Unit 2 Test
- Which of the following statements most accurately
reflects a major difference between Arab expansion in the seventh century
and Viking expansion in the ninth century?
a) Arab expansion relied most heavily on diplomacy, while
Viking expansion relied most heavily on military might
b) Viking expansion tended to occur in areas with few
large urban centers, while the Arab expansion occurred in areas with
comparatively larger urban centers
c) Arab expansion was financed by religious tithing,
while Viking expansion was financed by profit from the silk trade
d) Viking expansion was limited to
e) Arab expansion relied heavily on the technology of the
cannon, while Viking expansion relied heavily on dragon boats
- Which of the following is true of commerce in the
a) Chinese merchants dominated the trade routes of the
b) There was very little commercial activity in the
c) Merchants from Europe dominated the trade routes of
the
d) Following the rise of the Mongols during the
thirteenth century, the volume of
e)
- Which of the following lists three places Ibn
Battuta, the fourteenth-century Muslim traveler, visisted?
a) The Arabian Peninsula,
b) The Arabian Peninsula,
c)
d)
e)
- Which of the following had the greatest
manufacturing capacity during the time period 1000-1450?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
- The term “samurai” describes men in feudal
a) lords of the manor
b) Catholic bishops
c) serfs
d) knights
e) merchants
- In the period between 1000 and 1450, which of the
following were two occupations pursued by large numbers of African and
European women?
a) midwife and healer
b) military leader and farmer
c) scribe and tax collector
d) long-distance trader and merchant
e) metalworker and textile manufacturer
- Trade spurred the introduction of both Islam and
Hinduism to what is now called
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
- Renaissance Italy and the Islamic Middle East
after the decline of the Abassid Empire in the mid-tenth century are
important examples of which of the following?
a) political unity and cultural creativity
b) political fragmentation and cultural creativity
c) political unity and the decline of religion
d) political fragmentation and the decline of religion
e) political unity and the rise of secularism
- Which of the following statements about the
Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century is true?
a) The invasion of
b) The number of Buddhists and Muslims in
c) In
d) The Mongols conquered
e) Ibn Battuta’s writings described in detail life in the
court of Genghis Khan
- The illustration above shows which of the
following about the fifteenth century?
a) The relative number of ships produced by the
b) The beginning of a long period of Chinese domination
of
c) The meeting of Vasco de Gama and Zheng He
d) The relative size of the European caravel and the Ming
treasure ship
e) The use of the lateen sail
- The type of wall decoration illustrated above
would most commonly be found in a
a) stupa
b) mosque
c) cathedral
d) temple
e) marketplace
- Which of the following statements regarding the
tenets of Islam is accurate?
a) Islam is a monotheistic religion
b) Muslims worship Muhammad
c) Pilgrimage to
d) The Qur’an is meant to supplement Jewish and Christian
scriptures
e) Friday is an obligatory day of rest for Muslims
- Which of the following best describes patriarchal
gender systems?
a) women are not allowed to work
b) women are confined to the home
c) women can be bought and sold
d) women are inferiors and must be protected by men
e) women are not allowed by men to serve as political
rulers
- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share which of
the following?
a) They are polytheistic religions
b) They recognize the divine nature of certain prophets
c) They revere both
d) They recognize the existence of Adam and Moses
e) They share the Talmud and the Gospels as sacred texts
- Which of the following was a common feature of
most Asian and European philosophies during the period 1000 to 1450?
a) a close association with religion
b) Emphasis on experimental science
c) Reliance on ideas of individual freedom
d) Substantial scholarly exchange of ideas among all
world cultures
e) Wide availability of printed books
- After the expansion of Islam into
a)
b)
c)
d) the areas along the
e)
- Which of the following contributed to the Chinese
government’s decision to stop voyages of exploration in the
a) armed resistance from Arab navies
b) Lack of sufficient Chinese goods for trade
c) The destruction of the Chinese fleet by typhoons
d) Government concern with domestic problems and frontier
security
e) Fear of the spread of the plague to
- Which of the following languages came into
existence after 1000 as the direct result of expanding global trade
patterns?
