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World History Volume 1, to 1500

Review Questions

World History Volume 1, to 1500Review Questions
Table of contents
  1. Preface
  2. Early Human Societies
    1. 1 Understanding the Past
      1. Introduction
      2. 1.1 Developing a Global Perspective
      3. 1.2 Primary Sources
      4. 1.3 Causation and Interpretation in History
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 2 Early Humans
      1. Introduction
      2. 2.1 Early Human Evolution and Migration
      3. 2.2 People in the Paleolithic Age
      4. 2.3 The Neolithic Revolution
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 3 Early Civilizations and Urban Societies
      1. Introduction
      2. 3.1 Early Civilizations
      3. 3.2 Ancient Mesopotamia
      4. 3.3 Ancient Egypt
      5. 3.4 The Indus Valley Civilization
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 4 The Near East
      1. Introduction
      2. 4.1 From Old Babylon to the Medes
      3. 4.2 Egypt’s New Kingdom
      4. 4.3 The Persian Empire
      5. 4.4 The Hebrews
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    5. 5 Asia in Ancient Times
      1. Introduction
      2. 5.1 Ancient China
      3. 5.2 The Steppes
      4. 5.3 Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia
      5. 5.4 Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  3. States and Empires, 1000 BCE–500 CE
    1. 6 Mediterranean Peoples
      1. Introduction
      2. 6.1 Early Mediterranean Peoples
      3. 6.2 Ancient Greece
      4. 6.3 The Hellenistic Era
      5. 6.4 The Roman Republic
      6. 6.5 The Age of Augustus
      7. Key Terms
      8. Section Summary
      9. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 7 Experiencing the Roman Empire
      1. Introduction
      2. 7.1 The Daily Life of a Roman Family
      3. 7.2 Slavery in the Roman Empire
      4. 7.3 The Roman Economy: Trade, Taxes, and Conquest
      5. 7.4 Religion in the Roman Empire
      6. 7.5 The Regions of Rome
      7. Key Terms
      8. Section Summary
      9. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 8 The Americas in Ancient Times
      1. Introduction
      2. 8.1 Populating and Settling the Americas
      3. 8.2 Early Cultures and Civilizations in the Americas
      4. 8.3 The Age of Empires in the Americas
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 9 Africa in Ancient Times
      1. Introduction
      2. 9.1 Africa’s Geography and Climate
      3. 9.2 The Emergence of Farming and the Bantu Migrations
      4. 9.3 The Kingdom of Kush
      5. 9.4 North Africa’s Mediterranean and Trans-Saharan Connections
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  4. An Age of Religion, 500–1200 CE
    1. 10 Empires of Faith
      1. Introduction
      2. 10.1 The Eastward Shift
      3. 10.2 The Byzantine Empire and Persia
      4. 10.3 The Kingdoms of Aksum and Himyar
      5. 10.4 The Margins of Empire
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 11 The Rise of Islam and the Caliphates
      1. Introduction
      2. 11.1 The Rise and Message of Islam
      3. 11.2 The Arab-Islamic Conquests and the First Islamic States
      4. 11.3 Islamization and Religious Rule under Islam
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 12 India, the Indian Ocean Basin, and East Asia
      1. Introduction
      2. 12.1 The Indian Ocean World in the Early Middle Ages
      3. 12.2 East-West Interactions in the Early Middle Ages
      4. 12.3 Border States: Sogdiana, Korea, and Japan
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 13 The Post-Roman West and the Crusading Movement
      1. Introduction
      2. 13.1 The Post-Roman West in the Early Middle Ages
      3. 13.2 The Seljuk Migration and the Call from the East
      4. 13.3 Patriarch and Papacy: The Church and the Call to Crusade
      5. 13.4 The Crusading Movement
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  5. A Global Middle Ages, 1200–1500 CE
    1. 14 Pax Mongolica: The Steppe Empire of the Mongols
      1. Introduction
      2. 14.1 Song China and the Steppe Peoples
      3. 14.2 Chinggis Khan and the Early Mongol Empire
      4. 14.3 The Mongol Empire Fragments
      5. 14.4 Christianity and Islam outside Central Asia
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 15 States and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
      1. Introduction
      2. 15.1 Culture and Society in Medieval Africa
      3. 15.2 Medieval Sub-Saharan Africa
      4. 15.3 The People of the Sahel
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 16 Climate Change and Plague in the Fourteenth Century
      1. Introduction
      2. 16.1 Asia, North Africa, and Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century
      3. 16.2 Famine, Climate Change, and Migration
      4. 16.3 The Black Death from East to West
      5. 16.4 The Long-Term Effects of Global Transformation
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 17 The Ottomans, the Mamluks, and the Ming
      1. Introduction
      2. 17.1 The Ottomans and the Mongols
      3. 17.2 From the Mamluks to Ming China
      4. 17.3 Gunpowder and Nomads in a Transitional Age
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  6. A | Glossary
  7. B | World History, Volume 1, to 1500: Maps and Timelines
  8. C | World Maps
  9. D | Recommended Resources for the Study of World History
  10. Index

