Question 1

Which of the following stemmed from Empress Wu's attempts to secure her rule?

Accepted Answer

A)   She expanded the military and recruited her administrators from the civil examination candidates.
B)   She ordered scholars to write epic poems comparing her to military heroes from the past.
C)   She destroyed the Confucian schools because they taught that women should be subordinate to men.
D)   She sought to ban Buddhism from China because Buddhist monks rejected her authority.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Why did the Vikings fail spectacularly when they attacked Constantinople?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their supply lines were overextended and they soon began to starve.
B)   The city was landlocked, so the Vikings had to leave their ships to besiege the city.
C)   They faced, for the first time, a city defended by well-engineered late Roman walls and Greek fire.
D)   The slaves the Vikings were bringing to sell in Constantinople rose up and joined the Byzantine side.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Who, according to the Sunnis, should succeed the Prophet?

Accepted Answer

A)   the direct descendants of Muhammad's sons
B)   the four rightly guided caliphs and then the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties
C)   individuals with impeccable religious credentials
D)   Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, and Ali's descendantsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Which of the following is an accurate description of Mecca before the introduction of Islam?

Accepted Answer

A)   Learned men gathered there to debate the doctrines of Zoroastrianism and Judaism.
B)   The Roman and Ptolemaic empires had already influenced the city and its surrounding region.
C)   Mecca was a kind of paradise, with flowing rivers, lush grasses, and bountiful fruit trees.
D)   Mecca contained a revered sanctuary where polytheistic Meccans worshipped.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Islam supplanted family, clan, and tribal communities and created a new community of the faithful. What was this community called?

Accepted Answer

A)   the umma
B)   the sharia
C)   the jihad
D)   the hijraE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

What did the Tang gain by dismantling Buddhist landholdings and monasteries?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Tang ensured that no religion would rival their power.
B)   The Tang created new prose styles to mark their rejection of the past.
C)   The Tang gained the trust of the Muslim merchants on the Silk Road.
D)   The Tang created religious homogeneity in China under Daoism.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the civil service examination under the Tang dynasty is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was eliminated because it allowed government officials to gain authority independently of the imperial family.
B)   It allowed commoners from southern China to outperform the aristocratic families of northern China.
C)   It demonstrated to the poor the futility of seeking education since they had no chance of obtaining government office.
D)   It increased the influence of Buddhism since Buddhist texts were at the heart of the curriculum.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following represented the greatest challenge to creating a unified Islamic culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Quran was translated into many local languages, such as Swahili, leaving doubts as to which translation was the most accurate.
B)   Numerous prophets, each with his own group of supporters, had arisen since the death of Muhammad.
C)   Strains associated with choosing the first four caliphs left a legacy of protest.
D)   Islam devalued the role of merchants, thus preventing its spread along the trade routes.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

What was an important effect of the reforms instituted by Nakatomi no Kamatari?

Accepted Answer

A)   The power of the ruler was enhanced by exalting the emperor under the mandate of heaven.
B)   The clan chief embraced Buddhist ideals on the proper role of the state.
C)   Shintoism was instituted as a single state religion, and other religious practices were outlawed.
D)   Confucian models of government were rejected as too binding on imperial expressions of power.E) None of the above
F) B) and C) A

Question 10

Which of the following accurately describes the Vikings?

Accepted Answer

A)   They raided land from ocean coasts but avoided following rivers inland for fear of losing their naval advantages in narrow, shallow rivers.
B)   They opened a trading link between the Baltic and Kiev, creating a commercial avenue from Scandinavia to Baghdad.
C)   They lost their military strength when crushed by Charlemagne at L'Anse aux Meadows.
D)   They quickly abandoned their warlike ethos and adopted settled agriculture once they arrived in Europe.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following demonstrates the cultural influence of Muslim merchants in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)   Swahili, which became the language of trade in East Africa
B)   Yoruba literature, which described the journeys of sufi missionaries in West Africa
C)   Ghanaian mosques, which reflected the influence of Hagia Sophia
D)   Shona epics, which praised military exploitsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

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

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Question 13

Compare the ways that religion aided or inhibited the efforts of the Tang dynasty and the Umayyads and Abbsids to build unified empires in their respective regions.