a) Arabic
b) Chinese
c) Latin
d) Sanskrit
e) Swahili
- Which of the following is an accurate statement
about the Mongol Empire?
a) It attempted to impose Mongol religious beliefs and
practices on conquered peoples.
b) It reestablished the Silk Road between East Asia and
c) It attempted to create a self-contained economic
system by banning all merchants from non-Mongol territories
d) It developed a sophisticated bureaucracy staffed by
talented Mongols
e) It established and maintained clear rules of
succession that insured the unity of the empire
- Commerce was a key mode of exchange between which
of the following pairs of political entitites?
a) The Mayan Empire and the Song Dynasty
b)
c)
d) The Crusader states and the Fatimid caliphate
e)
- Marco Polo described which of the following at
Kublai Khan’s court that he had not encountered in
a) The use of spies in foreign nations
b) The interest of the Khan in the international sea
trade and European shipbuilding techniques
c) The use of paper money and coal and the practice of
frequent bathing
d) The attachment of the Khan to the use of horses for
military purposes
e) The austerity of the design of the Khan’s palace
- Which two of the following vied for influence in
a) Buddhism and Shintoism
b) Shintoism and Hinduism
c) Confucianism and Hinduism
d) Buddhism and Confucianism
e) Buddhism and Hinduism
- Which of the following was not true of nomadic
groups?
a) Nomadic societies were patriarchal
b) They had some social hierarchy
c) Most of the themes of nomadic art centered on their
animals
d) Nomadic societies had little positive influence on
settled people
e) Nomadic societies engaged in peaceful trade
- The most significant effect of
a) the trade network that
b) the way it slowed the development of a Russian
national identity
c) the way the Church’s teaching that God vests power in
the ruler strengthened the tsars’ control over the state
d) the power it gave the Eastern Church in dealing with
the Roman Catholic Church
e) its influence on Russian architecture
- Which of the following development most directly
resulted from the Crusades
a) Growth of Italian city-states
b) Spread of the Black Death
c) Vasco de Gama’s voyage to
d) Columbian Exchange
e) Restriction of European traders to treaty ports
- All of the following are true of the major
Amerindian civilizations in Central and
a) economies based on trade
b) monumental buildings
c) urban centers
d) differentiation of labor
e) social stratification
- Which of the following is a fundamental teaching
of Islam?
a) The Shari’a is a compilation of the Sunna, the
teachings of Muhammad, and Quran
b) Muslim converts may continue to worship their former
deities
c) The five-times-a-day prayer services that Muslims must
observe are led by a priest called an imam
d) Everyone is equal under Islam
e) Social responsibility is less important than adherence
to ritual
- The introduction of papermaking into
a) from
b) from
c) through the Columbian Exchange
d) through the Triangular Trade route
e) from the
- A major area of contention between the papacy and
secular rulers was the
a) establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII
b) rulers’ determination to appoint Church officials in
their nations
c) heavy tithes the rulers placed on churches with their
borders
d) practice of trying clerics in secular rather than
Church courts
e) rulers’ disinterest in supporting the Crusades
- The position of Chinese women
a) resulted in greater freedoms under Neo-Confucianism
b) changed markedly between the seventh and thirteenth
centuries
c) was defined by Confucianism
d) was more restrictive under the Tang than under the
Song
e) declined in regions where Buddhism was popular
- Japanese feudalism
a) brought a temporary end to internal conflicts
b) increased the power of the emperor
c) revolved around the power of the samurai as warlords
d) saw the beginnings of a centralized
e) united peasant and elite classes
- Compared to Korean attitudes toward the Chinese,
those of the Japanese
a) more greatly appreciated the centralization of the
Chinese government
b) were more devoted to Confucianism
c) were more favorable to the civil service examination
d) demonstrated a desire to show respect to the Chinese
emperor
e) were similar in their desire to become part of the
Chinese trading system
- In contrast to Japanese feudalism, Western European
feudalism
a) included women in the feudal relationship
b) created a reciprocal relationship between lord and
vassal
c) was based on a noncontractual relationship
d) did not lead to centralized regional governments
e) endured for a long period
- Medieval
a) extended local schools found on the manor
