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Exam #2: The Post-Classical (“Resurgence”) Era: 600-1450 CE
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Which of the following is true about the acceptance of Islam as a
result of the Indian Ocean trade?
1. Much of Islamic cultural influence was limited to the African
elite of the cities.
2. Arab merchants were given a low status in the Swahili citystates.
3. The city-states maintained their own traditional religions.
4. Islamic priests were given the highest status in Swahili
society.
5. Most local farmers and laborers converted to Islam.
The Swahili-city-states are best described as being
1. a mixture of Bantu, Indian, and Muslim cultures
2. greatly stratified under a Hindu caste system
3. a unified confederacy which promoted the same writing
system and code of laws
4. militaristic in nature, since they were pre-occupied with
warfare and defense
5. loyal colonies of the Byzantine Empire
The trans-Saharan trade was influential for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT
1. it led to an expansion of Islam in western Africa
2. it spurred the growth of the Swahili city-states
3. African kingdoms like Ghana and Songhai emerged
4. it led to the development of the slave trade
5. Western Africa quickly became a center of culture and
learning
Similar to the Silk Road, one result of the trans-Saharan trade
routes was
1. the diffusion of religion over a large area
2. the increased demand for spices by Mediterranean
consumers
3. the development of an extensive slave trade
4. the disappearance of Hellenistic Greek culture
5. the early use of currency between two different continents
After the eighth century, Byzantine culture began to have great
influence on which of the following?
1. Russia and other Slavic-speaking countries of eastern
Europe
2. Swahili city-states of eastern Africa
3. the city of Córdoba in the Iberian peninsula
4. Frankish regions of northern Europe
5. the lands of the Mongol Empire in Central Asia
Following the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks
in 1453, what became the new center of the Eastern Orthodox
Church?
1. Antioch
2. Vienna
3. Rome
4. Madrid
5. Moscow
Which of the following suggests that the Byzantine Empire had a
political structure greatly similar to that in dynastic China?
1. It was decentralized with regional warlords in control.
2. Powerful aristocrats had greater authority than the central
ruler.
3. Byzantine emperors established a limited democracy in
which all landholding citizens could vote.
4. Byzantine emperors ruled absolutely with the help of a
centralized bureaucracy.
5. Military generals elected by a council of elders according to
a merit system ruled the empire.
What was the economic significance of the Byzantine Empire
during the Middle Ages?
1. It was the leading exporter of silk and porcelain.
2. It was a strategic trading center connecting
Mediterranean Europe with the Middle East.
3. It established the first overseas trade with the western
African kingdoms.
4. Its sophisticated cities led the world in manufacturing.
5. Commercial agriculture in the Byzantine Empire was
the backbone of the world economy.
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Which of the following was believed to be a carrier of the
bubonic plague?
I. Mongols who had invaded eastern Europe
II. Genoese merchants who had come from the Middle East
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Scandinavian city-states
1. I and II only.
2. II only.
3. II and III only.
4. I, II, and II
5. II only.
10. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, Western Europe
was
1. ruled by large military aristocracies
2. unified under the Goths
3. a series of colonies to the Byzantine Empire
4. ruled by decentralized tribal groups
5. conquered by Umayyad armies
11. What effect did the growth of feudalism in Middle Ages Europe
have on the aristocracy?
1. Aristocrats participated less in political administration.
2. Aristocrats were forced to give up their lands to the central
ruler.
3. Most aristocrats were removed from public office following
the establishment of civil service examinations.
4. Aristocrats were forced to emancipate their slaves.
5. Aristocrats acquired new rights and privileges as powerful
landholding nobles.
12. What was the basis for the feudal economy during the Middle
Ages in Western Europe?
1. local trade between the different manors
2. trade contacts with Arab merchants from north Africa and
the Iberian peninsula
3. agricultural labor of the peasant classes
4. exports of raw materials to the Byzantine Empire to
manufacture finished products
5. selling of agricultural lands to the Catholic church
13. An important contribution of the medieval craft guilds was that
they
1. increased competition
2. set standards of quality for manufactured goods
3. encouraged trade between nations
4. united the workers against the masters
5. resolved the tensions between the European and Islamic
merchants
14. Why was the revival of towns a significant development in
medieval Europe?
1. The manorial system was abandoned as peasants left for
the city.
2. It led to increased tensions between peasants and lords.
3. The towns stimulated trade and intellectual activity.
4. Europeans no longer had to depend on long-distance trade
to acquire manufactured products.
5. It weakened the Holy Roman Empire by promoting
decentralization.
15. One motive for serfs to migrate to the medieval cities of Europe
was
1. they could live in their own houses with their families
2. they were allowed to obtain church membership
3. they would be liberated from their serf status
4. they could hold political office
5. they no longer had to pay tithes to the church
16. The Mongol Empire was significant in history for
1. promoting the diffusion of many different cultures
2. establishing the first political system in which democracy
was enforced
3. creating an empire without a unified legal system
4. leaving extensive written records and astronomical records
5. developing a pastoralist economy
17. Established by the end of the 1250s, the Pax Mongolica was
similar to the Pax Romana in that
1. both were periods of a thriving artistic and literary tradition
2. both existed during times of relative peace and unity
3. both had a democratic form of government
4. both were characterized by an isolationist foreign policy
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5. both adopted a single state religion
18. What did the practice of foot-binding encouraged by neoConfucianism reflect about gender attitudes during the Song
period
1. Female subjugation was a common feature of Chinese
society.
