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What occurred as a result of the development of agriculture in societies that previously relied on hunting and gathering?

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Population density increased

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What was the major effect of the Neolithic Revolution?

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The establishment of sedentary village communities

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The first truly revolutionary transformation of human society was…?

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The Agricultural Revolution

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Paleolithic and Neolithic people’s most likely had what kind of diet?

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Mostly vegetables and some meat

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The Agricultural Revolution resulted in significant changes to Stone Age societies. Which of the following was NOT one of these changes?

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The development of mechanized tools

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One common domesticated crop in North America, Europe, and the Middle East was…?

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Wheat

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How did the domestication of animals affect human society?

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It made the agricultural revolution possible

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How were farms and urban centers connected in the Stone Age?

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Farms supported urban dwellers with food while urban centers provided protection and manufactured goods

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In Mesopotamia, how was the government and religion connected?

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The king provided royal slaves to build temples and other religious structures and the priests publicly supported the king

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Based on the information in this chapter, what resource would you say was the most important to Mesopotamians?

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Water

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One way that various Mesopotamian rulers (beginning with the Akkadians) maintained order and strengthened the power of the ruler was..?

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Standardizing weight and measures, thereby ensuring fair and equal trade between cities

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How were women affected by the increase in urbanization in Mesopotamia?

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Women lost social standing and were seen as tools for preserving wealth and family lines, while men gained legal authority over women and benefits from marriage and divorce laws

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The initial purpose of writing in Mesopotamia was to..?

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Keep track of property

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All of the following were part of the Confucian social order EXCEPT

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Respect for the old

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The pack animal most crucial to economic life in Andean societies was..?

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The llama

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What feature typical to most advanced civilizations did Andean societies lack?

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A written language

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All of the following were features of the civilizations in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, the Indus River Valley and the Yellow River Valley EXCEPT

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Religious systems that included sacrifice rituals

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In the Zhou dynasty, the Mandate of Heaven meant that rulers

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We’re allowed to keep their power if they ruled justly and wisely

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Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism

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Originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption

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One of Nubia’s most valuable trade items was..?

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Gold

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How did Egypt affect Nubian society and culture during the time they controlled the Nubian kingdom of Kush?

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Upper class children were educated in Egypt and brought Egyptian culture and language to Nubia with them

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Compared with river valley cultures in Egypt and Mesopotamia, civilization in China…

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Developed simultaneously with Egypt and Mesopotamia

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One thing that Nubia, China, and Mesoamerican societies had in common was..?

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All three areas had societies with strong central governments because they needed large numbers of people for public work projects and mutual defense

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One thing that Chavin and Meroë had in common and something that made them powerful was..?

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Both cities were at the intersection of all major trade routes in the area

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Between 200 BCE and 200 CE the Silk Roads facilitated commodity trade between which of the following pairs of empires?

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The Roman and Han

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Before 600 CE, large centralized empires, such as the Han, Persian, and Roman empires, extended their military power by..?

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Developing supply lines and building infrastructure, including defensive walls and roads

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What is the summary of Confucian thought?

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Harmony is attained when superiors treat those below them with kindness and inferiors respect those above them

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The ancient Athenians used large, pillared structures for what purpose?

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As a temple

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The political and social effect of Neo-Confucianism in China was..?

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To reinforce social hierarchy

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What resulted from Alexander the Great’s conquests?

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The spread of Hellenistic culture through much of Eurasia

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In comparing the Han Dynasty with the Roman Empire, which of the following statements is NOT true?

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While Rome was successful at spreading it’s culture across a wide area, the Han were unable to diffuse their culture to neighboring lands

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The major impact of Alexander the Great’s conquests was..?

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The spread of Greek culture throughout the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia and into India

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What describes both Roman and Han Chinese gender relations?

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While subordinate to men, Roman women were considerably freer and less oppressed than were their Chinese counterparts

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One significant difference between citizenship in Rome or a Greek city-state was

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People conquered by Rome were given citizenship rights while people conquered by Greeks were not

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What method did the Persian ruler Darius I use to run the Persian Empire?

