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1
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What was Muhammad’s view of Jews and Christians?

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He felt they were misguided.

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2
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Dhows were…

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Arab ships.

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3
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The capital of the Abbasid Empire was…

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Baghdad.

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4
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The Ridda Wars were fought over control of…

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Arabia.

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5
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______ greatly facilitated the spread of Muslim rule in the Mediterranean region.

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The fall of the western Roman Empire…

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The title given to the successors of Muhammad is…

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caliph.

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7
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Which group founded and dominated Mecca around 600 CE?

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The Umayyad clan

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8
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What was the name for the nomadic pastoralists of Arabia?

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bedouins

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9
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Who was Muhammad’s cousin, who led the opposition to the Umayyads at the Battle of Siffin?

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Ali

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10
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Comparison of the Shah Mosque and the Dome of the Rock illustrate…

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the impact of different artistic traditions on Muslim architecture.

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11
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The Abbasid victory over the Umayyads signaled…

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the end of the Arab monopoly on power in Islam.

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12
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The Shi’a are followers of…

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Ali and Husayn.

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13
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In terms of the connections of the Arab world with broader world networks, the Abbasid age represented…

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an intensification and expansion of these links forged in the Umayyad age.

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14
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Jesus and Muhammad differed most markedly in their…

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relationship with their god.

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15
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The division of the Muslim world in the late 600s CE reflected which of these characteristics of Islam?

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Succession to Muhammad was a vital component of the Muslim political world.

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16
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Who was the first caliph to succeed Muhammad?

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Abu Bakr

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17
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The prophet of Islam is…

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Muhammad.

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18
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The dhimmi were originally…

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the Jews and Christians.

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19
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What people were led by Chinggis Khan in the thirteenth century?

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the Mongols

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20
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What were the Muslim slaves called that established a new dynasty in Egypt?

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Mamluks

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21
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The first Arab incursions into India could be characterized as a result of…

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Arab commercial expansion.

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22
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What was a recurring problem in the Abbasid and succeeding empires?

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slave uprisings

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23
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The Shi’a ______ the Abbasid dynasty.

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seriously weakened

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24
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As with Muhammad, al-Maudi left a…

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succession crisis.

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25
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The Maghrib is the region of…

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western North Africa.

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26
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Who was the founder of the Mali Empire?

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Sundiata

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27
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As in southeast Asia, Islam was spread to sub-Saharan Africa by…

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merchants.

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28
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Civilization along the Swahili coast was primarily the product of…

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contact with Arabia.

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29
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What civilization greatly resembles Cahokia, both in its isolated development and the impression it made on the first European observers?

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Great Zimbabwe

30
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Like Harappa, Great Zimbabwe was…

A

a civilization that is understood only from its remains.

31
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What language spread across Africa through a long period of migration?

A

Bantu

32
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What Germanic tribe dominated in North Africa in the fifth and sixth centuries?

A

Vandals

33
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Who was an Arab traveler that provided important information on postclassical African culture?

A

Ibn Battuta

34
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The Malinke griots were…

A

oral historians.

35
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What was the political center of the Bantu peoples in southeast Africa?

A

Great Zimbabwe

36
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What gave the Byzantine Empire a new role between two very different cultures?

A

The Arab conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries

37
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Compared to western Europe, Russia adopted Christianity ______.

A

much later

38
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The religion of the Byzantine Empire was…

A

Orthodox Christianity.

39
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The Hagia Sophia was the ______ of Constantinople.

A

greatest church

40
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Greek fire was a ______ used by the Byzantine Empire.

A

weapon

41
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Who captured most of the Byzantine Empire’s Asian lands in the eleventh century?

A

The Seljuk Turks

42
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What emerged around 855 CE?

A

Kievan Rus’

43
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The Arab conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries had what impact on the split between the two halves of the former Roman Empire?

A

increased it

44
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Kievan Rus’ was ended in the 13th century by the ______ invasion.

A

Tatar

45
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The Cyrillic alphabet was developed for ______ languages.

A

Slavic

46
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Around 600 CE, it is most likely that the Byzantine emperors ______ the role claimed by the Roman pope.

A

rejected

47
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The ruler of the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century and responsible for a new law code:

A

Justinian

48
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The Tartars were…

A

Mongols.

49
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Who sacked Constantinople in 1204?

A

a Crusade led by Venetian merchants

50
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The boyars were Russia’s…

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nobles.

51
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From about 500 to 1000 CE, compared the western Europe, the Byzantine Empire was…

A

more stable.

52
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The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the ______ around 500 CE.

A

Byzantine Empire

53
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The schism that split the Greek and Catholic church occurred in what century?

A

the eleventh

54
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Who was the most important of the scholastic philosophers?

A

Thomas Aquinas

55
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About what percent of the European population was urban in the 1200s CE?

A

5%

56
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The guilds and the Hanseatic league were alike in being…

A

organizations formed to increase cooperation and promote business.

57
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The Scandinavian raiders of the eighth to eleventh centuries were the…

A

Vikings.

58
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Unlike the early Arab expansion under Muhammad, the Crusades can be characterized as…

A

a holy war.

59
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Who was the first Frankish monarch to convert to Christianity?

A

Clovis

60
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The rulers of the German lands and Italy took the title of…

A

Holy Roman Emperor.

61
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What pattern was illustrated by the results of the Hundred Years’ War?

A

Kings generally gain from a weakened nobility.

62
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The Hundred Years’ War was fought by…

A

France and England.

63
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The impact of the Black Death can be characterized as…

A

catastrophic, but without permanent results.

64
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The Hanseatic League was composed of…

A

towns.

65
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The three-field system was implemented in Europe to…

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improve productivity.

66
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Investiture is the process of…

A

appointing bishops.

67
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The Carolingians were a…

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Frankish ruling family.

68
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In medieval Europe, women arguably had more ______ than women in contemporary Asia.

A

freedom of movement

69
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What was the code of behavior in Europe’s upper class?

A

chivalry

70
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Over most of Christian Europe, between 500 to 700 CE…

A

civilization nearly came to an end.

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