Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran?

Women were spiritually equal to men.

What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?

Disagreement over who should assume leadership of Islam

What development between the 7th and 13th centuries increased trade in the Indian Ocean basin?

Encouragement of sea trade by unified Chinese state

Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?

The secular aspect of Islam influenced European civilization

How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?

Gods of many peoples were incorporated as bodhisattvas

Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?

The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire

Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by

powerful states provided security to merchants and travelers

Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world together?

The system of Islamic education created by the ulama

The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely a relay trade because

goods were not carried by one merchant the entire route.

How did the Silk Road trade affect peasants in China?

Peasants focused more on producing luxury goods

Which characterizes the networks of exchange that connected the world from 500 to 1500?

Interactions operated on a relatively equal basis

Which of the following was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe?

Spain, Sicily, and the Baltics joined Western Christendom.

The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely a relay trade because

goods were not carried by one merchant the entire route.

Which of the following was a consequence of the exchange of diseases along the Silk Roads?

Europeans developed some immunity to Eurasian diseases.

How did the spread of Islam affect Indian Ocean commerce?

Muslim merchant communities from East Africa to China coast.

Which of the following is true of pre-Islamic Arabia?

Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived among the Arabs

Which of the following highlights an effect of the international trade in silk?

Association of silk and sacred in Buddhism and Christianity

In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean

carried more products for a mass market.

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1
Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran?
Women were socially equal to men.
Women were to blame for the evil in the world
Women were to remain veiled and secluded.
Women were spiritually equal to men.
2
In contrast to the spread of Buddhism and Christianity, the early spread of Islam
was limited to the immediate vicinity of its birthplace.
gave rise to a large empire
occurred at a much slower pace.
was checked by older civilizations that surrounded it
3
Which of the following was an Arab innovation?
Numerical notation
Rockets
Algebra
Papermaking
4
What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?
Disagreement over who should assume leadership of Islam
The belief that Husayn, the son of Ali, was the real messiah
Fear that Muslims were abandoning Islamic teaching
Imam Ali's new revelation and elaboration of the teachings
5
What development between the 7th and 13th centuries increased trade in the Indian Ocean basin?
Global warming trends that increased agricultural production
Encouragement of sea trade by unified Chinese state
The discovery of a new route linking Asia to the Americas
The missionary zeal of Christian merchants
6
The absence of which of the following made long-distance trade in the Americas difficult?
Organized governments
Wheeled vehicles
Rivers
Llamas
7
Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?
A new religion blended elements of Christianity and Islam
Islam became Christianized
The harmony of Muslim Spain used as a model for Europe.
The secular aspect of Islam influenced European civilization
8
How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?
It emphasized asceticism and withdrawal from society.
The Buddha became more human and less divine
Buddhist doctrines became more esoteric
Gods of many peoples were incorporated as bodhisattvas
9
Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?
The extensive loss of territory to expanding Persian Empire
Catholic Church's excommunication of Eastern Orthodoxy
The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire
Emperor Justinian's attempt to reconquer the Mediterranean
10
The Silk Roads built on earlier trading connections between Eurasian civilizations and
Pastoral peoples
Indian merchants
Paleolithic societies
Bantu migrants
11
The Arab Empire that accompanied the spread of Islam stretched from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Red Sea
the Andes to the Himalayas
Spain to India
Russia to Australia
12
Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common
Class
Culture
Faith
Race
13
In the 13th and 14th centuries, Eurasia had a period of intensified interaction under the
BerbersC
Chinese
Mongols
Swahili
14
Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by
emergence of powerful states in Southeast Asia
migration of Bantu-speakers into South Asia and Middle East.
powerful states provided security to merchants and travelers
the collapse of the Indian Ocean trade sea trade network
15
The spread of the Black Death from China to Europe in the 14th c. was facilitated by
The spread of Buddhism
Monsoon winds
The Mongols
The spread of Islam
16
What advantage did the Byzantine Empire have that enabled it to survive as a political entity
A larger frontier
More territory under its control
A stronger military
Assimilation of Germanic culture
17
Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world together?
The system of Islamic education created by the ulama
The successful suppression of competing religious orders
Political leadership over the Islamic world by Arab caliphs
The expulsion of all nonbelievers from Islamic territories
18
Which of the following was the most thoroughly Islamized region in the period from 600 to 1500?
Anatolia
West Africa
Southeast Asia
India
19
Which of the following religious traditions blended elements of Hinduism and Islam?
Sikhism
Sunni Islam
Sufism
Shia Islam
20
The pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims should try to make at least once in their lifetime?
Umma
Hijra
Jihad
Haji
21
The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely a relay trade because
it linked coastal Eurasia but passed people of the interior
it sustained the long-distance trade in the Americas.
it linked the entire world into a single trade network.
goods were not carried by one merchant the entire route.
22
How did the Silk Road trade affect peasants in China?
Peasants only cultivated crops for subsistence.
Peasants converted to Buddhism in large numbers.
Peasants abandoned farming to go into commerce.
Peasants focused more on producing luxury goods
23
In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300, power was divided among
princes, warriors, farmers
lords, vassals, serfs
the pope, local officials, scholars
kings, nobles, church leaders
24
Which characterizes the networks of exchange that connected the world from 500 to 1500?
Competition for control of trade routes sparked many wars
Trade established diplomatic relations between states
Interactions operated on a relatively equal basis
Trade organizations established monopolies on certain goods
25
Which of the following was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe?
The Crusade weakened the influence of Turkic-speaking people
Animosity ended the flow of Muslim learning into Europe
People from the Middle East migrated to Europe
Spain, Sicily, and the Baltics joined Western Christendom.
26
The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely a relay trade because
it linked the entire world into a single trade network.
it sustained the long-distance trade in the Americas.
it linked coastal Eurasia but passed people of the interior
goods were not carried by one merchant the entire route.
27
Which of the following was a consequence of the exchange of diseases along the Silk Roads?
Chinese officials sought to suppress long-distance trade.
The Christian church in the Byzantine Empire weakened
Europeans developed some immunity to Eurasian diseases.
The population in the Americas was virtually wiped out
28
How did the spread of Islam affect Indian Ocean commerce?
Muslim merchant communities from East Africa to China coast.
Leaders decreed Muslims could not trade with non-Muslims
Rulers of Arab Empire banned trade beyond its borders.
Islamic rulers suspicious of merchants and shut down trade
29
Which of the following is true of pre-Islamic Arabia?
Arabia had no contact with the trade of Eurasia.
Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived among the Arabs
A centralized state ruled Arabia since the fourth century.
The Arabian Peninsula enjoyed peace under the Bedouins
30
Which of the following highlights an effect of the international trade in silk?
The low price of silk by the 10th century as demand fell
The widespread use of silk materials among commoners
Association of silk and sacred in Buddhism and Christianity
Economic decline of China as competitor produced better silk
31
In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean
dealt exclusively in the trade of luxury goods
had much higher transportation costs
were centered on the ports of East Africa
carried more products for a mass market.
32
Which of the following luxury goods came to symbolize the Eurasian exchange system?
Slaves
Porcelain
Silk
Nutmeg
33
Which of the following technological innovations facilitated Indian Ocean commerce?
Quipus
Nyama
Junks
Pochteca

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