Midterm

In pre-Islamic times, the status of Mecca was enhanced by 

The "Mandate of Heaven" concept promoted all EXCEPT

How were the Byzantine bureaucracy and Chinese bureaucracy similar?

Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism all show interest in 

What was the disagreement which led to the split of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims?

Which of the following was an important reason for the fall of Roman, Han and Gupta empires?

Which is most correctly seen as a direct descendant of the Roman Empire?

Match the trade route with the correct color.  Eurasian.

Match the trade route with the correct color.  Silk Road

Terms: system in which one belongs to mother's lineage 

Match the trade route with the correct color.  Trans-Saharan

Mediterranean agriculture under the Greeks and Romans....

Which of the following countries converted to Orthodox Christianity?

What was an important legacy of the Phoenicians?

Buddhism differed from Hinduism by not believing in 

Which of the following existed in the Aztec but not the Inca empire?

What was one result of Roman and Greek dependency on slavery?

In Tang China, who was the exam system open to?

Match the following civilization with the correct river.  Mesopotamia. 

Match the following civilization with the correct river.  China

What is true about Greek and Roman religion?

Match the following civilization with the correct river.  Egypt

Match the trade route with the correct color.  Mediterranean

Match the trade route with the correct color.  Indian Ocean.

Which of the following lived about one thousand years after the other three?

term: to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture

Match the following civilization with the correct river.  Indus

Terms: changes when agriculture started. 

Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism...

What was the religious preference of the Korean elite?

What group threatened the security of the Japanese imperial court that was moved to Heian?

The system that described economic relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was 

Tems: social status or position conferred by a system based on class

Which of the following civilizations did not arise during the Neolithic period?

Confucian and Hindu values both

Which of the following is a Confucian belief?

Who were the invaders who disrupted development of institutions in the medieval West?

End of the Gupta differed from the decline of Rome in that it did not involve