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| 5640409200 | The Sahara held rich desposits of which highly valued commodity? | Salt | 0 | |
| 5640409201 | The absence of which of the following made long-distance trade in the Americas difficult pre modern era? | Wheeled vehicles | 1 | |
| 5640409202 | In which third- wave civilization did the state largely control trade, preventing a professional merchant class from emerging? | Inca | 2 | |
| 5640409203 | Between 500 and 1500, the civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes | Seem to have had little direct contact with each other | 3 | |
| 5640409204 | How did the spread of Islam affect Indian Ocean commerce? | Muslim merchants and sailors established communities of traders from East Africa to the south China coast | 4 | |
| 5640409205 | How did the Silk Road trade affect peasants in China? | Peasants focused more on producing luxury goods | 5 | |
| 5640409206 | The Political structure of Swahili civilization was similar to the | Competitive and independent city-states of Ancient Greece | 6 | |
| 5640409207 | Which of the following characterizes the networks of exchange in the Americas? | Networks were local, with the most active links within rather than between regions | 7 | |
| 5640409208 | Which statement characterizes the networks and webs of exchange that connected different parts of the world from 500 to 1500? | Interaction among the major civilizations operated on a relatively equal basis | 8 | |
| 5640409209 | The Sand Roads linked North Africa and the Mediterranean world to the land and peoples | Interior West Africa | 9 | |
| 5640409210 | Compared to modern American ideas about democracy, Athenian democracy was distinctive in | Urging that all citizens participate directly in lawmaking and policy making | 10 | |
| 5640409211 | The Qin dynasty differed from the Zhou in that | It was more centralized | 11 | |
| 5640409212 | In the classical period, both China and India | Showed considerable tolerance for different religions | 12 | |
| 5640409213 | The development of agriculture caused important changes in all of the following except | The tendency to believe in many gods | 13 | |
| 5640409214 | Which of the following groups was considering "low standing" in official Chinese social hierarchy? | Merchants | 14 | |
| 5640409215 | Both Rome and the ancient Greeks depended on slavery. One result of this was | Both groups lagged in technological advances when compared to the Chinese or the Indians | 15 | |
| 5640409216 | By 600 C. E., an early civilization was beginning to take shape in | Central America | 16 | |
| 5640409217 | The characteristics political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization was | Regional city states | 17 | |
| 5640409218 | The Senate of republican Rome particularly represented | The landed aristocracy | 18 | |
| 5640409219 | India's political tradition | Stressed the importance of regional and local units | 19 | |
| 5640409220 | One difference between classical civilizations and river valley civilizations was that in classical civilizations | Political organizations were more elaborate | 20 | |
| 5640409221 | Hunting and gathering societies | Organize rather small groups into political units | 21 | |
| 5640409222 | The Paleolithic Age refers to | The period in which simple stone tools were developed | 22 | |
| 5640409223 | Which of the following contributed to the doubling of the Chinese population during the Tang and Song dynasties? | The adoption of a fast-ripening strain of rice from Vietnam | 23 | |
| 5640409224 | Those who participated in the Chinese tribute system gained | The opportunity to trade in China | 24 | |
| 5640409225 | Which of the following explains why women's lives were more restricted in the Song Dynasty than in the Tang Dynasty? | The revival of Confucianism | 25 | |
| 5640409226 | Which of the following contributed to China's economic prosperity during the Tang and Song Dynasties? | A complex network of internal waterways that provided cheap transportation | 26 | |
| 5640409227 | What do the Xiongnu, the Uighurs, the Khitan, and the Jurchen have in common? | All four required China to send them valuable goods in return for not attacking China | 27 | |
| 5640409228 | Which of the following was technological innovation that spread from China to the rest of Eurasia? | Printing | 28 | |
| 5640409229 | Which of the following was a factor in the growth of Buddhism in China after 300 C. E.? | Disorder increased following the collapse of the Han Dynasty, which discredited Confucianism | 29 | |
| 5640409230 | Which of the following was a political contribution of the Tang and Song dynasties? | The introduction of administrative procedures that made the bureaucracy obsolete | 30 | |
| 5640409231 | What did Korea, Japan, and Vietnam develop that reflected their unique culture? | Their own writing systems | 31 | |
