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| 278736418 | the supremacy of the Medinan state was based on | common faith in a single god | 0 | |
| 278736419 | the verses of muhammads revelations were originally written on | pieces of leather and bone | 1 | |
| 278736420 | sympathy for Husayn's martyrdom was pivotal in the transformation of the Shi'ites | from a political movement into a religious sect. | 2 | |
| 278736421 | to which factor can we attribute the success of the spread of the muslim empire? | the fact that the caliphs who guided the conquest were men of political and economic sophistication | 3 | |
| 278736422 | which of the following statements best describe teh Arab Muslims relationship to their subject peoples? | arabs were a small, self-isolated ruling minority. | 4 | |
| 278736423 | this factor did NOT contribute to teh decline of the Umayyad dynasty? | the Umayyad ban on trade caused economic hardship. | 5 | |
| 278736424 | samanid princes patronized literature and learning, but | they favored persian written in arabis letters | 6 | |
| 278736425 | what worked against the permanent division of the muslim community into small kingdoms, as happened in europe in the middle ages? | the rise in urban areas of a group of well-educated religious scholars, the ulama | 7 | |
| 278736426 | most crusading knights were eager to attack muslims, but which religious order recognized the soundness of diplomacy? | knights of the temple | 8 | |
| 278736427 | as islam developed, it | absorbed many "little traditions", which allowed it to be more adaptable | 9 | |
| 278736428 | the hadith | is a collection of reports purporting to describe the precise words or deeds of muhammad. | 10 | |
| 278736429 | the practice of secluding and veiling women | has its roots in byzantine and Sasanid urban society. | 11 | |
| 278736430 | a major benefit derived from the simplicity of the profession of islamic faith was | islam escaped most of the severe conflicts over heresy that beset christianity | 12 | |
| 278736431 | a hereditary slave socitey never developed in the islamic world because | slaves usually converted to islam, often causing their masters to free them, and the offspring of slave women and muslim men were free. | 13 | |
| 278736432 | the members of the islamic group called Sunnis were followers of the sunna or __________ of the community | tradition | 14 | |
| 278736433 | while meditating at night int eh mts, ________ belived he heard the angel Gabriel speak to him | muhammad | 15 | |
| 278736434 | a new iranian state, the _______ empire rose int eh 3rd century c.e | sasanid | 16 | |
| 278736435 | the sasanids established _____ as their state religion | zoroastrianism | 17 | |
| 278736436 | the city of ____ contains a cubcal shrine called the Ka'ba | mecca | 18 | |
| 278736437 | muhammad was born in ____ in 570 | mecca | 19 | |
| 278736438 | muslims considered ______ to be the first muslim | abraham | 20 | |
| 278736439 | the ____ was a communtiy defined by acceptance of Islam and Muhammas a s the messenger of god | Umma | 21 | |
| 278736440 | after defeating the Umayyad dynasty, the family of Abbas founded the _____ caliphate | Abbasid | 22 | |
| 278736441 | in 969 the ______ established control over Egypt. | fatimids | 23 | |
| 278736442 | the _____ Truks ruled much of the middle east when the 1st crusading armies of christians arrived in 1099 | seljuk | 24 | |
| 278736443 | in the 12th and 13th centuries mystic islamic groups called ______ brotherhoods emerged | sufi | 25 | |
| 278736444 | the crowning of charlemagne as emperor of the romans by the pope symbolized | a shift in focus away from the mediterranean and toward Northern germanic europe | 26 | |
| 278736445 | why is the period in europe between 500 c.e and 1300 c.e called the middle ages | it came between the greco-roman civilization adn the renaissance | 27 | |
| 278736446 | key to the rapid emergence of the carolingian family as chief protectors of the frankish kings and then as kings themselves was | military effectiveness | 28 | |
| 278736447 | which of the following factors did NOT prompt the growth of the great fortified manors? a. religious wars b. isolation due to poor communication networks c. political insecurity d. warfare and instability, which made manors the target of raiders | a. religious wars | 29 | |
| 278736450 | this is NOT true about the relationship between the vassal, lord, and king | land was granted in return for taxes. | 30 | |
| 278736452 | how did the improvements in armor dictate changes as to who could become a mounted knight? | as armor became more expensive, only the wealthy could afford to outfit themselves properly | 31 | |
| 278736454 | the reach and authority of the monarch was limited | because all members of the clergy and their lands fell under the legal jurisdiction of the church. | 32 | |
| 278736456 | this is NOT true about medieval europe noble women | that they lived powerless, sheltered lives | 33 | |
| 278736457 | what was the investiture controversy? | a conflict between popes and kings regarding control of ecclesiastical offices | 34 | |
| 278736459 | most ancient works in latin would have disappeared if | 9th century monks had not copied them | 35 | |
| 278736461 | which of the following statements best characterizes the influence of roman traditions in byzantium? a. byzantium carried on the traditions of rome almost without interruption b. byzantium made a dramatic break with roman tradition, as did western europe. c. byzantium was influenced so much by islam that it gradually rejected roman traditions d. byzantium carried on the traditions of rome but mixed them freely with germanic traditions | a. byzantium carried on the traditions of rome almost without interruption | 36 | |
| 278736463 | why is it paradoxical that women ruled the byzantine empire together with their husbands from 1028 to 1056? | byzantine women increasingly found themselves confined to their homes and required to veil themselves in public. | 37 | |
