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| 260086694 | Which of the following was not a symptom of decline in the Arabic Caliphate by 1300? | the decline of the Sufis | 0 | |
| 260086695 | What was the political state of the Middle East following the fall of the Abbasid Empire and the withdrawal of the Mongols? | The emerging Ottoman Empire soon mastered most of the lands of the old caliphate plus the Byzantine corner. | 1 | |
| 260086696 | What Chinese dynasty was associated briefly with the establishment of state-sponsored international commerce? | Ming | 2 | |
| 260086697 | For how long did the Chinese government sponsor international commercial voyages in the fifteenth century? | 28 years | 3 | |
| 260086698 | Which of the following statements concerning the cessation of state-sponsored trade in China is most accurate? | In Chinese terms, it was the brief trading flurry that was unusual, not its cessation. | 4 | |
| 260086699 | Which of the following was not a drawback to the West's emergence as a global power? | failure to establish key commercial and maritime links until after 1600 | 5 | |
| 260086700 | What was the disease that accounted for the enormous loss of life in the fourteenth century? | bubonic plague | 6 | |
| 260086701 | Which of the following is correctly associated with the Renaissance? | greater interest in nature and things of this world | 7 | |
| 260086702 | Which of the following features allowed Italy to emerge as the center of the early Renaissance? | Italy had closer contacts with foreign scholars, particularly those in late Byzantium. | 8 | |
| 260086703 | Where were the two major regional monarchies that were established soon after 1400? | Castile and Aragon | 9 | |
| 260086704 | Why did the West begin the exploration of new trade routes ca. 1400? | Technological barriers that had been a problem previously were overcome. | 10 | |
| 260086705 | Which of the following is a common element of the Polynesian societies of Hawaii and New Zealand? | lack of metallurgy | 11 | |
| 260086706 | After 1400 the Aztec and Inca empires | ran into difficulties as a result of internal problems related to control of their dominions. | 12 | |
| 260086707 | Which of the following dates did the Americas and Polynesia still remain unaffected by the international exchange? | 1400 | 13 |
