbinding became popular amongst the lower classes during the Song Dynasty

What was the main reason that the Niger river area was cultivated differently?

The Japanese term "Kamikaze" is a reference to

Mansu Musa's pilgrimage trip to Mecca increased the value of gold along the way

The Crusades helped establish permanent Christian societies in several Middle Eastern states

One example of military technology spreading west

Ships on the Indian Ocean typically used

Between 1100-1345 Europe's Populatio nearly tripled

At the bottom of the Yuan social hierarchy were

The cultural center of the Abbasid Caliphate was

Cortez was responsible for the decline and destruction of the Inca people

Su Song's engineering acheivement was

What causes the rainy and dry seasons to alternate

Early nomadic people of the Arabian Peninsula were mostly

One of the most important inventions in late medieval Europe was

After the Black Death, although overall economy shrank, over all per capita production rises

What good was primarily traded southward?

Timur successfully attacked what countries?

Differences in ___ derived from the ___ they live in and are surrounded by impact culture

As a boy Genghis Khan lived with a group of people who were what?

A tributary system of government in one in which the emperor has total control over all areas of the empire

The Song Chinese used gunpowder on offensive military battles

The common African quality is called "Africanity"

What evidence demonstrated that the Sahara was once a more fertile environment?

Under Prince Vladimir of Kiev, early Russians adopted which religion as their official state religion?

Advances in ___ helped spread agricultural knowledge and best practices

The Capital of the Tang was

Environment and religion contributed to the expansion of the Mongol Empire

The Capital of the Aztec people was located