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(B)Unit Test: Post Classical Era 450-1450
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In 1279, the Song dynasty finally fell to the
a. Mongols.
b. Manchus.
c. Khitan.
d. Uighurs.
e. Japanese.
2. The most important new crop introduced into China during the Tang and Song periods was
a. cotton.
b. fast-ripening rice.
c. indigo.
d. oranges.
e. barley.
3. The phrase dar al-Islam means
a. “victory of god.”
b. “conquest of Islam.”
c. “warrior of Islam.”
d. “missionary of the divine faith.”
e. “house of Islam.”
4. The Quran
a. is the holy book of Islam.
b. were the priests who watched over the Ka’ba.
c. was Muhammad’s journey to Yathrib.
d. is the law code of Islam.
e. were Islamic scholarly bureaucrats.
5. No religious leader could follow Muhammad, so political authority rested in the position of
the
a. ulama.
b. caliph.
c. hajj.
d. sultan.
e. shia.
6. The founder of the Abbasid dynasty was
a. Harun al-Rashid.
b. Ali.
c. Abu al-Abbas.
d. al-Ghazali.
e. Muhammad.
7. The main Indian influence on Islamic thought was in the field of
a. mathematics.
b. mythology.
c. poetry.
d. history.
e. architecture.
8. The Sui dynasty was founded in 589 by
a. Yang Jian.
b. Qin Shihuangdi.
c. Tang Taizong.
d. Song Taizu.
e. Xuanzang.
9. The Sui construction of which of these items would have important economic implications
well into the twentieth century?
a. Grand Canal
b. Great Wall
c. first printing press
d. modern banking industry
e. Royal Road
10. The success of the Tang dynasty was due to its energetic second ruler. Who was he?
a. Yang Jian
b. Song Taizu
c. Qin Shihuangdi
d. Confucius
e. Tang Taizong
11. The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the
a. hajj.
b. hijra.
c. qadis.
d. sharia.
e. jizya.
12. The term Islam means
a. “Allah is great.”
b. “devotion to the rule of life.”
c. “submission.”
d. “Allah desires for you what is easy, not what is hard.”
e. “the one god.”
13. Foot binding is probably the best example of the
a. technological brilliance of the Song dynasty.
b. influence of Buddhist customs as the religion became popular in China.
c. increasingly patriarchal nature of Chinese society.
d. influence of Japanese traditions on the Chinese.
e. increasing freedom of Chinese women during the Song dynasty.
14. The scholarly Buddhist emperor who reunited northern India in the seventh century was
a. Shankara.
b. Harihara.
c. Mahmud of Ghazni.
d. Harsha.
e. Ashoka.
15. Northern India was dominated from the twelfth through the early sixteenth century by the
a. Abbasid dynasty.
b. Chola kingdom.
c. Southern Song dynasty.
d. Delhi sultanate.
e. Umayyad dynasty.
16. The presence of the changing monsoon winds ensured that
a. irrigation never developed in India, because it was never necessary.
b. India enjoyed complete isolation.
c. shipping was impossible in the Indian Ocean basin.
d. irrigation was necessary in arid southern India.
e. the Indian religious hierarchy would be dominated by one great storm god.
17. India was a natural location for the establishment of emporia because of
a. its central location in the Indian Ocean basin.
b. the continuous problem of Chinese pirates.
c. its cold, dry climate.
d. the absence of any monsoon winds.
e. its strong, centralized government.
18. During the postclassical age, the caste system
a. disappeared because of the arrival of Islam.
b. created chaos in local communities.
c. became securely established in southern India for the first time.
d. rejected migrants coming into India.
e. was merged into modern Buddhist thought.
19. In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?
a. a thousand pounds of gold
b. a golden chandelier
c. a terra-cotta army
d. an elephant named Abu al-Abbas
e. a chess set displaying the two leaders as the kings
20. Historians use the term caesaropapism to refer to
a. the European struggle between church and state.
b. the split between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.
c. the attempt by later Roman emperors to abolish the papacy.
d. the system in which the emperor has a mixture of political and religious authority.
e. the bureaucratic revolution brought about by Julius Caesar.
21. The wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was
a. Belisarius.
b. Livia.
c. Hagia Sophia.
d. Theodora.
e. Olympia.
22. Justinian’s most important and long-lasting political achievement was
a. his reconquest of the western half of the Roman empire.
b. his democratic reforms.
c. his religious compromise between the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox churches.
d. his codification of Roman law.
e. his establishment of a lasting peace with the Islamic world.
