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1
Which of the following led to the development of the Swahili states and Venice ?
Migrations of populations from pastoral societies
Development of mass production techniques
Decrease in regional warfare
Intensification of regional trade
2
Which group of people were responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia in 1237-1238?
Ottoman Turks
Mongols
Seljuk Turks
Huns
3
From 600 CE – 1450 CE, Africa’s Swahili coast was a major part of which trading system?
The Silk Roads
The Indian Ocean network
The trans- Sahara trade
The Atlantic world
4
After 800 CE, contact with outside world increased, what was the impact on sub-Saharan Africa?
The arrival of the Portuguese
The arrival of Islam
The arrival of Chinese merchants
The arrival of Christianity
5
What is the most significant cause of growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000-1450?
Decreased agricultural productivity
Increased interregional trade
Climate change
Increased invasions
6
Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the Aztec rise to power?
The emergence of a ruler with supreme powers
The expansion of power and the boundaries of Aztec control
The increasing dominance of the nobility
The abandonment of human sacrifice
7
What was Muhammad's teaching with respect to the revelations of other monotheistic religions?
rejected completely any influence from Christianity.
his own ideas had merit and others were works of the devil.
Muhammad accepted earlier Christian and Judaic revelations
rejected completely any influence from Judaism.
8
Which statement about the agricultural laborers of the medieval West is NOT true?
They were slaves
They received protection from their landlords
They retained essential ownership of their houses
had to turn over part of their goods to remain on the land
9
During the post classical period, societies in the Americas
failed to develop imperial forms of government
were united under a single government.
experienced the initial contacts with Western Europeans
remained in relative isolation from other key civilizations
10
Which of the following was most responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West Africa?
Soldiers who fought on behalf of the Abbasid caliphate
Merchants on the trans Saharan trade routes
Officials in the Sudanese empires
Muslims fleeing persecution on the Iberian Peninsula
11
The spread of Afro-Eurasia trade led to the spread of which of the following from South Asia?
Irrigation technologies such as ceramic pipes
Military weaponry, such as iron-tipped spears and chariots
Technological and scientific ideas like the decimal and zero
Textile manufacturing processes, such as the spinning jenny
12
Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the Crusades?
The Crusades opened the West to Middle Eastern influences
The Crusades showed a new Western superiority to the world
The crusaders briefly established states in the Middle East
The Fourth Crusade attacked Constantinople
13
Which of the following statements about the manorial system is NOT true?
It was technologically sophisticated
It had originated in the Roman Empire.
Its obligations bore heavily on serfs
Agricultural productivity was low.
14
Which of the following statements is accurate about Mesoamerican culture?
Large trade networks with Andean civilizations were created
The practice of monotheistic religious was widespread
Large draft mammals were domesticated for use in farming
Monumental structures were built for rituals
15
Which of the following was a major contributing factor to the spread of the plague?
African trade routes
Indian Ocean trade routes
Trade along the Mongol road system across central Asia
The collapse of the Abbasid caliphate
16
What was the primary cultural contribution of the Muslims during the Abbasid period?
Muslims were able to make some advances in music.
No access to the ancient traditions of math and science.
Focusing on depictions of Muhammad and the early Caliphs.
preserve the works of ancient civs. and transmit ideas