Test on 10/22-23 (multiple choice)

Question 1

Term used to describe half a century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209

Answer 1

Mongol World War

Question 2

Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294

Answer 2

Kublai Khan

Question 3

Birth name of the mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227), or “universal ruler”, a name he aquired after unifying the Mongols.

Answer 3

Temujin

Question 4

Land based trade routes that linked many regions of Eurasia. They were named after the most famous product traded along these routes

Answer 4

Silk Roads

Question 5

Chinese Dynasty (1368-1644) that succeeded the Yuan dynasty of the Mongols; noted for its return to traditional chinese ways and restoration of the land after the destructiveness of the Mongols

Answer 5

Ming Dynasty

Question 6

A massive pandemic that swept through Eurasia in the early 14th century, spreading along the trade routes within and beyond the Mongol Empire and reaching the middle east and western europe by 1347. Associated with a massive loss of life.

Answer 6

Black Death

Question 7

Muslim port city that came to prominence on the waterway between Sumatra and Malaya in the 15th century it was the spring board for the spread of synthetic form of Islam throughout the region

Answer 7

Melaka

Question 8

Muslim port city that came to prominence on the waterway between Sumatra and Malaya in the 15th century it was the spring board for the spread of synthetic form of Islam throughout the region

Answer 8

Melaka

Question 9

A term used to describe the rout of the trans Saharan trade which linked interior west Africa to the Mediterranean in North African world

Answer 9

Sand roads

Question 10

The world’s largest sea base system of communication in exchange before 1500 CE centered on India. It’s stretch from the southern China to eastern Africa.

Answer 10

Sea roads

Question 11

A powerful state in the southern African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trait in gold to the east African coast flourish between 1250 and 1350 CE

Answer 11

Great Zimbabwe

Question 12

Great Chinese admiral who commanded a huge fleet of ships in a series of voyages in the Indian ocean that begin in 1405. Intended to enroll, distant peoples and states in the Chinese tribute system. Those voyages ended abruptly in 1433 and led to no lasting Chinese imperial presence in the region.

Answer 12

Zheng he

Question 13

Introduced to north Africa and the Sahara in the early centuries of common era. This animal made in commerce possible by 300 to 400 CE.

Answer 13

Arabian camel

Question 14

An academic center for research and translation of foreign texts that was established in Baghdad in 830 c.e. by the Abbasid caliph al-Mamun.

Answer 14

House of Wisdom

Question 15

A term used to describe the “holy wars” waged by Western Christendom, especially against the forces of Islam in the eastern Mediterranean from 1095 to 1291 and on the Iberian Peninsula into the fifteenth century. Further _____ were also conducted in non-Christian regions of Eastern Europe from about 1150 on. _____ could be declared only by the pope; participants swore a vow and received in return an indulgence removing the penalty for confessed sins.

Answer 15

Crusades

Question 16

A term used to describe the network of trade that linked parts of the pre-Columbian Americas; although less densely woven than the Afro-Eurasian trade networks, this web nonetheless provided a means of exchange for luxury goods and ideas over large areas.

Answer 16

American Web

Question 17

Name given to a major process of settlement and societal organization that occurred in the period 860–1130 c.e. among the peoples of Chaco Canyon, in what is now northwestern New Mexico; the society formed is notable for its settlement in large pueblos and for the building of hundreds of miles of roads, the purpose of which is not known.

Answer 17

Chaco Phenomenon

Question 18

Professional merchants among the Aztecs who undertook large-scale trading expeditions in the fifteenth century c.e.

Answer 18

Pochteca

Question 19

Which of the following most directly led to the expansion and intensification before 1450 of the commercial routes depicted in the map above?
A Growing contacts among cultures resulting from the voyages of Zheng He
B The discovery by Europeans of spices in Southeast Asia
C New technologies and knowledge of monsoon wind patterns
D Northern military expansion of Southeast Asian empires

Answer 19

C New technologies and knowledge of monsoon wind patterns

Question 20

The economic and political transformations evident in the map would best be understood in the context of
A continuities in techniques of state building.
B the rise of trading cities on the Indian Ocean coast.
C the widening practice of state-issued currencies.
D the Mongol conquests and their consequences.

