Test Submission Exam III HIS 101 World Civilization I

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Question 1

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For what reason did monasticism take rapid hold in northern Europe?

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D.

Many believed that those whose lives had little in common with laypeople could best mediate between the believer and God.

Question 2

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In what way were the Yamato rulers of Japan bolstered by adopting Buddhism as the state religion?

Selected Answer:

B.

By linking the Yamato to a universalizing religion that stretched from India to Korea

Question 3

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Islam supplanted family, clan, and tribal communities and created a new community of believers that was called:

Selected Answer:

A.

the umma.

Question 4

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On what did day-to-day control of the Tang Empire rest?

Selected Answer:

B.

An efficient, loyal civil service versed in Confucian political culture

Question 5

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Under the Tang dynasty, the civil service examination system:

Selected Answer:

A.

allowed commoners from southern China to outperform the aristocratic families of northern China.

Question 6

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What did the Tang gain by dismantling Buddhist landholdings and monasteries?

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C.

The Tang ensured that no religion would rival its power.

Question 7

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What spurred Islam’s remarkably rapid territorial expansion under the “rightly guided” caliphs?

Selected Answer:

C.

Its warriors driven by religious enthusiasm and a desire to acquire the wealth of conquered territories

Question 8

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What technological advantage led to the Vikings’ successful conquests and trade?

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D.

Sophisticated ships that could travel up rivers and across open ocean waters

Question 9

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What was the impact of the Five Pillars of Islam on regional political structures?

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D.

They created a doctrinal and legal structure for the empire.

Question 10

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Which of the following accurately describes Abbasid culture?

Selected Answer:

A.

The Abbasids encouraged mathematicians, who pioneered advances in arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.

Question 11

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Which of the following accurately describes al-Khwarizmi’s cultural legacy?

Selected Answer:

C.

He created a mathematical system based on modifying Indian digits into Arabic numerals.

Question 12

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Which of the following accurately describes the Vikings?

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D.

They opened a trading link between the Baltic and Kiev, creating a commercial avenue from Scandinavia to Baghdad.

Question 13

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Which of the following best characterizes the role and position of women in early Islamic society?

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D.

Women had a shifting status as patriarchy was only starting to emerge in the Arabian communities.

Question 14

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Which of the following is an accurate description of Mecca before the introduction of Islam?

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B.

Mecca contained a revered sanctuary where polytheistic Meccans worshipped.

Question 15

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Who, according to the Shi’a, should succeed the Prophet?

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B.

Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, and Ali’s descendants

Question 16

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Who, according to the Sunnis, should succeed the Prophet?

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B.

The four rightly guided caliphs and then the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties

Question 17

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The magnetic needle compass was so important because it allowed navigators to:

Selected Answer:

D.

sail under cloudy skies on the open seas.

Question 18

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What helped crystallize Chinese cultural identity during the Song dynasty?

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A.

A print culture established classical Chinese as the common language among educated classes in East Asia.

Question 19

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What was one of the reasons for the Mongols’ success in conquering and governing extensive realms?

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A.

They incorporated some of the ways and technology of conquered people.

Question 20

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Which of the following accurately describes Francis of Assisi and his followers?

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B.

They preached that European believers should weep, confess their sins to their local priest, and strive to become better Christians.

Question 21

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Which of the following accurately describes the Toltecs of Mesoamerica?

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B.

They rose to power rapidly because they filled the void left by the decline of the city of Teotihuacán.

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Question 22

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Which of the following accurately reflects slavery in Islamic society between 1000 and 1300 CE ?

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A.

Slaves served as seafarers, soldiers, domestics, and plantation workers.

Question 23

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Which of the following accurately reflects the thought of Thomas Aquinas?

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A.

He attempted to prove that Christianity was the only religion that fully met the aspirations of all rational human beings.

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Question 24

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Which of the following best summarizes the effect of the Crusades on the Southwest Asia?

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C.

Muslim feelings hardened against the Franks and the millions of Christians who had previously lived peacefully in Egypt and Syria.

Question 25

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Which of the following contributed to the Sufi’s success in spreading Islam to common people?

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D.

Living in communal brotherhoods and the emotional accessibility of their mystical practices

Question 26

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Which of the following correctly characterizes the Cahokians?

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B.

The Cahokians built, without draft animals or the use of the wheel, large earthen mounds for use in religious ceremonies.