b) developed new banking institutions from multicultural
contacts
c) saw the rise of universities after the conclusion of
the Hundred Years’ War
d) produced urban areas that rivaled those of the Eastern
empires
e) produced uniquely Christian architectural forms
- Mongol rule in Russian and
a) in
b) Eurasian trade routes under Mongol protection
connected
c) the Mongols became more involved in administration in
d) the Mongols were more interested in controlling trade
in
e)
- Historians studying linguistic syncretism would
be most interested in
a) the voyages of the Malay sailors
b) the writings of Renaissance philosophers
c) the Polynesian migrations
d) the Bantu migrations
e) the Yuan dynasty
- The Black Death
a) was most devastating in
b) originated in
c) changed the course of political institutions
d) spread solely along routes of Mongol conquest
e) produced large loss of life in
- The Yuan Dynasty was brought down by all of the
following EXCEPT
a) foreign resistance to the Mongol Peace
b) bubonic plague
c) economic distress
d) inefficient administration
e) a breakdown in external security
- The Renaissance
a) was a movement of uniquely Western origins due to the
preservation of documents solely by Church monasteries
b) began in the
c) was a result of the Crusades
d) represented a complete break from medieval traditions
e) was a period of classical tradition rather than
independent innovation
- Both the Aztecs and Incas
a) entered into marriage for political reasons
b) gained the cooperation of subject peoples
c) showed limited signs of urbanization
d) lacked a merchant class
e) were tribute empires
- In 1215, the Magna Carta
a) was the most complex world map of its kind
b) sailed to
c) granted English nobles certain rights and privileges
d) granted English commoners voting rights
e) replaced the French Constitution as the supreme law of
the land
- Which of the following is NOT a reason for the
Crusades?
a) racial and religious prejudice
b) geopolitical conflict between Europe and the
c) the Black Death
d) religious fervor
e) the personal greed of many Europeans to gain wealth
and land
- The
a) was a trade union based in the Mediterranean region
b) fought in the
c) was a powerful banking house in
d) dominated trade in the Baltic region
e) traded in diamonds
- Women in medieval
a) all lacked property rights
b) had equality before the law, especially in matters of
reproductive rights
c) has some legal protections, but their rights often
depended on where they lived and which class they belonged to
d) could become members of the clergy
e) could enter religious life only in Orthodox Byzantium
- A chief characteristic of Islamic states from
1000 to 1400 was
a) political unity
b) the consolidation of democracy
c) political chaos
d) steady strengthening of political power
e) the weakening of Turkish control over Islamic lands
- Which of the following places in
a)
b) Swahili city-states
c)
d)
e)
- What was the Umayyad attitude to other religions?
a) The Umayyads converted to Christianity, but continued
to permit the open worship of Islam
b) Christianity and Judaism were suppressed as heresies,
but other communities were permitted to retain their religions
c) The Umayyads suppressed all religions within their
territories other than Islam
d) Zoroastrians and Hindus were never accepted
e) The Umayyads displayed tolerance towards the religions
of the dhimmi peoples.
- Which of the following was NOT a reason used by
the Ming dynasty to halt the trading expeditions?
a) the expense of building the new capital at
b) the opposition of the scholar-gentry and bureaucracy
c) the growing military expenses of the campaigns against
the Mongols
d) the technological inferiority of Chinese ships and
navigation
e) the traditional preference of the Chinese for Asian
products
- Following the assertion of Vietnamese
independence from
a) Chinese family organization
b) the Chinese administrative system based on the
Confucian examination system
c) the successful suppression of the peasantry
d) Chinese popular culture, such as cockfights
e) a highly centralized administrative system manned by a
powerful scholar-gentry
- Which of the following developments was NOT a
result of the improved economy of the High Middle Ages?
a) Some peasants were able to throw off the most severe
constraints of manorialism, becoming almost free farmers
b) Rising trade permitted the redevelopment of commerce
within the
c) Conflicts between peasants and the landlords became
rare, if they did not disappear altogether
d) Urban growth allowed more specialized manufacturing
and commercial activities, including banking
e) A money economy began to replace the traditional
barter system.