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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 .
The saying “Do not waste good iron making nails; do not waste good men making soldiers” reflects the attitude of the ______ toward their military.
  1. Jin dynasty
  2. Liao dynasty
  3. Naiman Confederation
  4. Song dynasty
2 .
What caused the sizable population rise in Song China during the eleventh century?
  1. the use of strains of rice that ripened quickly enough to allow for two harvests in a single year
  2. Mongolian soldiers protecting trade routes that allowed more food to be imported
  3. the invention of horse-drawn plows that allowed more land to be cultivated
  4. the immigration of refugees from Chinggis Khan’s conquests
3 .
What empire maintained a dual system of governance in which formerly seminomadic peoples were governed in their traditional manner, while Chinese populations were governed by mandarins?
  1. Jin
  2. Liao
  3. Song
  4. Tatar
4 .
How did Temujin change traditional seminomadic practices for dealing with men captured from the clans or tribes he defeated?
  1. He ordered all captured enemies killed, sparing no one regardless of class.
  2. He ordered all captives enslaved.
  3. He ordered commoners killed but spared the leadership of his defeated rivals.
  4. He tried and executed the leaders but spared the commoners, even allowing them to join his army.
5 .
What was the intention of Chinggis Khan’s yassa?
  1. to reinforce the objectification of women
  2. to force all Mongols to worship Tengri
  3. to remove sources of conflict and strife among Mongols
  4. to make the Mongolian economy self-sufficient
6 .
Who ultimately conquered the Jin dynasty?
  1. Chinggis Khan
  2. Mongke
  3. Hulagu
  4. Ogedei
7 .
What does the term kurultai mean?
  1. a medallion carried by Mongol government officials to identify them as under the great khan’s protection
  2. Chinggis Khan’s law code
  3. rest areas that provided lodging, supplies, and fresh horses for those on official business
  4. a proto-democratic gathering of a Mongol leader’s followers to reach agreement on major political decisions
8 .
Why is Ariq Boke important?
  1. because he conquered the Abbassid Caliphate
  2. because his challenge to Kublai ended the unity of the Mongol Empire
  3. because he conquered Song China
  4. because he succeeded Chinggis Khan
9 .
What Mongol khanate was the first to fragment beyond recovery after a succession struggle?
  1. the Il-Khanate
  2. the Khanate of the Golden Horde
  3. the Chagatai Khanate
  4. the Khanate of the Great Khan
10 .
What was the only part of the Mongol world in which the rulers did not convert to Islam?
  1. the Il-Khanate
  2. the Khanate of the Golden Horde
  3. the Chagatai Khanate
  4. the Khanate of the Great Khan
11 .
Economic growth in Yuan China was ______.
  1. even greater than in Song China
  2. less than in Song China
  3. unchanged from Song China
  4. hard to evaluate because no records were kept
12 .
Jerusalem was temporarily restored to Christian control by ______.
  1. the Fourth Crusade
  2. the Treaty of Jaffa
  3. the Fifth Crusade
  4. the crusade led by Louis IX
13 .
What was the purpose of the Constitutions of Melfi?
  1. strengthen the king’s control over his vassals and the clergy
  2. require the Cortes to meet every year
  3. ensure all free adults were tried by juries of their peers
  4. ensure that no free people were deprived of property without due process
14 .
Where did the Almohads rule?
  1. Mesopotamia and Persia
  2. Byzantium
  3. Iberia and North Africa
  4. Egypt and the Levant
15 .
Under what name did Salah al-Din’s descendants rule Egypt and Syria?
  1. Almohads
  2. Hohenstaufens
  3. Ayyubids
  4. Mamluks
16 .
What Mongol khanate weakened itself in several failed attempts to conquer the Delhi Sultanate?
  1. the Il-Khanate
  2. the Khanate of the Golden Horde
  3. the Chagatai Khanate
  4. the Khanate of the Great Khan
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