Unit II Practice Questions
1. What dynasty, along with the Sui,
re-established and improved Chinese civilization after the fall of
A. Ming
B. Shang
C. Qin
D. Song
E. Tang
2. All of the following empires are postclassical empires
EXCEPT
A. Tang
B. Ummayad Caliphate
C.
D.
E. Mongol Empire
3.
A. talented merchant class
B. strategic location
C. laissez-faire economic policies
D. military technology
E. silver mines
4. Why did the Mongols refrain from attacking central
A. The death of the Great Khan
B. The conversion of the Great Khan to Christianity
C. The conversion of the Great Khan to Buddhism
D. Massive military buildup in
E. They turned attention to
5. What important cultural movement rejected Buddhism while
adapting its some of its themes to the predominant thought which stressed
family duty and honor?
A. Neo-Confucianism
B. Daoism
C. Shinto
D. Zen Buddhism
E. Sikhism
6. In
A. shared powers with the Shinto priests.
B. seldom wielded any real political power.
C. required the Mandate of Heaven to maintain power.
D. came from constantly changing lineages.
E. maintained tight political control.
7. Which of the following best compares European and Chinese
merchants in society during the early 15th century
A. European merchants were bound to their lords in the
feudal system and Chinese merchants were from the noble class.
B. Merchants in
C. Chinese merchants were guaranteed government support
while European merchants were independent persons of the towns.
D. European monarchs favored alliances with nobility against
merchants and merchants under the Ming dynasty were favored over scholar
gentry.
E. The Confucian order highly
respected profit making and European Christianity considered profit making
sinful.
8. The Turkic expansion under Timur
the Lame disrupted all of the following regions EXCEPT
A)
B)
C) China.
D) southern
E) the
9. In what ways were the civilizations in
A. In the former, social structure was more complex,
astronomical knowledge was greater, and architectural skills were more
advanced.
B. In the former, Christianity was already practiced.
C. Mexican and Central American civilizations never
practiced human sacrifice, while societies in
D. The former civilizations adopted democracy, while the
latter used tribal rule.
E. In no ways, because the North Americans had more advanced social
structures.
10. In the five centuries
after the year 1000 C.E. the peoples of the eastern hemisphere
A. cut off contact with the rest of the world because of the
ravages of disease.
B. fell under the control of the expanding empires of the
western hemisphere.
C. traveled and interacted more intensively than ever
before.
D. fell dangerously behind the rest of the world in science
and technology.
E. united into the largest empire the world had seen since
the time of
11. Which factor helps explain the scientific and literary
achievements of the Muslims during their Golden Age?
A. expansion of transatlantic trade
B. innovations introduced by the Europeans during the
Renaissance
C. cultural diversity accepted by many Islamic governments
D. legal equality of all people in the Islamic empire
E. the status of women in society.
12. All of the following trade routes existed prior to 1000
C.E. except the:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
13. Zheng He... as ordered by the emperor, proceeded
with their journey to the
A.
B.
C.
D.
14. Narratives such as Marco Polo’s created a European
A. isolationist mentality.
B. image of Mongol poverty.
C. ambition to find easier routes to
D. fear of Mongol attack.
E. literary movement called romance writing.
15. Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?
A. Western knights carved out a kingdom in the
B. The Fourth Crusade aided in the
defense of
C. The Crusades demonstrated a new
Western superiority in the wider world.
D. The Crusades helped to open the
West to new cultural and economic influences from the
E. The Muslims adopted much of
16. During the postclassical
period, societies in the
A) remained entirely separate from those of the
B) experienced the initial contacts
that led eventually to European invasion of the
C) failed to develop imperial forms
of government, a failure that mirrored European society.
D) were united under a single
government.
E) were isolated from
17. Which of the following was a source of Western dynamism
in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
A) The growing dominance of the
B) Two centuries of peace among the major nations
C) The absence of epidemic disease
D) The growth of cities and urban economies
E) The Catholic Church's drive to reform
18. “Their men show
no signs of jealousy whatever; no one claims descent from his father, but on
the contrary from his mother's brother. A person's heirs are his sister's sons,
not his own sons.” (Ibn Battuta)
This is an description of
A. patriarchy
B. infanticide
C. matrilineal descent
D. independent origin
E. marriage dowers
19. Which of the following societies’ gender roles was
overall the most constrictive and gave the greatest amount of freedom and
rights to women?
(A)
(B)
(C) Maya.
(D)
(E)
20. Christians' devotion to saints was very much like
A. the Bantu people's devotion to the creator god
B. Buddhists' devotion to Bodhisattvas
C. Muslims' devotion to
D. the Jews' devotion to the Torah
E. all of the above
21. Which of the following practices was common to the Aztec
and the Inca empires?
A. Extensive use of sacrifice
B. A tribute system
C. A merchant class
D. A writing system
E. The quipu system
22. Merchants in southern post-classical
A. would have been severely threatened by monsoon winds as
their ships were not stable for
B. were heavily taxed by Muslim overlords in
C. were very acquainted with local
temples as they were the source of banking and finance.
D. did not venture out from
E. had a very successful system of bartering so a money
system never developed.
23. The architecture shown above is an example of
A. the spread of Christianity.
B. the spread of the Mongols.
C. the spread of Hinduism.
D. the spread of the Persians.
E. the spread of Islam.