Answer 20

B the rise of trading cities on the Indian Ocean coast

Question 21

Which of the following developments was a direct result of new patterns of Indian Ocean trade?
A A desire on the part of African monarchs to discover maritime routes to markets in Europe and Asia
B The decentralization of political power in Southeast Asian states
C The spread of Islam across the region
D A decrease in the social complexity of urban areas

Answer 21

C The spread of Islam across the region

Question 22

The First through Fourth Crusades (1095–1204) involved the Byzantine Empire, Muslim states, and Western Europe in a series of conflicts over what world region?
A Southwest Asia
B East Africa
C Northwest Africa
D Southeast Asia

Answer 22

A Southwest Asia

Question 23

Which of the following comparisons between the Byzantine Empire and other empires is most historically accurate?
A Like the Russian Empire, the Byzantine Empire was short-lived.
B As in the Abbasid caliphate, religious leaders in the Byzantine Empire were polytheistic.
C Like the Song dynasty, the Byzantine Empire built on the legacy of an earlier empire.
D Like the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Empire declined and fell quickly.

Answer 23

C Like the Song dynasty, the Byzantine Empire built on the legacy of an earlier empire.

Question 24

Based on the map above and your knowledge of world history, which of the following was true by the thirteenth century?
A Catholic Christianity was expanding in Western Europe.
B The Holy Roman Empire controlled all of Catholic Europe.
C The Seljuk Turks controlled most of the Muslim world.
D Europe saw a decreasing amount of trade with the Muslim world.

Answer 24

A Catholic Christianity was expanding in Western Europe.

Question 25

Which of the following is the most likely reason for similarities between Marco Polo’s and Ibn Battuta’s accounts of their travels in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?
A Historians believe they may have met each other on their journeys and compared observations.
B Both the areas observed participated in significant long-distance trade.
C Both the areas observed were highly influenced by Confucian teachings.
D The travelers had the same religious background and prejudices.

Answer 25

B Both the areas observed participated in significant long-distance trade.

Question 26

Which of these statements accurately describes the political status of China in Marco Polo’s time?
A China was under foreign influence by European commercial interests.
B China was experiencing a series of civil wars led by regional warlords.
C China was under the control of Mongol rulers.
D China was controlled by religious leaders who chose the emperor.

Answer 26

C China was under the control of Mongol rulers.

Question 27

Which of these statements best accounts for the observations made by these travelers about the status of women in China and West Africa in this era?
A Religious syncretism had lowered the status of women dramatically in the areas visited by Polo and Battuta.
B Both observers assumed that most of the readers of their accounts would be women, so their observations complimented women.
C Both observed the societies they visited through the lens of their own cultural values.
D Ibn Battuta was writing as a Muslim in a Muslim land, while Polo was a Christian in a Confucian land, so Battuta’s observations are less subjective.

Answer 27

C Both observed the societies they visited through the lens of their own cultural values.

Question 28

Neo-Confucianism refers to?

Answer 28

blending of Buddhist and Confucian ideas

Question 29

What was most responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West Africa?

Answer 29

Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes

Question 30

What describes the Mongol Empire’s role in facilitating trans-Eurasian trade?

Answer 30

reestablished the Silk Roads between East Asia and Europe

Question 31

The Mongols:

Answer 31

brought foreign administration into China.

Question 32

“Pax Mongolica” and “Pax Romana” are similar in that each area:

Answer 32

trade expanded

Question 33

Which of the following processes is associated with the spread of Buddhism into Southeast Asia between 200 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E.?

Answer 33

Transformation of Buddhism after contact with local beliefs

Question 34

What is true about the Mongols during the 1200s and 1300s regarding Chinese inventions?

Answer 34

Mongols facilitated the diffusion of many Chinese inventions

Question 35

What is true about Mongol invasions between 1100-1500 C.E.?

Answer 35

Mongols adopted elements of Chinese culture which were spread to other parts of Asia

Question 36

Which of the following was the major contributing factor to the spread of the plague to Cairo, Beijing, and Florence in the 14th century?

Answer 36

Trade along the Mongol road system across Central Asia

Question 37

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

Answer 37

The Mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East

Question 38

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decline of Eurasian urban populations during the 14th century?

Answer 38

Epidemic disease

Question 39

Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following?

Answer 39

The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

Question 40

Inca and Aztec societies were similar in that:

Answer 40

both acquired empires by means of military conquest

Question 41

All of the following represent significant global developments during the time period 600-1450 C.E. EXCEPT

Answer 41

European kingdoms reigned supreme as the dominant power during the time period, entering and then taking over the profitable Indian Ocean trade

Question 42

All of the following characterize the era between 600 and 1450 EXCEPT

Answer 42

continuing contacts were established among three areas of the world: Eurasia, the Americas, and Oceania

Question 43

Which of the following accurately compares Islamic contacts with Europe to Islamic contacts with Sub-Saharan Africa during the post-Classical era?

Answer 43

Contact was more likely to result in conversion to Islam in sub-saharan Africa than in Europe

Question 44

The Ming Dynasty halted the voyages of Zheng He (Ho) because

Answer 44

the voyages were expensive and world beyond China was deemed of little value