History Exam

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

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

How did the Bubonic plague spread into Europe?

Islamic law is known as

The Inca Empire stretched from what modern day countries?

Zheng He's voyages extended as far as

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

The two main branches of Islam

This event marks year one of the Muslim calendar

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

A chinampas using sticks and reeds was used to

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

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

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

The SIng pioneered a rudimentary credit system also known as

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

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

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

Erasmus of Rotterdam was most known for what?

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

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

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

The Japanese term "Kamikaze" is a reference to

Sahel means

The Yuan Empire placed its capital at

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

What causes the rainy and dry seasons to alternate

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

Trade did not bvegin on the Silk Road until 500 CE

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

Footbinding became popular amongst the lower classes during the Song Dynasty

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

The common African quality is called "Africanity"

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

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

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

The Mali Empire was founded by who?

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

Advances in ___ helped spread agricultural knowledge and best practices

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

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

Muhammad received his revelations in a visitation from

The Toltec people were conquered by the Mayans

Humanism was an attempt to link ___ with ___

The Song used iron for all of the following except

Early nomadic people of the Arabian Peninsula were mostly

Aztec women played a more prominent role in daily life because

European Christians only marched on Muslim lands during the Crusades

Copper mined in SE Africa was used for what?

Micahelangelo painted which of the following Renaissance masterpieces?

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

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

Into how many provinces was the Inca Empire divided?

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

Timur successfully attacked what countries?

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

Demand on the Silk Road initially emerges because

What was a primary factor of the decline in the Tang

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

What was a guild?

One example of military technology spreading west

Ususry was the Church concept that ___ was illegal and banned

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

The Capital of the Aztec people was located

Su Song's engineering acheivement was

The first Muslim caliphate was the

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

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

Up until recent times, cultivation was extensive rather than intensive

The African continent has 3 climate zones

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

One consequence of the IOMS was

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

The Song Chinese used gunpowder on offensive military battles

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?

Ships on the Indian Ocean typically used

What did families do to create federations and strong bonds?

At the bottom of the Yuan social hierarchy were

The Tangutt practiced ___ Buddhism

What good was primarily traded southward?

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

Li Shimin smartly made what decision concerning the government?

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

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

___ herders eventually overtake ___ herders in Sahara trade routes

Mahayana Buddhism put emphasis on what?

One of the most important inventions in late medieval Europe was

Environment and religion contributed to the expansion of the Mongol Empire

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

The Capital of the Tang was

The cultural center of the Abbasid Caliphate was

Muhammad and his followers had to leave Mecca because

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

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

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

The rural communities played almost no role in the growing empires

Between 1100-1345 Europe's Populatio nearly tripled

Which of the following is not a pillar of Islam?