Why did the Byzantine Empire finally fall?

Constantinople was captured by the Ottomans

Why was salt such a valuable good to trade?

It preserved food before the age of refridgeration

What were the social effects of the increased food supply caused by the increase of agriculture

More class distinction, Increased population, Excessive eating

What was traded along the Trans-Saharan trade routes?

Salt, dates, copper, Gold, ivory, cotton

Is based around the warrior class

Why did many merchants convert to Islam?

Merchants were revered in Islam

Which is not a Pillar of Islam?

Converting people to Islam (the jihad)

Why did the Neolithic Revolution start (at all)?

The need for political and social organization

What was the final straw that finally caused the East/West Christianity split?

The popes of each church ex-communicated each other

Which was not a European advantage over Asia in getting to the Americas?

Natives did not have immunities

What did the growing commercial (specifically silk) economy mean for women?

Their place as weavers was replaced by men

What was one impact of the slave trade on Africa?

Women had to take up traditionally male jobs

What technological innovations are associated with the growth of agriculture? (Units 1 & 2)

City planning, Granaries and storehouses

How did Genghis Khan build up a following?

By promoting people based on merit, not personal connections

What was a reason ancient civilizations in the Americas didn't interact as much as in Eurasia?

north/south geography of Americas vs east/west of Eurasia

What was the encomienda system?

Spaniards provided natives w education in exchange for labor

They disagreed about who should become the next Caliph

What was not a benefit of sea trade?

Civilizations could interact directly

What did the booming silk trade mean for women of China?

Upper class women gained more roles bc they spun the silk

What is the difference between Hellenic and Hellenistic?

Hellenic= someone who is Greek; Hellenistic= Greek culture

How did pastoral societies differ from early agricultural societies?

Pastoral societies adapted far better to their environment

Why was Ethiopia special in the context of religion from 600-1450?

It was the only place that stayed Chrisitan

What happened to the Roman Empire after it fell?