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Divided the empire into twenty provinces run by governors called satraps

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What culture worshipped China?

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Han China

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What is the name of the Zoroastrian god?

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Ahuramazda

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The highest Hindu cast members in India during the Classical Age were the…?

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Brahmans (priest/scholars)

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The Indian caste system..

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Was extremely complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste

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A major difference between Hinduism and Buddhism was that…?

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Buddhism denied the need for caste, rites, and sacrifice to achieve nirvana

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6th century CE Buddhist statue complexes are an example of..?

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Cross-cultural contact

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Buddhism changed as the religion spread throughout Asia by?

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Absorbing doctrinal and ritual elements from other Asian religions

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The Four Noble Truths are associated with…?

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Buddhism

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The foundation of classical Indian civilization is best described by…?

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The Dao

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What is NOT correct about change in treatment of women in India from the early to the late classical period?

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In the early classical period, women were portrayed as strong and courageous, while in the late classical period women were not allowed to be portrayed in Indian literature at all

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The founder of the Mauryan empire, Chandragupta Maurya, took control of Northern India after…?

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The death of Alexander the Great

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What was a way that the Guptan Empire affected trade?

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Increased trade with Greece

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The split between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims occurred as a result of…?

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Disagreement over leadership succession issues

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about Islamic art and architecture?

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Ikebana, or flower arranging, was developed as an alternative to depicting human and animal forms in art

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The political logic behind the early Islamic caliphates was that..?

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Religious and political leadership should be strictly separated

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What most encouraged the intellectual attainments of the Muslim world during the Abbassid era?

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The cultural and ethnic diversity of the population

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Jews were considered Dhimmi, or people of the book, while living in Muslim lands and were able to..?

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Worship freely as long as they paid a tax

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Islamic teachings in north and west Africa..

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Introduced a common bond but did not erase social or ethnic stratifications

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Islam was spread through west and east Africa, as well as Southeast Asia by…?

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Merchants who established Muslim families and traditions

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What language came into existence after 1000 as the direct result of expanding global trade?

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Swahili

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After expansion of Islam into Africa, an organized Christian presence remained in…?

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Areas along the Silk Road

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share what belief?

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The existence of Adam and Moses

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What did the Mamluks and Seljuks have in common?

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They’re both Turkish

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The civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar in that each…?

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Developed extensive writing systems

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One major difference between the Inca and Aztec civilizations was…?

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The Aztec developed a system of writing while the Inca did not

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What did NOT happen in China during the Ming dynasty?

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Buddhism became the official state religion of China

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The Mongol Empire was divided into four khanates, which did NOT govern…?

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Japan

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Pastoral nomads from the central Asian steppe who had threatened sedentary civilizations throughout history did NOT include…?

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Bantu

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Although the Mongols were often brutal , they were

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Tolerant of religious differences and supportive of trade

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Although they varied greatly in wealth and social status in the classical world..

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Commoners remained the largest group

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The greatest long-term demographic impact of the Mongol unification of much of central Eurasia was the…

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Spread of the Black Death from Chins to Europe and the Muslim world

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What about the Mongol Empire of the 13th century is true?

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The invasion of Japan was attempted but was unsuccessful

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Although later civilizations in Mesoamerica borrowed and built on the previous accomplishments of the Olmecs and Maya, later civilizations…

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Rarely surpassed their intellectual predecessors

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Demographic evidence of the Aztec Empire around 1500 CE indicates..

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Decreasing birth rates

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All land in the Inca state…

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Was owned by the state but assigned to others to work

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What states dominated the Mediterranean trade during the 16th century?

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Italian city-states and the Ottoman Empire

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In the early modern age, the Portuguese were able to control the trade in Asian waters because…

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They had superior weapons and controlled trade through force

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What would be the most useful source of evidence for research about the profits of Portuguese and British solace traders in the period 1600-1800?

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European slave traders’ account books

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The development of Indian Ocean trade routes in the period 600 BCE to 600 CE and the development of transatlantic trade routes in the period 1450 CE to 1600 CE were similar in that both depended on..

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Understanding of wind patterns

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What change best justifies the claim that the late 1400s mark the beginning of a new period in world history?

