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| In the 9th century the Tang Dynasty was weakened by considerable conflict between. |
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| Buddhism and Confucianism |
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| Africa gained an international reputation for its production of |
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| The empires of Mali in West Africa and Delhi in southern Asia both utilized |
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| What is the most likely reason why technological development slowed down during the Ming period? |
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None of the other ansers
A scarcity of metals
Educated men were drawn into government employment
A large labor supply lowered the need for mechanization
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| Mongol rule created a sharp population decrease due to |
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None of the answers
Migration
Warfare
Bubonic plague
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| "It is the imminent peril threatening you and all the faithful, which has brought us hither. From the confines of Jerusalem and the city of Constantinople a horrible tale has gone forth" The above quote describes which of the following events? |
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| the capture of the Holy Lands by the Seljuk Turks |
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| dominated trade in the Baltic region |
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| All of the following groups invaded Europe between 400 and 1000 C.E. EXCEPT |
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| A social result of the Black Death epidemic was |
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The beginning of the end of serfdom for all intents and purposes
Peasant revolutions
A demand by laborers for higher pay
None of the other answers
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| In 1453, the Ottomans conquered which important Christian city? |
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What is suggested about the plague by the picture of a
medieval physician below? |
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| Physicians had to wear special costumes in order to keep their exposure to the disease at a minimum. |
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| All of the following were characteristic of nomadic groups in the eras before 1450 C.E. EXCEPT: |
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| Nomadic societies almost never had positive influence on settled peoples. |
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| What did the practice of foot-binding encouraged by neo-Confucianism reflect about gender attitudes during the Song period? |
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| Female subjugation was a common feature of Chinese society. |
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| All of the following were characteristic of nomadic groups in the eras before 1450 C.E. EXCEPT: |
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Most were patriarchal, although women often had higher status than women in sedentary societies had.
Kinship ties generally determined social hierarchy and relationship.
Nomadic societies often traded with sedentary societies.
*Nomadic societies almost never had positive influence on settled peoples.
Most of the themes of nomadic art centered on their animals |
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| What did the practice of foot-binding encouraged by neo-Confucianism reflect about gender attitudes during the Song period? |
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| Female subjugation was a common feature of Chinese society. |
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| Some of the Òlost knowledgeÓ of the Greek and Arab world came into the Latin West through |
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| The recapture of southern Italy from the Byzantines and Sicily and Spain from the Muslims |
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| The spread of Islam between 1200 and 1500 encouraged |
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The introduction of new technology like papermaking
The study of classical Greek scholarship in mathematics, medicine, and science
None of the other answers
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The study of Islamic law, theology, and administration |
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| What do these requirements suggest about the samurai's philosophy? |
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| It was strongly influenced by other eastern philosophies like Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. |
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| Bedouins were instrumental in spreading which of the following religions |
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| Islam on the Arabian Peninsula |
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| The three field system was |
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| An agricultural method of rotating crops |
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| The Emperor Yongle restored commercial links with the Middle East by |
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| Encouraging the voyages of Zheng He |
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| Which of the following statements is correct about the Aztec Civilization based on the excerpt above? |
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| It had complex urban centers. |
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| The establishment of the Mongol Empire had all of the following consequences EXCEPT: |
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the rise of the autocracy in Russia
the diffusion of gunpowder technology
the strengthening of maritime trade in the South China Sea
the reopening and extension of the Silk Road
*the demand for European products such as wool, porcelain, sugar, spices, and coffee |
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| The ideals developed in the Athens of Pericles and in Republican Rome influenced the development of |
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