Question 1

Both Islam and Christianity are universalizing religions,but Islam united religious and secular authority while Christianity at first opposed the state's power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Who was the Christian bishop who argued that the "City of God" was represented by the universal Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ambrose of Milan
B)   Augustine of Hippo
C)   Thomas Aquinas
D)   Clement of AlexandriaE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following accurately describes Ibn Sina's scholarship?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ibn Sina was knowledgeable in the Frankish language,the language of academia at the time.
B)   Ibn Sina shared Abbasid learning with non-Muslim students.
C)   Ibn Sina studied Indian religious practices because they fascinated him.
D)   Ibn Sina wrote the standard medical text used in both Southwest Asia and Europe for centuries.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 4

The economic achievements of the Tang Dynasty were enhanced by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Establishing large privately-owned plantations to grow cotton and silk
B)   Limiting trade on the Silk Road to concentrate on the local handicraft market
C)   Using the Grand Canal and Yangzi River to aid transportation and communication
D)   Focusing on the iron and silver trade with JapanE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

What was the role of the eunuch bureaucracy in the Tang dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was responsible for keeping the emperor's household fed and cleaned.
B)   It mediated between the emperor and the provincial governments.
C)   It was limited by military officers who refused to work with them.
D)   It had very little respect because the eunuchs were not considered to be true men.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

In what way were the Yamato rulers of Japan bolstered by adopting Buddhism as the state religion?

Accepted Answer

A)   By limiting the political power of Shinto priests
B)   By linking the Yamato to a universalizing religion that stretched from India to Korea
C)   By allowing the Yamato an entrance into the Silk Road trade system
D)   By forcing Korea to recognize the Yamato as equalsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

How did the emergence of Islam shape the transmission of knowledge across Afro-Eurasia? How did the spread of Islam compare with the initial growth of Christianity and Buddhism?

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Question 8

What was the primary export commodity traded by the Franks?

Accepted Answer

A)   Wool
B)   Timber
C)   Copper
D)   SlavesE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following crops imported to China during the Green Revolution led to hillside paddies with water-lifting devices?

Accepted Answer

A)   Millet
B)   New varieties of rice
C)   Sweet potatoes
D)   Citrus fruitsE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Islam supplanted family,clan,and tribal communities and created a new community of believers that was called:

Accepted Answer

A)   the umma.
B)   the sharia.
C)   the jihad.
D)   the hijri.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

What was the impact of the Five Pillars of Islam on regional political structures?

Accepted Answer

A)   They included declaring allegiance to Islamic political rulers.
B)   They created a doctrinal and legal structure for the empire.
C)   They committed the believer to participating in jihad to spread the faith.
D)   They alienated potential converts,thereby limiting the early spread of the religion.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following accurately describes the impact of the arrival of a clan of warlike Koreans in southern Japan?

Accepted Answer

A)   Social equality became a distinctive characteristic of the "Tomb Culture" society.
B)   Japanese clans prevented more Korean immigrants from coming to the islands.
C)   Women had little or no power as Japan imported patriarchal culture from India.
D)   The ruling Yamato clan incorporated both Korean migrants and native Japanese kinship groups.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Islam supplanted family,clan,and tribal communities and created a new community of believers that was called:

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