23. Charlemagne maintained diplomatic relations with
a. Justinian and the Byzantine empire.
b. Tang Taizong and the Tang empire.
c. Song Taizu and the Song empire.
d. Harun al-Rashid and the Abbasid empire.
e. Ashoka and the Mauryan empire.
24. On Christmas Day 800, Charlemagne received the imperial crown from
a. himself.
b. Pope Leo III.
c. Pope Gregory I.
d. Byzantine emperor Justinian IV.
e. Pippin.
25. In the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of
a. Khubilai Khan.
b. Chaghatai Khan.
c. Chinggis Khan.
d. Hung Wu.
e. Mansa Musa.
26. The single biggest obstacle to the rise of a powerful Holy Roman Empire was
a. continual invasions by the French.
b. the reoccurring appearance of epidemic diseases.
c. occasional invasions from the Huns.
d. an ongoing conflict with the papacy.
e. continuous tensions caused by border disputes with England.
27. In 1066, William of Normandy conquered
a. England.
b. France.
c. Italy.
d. Spain.
e. the Holy Roman Empire.
28. The reconquest of land from the Muslims occurred in
a. Italy.
b. Sicily.
c. the Iberian peninsula.
d. the Byzantine empire.
e. England.
29. Which of the following factors does NOT help explain the increased agricultural production
of the high middle ages?
a. the expansion of arable land
b. government financial support
c. the use of new tools
d. the introduction of new crops
e. the introduction of new technology
30. Newfoundland was discovered around the year 1000 C.E. by the Scandinavian seafarer
a. Leif Ericsson.
b. Robert Guiscard.
c. Eric the Red.
d. Harold Hardrada.
e. William of Normandy.
31. The crusades
a. stopped all trade between the eastern and western Mediterranean because of the constant
warfare.
b. had virtually no impact on trade whatsoever.
c. increased trade between the eastern and western Mediterranean.
d. led to a slight decline in trade in the Mediterranean.
e. introduced the Black Death into Europe.
32. The largest empire of all time was created by the
a. Romans.
b. Chinese.
c. Mongols.
d. Incas.
e. Indians.
33. The Delhi sultans
a. became the first dynasty to unite all of India since the ancient world.
b. remained the last Hindu opposition to expanding Islamic authority.
c. claimed authority over all of northern India.
d. won widespread support because of their unqualified tolerance of Hinduism and
Buddhism.
e. united all of southeast Asia for the only time in history.
34. In 1279, Khubilai Khan proclaimed the
a. Song dynasty.
b. Ming dynasty.
c. Yuan dynasty.
d. Han dynasty.
e. Qing dynasty.
35. Griots were
a. the legendary kings of Mali.
b. aqueducts that were essential for life in the oasis towns of the Sahara.
c. singers and storytellers.
d. Swahili slave traders.
e. tribal shamans.
36. The introduction of a new food crop about 400 C.E. encouraged a fresh migratory surge in
Africa. What was the crop?
a. bananas
b. wheat
c. beans
d. potatoes
e. corn
37. By 1000, most parts of Africa south of the equator had been settled by people speaking what
language?
a. Mali
b. Swahili
c. Kongo
d. Indo-European
e. Bantu
38. By the middle of the first millennium B.C.E., the Bantu had mastered ________ metallurgy.
a. bronze
b. iron
c. copper
d. tin
e. steel
39. One of the central factors in the establishment of trans-Saharan trade was the
a. invention of lighter, but still powerful, artillery.
b. use of large caravans of donkeys.
c. spread of a common religion.
d. invention of a wider horseshoe.
e. domestication of the camel.
40. The most powerful state in west Africa at the time of the arrival of Islam was
a. Swahili.
b. Ghana.
c. Axum.
d. Kongo.
e. Kush.
41. The legendary founder of the kingdom of Mali was
a. Great Zimbabwe.
b. Niani.
c. Sundiata.
d. Mansa Musa.
e. al-Bakri.
42. Who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325?
a. Mansa Musa
b. Koumbi-Saleh
c. Sundiata
d. Ibn Battuta
e. Zanj
43. The most powerful kingdom in central Africa was
a. Kush.
b. Mogadishu.
c. Zimbabwe.
d. Ghana.
e. Mali.
