What is globalization?

A phenomenon of increased economic integration among nations

What was the basis of the Swahili economy?

Sea trade with Indian Ocean neighbors

a wealthy leader from Mali who built hospitals and schools for his people

Some of the advantages of farming are

Controlled food supply, larger populations, food surpluses

Why did many poor citizens of the Islamic Empires convert to Islam?

To serve in the army, To avoid paying additional taxes

How did the Abbasid Caliphate create so many new inventions and scientific discoveries?

They allowed non-Muslims in their government, increasing diversity of ideas

Why did Buddhism, Christianity and Islam spread around the world more than other religions?

These religions each appealed to the poor

Why are the earliest civilizations found along fresh water?

Because the soil is often more fertile there

How did the geographic location of the Islamic Empires influence their success?

These empires were in the middle of most Afro-Eurasian trade

What impact did the Sahara have on Africa's development?

It separated most of Africa from much of Eurasian trade and interactions

Which BEST describes the Bantu people?

different people who share a related language and culture

The belief that brutal laws are needed to keep society in line

Historians have argued that patriarchy originated from...

Shifting gender roles during the Neolithic Age

Why was the Umayyad dynasty overthrown?

Not enough money being given to the poor

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1
What is globalization?
A global tactic used to create unfavorable balances in trade
A phenomenon of increased economic integration among nations
The independence of the international community
Increased emigration in Asia and Europe
2
What was the basis of the Swahili economy?
Sand trade with Western African Civs. and the Islamic world.
The military industrial complex
Textile production and spice growth
Sea trade with Indian Ocean neighbors
3
The main disagreement that split Islam into Sunni and Shia was over:
religious laws
fellowship with Christians and Jews
who should rule after Muhammad
location of Holy Cities
4
Who was Mansa Musa
a wealthy leader from Mali who built hospitals and schools for his people
A trader who lived in Egypt
a man who lived in France who was famous for selling silks
The king of England
5
Some of the advantages of farming are
Controlled food supply, radically changed the environment, food surpluses
Controlled food supply, larger populations, food surpluses
6
Why did many poor citizens of the Islamic Empires convert to Islam?
To show loyalty to the caliphate
To serve in the army
To avoid paying additional taxes
To better integrate into their new empire
7
The pharaohs of Egypt are a perfect example of this form of government.
Oligarchy
Theocratic Monarchy
Decentralized city-states
Representative (Indirect) Democracy
8
How did the Abbasid Caliphate create so many new inventions and scientific discoveries?
They partnered with Chinese Dynasties such as the Han
They allowed non-Muslims in their government, increasing diversity of ideas
None of the above
They took technologies from new lands that they conquered
9
What did North and West Africa Trade ?
Salt in exchange for happiness
Spices in exchange for slaves
Gold in exchange for spices
Gold in exchange for salt
10
The earliest Bantu tribes were...
agriculturalists
warriors
horsemen
fishers
11
What are two similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism?
Red and yellow only
Belief in cycle of rebirth and a final state of peace
Final state based on social class and importance of yoga
Started in India and teach nonviolence towards all lifeforms
12
Why did Buddhism, Christianity and Islam spread around the world more than other religions?
All three spread via conquest
These religions each appealed to the poor
All of the above
Each one was polytheistic which is a popular form of religion
13
Why are the earliest civilizations found along fresh water?
Because animals don't like fresh water
Because trade is easier via rivers
Because the soil is often more fertile there
Idk, I can't come up with any more alternative answers
14
Islamic Empire (particularly Abbasid) inventions included
The astrolabe
Glass lenses
Algebra
All of these
15
How did the geographic location of the Islamic Empires influence their success?
All of the above
The mountains of the Himalayas offered protection from invasion
These empires were in the middle of most Afro-Eurasian trade
The proximity of these empires to the Pacific led to powerful navies
16
Both Rome and Persia...
Were multi-cultural empires with many different ethnicities and religions
Created individual provinces/territories in their empire
Created expansive road networks within their empires
All of the above
17
The Swahili culture was
Unable to last to modern times
On the West African coast
Influenced in part by Islam
Destroyed by European invaders
18
What impact did the Sahara have on Africa's development?
It protected people from Western invaders
It separated most of Africa from much of Eurasian trade and interactions
It fed many people across the continent
It provided soil for the Amazon rainforest
19
What is the oldest monotheistic religion?
Zoroastrianism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
20
Which BEST describes the Bantu people?
people living in cities who no longer farm or heard animals
a separate race in northern Africa
nomadic people in the Sahara
different people who share a related language and culture
21
The name given to a leader of the Islamic empire__________.
Caliph
King
President
Emperor
22
What was Legalism?
The belief that governments are bad by nature
The belief that brutal laws are needed to keep society in line
The belief that people were inherently religious
The belief that people were good by nature.
23
Mansa Musa went on his Hajj TO this place
E
A
D
B
24
Islam was brought to West Africa by
armed nomads
religious refugees
slave raiders
caravan traders
25
All of these are characteristics of the Paleolithic Era except
Stone Tools
Patriarchy
Spirituality
Art
26
Historians have argued that patriarchy originated from...
Shifting gender roles during the Neolithic Age
Laws developed in Mesopotamia
religious leaders who claimed that it was divinely ordained
the evolution of humans from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens
27
The Umayyad dynasty was defeated and replaced by:
Abbasid
Hashemite
Alawi
Idrisid
28
Why was the Umayyad dynasty overthrown?
Invasion from the Romans
Political disasters
Not enough money being given to the poor
Weak leaders lost military campaigns

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