2. Women had to participate in certain religious rituals in
order to maintain their superior religious status.
3. It maintained gender equality since it was practiced by both
sexes.
4. It was a way of preserving the sanctity of marriage.
5. It social liberation for women during the Song Dynasty.
19. Central principles of Neo-Confucianism included all of the
following EXCEPT
1. social equality among the classes
2. rejection of the reincarnation concept
3. importance of the family
4. establishment of a government based on a merit system
5. subordination of women
20. How did neo-Confucianism reinforce traditional
Chinese attitudes regarding the status of women?
1. Among all the classes, women were subordinated to men.
2. Women's roles were limited to the domestic and religious
spheres.
3. Women were granted greater marital and economic
freedoms.
4. Women were banned from working on farms because of
the sexual division of labor.
5. Women were allowed to serve as empresses as long as
they followed the Mandate of Heaven.
21. Which of the following measures was implemented in order to
promote the agricultural expansion of the Tang and Song
Dynasties?
1. The emperors broke up aristocratic land-holdings and gave
them to small farmers and peasants.
2. Commercial farmers were exempt from paying certain
taxes to the state.
3. The conquered flatlands of the western frontier were used
for agriculture.
4. Merchants were offered financial incentives to live on
government-owned farms.
5. All foreigners in the empire were forced into slavery on the
government-owned farms.
22. . All of the following were characteristics of the Song Dynasty
EXCEPT
1. extensive urbanization
2. increased production of non-consumable goods (cash
crops)
3. an elaborate economy based on paper currency
4. abandonment of metallurgy
5. a revival of Confucianism
23. Which of the following most accurately describes the Silk roads?
1. They were direct trade routes between Xian and Antioch.
2. They were sea-based routes around Africa.
3. They were limited to the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
4. They were sea-based trade routes in the Mediterranean.
5. They were important in promoting the growth of cities in
Central Asia.
24. In contrast to the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had
1. used paper currency for its economy
2. conquered Japan and Korea
3. enforced Confucianism as a state philosophy
4. both land-based and overseas trade routes
5. a larger military force and a strong bureaucracy
25. What effect did the Black Death have on European feudalism?
1. It brought about its eventual decline since the large death
tolls prevented manors from functioning.
2. It spurred its growth as more people retreated from city life
and settled in manors.
3. Most manors constructed hospitals in order to treat
the sick.
4. On the manor, the Black Death primarily afflicted the
knights.
5. As they expanded in size due to massive peasant arrivals,
manors became large cities.
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26. Which of the following was believed to be a carrier of the
bubonic plague?
I. Mongols who had invaded eastern Europe
II. Genoese merchants who had come from the Middle East
III. Commoners of the Russian and Scandinavian city-states
1. I and II only.
2. II only.
3. II and III only.
4. I, II, and II
5. II only.
27. During the High Middle Ages, what brought about the
Europeans' renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman
texts?
1. establishment of Catholicism as the official religion of the
Holy Roman Empire
2. contacts made between Europeans and Muslims during the
Crusades
3. abandonment of the manorial system
4. dissolution of the Silk Roads
5. growth of commerce and manufacturing in European cities
28. What was the importance of Timbuktu to western Africa by the
1300s and 1400s?
1. It was the Mali Empire's chief commercial outpost along the
caravan routes.
2. It was a major political, economic, and cultural center of the
Mali Empire.
3. It was the Islamic spiritual center of western Africa
4. It remained the only city to maintain its allegiance to the
Roman Empire.
5. It had installed a democratic form of government during the
height of the Ghana Empire.
The King adorns himself like a woman wearing necklaces round his
neck and bracelets on his forearms and he puts on a high cap
decorated with gold and wrapped in a turban of fine cotton. He holds
an audience in a domed pavilion around which stand ten horses
covered with gold-embroidered materials...and on his right, are the
sons of the vassal kings of his country, wearing splendid garments
and their hair plaited with gold.
29. What does the excerpt above reflect about the kingdom of
Ghana at the height of its prominence?
1. It had received tremendous quantities of gold through the
trans-Saharan trade.
2. Its wealth was based on its proximity to abundant gold
reserves.
3. By 1000 C.E., copper largely replaced gold as the
most important resource.
4. It remained isolated from other cultures prior to Muslim
conquest.
5. The king possessed nearly all of the wealth of the state.
30. During the early years of the dynasty, Tang rulers attempted to
do which of the following?
1. secure the Chinese territory from nomadic peoples beyond
the Great Wall
2. establish Christianity as China's official religion
3. appoint aristocrats to high administrative posts
4. create a unified writing system
5. establish trade relations with the Mongols
31. Which of the following was a technological achievement of Song
China?
1. development of a magnetic compass for navigation
2. invention of the sun dial
3. earliest use of the cross-bow in battle
4. development of bronze armor and weapons
5. use of the arch in monuments in and buildings
32. Which of the following best explains why religions spread during
the post-classical era?
1. Strong states lasting out of the classical era facilitated the
spread of religion
2. Monastic orders attracted majorities of populations to live in
their monasteries
3. New faiths spread along expanding trade routes
4. Mongol conquests imposed uniform religion on its subjects
5. Increasingly powerful women spread new faiths