44. In regard to gender issues in sub-Saharan Africa,
a. the position of women was essentially the same as in other societies of the time.
b. women played the dominant role in society.
c. women played a strictly subservient role.
d. women had more opportunities open to them than did their counterparts in other societies.
e. women had no opportunities and suffered more than their counterparts elsewhere.
45. Axum was
a. a Christian kingdom in Ethiopia.
b. the founder of the Ghana state.
c. the capital of the Swahili city-states.
d. the great creator god of most sub-Saharan religions.
e. a Swahili slave.
46. Mexica
a. was the region that originally gave rise to the first Aztecs.
b. was the name of the lake where the Aztecs established their capital.
c. were the people who were later called Aztecs.
d. was the principal god of the early Aztecs.
e. was the leading pre-Inca society in South America.
47. The capital of the Aztec empire was
a. Tula.
b. Teotihuacan.
c. Cuzco.
d. Tenochtitlan.
e. Chichén Itźa.
48. The primary role of women in Mexica society
a. was to serve as attendants in temples dedicated to the warrior cult.
b. was to serve as priestesses in the mysterious Chavín cult.
c. was to serve as unofficial political and social leaders while the men served as warriors.
d. was to bear children.
e. increased when the men were away at war, much as with ancient Sparta.
49. The Aztecs viewed human sacrifice as a(n)
a. means of mass entertainment.
b. form of state terrorism to terrify their enemies into submission.
c. essential ritual to ensure the world’s survival.
d. primitive act that their ancestors had ignorantly preformed.
e. necessary evil to maintain their alliance with the wealthy Inca.
50. The five Iroquois nations were the
a. Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Cahokia.
b. Oneida, Pueblo, Navajo, Seneca, and Onondaga.
c. Mohawk, Oneida, Cahokia, Seneca, and Onondaga.
d. Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, and Pueblo.
e. Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
51. Cahokia was the
a. legendary founder of the Inca people.
b. dominant South American society before the rise of the Incas.
c. North American mound that was the third largest structure in the pre-Columbian Americas.
d. Aztec god also known as “the Smoking Mirror.”
e. Maya woman who translated for the Spanish.
52. The Inca quipu was
a. a mnemonic aid consisting of small cords with knots.
b. the underground irrigation system that allowed for an agricultural surplus.
c. the head priest in charge of determining victims for human sacrifice.
d. the underworld.
e. demons who inhabited the night and who tempted the spiritually unprepared.
53. The capital of the Inca empire was
a. Teotihuacan.
b. Tula.
c. Cuzco.
d. Chimu.
e. Chanchan.
54. Ibn Battuta was
a. a Moroccan legal scholar who traveled extensively and recorded his observations.
b. the sultan of Delhi.
c. the leader of the central Asian kingdom that dominated all trade along the silk roads.
d. Marco Polo’s traveling companion.
e. the leading Islamic scholar whose work reintroduced Aristotle to Europe.
55. Cotton was introduced to west Africa by the
a. Europeans.
b. Muslims.
c. Chinese.
d. Bantus.
e. Mongols.
56. Which of the following was NOT one of the products that had a new impact during this
period of increasing interaction?
a. silk
b. gunpowder
c. sugarcane
d. cotton
e. citrus fruits
57. Gunpowder had its origins in
a. China.
b. India.
c. France.
d. Persia.
e. Mali.
58. The outbreak of the bubonic plague in the fourteenth century began in
a. England.
b. Africa.
c. India.
d. China.
e. Italy.
59. Which one of the following was NOT a common result of the bubonic plague?
a. a decline in trade
b. a temporary decrease in workers’ wages
c. a decline in population
d. peasant rebellions caused by efforts to freeze wages
e. labor shortages
60. The reconquista was
a. the Portuguese trade route around the tip of Africa.
b. the reestablishment of native Chinese rule by defeating the Mongols.
c. the failed Islamic attempt to win back control over southern Italy.
d. the Spanish Catholic attempt to win Spain from Islamic control.
e. a new round of crusades.
61. The most important of the humanistic thinkers was
a. Erasmus.
b. Petrarca.
c. Donatello.
d. Masaccio.
e. Paul III.
62. Zheng He was
a. the founder of the Ming dynasty.
b. the last powerful ruler of the Yuan dynasty.
c. a Chinese envoy who met with the pope and the kings of France and England.
d. the Chinese admiral who made seven journeys of exploration.
e. a Ming emperor intent on closing China off from foreign contact.
63. The nation that led the way in early European exploration was
a. England.
b. France.
c. Portugal.
d. Spain.
e. the Holy Roman Empire.