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The incorporation of the Americas into a broader global network of exchange

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When the Portuguese arrived in India and SE Asia, they…

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Established control over certain port cities and islands, but no larger nations

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The travels of Ibn Battuta and Zheng He have what in common?

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They demonstrate that the West did not have monopoly on campaigns of exploration

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What BEST describes how West and Central African states reacted to the arrival of Europeans in the late 1400s and 1500s?

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Some remained strong by selling their neighbors as slaves in exchange for European guns

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The voyages of Zheng He…

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Exacted tribute from or traded with many Indian Ocean states

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Viking longboats and Polynesian double-hulled canoes have which of the following in common?

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Each of them permitted open-water navigation over great distances

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The main reason European conquerors and navigators were able to sail and continue to explore, and the reason the Ming Chinese fleets in the Indian Ocean failed was…?

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European governments supported and encouraged overseas expeditions, but the Ming did not

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The first Western European nation to establish an overseas empire in the 15th century was..?

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Portugal

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In the beginning of the Early Modern Era (1450-1750), the relationship between Europeans and Africans was..?

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Often one of relative equality in which no one power was dominant

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The European slave trade out of Africa arose and expanded when…?

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Sugar plantations were established on the Atlantic islands and in the Anericas

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What is not an accurate description of European patterns of dominance?

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In Afro-Eurasia, the military superiority of European weapons and armor resulted in the conquest of various kingdoms, while in the Americas, native fighting methods prevented conquest

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What did Europe’s Scientific Revolution accomplish?

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It put into practice Descartes’ and Bacon’s revival of the scientific method

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What is NOT an Enlightenment tenet?

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Organized churches exploit superstitious beliefs to increase their wealth and power

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Protestantism and Islam during the 1600s were most alike in that…?

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They encouraged female literacy so that women could read scripture

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Copernicus’ proof of the heliocentric theory had what following effect?

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It destabilized the scientific orthodoxy (rules) supported by Europe’s Christian churches

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What marked the 1600s and 1700s as a period of scientific revolution in Europe?

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The development of a unified system of mathematics, physics, and chemistry

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The Renaissance did not have a great impact on Spain because..

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The Spanish government strictly censored humanistic ideas and writers

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The most direct result of the Protestant Reformation was..

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Literacy rates across Europe rose

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The Glorious Revolution was significant because it…

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Did not involve a significant amount of violence

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The Renaissance in Europe…

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Was largely a cultural and intellectual movement

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The Protestant Reformation in Germany was equally a religious and political revolution because it challenged…

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The noble and aristocratic class structure within society

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The Renaissance was largely influenced and financed by…

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The urban environment and the commercial economy

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The 17th century Scientific Revolution in Western Europe was heavily influenced by…

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Greek rational philosophers and scientists

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The relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment is..

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That Enlightenment ideas formed the basis of the Scientific Revolution

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During the Medieval Period, the dominant ethnic group in Eastern Europe was the…

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Slavs

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The typical pattern for relations between China and it’s neighbors during the post classical period was…

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For states to acknowledge Chinese superiority, pay tribute, but remain independant

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Both foot binding in China and the veil in Islam…

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Symbolized the increasing subordination of women to men

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Neo-Confucianism…

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Emphasized tradition, authority, and harmony at the expense of innovation

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Like the caliphs, the Byzantine emperors…

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Headed both church and state; there was no separation of power

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Within the Byzantine state, as had been the case with government in most of the dynasties of China, the chief power and influence was…

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Emperors and their trained bureaucrats

104
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Describe the court life of Chinese women

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Confined in luxurious surroundings

105
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The era of Tang and Song rule in China was known as a…

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Golden age of Chinese culture and accomplishments

106
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The high level of Chinese literacy was due to…

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The invention of movable-type printing and cheap paper

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The political and social effect of Neo-Confucianism in China was…

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To reinforce social hierarchy

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What describes how Buddhism changed as the religion spread throughout Asia?

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It absorbed doctrinal and ritual elements from other Asian religions

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The most influential invention the nomads brought to China was

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Stirrup

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