Midterm

Which of the following was the main reason that Buddhist thought had important social implications for South Asia?

It challenged hierarchies based on caste.

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

Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes

The breakup of the Mongol Empire into separate khanates during the mid-thirteenth century was most connected to which of the following developments?

Mongol traditions emphasized tribal and personal loyalties and made it difficult to establish long-lasting centralized dynastic rule, which led to civil war.

Which of the following best supports the conclusion that Japan borrowed extensively from Tang and Song China?

Societal relations in Japan were based on Confucian principles of hierarchy.

Which of the following statements is accurate about the Mongols during the 1200s and 1300s?

The Mongols facilitated the diffusion of many Chinese inventions.

The painting can best be used as evidence for which of the following world historical trends that took place during the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.?

the sponsorship of art by new elites

Which of the following was a major change in global patterns of religious beliefs and practices in the period 1450-1750 C.E.?

Adherents of monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Islam increased both in number and in geographic scope as a result of conquest, trade, and missionary activities.

In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had which of the following in common?

All were culturally influenced by China.

Which of the following is a similarity between the Ottoman and Chinese governments during the period 1450—1750 ?

An extensive governmental bureaucracy

Which of the following best describes the relationship that the Chinese and Aztec empires had with their respective peripheral states during the fifteenth century C.E.?

Both empires established tributary relationships with their peripheral states.

Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and the Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century

Both empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies.

Which of the following is true of both the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire between 1450 and 1750 ?

Both empires were established by skilled warriors on horseback who came originally from Central Asia.

Which of the great religious systems below were characterized by monotheism combined with a sacred text and a strong missionary thrust?

Christianity and Islam

Which of the following was a method rulers in Eurasia used to legitimize and consolidate their power during the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.?

Developing professional militaries

Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?

Each had developed an efficient administrative structure.

As Islam spread between 1200 and 1600, it affected gender relations in which of the following ways?

Existing local customs regarding marriage and the role of women blended with Islamic models.

Which of the following contributed to the Chinese government's decision to stop voyages of exploration in the Indian Ocean in the early fifteenth century?

Government concern with domestic problems and frontier security

The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following?

Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China

all of the following were likely factors contributing to Sikhism's popularity in India EXCEPT:

It offered a set of principles around which all Indians could rally in resisting British imperial encroachment

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Mongol Empire?

It reestablished the Silk Road between East Asia and Europe.

Which of the following characterized the trans-Saharan trade by 1250 C.E.?

Muslim merchants dominated the trade.

Muslim scholars' incorporation of cultural and intellectual influences from pre-Islamic societies can best be used as evidence that

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

The ability of Portuguese merchants and explorers to communicate with the local population of Canton was most likely an effect of which of the following?

Portuguese merchants had established trading posts in southern China.

The photograph above of a mosque (first erected in the fourteenth century) in the modern-day West African country of Mali best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

Spread of religion along trade routes

Before 1450 C.E. which of the following is true of sub-Saharan Africa's commercial economy?

Sub-Saharan Africa exported gold to the Middle East and Europe.

Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following factors contributed most directly to the Mughal Empire's territorial expansion in South Asia?

The Mughals' adoption and effective use of gunpowder weapons

Which of the following about Afro-Eurasian trade is supported

The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersections of major trading routes.

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa 1250-1500 C.E.?

The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries

which of the following best describes Middle Eastern trade in the period 1000 to 1450 ?

The area was engaged in regular trade with China, India, and sub-Saharan Africa.

Which of the following describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

The decentralized federalism of the Ottoman Empire encouraged competition and technological innovation

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

The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

Which of the following most directly led to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century?

The expansion of the Ottoman Empire

Which of the following describes the most important cause of the demographic changes associated with the Columbian Exchange?

The introduction of New World food crops to Afro-Eurasia and the spread of epidemic diseases to the Americas

Abbasid reliance on Persian bureaucrats and the introduction of Confucianism to Japanese political institutions both illustrate which of the following processes?

The synthesis of foreign political traditions in the formation of new states

Between 1450 and 1750, empires such as the Ottoman and Chinese shared which of the following?

The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government

Which of the following factors contributed most to Manchu expansion in Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

The use of cannons and gunpowder

Historians who argue that there was substantial global integration by the end of the thirteenth century would most likely cite which of the following as evidence to support their claims?

The widening and deepening of exchange networks linking Afro-Eurasia after the Mongol conquests

Which of the following was the most likely purpose of the portraits of the emperor?

To glorify his rule through the sponsorship of artworks

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

Trade along the Mongol road system across Central Asia

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following?

Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

From the founding of each religion, Christians and Muslims shared a belief in

a single omnipotent deity

Inca and Aztec societies were similar in that both

acquired empires by means of military conquest

All of the following were part of the Confucian social order EXCEPT

chastity by husbands

The Mongol conquests of much of Eurasia in the thirteenth century tended to encourage trade along the Silk Roads primarily by

decreasing the risk of bandit attacks and reducing the number of local rulers collecting tribute from trade caravans

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

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

The sponsoring of scholarship by Turkic dynasties, such as the Timurids, best shows that, in the period circa 1200-1450, scholarly activities in the Muslim world continued despite the

fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate

In the period 900 to 1500 C.E., the Ottomans and the Aztecs were similar in that both peoples were

nomadic groups that migrated to already settled regions and conquered them

The coexistence of rulers and councils of elders in African states in the period circa 1200-1450 best demonstrates

the influence of indigenous African political practices

Which of the following was a major cause for the growth of cities throughout Afro-Eurasia from 800 C.E. to 1350 C.E.?

the rise of interregional commerce

Which of the following best explains a similarity between the earliest English and French voyages across the North Atlantic in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

they were often launched in the hopes of finding alternative sailing routes to Asia.

Which is the most likely reason that rulers during the seventeenth century built elaborate palaces such as the one at Versailles, France?

to demonstrate their wealth and power

Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

unifying influence of Islam