| 5640409232 | Which of the following shows the effect of the Indian a ocean trade on China? | The transformation of southern China from a subsistence economy to an export-oriented economy | 32 | |
| 5640409233 | The emergence of the samurai reflected Japan's | decentralized political structure | 33 | |
| 5640498455 | Which of the following aspects of Arab tribal life was reinforced in the Quran? | solidarity | 34 | |
| 5640505070 | Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common | faith | 35 | |
| 5640512009 | Which of the following was a feature of Islam that ran counter to Hinduism in India? | the notion of equality of all believers | 36 | |
| 5640520310 | Which of the following religious traditions blended elements of Hinduism and Islam? | Sikhism | 37 | |
| 5640527390 | Islam had roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions? | Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism | 38 | |
| 5640530681 | Why was the city of Mecca important? | It was the site of the Kaaba, where pilgrims congregated | 39 | |
| 5640540460 | Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran? | Women were spiritually equal to men | 40 | |
| 5640552348 | Sufi practitioners facilitated the conversion to Islam of people living in Anatolia and India by | emphasizing personal experience of the divine rather than the law | 41 | |
| 5640558688 | Which of the following was a goal of the education offered at the madrassas? | To preserve an established body of Islamic learning | 42 | |
| 5640575508 | Which of the following refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims should try to make at least once in their lifetime? | Hajj | 43 | |
| 5640646125 | Which of the following is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizations? | The use of gunpowder in cannons | 44 | |
| 5640664409 | Which of the following features of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopt? | The political ideals of imperial control of the Church | 45 | |
| 5640689999 | Which of the following describes the relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300? | Rulers provided protection for the Church in return for religious legitimacy | 46 | |
| 5640699488 | Which of the following was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages? | There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade | 47 | |
| 5640713784 | Which of the following describes Christian communities in the Middle East and North Africa from 650 to 1300? | Shrinking communities of second-class subjects | 48 | |
| 5640724758 | How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe? | Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices | 49 | |
| 5640742907 | What advantage did the Byzantine Empire have that enabled it to survive as a political entity for a thousand years longer than the western part of the Roman Empire? | A stronger military | 50 | |
| 5640750727 | Which of the following was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europe? | Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permanently joined the world of Western Christendom | 51 | |
| 5640761397 | Disagreement over which of the following contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church? | Veneration of icons | 52 | |
| 5640775987 | In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasizes the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and his serfs? | Feudalism | 53 | |
| 5640784045 | Which of the following describes a feature of the Byzantine state? | The emperor claimed to be God's representative on earth | 54 | |
| 5640787226 | Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end? | The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire | 55 | |
| 5642511426 | What aspects of Chinese civilization did Mongol rulers in the Yuan dynasty adopt? | The traditional Confucian rituals | 56 | |
| 5642511427 | Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society? | Labor shortages that weakened serfdom | 57 | |
| 5642511428 | Which of the following facilitated the creation of the Mongol Empire? | The territories the Mongols invaded were experiencing internal divisions | 58 | |
| 5642511429 | Which of the following describes pastoral societies' relationship with agricultural societies? | Pastoral societies sought foodstuffs, manufactured goods, and luxury items from agricultural societies | 59 | |
| 5642511430 | Mongol rule in Russia facilitated the rise to power of which city? | Moscow | 60 | |
| 5642511431 | In comparison to the Mongol conquests of Persia and China, Mongol rule in Russia | Was not accompanied by Mongol occupation | 61 | |
| 5642511432 | Like the Arabs and the Persians, the Turks between the tenth and fourteenth centuries | Converted to Islam and introduced the religion to the areas they conquered | 62 | |
| 5642511433 | Which of the following describes the role pastoral societies played in world history before the Mongol Empire? | They created a series of pastoral empires and controlled major trade routes | 63 | |
| 5642511434 | A characteristic feature of pastoral societies was their | Mobility | 64 | |
