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Southeastern African city that was legendary for its resources and wealth

Great Zimbabwe

Which part of the world was not visited by the Vikings?

South America

The Crusades (c. 1100—c. 1450) involved the Byzantine Empire, Muslim states and Western Europe in a series of conflicts over what world region?

Southwest Asia

Based on the map above and your knowledge of world history, the area that saw the greatest reduction in Muslim political control between the years 750 and 1450 occurred in

Spain

Which of these best explains the existence of continuous trade routes across diverse faith regions in the 15th century?

The financial incentives provided by trade goods outweighed divisions over religious beliefs

In the time period 600 to 1450, the Mongols, Turks, and the Vikings are all examples of

nomadic people

Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000-1450?

increased interregional trade

Long stories or tales told by Vikings were known as what?

sagas

The spread of Buddhism into Japan and Korea is most likely the result of which of these historical processes?

A tradition of cultural borrowing from China

famous Muslim traveler who visited much of the Islamic world in the fourteenth century and wrote a major account of what he saw

Ibn Battuta

Which of these best accounts for the observations made by these travelers about the status of women in China and West Africa in this era?

In both places, women generally followed long-held cultural norms regarding their behavior

How did the spread of Buddhism compare to the spread of Islam by 1500?

Islam spread across a wider part of the globe than Buddhism

What advantage did Muslim merchants have over their European and East Asian counterparts?

Islam's central position between European and East Asian markets facilitated their exchanges with both regions

What is true about the boundaries of the Mongol Empire?

It stretched across Europe and Asia

A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements

Neo-Confucianism

Ruling dynasty of China (581-618) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation.

Sui

Ruling dynasty of China from 618 to 907; noted for its openness to foreign cultural influences

Tang

Which of the following would be a reason for the end of feudalism and end of the Middle Ages?

The Bubonic plague

How did the Song Empire compare to the Tang Empire?

The Song Empire was smaller than the Tang Empire

Confucian and Hindu values both

helped justify and preserve social inequality

Some Characteristics of Mongolian Governance and administration include

-establishment of safe trade and silk road -created an empire from eastern Europe to pacific coast of Asia

When did Justinian begin his rule of the Byzantine Empire?

527 CE

What contributions from India did Western Europeans receive via exchanges with the Abbasid Caliphate?

Arabic numerals

The name given to the massive epidemic that swept Eurasia in the fourteenth century c.e.; it may have been bubonic plague, anthrax, or a collection of epidemic diseases

Black Death

Which of the following represents a major similarity in the migration patterns of Bantu and Polynesian peoples?

Both led to technological, biological, and cultural diffusion

Which of the following is the most likely reason for similarities in Marco Polo's and Ibn Battuta's accounts of their travels in the 13thand 14th centuries?

Both the areas observed participated in significant long-distance trade

Based on the map and your knowledge of world history, what conclusion about the spread of Buddhism in Asia is most accurate?

Buddhism was spread along existing trade routes in Asia

Which of the following best describes the cultural impact of the spread of trade networks from the Middle East regions, such as West Africa and Southeast Asia?

Creation of Muslim merchant communities along trade routes

Which of the following did Vikings NOT do on raids?

Force people to convert to their religion

Which of these factors best explains the small population rates of Australia/Oceania compared to Africa and Eurasia?

Geographic isolation and limited land resources caused Australia/Oceania's population to grow very slowly

Which of these best explains the drop in the percentage of world population found in Eurasia by 1500?

The bubonic plague was responsible for a high number of deaths in Eurasia in the 14th century

What is one of the most important effects of the Bantu migrations

The creation of linguistic similarities across sub-Saharan Africa

Which of the following was an important continuity in Eurasian history from 1000C.E to 1500C.E?

The importance of the Silk Roads in cultural exchanges across Eurasia

Which of the following is an example of how Japan, Korea, and Vietnam combined elements of Chinese culture with local traditions in the pre-modern period?

The inclusion of Chinese characters and symbols

In what way was the educational system of the medieval West different from that of China?

The western universities were not tied into a single bureaucratic system

What is the most likely environmental factor that explains wide differences in populations between Eurasia and the Americas in the years c. 600—c. 1500?

The wide geography of Eurasia stimulated greater exchanges of people and foods. compared to the narrow geography of the Americas

The wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was

Theodora

What was the effect of the extensive Mongol Empire on the people who lived in Europe and Asia in the 1200's?

There was significant increases in trade and travel

They exemplified anti Chinese sentiment and served as a sign of defiance

Trung Sisters

Which of the following describes Viking religion?

Worshiped many gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki and Freya

Justinian's most important and long-lasting political achievement was his

codification of Roman law

the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, that included kings, queens, nobles, knights, serfs, and peasants

feudalism

Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small, begun in the Tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty

foot-binding

Which characteristic best describes the Bantu?

many groups of different people that have a similar language

What was the typical pattern for relations between China and its neighbors during the postclassical period?

pay tribute but remain independent

What was the greatest long-term impact of the Mongol unification of much of central Eurasia?

spread of the Black Death from China to Europe and the Muslim world

One important political feature of the Byzantine state was its

tightly centralized rule under a powerful emperor

What issue confronted Muslims after Muhammad's death and eventually split the Muslims into Shi'ia and Sunni sects?

who was Muhammad's legitimate successor