Review Questions

1 .
What was the relationship between the Germanic kings and the non-German aristocracy they ruled?
  1. They could not find common ground and were often at war.
  2. They could work together when religious differences were not a point of contention.
  3. They viewed each other as so similar that there were no differences between them.
  4. They were able to preserve the Roman Empire until the end of the Middle Ages.
2 .
How did the Visigoths’ conversion to Christianity change their relationship with the Jewish people?
  1. The Visigoths became more tolerant of Jewish people.
  2. The Visigoths did not change their policies toward Jewish people.
  3. Jewish people joined the Visigoths in converting to Christianity.
  4. The Visigoths began to insist that Jewish people convert or suffer consequences.
3 .
Which is not a key feature of feudalism?
  1. the wergild
  2. serfs
  3. fiefs
  4. manorialism
4 .
Feudalism developed after the collapse of what empire?
  1. the Byzantine Empire
  2. the Roman Empire
  3. the Carolingian Empire
  4. the Caliphate of Cordoba
5 .
What state was founded in North Africa and was eventually centered in Egypt?
  1. the Abbasid Caliphate
  2. the Byzantine Empire
  3. the Caliphate of Cordoba
  4. the Fatimid Caliphate
6 .
What religious movement rejected the worldliness of the Abbasid Caliphate and instead pursued spiritual union with God?
  1. Sufism
  2. Shi‘ite Islam
  3. Mamluk
  4. Shaman
7 .
Legitimate caliphs in Shia Islam had to be descended from what early figure in Islamic history?
  1. Abu Bakr
  2. Ali
  3. Moses
  4. Constantine
8 .
What dynasty established the only Shia caliphate?
  1. Fatimids
  2. Buyids
  3. Seljuks
  4. Macedonians
9 .
What challenge did both the Abbasid Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire face?
  1. They both had to find military alternatives to their own elite.
  2. They both had to prove they were descended from a religious authority.
  3. They both had to take control of Italy to ensure their wealth.
  4. They both had to develop systems of writing to record their scriptures.
10 .
What event marked the separation of the eastern and western churches?
  1. the First Crusade
  2. the Great Schism
  3. the fall of Rome
  4. the Islamic conquest of Spain
11 .
Why did Pope Urban call for the First Crusade while in France and not in Rome?
  1. France had more Christians than Italy.
  2. Rome was occupied by a rival pope supported by the German emperor.
  3. France had better systems of communication than Rome.
  4. Rome had a significant Muslim population, and the pope did not want them harmed.
12 .
What does the term jihad mean?
  1. just war
  2. conversion
  3. struggle
  4. pilgrimage
13 .
What religious communities did the crusaders attack before they had even left Europe?
  1. Christian communities
  2. Monasteries
  3. Islamic communities
  4. Jewish communities
14 .
What site in Jerusalem is considered of particular importance to Christians?
  1. the Holy Sepulchre
  2. the Al-Aqsa Mosque
  3. the Temple Mount
  4. the Pope’s Palace
15 .
Why was the Byzantine emperor unhappy with the development of Outremer?
  1. The emperor had controlled Jerusalem, and the crusaders took it from him.
  2. The emperor was Muslim and believed Jerusalem should stay under Muslim control.
  3. The emperor expected the crusaders to return to him the territory they conquered.
  4. The emperor did not approve of mixing religion and warfare.
16 .
What two groups were targets of massacres and expulsions after the establishment of Outremer?
  1. Jewish people and Christians who were not Catholic
  2. Jewish people and Muslims
  3. Muslims and the Greek Orthodox
  4. Catholics and Muslims
17 .
What was a reason for the decline in crusading in the later Middle Ages?
  1. the decline of the power and influence of the popes
  2. the control of Jerusalem by a Christian state
  3. the disinterest in religion felt by many Europeans
  4. the good relationship between Muslims and Christians
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