Chapter 15 Flashcards

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