| 5642511435 | Which of the following is a reason Western Europe was not conquered by the Mongols? | Western Europe lacked adequate pasture for Mongol herds | 65 | |
| 5642511436 | Which reason gained the most from the exchanges of ideas and technologies facilitated by the Mongol Empire? | Europe | 66 | |
| 5642511437 | Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433? | The emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources | 67 | |
| 5642511438 | In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule, where did the Mong dynasty look for inspiration? | The culture of past Chinese dynasties | 68 | |
| 5642511439 | Which of the following reflected the fragmented and competitive political environment in Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries? | The Hundred Years' War | 69 | |
| 5642511440 | Which of the following was a motivation for European expansion but not for Chinese expansion in the fifteenth century? | To gain direct access to the wealth of Africa and Asia | 70 | |
| 5642511441 | Which if the following is true of the Mughal Empire? | It established unified control over most of the Indian peninsula | 71 | |
| 5642511442 | What feature did the Mughal Empire and Songhay Empire share? | The rulers were Muslim, but the majority of the population was not | 72 | |
| 5642511443 | The wars carried out by the Aztec Empire were linked to the | Practice of human sacrifice | 73 | |
| 5642511444 | In the fifteenth century, the gathering and hunting way of life associated with the Paleolithic era persisted in | Australia | 74 | |
| 5642511445 | Which of the following was the most centralized, unified, and prosperous of the world's major civilizations in the fifteenth century? | China | 75 | |
| 5642511446 | Which of the following was a value emphasized in the Renaissance? | Humanism | 76 | |
| 5642511447 | Which empire ended the Byzantine Empire and came the closest to conquering Europe? | Ottoman Empire | 77 | |
| 5642511448 | How was Islam introduced into Southeast Asia and West Africa? | By traveling merchants | 78 | |
| 5642511449 | In what way were the Aztec and Inca empires similar? | Both were marginal people who conquered and absorbed older cultures | 79 | |
| 5642511450 | What did the Aztec Empire require conquered people to do? | Pay tribute | 80 | |
| 5642511451 | In the fifteenth century, long-distance trade shifted to | East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean | 81 | |
| 5642511452 | Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires? | They were initiated by maritime expansion | 82 | |
| 5642511453 | Which of the following region experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interracial unions? | British North America | 83 | |
| 5642511454 | Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain were the first to expand into the New World? | They were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas | 84 | |
| 5642511455 | Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New World? | To gain an advantage against their own enemies | 85 | |
| 5642511456 | The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands was | Based on commercial agriculture and mining | 86 | |
| 5642511457 | How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicism? | They blended their old customs into Catholic practices | 87 | |
| 5642511458 | Which of the following describes slavery in Latin America? | Large-Scale importation of new slaves continued into the nineteenth century | 88 | |
| 5642511459 | How did Chinese and Russian expansion into Central Asia affect the nomadic people inhabiting the steppe lands? | They no longer enjoyed political independence and economic prosperity | 89 | |
| 5642511460 | The Mughal ruler Akbar favored policies that promoted | A cosmopolitan (worldly) and hybrid Indian-Persian-Turkic culture | 90 | |
| 5642511461 | Which of the following was a result of the Ottoman Empire's policy toward the Christian population in southeastern Europe? | Christian communities enjoyed considerable autonomy over their own affairs | 91 | |
| 5642511462 | Which if the following was an outcome of the establishment of European empires in the Americas. | The emergence of an Atlantic world connecting four continents | 92 | |
| 5642511463 | How did silver from the mines of Mexico and Peru affect international commerce? | It enabled Europeans to buy Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain | 93 | |
| 5642511464 | Which of the following is an example of the Columbian exchange? | The introduction of corn and potatoes into the Afro-Eurasian diet | 94 | |
| 5642511465 | Which of the following policies contributed to the growth of Hindu opposition to Mughal rule by the late seventeenth century? | Reinstatement of the jizya | 95 | |
| 5642511466 | Which of the following resulted from Russia's westward expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? | A program of westernization in Russia | 96 |