Question 27

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Which of the following describes the importance of Timbuktu in the fourteenth century?

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C.

It was a commercial center in West Africa that was an intellectual center for Muslim scholars.

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Question 28

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Which of the following is one of the elements vital to the creation of Europe’s Christian identity?

Selected Answer:

C.

The emergence of universities and a class of intellectuals associated with them

Question 29

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Which of the following reflects the attitude exhibited by Muslim rulers toward Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, as long as they accepted Islam’s political rule?

Selected Answer:

D.

Non-Muslims were free to choose their own religious leaders and settle internal disputes.

Question 30

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Which of the following was an effect of the Song economy’s rapid expansion?

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B.

The supply of metal currency could not meet the demand for it, leading to the creation of paper money.

Question 31

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Which of the following was the most important political and social change after the Carolingian Empire collapsed?

Selected Answer:

B.

The class of knights subjugated previously free peasants, leading to serfdom in much of western Europe.

Question 32

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Which of the following were the most valued commodities shipped from the East African coast?

Selected Answer:

D.

Slaves and gold

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Question 33

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Why were the Spanish conquest of Toledo and the expulsion of Muslim forces from Sicily said to be more important than the Crusades?

Selected Answer:

A.

These campaigns marked turning points in relations between Christian and Muslim power in the Mediterranean.

Question 34

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Identify the primary reason that Renaissance culture spread throughout Europe by the late sixteenth century:

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D.

economic prosperity and competition between political and religious leaders.

Question 35

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In Spain, a strong dynasty was created primarily through:

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C.

marriage.

Question 36

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In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli argued that:

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D.

the prince should rule based on the principles of modern statecraft instead of moral or religious values.

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Question 37

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In the late fifteenth century, Ferdinand and Isabella reacted to the Ottoman expansion by:

Selected Answer:

A.

using the Inquisition to create a more homogeneous state.

Question 38

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In what way was the effect of the Forbidden City on the populace similar to that of Topkapi palace?

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D.

Both projected a sense of awe and power.

Question 39

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Populations in both China and Western Europe succumbed to the plague in large numbers because both had:

Selected Answer:

A.

suffered from years of famine and food shortages that had weakened the populations.

Question 40

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The Ottoman Empire conquered and absorbed much of what Christian power?

Selected Answer:

D.

The Byzantine Empire

Question 41

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The group that eventually drove the Mongols out of China was known as:

Selected Answer:

A.

the Red Turbans.

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Question 42

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Throughout the fourteenth century, Portuguese Christian rulers attempted to consolidate power by:

Selected Answer:

D.

devoting themselves to fighting the Moors.

Question 43

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To consolidate rule over their conquered empire, the Ottoman sultans:

Selected Answer:

D.

adopted Byzantine administrative practices while maintaining devotion to Islam.

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Question 44

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What was the Western European Christian church’s response to challenges to its authority following the plague?

Selected Answer:

D.

The church demanded strict obedience and persecuted those who questioned its doctrines.

Question 45

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Which of the following is the best description of the economic impact of the Black Death on Afro-Eurasia?

Selected Answer:

A.

The deaths of many farmers led to food shortages, which in turn led to rapidly rising prices, work stoppages, and unrest.

Question 46

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Which of the following statements best describes the early Ming dynasty?

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C.

It had to rebuild a devastated society from the ground up after Mongol rule and plague.

Question 47

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Which of the following statements best explains the impact of the Black Death on the influence of the Christian church in Western Europe?

Selected Answer:

B.

The Black Death unleashed a wave of popular hostility toward the church.

Question 48

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Which of the following was a major consequence of the Renaissance?

Selected Answer:

D.

A network of independent, educated people who were not totally reliant on either the state or the church.

Question 49

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Which of the following was a major difference between the rulers of Spain and Portugal and the Ottomans?

Selected Answer:

D.

The Spanish and Portuguese rulers expelled or forced the conversion of members of other religions; the Ottomans permitted those with diverse religious beliefs to remain in their territories.

Question 50

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Why did Europeans turn for inspiration to the art and learning of classical Greece and Rome as they rebuilt society after the devastation of the plague?

Selected Answer:

B.

Renaissance humanism provided more scope for secular individuals to act in an expanding world.

Test Submission Exam III HIS 101 World Civilization I