Unit 3 test

Which of the following statements concerning Italian humanism is most accurate?

Humanists focused on humankind as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor

Which of the following would be valid comparison between the economy of China, following Polo's deseription, and the economy of Western Europe at the same time?

In comparison to Western Europe, China's economy experienced more urban growth

Mareo Polo's description of the wealth of Hangzhou's merchants is best understood in the context of which of the following trends of the 600-1450 period?

Increasing demand for foreign luxury goods in Afro-Eurasia

The tone of the excerpt indicates that the author:

Is skeptical about the important of logic, science, and philosophy

The empires of Mali in West Africa and of Delhi in South Asia both utilized

Islamic administration.

The excerpt above is best understood in the context of : ( Contexts what 's going on in the world ? )

Islamie scholars translating Greek philosophers into Arabic.

Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons that Italy emerged as the center of the early Renaissance?

Italy was spared the Black Plague due to its geographic location.

Which of the following factors contributed most to the sea routes depicted on the map?

Maritime innovations such as the use of the compass and astrolabe

What was the status of Mongolian women during the Yuan dynasty of China?

Mongol women remained relatively independent, refused to adopt the practice of foot-binding, and retained their rights in property

What was the innovation launched by the Ming dynasty?

Mounting huge, state-sponsored trading expeditions throughout Asia and beyond

Which of the following is a reason for why Justinian issued laws targeting heretics?

New peoples were drawn to the Byzantine Empire with the growth of Constantinople as the western end of the Silk Roads.

Which of the following motivated both Christian and Muslim warriors during the Crusades?

Religious zeal to conquer Jerusalem

The system of labor mentioned in the last paragraph is most similar to which of the following systems of labor?

Serfdom in Europe

What was unique about the development of states in the Iberian peninsula?

Spain and Portugal developed effective new governments with a special sense of religious mission and religious support.

Pedro de Cieza de León's description of the Inca best illustrates which of the following continuities in world history?

States developed legal codes that facilitated the rule of governments over the people.

Which statement accurately describes the historical context for the fifth section of the passage?

The Byzantine Empire was still connected to remnants of the Roman Empire by adapting religious institutions

Which of the following statements about the Renaissance is NOT aceurate?

The Renaissance failed to develop any new ideas concerning political organization

The architecture shown in the image can best be used for evidence for which of the following world historical trends that took place during the period 600 C.E. to 1450 CE ?

The diffusion of Arabic and North African artistic and cultural traditions

Which of the following major changes in Afro-Eurasian technologies resulted from the activity described in Marco Polo's account?

The diffusion of gunpowder technologies across the Mongol Empire

17. The passage best supports which of the following conclusions?

The emperor understood the complex nature of China's dynastic cycle.

Why could it be argued that Empress Wu brought social upheaval to traditional dynastie rule in China?

The empress favored Buddhism and attempted to make it the state religion.

The map above reflects which of the following?

The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods

Based on the map and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the land and sea routes depicted on the map?

The growth of new trading cities

The image is best seen as evidence for which of the following?

The impact of the spread of Islam during the seventh century

Based on the maps, and your knowledge of world history, what can be inferred about the impact of trade on religion?

Trade facilitated the spread religions as merchants and missionaries could travel farther and more safely

Which contemporary society employed a similar system to Japan's?

Western Europe

11. Which recent events might have contributed to the view of the Crusades held by contemporary Arabs, as described

Western interference and colonialism in the Middle East

The architeeture shown in the image would have been a result of all of the following EXCEPT

an increase in the number of universities in Egypt

All of the following are part of pillars of Islam EXCEPT

chador (modest clothing).

The Mongols brought about greater integration among Eurasian peoples by all of the following means EXCEPT

establishing a common religion.

Based on the passage and the image, it can be inferred that women who were forced to participate in foot-binding were mostly

girls and young women of upper class families

The Mali king Mansa Musa is perhaps most famous for

his religious piety and making Timbuktu a center of Islamic culture.

Amajor result of the Crusades for Europe, hinted at by Madden above, was

new ideas and trade goods, leading to the Renaissance and voyages of discovery

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo personified the Renaissance ideal or " Renaissance man . " meaning someone who

practiced and excelled in a variety of activities or crafts.

How was the work of monks shown above transformed by Chinese technology during this period?

printing technology made the copying of manuscripts by hand obsolete

In the Confucian-styled reconstituted Tang dynasty, which of the following groups gained the most prestige?

scholar-gentry elites

The Magna Carta is considered the cornerstone of modern English law because it

set limits on royal power and insured the right of representation to certain groups in society

The decentralization of power to the daimyo and shogun likely contributed to

stability for Japan's emperors

The Protestant missionary's deseription of the Chinese practice of foot-binding best illustrates which of the following continuities in world history?

strong patriarchy persisted from the Chinese Classical period into the Chinese Post-Classical period.

The Haugaard excerpt above illustrates

the bushido code

Politically, the plague resulted in

the decline of the feudal nobility and the centralization of the state.

The monk working in the scriptorium in the image above demonstrates

the importance of monasteries in preserving knowledge during the "Dark Ages

All of the following were consequences of the Hundred Years' War EXCEPT

the rise of Burgundy to the status of a major European power

21. Which of the following best accounts for the system of labor mentioned in the third paragraph?

(B) The mit'a

Which of the following developments would have contributed to an increase in the trade of goods such as those displayed in the image?

(C) An increase in the status of the merchant class during the Song dynasty

A scholar interested in studying Islam might use this document to show:

(C) How religious Islam became less tolerant of scientific innovations.

The land and sea routes depicted on the map was a result of the expansion of all of the following empires during the post-Classical period EXCEPT

Alexander's Empire

The spread of Islam to sub-Saharan Africa contributed

All of these answers are correct.

Which of the following statements concerning Arabic trade after 11o0 is most accurate?

Although Arabic trade was reduced, Muslims remained active in world markets.

Based on the image, which of the following can be inferred regarding Chinese economie activity during the Post-Classical period?

An increased growth in the trade of luxury goods

20. Pedro de Cieza de León's description of the Inca best illustrates which of the following?

Commercial growth was often aided by state practices such as the building of highways

The passage above refers to which statement below as the souree of political power in the Byzantine Empire?

Divine connection

How did the spread of Chinese technologies shown above transform Europe?

Easier access to knowledge and technology stimulated fresh thinking during the Renaissance

Which of the following best describes the political landscape of the world between 400 and 1000 C.E

Europe declined, while India and the Islamic world flourished.

Likely causes for the development of the feudal system deseribed above in Japan were:

Frequent warfare and dependence on agriculture