unit 1 test questions

Question 1

what was most responsible for the initial spread of islam to west africa?

Answer 1

merchants on the trans-saharan trade routes

Question 2

what was the main reason that buddhist thought had important social implications for south asia?

Answer 2

it challenged hierarchies based on caste

Question 3

what was NOT part of the Confucian social order?

Answer 3

chasity by husbands

Question 4

in the period 600 CE, states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had what in common?

Answer 4

all were culturally influenced by China

Question 5

what staple crop is most associated with the rise of Mesoamerican civilizations?

Answer 5

maize

Question 6

what statement regarding the tenets of islam is accurate?

Answer 6

islam is a monotheistic religion

Question 7

the sponsoring of scholarship by turkic dynasties, such as the timurids, best shows that, in the period circa 1200-1450, scholarly activiteis in the muslim world continued despite the…

Answer 7

fragmenation of the abbasid caliphate

Question 8

muslim scholars’ incorporation of cultural and intellecual influences from pre-Islamic societies can best be used as evidence that

Answer 8

Muslim states and empires were central to the processes of intellectual transfer in Eurasia

Question 9

Muslim scientists in the period before 1450 CE generally participated in intellectual and scholarly exchanges with neighboring cultures by

Answer 9

expanding upon the legacy of earlier scientific works by conducting their own research

Question 10

what was a common feature of most asian and european philosphies during the period of 1000 to 1450?

Answer 10

a close association with religion

Question 11

what was an important continuity in the social structure of states and empires in the period 600 BCE to 1450 CE?

Answer 11

landholding aristocracies tended to be the dominant class

Question 12

the act of the countess of Bearn in the image is most closely identified with what political systems?

Answer 12

feudalism

Question 13

the image most directly illustrates what features of the political development of medieval europe?

Answer 13

its decentralization as European rules frequently delegated authority to local subordinates

Question 14

in europe, political relationships of the type depicted in the image emerged most directly on account of which of the following developments

Answer 14

local elites’ need for military protection from more powerful lords

Question 15

the events described in the passage represent a reaction against which of the following forms of coerced labor?

Answer 15

serfdom

Question 16

which of the following is an accurate comparison of the political systems in western europe and china during the time period 1000-1300?

Answer 16

both societies began an aggressive policy of imperialism and territorial expansion

Question 17

the term “samurai” describes men in feudal japan who were most like the men in feudal europe known as

Answer 17

lords of the manor

Question 18

in which region did islam spread more through TRADE rather than military conquest?

Answer 18

west africa

Question 19

all of the following are true but which of the following was a POLITICAL effect of Dar al-Islam

Answer 19

a “caliphate” government united mideast and n. africa

Question 20

which of the following is true of a “caliph” in a “caliphate”

Answer 20

he was both a political and spiritual leader

Question 21

what is a key philosophical and religious element of Daoism?

Answer 21

emphasis on harmony between humanity and nature