| 279425983 | the brothers cyril and methodius are know for? | for perfecting a writing system used by slavic christians who adhered to the orthodox rite. | 38 | |
| 279425984 | the manorial agricultural system of western europe never developed in kievan russia because | political power was more closely linked with trade than with landholding | 39 | |
| 279425985 | what do historians attributed western europes population growth between 1000 and 1300? | new technologies and the appearance of self-governing cities | 40 | |
| 279425986 | what was NOT one of the social or economic currents that culminated in crusades? | the latin church wanted to encourage the warlike tone of the knights..NOT TRUE this is not a true fact | 41 | |
| 279425987 | the three crusades of the eleventh and twelfth centuries signaled | the end of western europes centuries of intellectual isolation | 42 | |
| 279425988 | in both northern and southern europe, self-sufficient farming estates know as _____ became the primary centers of agricultural production. | manors | 43 | |
| 279425989 | serfs where | agricultural workers who belonged to a manor, were obligated to till their lords' fields and were subject to other dues and obligations | 44 | |
| 279425990 | a fief | was a grant of land in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service. | 45 | |
| 279425991 | in 324 the emperor constantine celebrated the selection of his new capital | constantinople | 46 | |
| 279425992 | disagreements between christian churches over matters of doctrine sometimes led to ___, a formal division | schism | 47 | |
| 279425993 | JUSTINIAN corpus juris civilis codified the roman legal tradition | ... | 48 | |
| 279425994 | the ____ family rose to power in the 8th century, first as protectors of the frankish kings. | carolingian | 49 | |
| 279425995 | serfs | were agricultural workers who belonged to a manor | 50 | |
| 279425996 | the term ________ refers to the struggle between church officials and lay lords to control church appointments | investiture controversy | 51 | |
| 279425997 | the person most responsible for introducing ________ in the latin west was benedict of nursia | monasticism | 52 | |
| 279425998 | the Rus of the city of ______ controlled trade on the Dnieper River | Kiev | 53 | |
| 279425999 | _______ was accompanied by her husband, king louis VII of france, on the second crusade | eleanor of aquitaine | 54 | |
| 279426000 | the Sui Empire lasted such a short time because | it was exhausted by its extraordinary pace of expansion and over centralization | 55 | |
| 279426001 | the purpose of the grand canal was to | facilitate communication and trade with the south | 56 | |
| 279426002 | the Sui empire successfully reunified china and | reestablished Confucianism as the central philosophy of government | 57 | |
| 279426003 | one of the primary beliefs of Mahayana Buddhism was that | bodhisattvas have postponed nirvanan to help others achieve enlightenment | 58 | |
| 279426004 | the central asian heritage of the Tang rulers was evident in | their political use of buddhism | 59 | |
| 279426005 | how did the bubonic plague reach east asia? | it came from africa, spread to the middle east, and then went by sea to canton | 60 | |
| 279426006 | what factor did NOT bother the chinese about buddhism? | buddhism often absorbed local elements of belief | 61 | |
| 279426007 | Wu Zhao, a woman who had married into the imperial family, was known | for serving as emperor for 15 years | 62 | |
| 279426008 | the Song used gunpowder to | counter cavalry assaults | 63 | |
| 279426009 | the Song government, like the Tang, recognized that with its control of government examinations it also had | the ability to indoctrinate millions of young men. | 64 | |
| 279426010 | this was NOT a feature in Song cities | rodent infestations | 65 | |
| 279426011 | where was movable type originally developed? | korea | 66 | |
| 279426012 | central japan was most likely unified in the fourth or fifth century c.e. by | korean warriors on horseback | 67 | |
| 279426013 | japan during the 8th century can be described as | a major buddhist center, perhaps surpassing china | 68 | |
| 279426014 | the concept of the Mandate of Heaven was not important in Japan because | japanese rulers always came from the same family | 69 | |
| 279441066 | the early annamese were probably not ahead of the chinese in their | military tactics | 70 | |
| 279441067 | the Trung sisters of Vietnam | led local farmers in resistance against invading forces of the Han Empire. | 71 | |
| 279441068 | champa rice | was fast-maturing rice of the region, was sent to the Song by Champa as a tribute gift and became important in the advancement and specialization of Song agriculture | 72 | |
| 279441069 | the late 16th century reunification of China took place under the ______ dynasty | Sui | 73 | |
| 279441070 | in 618 the Li family overthrew the Sui and established the _____ dynasty | Tang | 74 | |
| 279441071 | _______, or "great vehicle", buddhism predominated in Tang China | Mahayana | 75 | |
| 279441072 | trade brought disease in the form of ______ to china via the sea route to canton | bubonic plague | 76 | |
| 279441073 | the poetry of ______, the most renowned Tang poet, testifies to the persistent warfare of his times. | Li Bo | 77 | |
| 279441074 | the Turkic group, the ______ , controlled much of inner asia in the 8th centruy | uighur | 78 | |
| 279441075 | ______, a women who married into the chinese imperial family, took control of the gov in 690 | Wu Zhao | 79 | |
| 279441076 | the _____ empire began in central china in 960 | song | 80 | |
| 279441077 | the Liao empire of the _____ people extended from siberia to central aria | Khitan | 81 | |
| 279441078 | the ______ and dai viet states controlled what is now vietnam | champa | 82 |