Power concentrated into the Byzantium Empire in east Europe

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1
Why did the Byzantine Empire finally fall?
Western Europe was far more powerful
The crusades
Constantinople was captured by the Ottomans
The split between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic church
2
Why was salt such a valuable good to trade?
People enjoyed the taste of it on food; it was a luxury good
It can kill people in large amounts; it was bought as poison
It preserved food before the age of refridgeration
It was a visually appealing mineral that nobles were after
3
In the period 600-1450, China was more developed than Western Europe.
False
True
4
Were early African civilizations more or less egalitarian than Eurasian civilizations?
Less
More
5
What did the influx of silver do to Spain's economy?
Made them a world power
Cause deflation
Nothing
Caused inflation
6
Filial piety, secular teachings, and a ruler/ruled relationship are all part of what?
Confucianism
Democracy
The caste system
Legalism
7
What were the social effects of the increased food supply caused by the increase of agriculture
More class distinction
Less leisure time
Increased population
Excessive eating
8
Greek rationalism is most similar to which ideal?
Christianity
Buddhism
Roman mythology
Confucianism
9
What was traded along the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Salt, dates, copper
Sand, food, timber
Textiles, guns, steel
Gold, ivory, cotton
10
What happened to Vietnam once the Tang fell?
They got conquered by the French
They gained independence
They also fell
They got conquered by the Mongols
11
Why do historians think Great Zimbabwe had great stone enclosures?
Protection
Monuments for their gods
Architecture made by the king
Houses for nobles
12
What was Portugal's strategy to trade in the Indian Ocean Basin from 1450-1570?
Monopolizing silver
They didn't have a strategy, they just traded
Trading post empire
Monopolizing spices
13
Feudalism
Was more productive than guilds
Is centralized
Is based around the warrior class
Largely influenced the Crusades
14
Which Latin American group were legally considered minors, and couldn't own property?
Mixed race children
White children
All natives
Native women
15
Why did many merchants convert to Islam?
They got paid more in Islamic empires if they were Muslim
They didn't have to pay the non-Muslim tax in Islamic empire
They were afraid of prejudice in Islamic empires
Merchants were revered in Islam
16
Which is not a Pillar of Islam?
Converting people to Islam (the jihad)
Going to Mecca
Fasting during Ramadan
Giving to the poor
17
Why did the Neolithic Revolution start (at all)?
The low amount of food made people want to settle
Someone had an idea and thought they should just settle
Surpluses led to the spread of disease in mobile societies
The need for political and social organization
18
When the Mongols sacked Baghdad, they succeeded in overthrowing which Islamic caliphate?
Ottoman
Sassanid
Umayyad
Abassid
19
What was the final straw that finally caused the East/West Christianity split?
The crusades made the Byzantine empire angry
The popes of each church ex-communicated each other
The black death
Jesus died
20
Which was not a European advantage over Asia in getting to the Americas?
Maritime inventions
Driven to go bc of poor economy
Natives did not have immunities
Geographically closer
21
China invented all of these except:
Printing Press
Compass
Gunpower
Paper
22
What did the growing commercial (specifically silk) economy mean for women?
They gained more roles in society bc of their skill weaving
More women were becoming merchants
Nothing; they were not affected
Their place as weavers was replaced by men
23
China in this time period (600-1450) was more focused on internal trade than international.
False
True
24
What was one impact of the slave trade on Africa?
African economy flourished
Rival tribes allied against the Europeans
Population decreased drastically
Women had to take up traditionally male jobs
25
What technological innovations are associated with the growth of agriculture? (Units 1 & 2)
City planning
The printing press
Granaries and storehouses
26
How did Genghis Khan build up a following?
Through his cunning, he double-crossed the ruler of the clan
He was a great guy
By consistently proving he was the strongest
By promoting people based on merit, not personal connections
27
What was a reason ancient civilizations in the Americas didn't interact as much as in Eurasia?
north/south geography of Americas vs east/west of Eurasia
east/west geography of Americas vs north/south of Eurasia
American civilizations didn't travel
American civilizations were always fighting
28
When did Buddhism start becoming popular in China?
During the Song
After the fall of the Han
Always
Never
29
What was the encomienda system?
Natives were forced into labor with nothing in exchange
Spaniards provided natives w education in exchange for labor
New World feudalism
Spain's tax system
30
Why did the population of China double from the Tang dynasty to the Song dynasty?
Less birth control
More people having babies
Indian lentiles
Champa rice
31
China first REgained unity (with a canal system that spanned the empire) under which dynasty?
Sui
Song
Han
Tang
32
Why did Islam split?
The Islamic empire was too big to sustain
They disagreed theologically
Historians still disagree as to why Islam split
They disagreed about who should become the next Caliph
33
What was the Qing dynasty?
A dynasty run by nomads from Manchuria
A Chinese dynasty that resorted isolationist ideals
A centralized and bureaucratic dynasty
All of the above
34
What was not a benefit of sea trade?
Civilizations could interact directly
Created more centralized port cities
Faster than overland trade
Carried more than luxury goods
35
When did Neo-Confucianism first emerge?
Ming
Tang
Song
Han
36
What dynasty did Ashoka rule in?
Sassanid
Mughal
Mauryan
Gupta
37
What was not common between Mesoamerican civilizations?
Corn, bean, and squash agriculture
Hieroglyphic writings
Polytheistic
Knotted recordkeeping
38
Sikhism is religious syncretism between what two religions?
Hinduism and Christianity
Hinduism and Buddhism
Islam and Hinduism
Christianity and Islam
39
The Mughal empire caused political disunity in India.
True
False
40
What did the booming silk trade mean for women of China?
All women gained more roles
Lower class women gained more roles bc they spun the silk
Upper class women gained more roles bc they spun the silk
It didn't mean anything; everything stayed the same
41
Mahayana Buddhism was mostly adopted by which group of people?
Vassals in Western Europe
Chinese scholars
Non-Muslims in the Islamic Empire
