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Which of the following statements is correct about the Aztec Civilization?
a. It was a confederacy of independent city-states.
b. It was relatively unpopulated.
c. It enforced a religion greatly similar to Christianity.
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what effect did the plague have on European society during the middle of the fourteenth century?Answer: a. It encouraged social equality since all infected people needed the same medical attention.
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| c. It generated waves of anti-Semitism since Jews were used as scapegoats. |
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In which way were the developments of the Renaissance in Italy similar to he developments of the Tang dynasty in China?
a. Warfare and insurrection led to the devastation of both societies.
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| b. The rebirth of art, technology, and learning was a central theme in both regions. |
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The advantages of Mongol rule were
a. It promoted the spread of ideas and movement of people in Eurasia
b. It stopped the spread of the plague
c. It was democratic
d. Mongol warfare resulted in bloodshed
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| a. It promoted the spread of ideas and movement of people in Eurasia |
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The spread of Islam between 1200 and 1500 encouraged
a. All of the other answers but none
b. The study of classical Greek scholarship in mathematics, medicine, and science
c. The study of Islamic law, theology, and administration
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| a. All of the other answers but none |
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How did the collapse of the Mongol Empire in the fourteenth century affect trade?
a. The collapse of the Mongol Empire did not affect Eurasian trade
b. The Indian Ocean trade route grew in importance
c. All trade between western and ea |
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| b. The Indian Ocean trade route grew in importance |
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Cultural differences among American peoples are
a. relatively arbitrary and unexplainable.
b. due to environmental and climatic variations.
c. due to religious differences.
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| b. due to environmental and climatic variations |
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The last great Central Asian conqueror was
a. Genghis
b. Timur
c. Sookjai
d. Ibn Battuta
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All of the following were characteristic of nomadic groups in the eras before 1450 C.E. EXCEPT:
a. Most of the themes of nomadic art centered on their animals
b. Most were patriarchal, although women often had higher status than women in sedenta |
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| c. Nomadic societies almost never had positive influence on settled peoples |
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Mongol rule created a sharp population decrease due toAnswer: a. Migration
b. None of the answers
c. All of the answers except none
d. Warfare
e. Bubonic plague |
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| c. All of the answers except none |
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During the early Middle Ages, western European societies were most influenced by
Answer: a. the Byzantine emperors
b. the Roman Catholic Church
c. national monarchies
d. elected parliaments |
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| b. the Roman Catholic Church |
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Based on the chart above, in the feudal system of Japan and medieval Europe, the emperor was similar to the pope in that
a. both were more ceremonial figureheads than actual rulers
b. both had to abide by a code of chivalry
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| a. both were more ceremonial figureheads than actual rulers |
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Mansa Musa made a famous pilgrimage that
a. Served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of his country
b. Served to spread Christianity to West Africa
c. Was inspired by the death of Muhammad
d. Led to the Christian Crusades
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| a. Served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of his country |
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A social result of the Black Death epidemic was
a. A demand by laborers for higher pay
b. All of the other answers but none
c. The beginning of the end of serfdom for all intents and purposes
d. Peasant revolutions
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| b. All of the other answers but none |
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As the description above indicates, what effect did the plague have on European society during the middle of the fourteenth century?
a. It generated waves of anti-Semitism since Jews were used as scapegoats.
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| e. Prayer and religion became less relevant as greater numbers of people died. |
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What was the idea of synthesizing reason with faith, most associated with Thomas Aquinas, known as?
a. Scholasticism
b. Nomadism
c. Theologicism
d. Utilitarianism
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What was the idea of synthesizing reason with faith, most associated with Thomas Aquinas, known as?
a. Scholasticism
b. Nomadism
c. Theologicism
d. Utilitarianism
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"It is the imminent peril threatening you and all the faithful, which has brought us hither. From the confines of Jerusalem and the city of Constantinople a horrible tale has gone forth" The above quote describes which of the following events?
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| d. the capture of the Holy Lands by the Seljuk Turks |
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Bedouins were instrumental in spreading which of the following religions
a. Islam on the Arabian Peninsula
b. Presbyterianism in Scotland
c. Christianity in Africa
d. Shintoism throughout Japan
e. Buddhism throughout China |
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| a. Islam on the Arabian Peninsula |
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The establishment of the Mongol Empire had all of the following consequences EXCEPT:
a. the strengthening of maritime trade in the South China Sea
b. the rise of the autocracy in Russia
c. the reopening and extension of the Silk Road
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| e. the demand for European products such as wool, porcelain, sugar, spices, and coffee |
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What is the most likely reason why technological development slowed down during the Ming period?
a. All of the answers except none
b. A scarcity of metals
c. A large labor supply lowered the need for mechanization
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| a. All of the answers except none |
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The Hanseatic league a. fought in the middle east during the Crusades
b. traded in diamonds
c. was a powerful banking house in Italy
d. was a trade region based in the Mediterranean region
e. dominated trade in the Baltic region |
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| e. dominated trade in the Baltic region |
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Between A.D. 800 and 1600, the West African city of Timbuktu became prosperous with the trading of
a. rifles and diamonds
b. iron ore and coal
c. spices and silk
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A guild was
a. An order of monks
b. A unit of currency in use throughout the Latin West
c. Type of spire on a gothic cathedral
d. An association of craft specialists from the same trade
e. A band of knights without ties to a lord |
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| b. A unit of currency in use throughout the Latin West |
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The empires of Mali in West Africa and Delhi in southern Asia both utilized a. Islamic administration
b. A scholar bureaucracy
c. Orthodox Buddhist administration
d. Democratic reforms
e. Papal administration |
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