Period 3 Review

The Arabic term for the East African coast was:

What significant impact did the Mongol conquest have on the Islamic heartland?

What was the political organization of Russia during the Mongol invasion in the 13th century?

Which of the following statements concerning the Ottoman Empire is most accurate?

The Mongol commander in the 13th century campaigns against Song, was Chinggis Khan’s grandson

How did the Caliph al-Mahdi resolve the problem of succession in the Abbasid dynasty?

One of the most permanent features of Aztec society was its organization into clans or:

What was the primary reform enacted during the reign of the first Sui emperor?

What was the Inca practice of split inheritance?

In what region of Europe did the Renaissance begin?

Which of the following statements concerning the nature of the Korean Society is most accurate?

What was the military title taken by the later rulers of Songhay?

Which of the following was NOT a problem during the last years of the Tang dynasty?

Tambos were:

The Inca ruler associated with the first creation of the Inca empire in 1438 was:

What dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in the eighth century?

What accounts for the relative weakness of the Song empire?

What was the status of Mongolian women during the Yuan dynasty of China?

What was the major difference between Medina and Mecca?

What was the Umayyad attitude to other religions?

Chinggis Khan’s first campaigns were directed against:

Which of the following statements concerning Bedouin society is NOT accurate?

The Fourth Crusade was manipulated by merchants in Venice, who turned it into an attack on:

Which of the following was a major change in the administration of China under the Mongols?

What group successfully captured Baghdad in 1055?

What group so forced the imperial family to move to Heian in the 8th century?

Songhay was originally part of which African empire?

What monarch is credited with beginning Malinke expansion and creating the Mali Empire?

The “Demographic Transition” is often associated with what change in society?

Following the death of Chinggis Khan, who succeeded him as Khagan of the Mongols?

What was the clan into which Muhammad was born?

What was the level of trade in the Abbasid Empire?

In 1271, Kubilai Khan changed the name of the Mongol dynasty in China to:

By 1500, agriculture was:

Which of the following is NOT true of the Aztec view of marriage and the family?

Leaders of the Bedouin clans were called:

Which of the following was NOT a technological innovation of the Tang-Song era?

What Sudanic kingdom declined in 1076, making way for new political organizations in the region

All of the following were functions of the merchant and artisan guilds EXCEPT:

The northern nomadic peoples who entered central Mexico following the decline of Teotihuacan

In general, how did Islam spread in Southeast Asia?

Where was the capital of the Islamic kingdom established after 1206 on the Gangetic plain?

How did Islam and Hinduism differ?

Agricultural laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called:

African societies lacking the concentration of political power and authority were referred as:

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Hawaiian culture?

What aristocratic family had influence over imperial affairs at the Japanese court at Heian?

Why were the practices of seclusion and veiling seen as essential in Islamic society?

What was the outcome of the Western crusade of 1204?

The African traders that were associated with the Mali Empire were called:

Which of the following represents a cultural difference between the Incas and the Aztecs?

Where was the capital of the Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan?

The Umayyads were threatened by all of the following developments EXCEPT:

Why was the construction of the Grand Canal necessary?

The emperor responsible for the initial construction of Constantinople was

What technological innovation aided the Byzantine Empire in the Muslim siege of Constantinople?

The commander of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was:

Who were the Ayan?

What accounts for the success of the First Crusade?

Which of the khanates undertook the invasion of the Muslim heartland?

The dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han was the:

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the economic crises of the 14th century

What Eastern emperor was responsible for the restoration of a united Roman Empire after 533?

The practice of judging other peoples by the standards and practices of one’s own culture is:

The study of population is referred to as:

What was the Shah-Nama?

Islam means:

What religion played a key role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to Japan?

Following the decline of Songhay, smaller states developed east of Mali and Songhay among whom?

Who was the founder of the Tang dynasty?

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the early expansion of Islam beyond Arabia?

Economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was called:

What was the most important Christian kingdom in Africa?

Which was a critical factor in the failure of the Chinese to hold or assimilate the Vietnamese?

The faction within Islam that recognized Ali and the family of Muhammad as rulers was called:

What was the relationship between Islam and the indigenous religions of Africa?

What clan was responsible for the formation of Mecca?

What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty?

The wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of Islam were called:

In most ways, the Mongols epitomized what type of society and culture?

Which of the following areas of the Byzantine Empire was NOT conquered by Muslims by 650 C.E.?

The Aztec prime minister responsible for the expansion of human sacrifice was:

What group captured Baghdad in 1258?

What was the religious policy of the Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan?

What new architectural style featuring pointed arches and flying buttresses became dominant?

Who disrupted the development of political institutions in the medieval West until the 900s?

Which region of Africa was first converted to Islam by 700 A.D.?

What ruler was responsible for the creation of the Songhay Empire?

The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center was located at:

What is the name of the nature spirits of Japan?

What accounted for the downfall of Songhay?

What emperor defeated the Bulgarian kingdom and restoring Byzantine rule in the Balkans?

The central figure of the cult of human sacrifice and the most sacred deity of the Aztecs was:

Which of the khanates undertook the task of conquering Russia?

How did the Muslim conquerors of Sind treat the Hindu and Buddhist residents of the region?

What was the Andean principle of inheritance?

Inca system where every community contributed to distributing resources on the basis of need

The Inca nobility were:

The capital of the Inca empire was:

What groups in India were most likely to convert to Islam?

What was the most significant impact of the period of the Mongol rule on Russia?

The period of political disorder and chaotic warfare that followed the Qin-Han era:

Who was the Turkic nomadic leader who began a period of conquest beginning in the 1360s?

Which of the Kievan princes issued a formal legal code?

What Chinese dynasty succeeded the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China?

The Aztec social hierarchy developed a nobility referred to as the:

The Arabic camel nomads were referred to as:

The period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fifteenth century is referred to as the

Which Muslim leader responsible for the reconquest of most of the territories of the Crusaders?

What was the Ka’ba?

What was the primary written language of the later Abbasid court?