Farmers and pastoralists
42
First caliphate after the Shia/Sunni split; expanded all the way to Cordobá
Umayyad
Abassid
Ottoman
Sassanid
43
What is the difference between Hellenic and Hellenistic?
They are the same thing
Hellenic= someone who is Greek; Hellenistic= Greek culture
Hellenic=a promiscuous person; Hellenistic=being promiscuous
Hellenic= Greek culture; Hellenistic= someone who is Greek
44
Why did Europeans trade with Africans on the coast and as equals?
Africa's interior had diseases Europeans weren't immune to
Slave raiding was inefficient
All of the above
Africans were willing to sell slaves peacefully
45
Were African hierarchies more or less rigid than Eurasian hierarchies?
Less
More
46
What was an effect of the Great Dying?
All of the above
Made colonizing the Americas easier
Caused a labor shortage
Collapse of native societies
47
What did the Scientific Revolution cause?
Protestant Reformation
The Enlightenment
Western Europe isolationist policies
Indulgences
48
How did pastoral societies differ from early agricultural societies?
Pastorals were less diverse in terms of ethnicity
Pastoralists developed more food surpluses
Only pastorals developed animal husbandry
Pastoral societies adapted far better to their environment
49
Why was Ethiopia special in the context of religion from 600-1450?
It did not trade much bc of geographical barriers
It wasn't special
It was the only place that stayed Chrisitan
It was the only place that converted to Christianity
50
What did the Dutch monopolize?
Trading with Japan (bc Dutch were the only people allowed in
Silver
Textiles
Spices
51
What happened to the Roman Empire after it fell?
Power concentrated into Great Britain in west Europe
Power concentrated into the Byzantium Empire in east Europe
It was taken over by the Alexander the Great
Everyone moved to North America
52
What region of Africa did the Bantu mostly live in?
South
East
West
North
53
After the Chinese started resenting Buddhism, it was erased from Chinese culture.
True
False
54
What is a satrap?
Leader of a province in India
Leader of a province in Persia
Ruler of India
Ancient technology to catch animals
55
Sugar colonies were mainly where?
West Indies
The Philippines
Brazil and the Caribbean
The North American south and Spanish South America
56
Put the castes into the correct order: Kshatriya(1);Vaishya(2); Brahmans(3); Sudra(4); Dalit(5)
1,2,3,4,5
3,1,2,4,5
5,4,3,2,1
3,5,1,2,4
57
What was Korea's relationship with China?
Politically influenced; culturally independent
Heavily influenced
Culturally influenced; politically independent
Completely independent, except for the tributes
58
What was Japan's position in terms of Chinese culture?
They were selective with what aspects of culture they chose
They never interacted with China
They adopted all aspects of Chinese culture
They did not adopt any aspects of Chinese culture
59
What would China give to non-Chinese rulers in exchange for tributes?
China would leave them alone
Money
Right to trade inside China
60
Which empire brought Mesoamerica under the largest single political framework of the time?
Mayans
Aztecs
Olmecs
Incas
61
What was the Mongol World War?
War between the Khanates
Aggressive military campaign launched to conquer the world
World war that the Mongols fought it
World war that the Mongols launched
62
What is Neo-Confucianism?
Applying Confucianism to other parts of life
"Neon" Confucianism- stronger and more harsh Confucianism
Reemergance of Confucianism
Confucianism with some Buddhists and Daoist ideals
63
Which is not a similarity between North American and South American racism?
None of the above
Overall racial prejudice
Eurocentric beauty (white features>black features)
Black and mixed people had little to no economic opportunity
64
What was the Kievan Rus?
A decentralized French state
A Russian state whose growth was stimulated by trade
The first clothing store that was started in Germany
A Russian trade route
65
What was the Mughal Empire?
The Islamic caliphate following the Safavid
A Muslim minority ruling over a Muslim majority
A Persian military campaign
Mongol presence in India
66
What is NOT one similarity between early (600BCE-600CE) American and African civilizations?
Knot-tying system of record keeping
Polytheistic and spiritual
Agriculturally based
Less developed than Eurasia
67
The Mongols unified China.
False
True
68
In Athens, women had more freedoms than in Sparta.
True
False
69
Who was more centralized?
Persia
Greece
70
What was Cahokia?
Eastern European word for "foreigner"
Central Asian technology that aided trade
Trading post in Indonesia
Center of a trading network in North America
71
What was the most direct negative effect of trade?
War between civilizations
Spread of disease
Spread of ideas
Cultural appropriation
72
What are indulgences?
Cakes people made for priests to decrease time in purgatory
Books given to priests
SINS
Coupon people payed to decrease time in purgatory
73
What areas of India did the Arab empire take over?
Calcutta and Bombay
All of it
Punjab and Bengal
None of it
74
What was the religion of the Ottoman empire?
Christianity
They didn't have a religion
Hinduism
Islam
75
Who fought in the Punic wars?
Rome and Greece
China and Russia
India and China
Carthage and Rome
76
What happened when Alexander the Great's empire fell?
The Ottomans took the land for themselves
The Mongols took the land for themselves
It was sustained for a long time after by other emperors
It got absorbed into foreign empires
77
What Chinese dynasty was responsible for the creation of the Mandate of Heaven?
Qin
Zhou
Shang
Han
78
Which is not a difference between Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church?
Importance of Jesus as the Messiah
Marital status of priests
Use of icons
Language spoken in church
79
What environmental force did Indian Ocean trade depend on?
The tide
Ocean currents
Monsoons
Hurricanes
80
Which was not a reason for the Crusades?
Taking back the Holy Land
Healing the Eastern Orthodox/Roman Catholic schism
Land
Wealth
81
The Safavid empire was a
Meritocracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Theocracy
82
Ceasaropapism is present in which of the two largest sects of Christianity?
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
83
Slaves didn't always hold degraded positions...
Slaves always held degraded positions
In Islamic world slavery
Slaves never held degraded positions
In American slavery
84
Which is not a similarity between Christianity and Buddhism?
Both appealed to those in fragmented states
Both provided an escape from/alternative to "regular" life
Both have missionaries
Both believe in a divine being

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