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The Tang did not espouse a universalizin...

Question 14

Which of the following accurately describes Islamic authority around 1000 CE?

Accepted Answer

A)   It disrupted trade networks and tended to isolate the eastern and western halves of Afro-Eurasia from each other.
B)   It ran out of energy at the fringes of Islam's reach, creating political fragmentation within the Muslim world.
C)   It banned alternate faiths, especially Christianity and Judaism.
D)   It limited agricultural and commercial experimentation in favor of sharia, which promoted stability and tradition.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following best explains why Tang China and the Abbasids competed directly for dominance in central Asia, in contrast to the relationship of the Han and Roman empires?

Accepted Answer

A)   Afro-Eurasia had become more closely integrated through trade, conversion, and political contacts, as both the Tang and Abbasids expanded into central Asian border regions.
B)   During the Roman and Han empires, there had been no trade between east and west, so central Asia was not so important.
C)   During the Roman and Han empires, central Asia was a power vacuum, permitting bandits to attack the trade routes and inhibiting interaction.
D)   Powerful steppes tribes such as the Sasanians prevented the Han and Romans from expanding into central Asia, while they encouraged the Abbasids to expand toward the Tang borders.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following accurately demonstrates the cosmopolitan nature of Tang China?

Accepted Answer

A)   Buddhism was imported into China from Japan through Korea.
B)   The Inner Asian state of Annam sent tribute in the form of women and blood horses to China.
C)   Buddhism and new ideas in medicine and mathematics were imported from India.
D)   Chinese methods of governance reflected Abbasid influence.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C) C

Question 17

Which of the following was most responsible for promoting rapid population growth in cities in the Muslim world from 300 to 600 CE?

Accepted Answer

A)   New crops from India such as sorghum allowed farmers to grow more food.
B)   New rice varieties needing less water supplanted millet and increased the food supply.
C)   Plagues and disease decreased, allowing the population to increase.
D)   Warfare declined, allowing populations to increase.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 18

Which of the following demonstrates the relationship between the Silla state in Korea and the Tang Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Tang engaged in constant warfare with the Silla.
B)   The Tang borrowed a new form of Buddhism from the Silla.
C)   The Silla modeled their capital city on the Tang capital at Chang'an.
D)   The Silla refused to send tribute to the Tang.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

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) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Which of the following best characterizes the role and position of women in early Islamic society?

Accepted Answer

A)   Women had a shifting status, as patriarchy was only starting to emerge in Arabian communities.
B)   Women lost all rights to inherit or own property.
C)   Women from poor families were required to wear veils and be secluded, while women from wealthy families were allowed open access to male society.
D)   Women enjoyed the right to divorce freely and to take multiple husbands.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 9: New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Which of the following stemmed from Empress Wu's attempts to secure her rule?

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Why did the Vikings fail spectacularly when they attacked Constantinople?

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Who, according to the Sunnis, should succeed the Prophet?

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Which of the following is an accurate description of Mecca before the introduction of Islam?

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Islam supplanted family, clan, and tribal communities and created a new community of the faithful. What was this community called?

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What did the Tang gain by dismantling Buddhist landholdings and monasteries?

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Which of the following statements about the civil service examination under the Tang dynasty is correct?

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Which of the following represented the greatest challenge to creating a unified Islamic culture?

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What was an important effect of the reforms instituted by Nakatomi no Kamatari?

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Which of the following accurately describes the Vikings?

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Which of the following demonstrates the cultural influence of Muslim merchants in Africa?

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

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Compare the ways that religion aided or inhibited the efforts of the Tang dynasty and the Umayyads and Abbsids to build unified empires in their respective regions.

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Which of the following accurately describes Islamic authority around 1000 CE?

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Which of the following best explains why Tang China and the Abbasids competed directly for dominance in central Asia, in contrast to the relationship of the Han and Roman empires?

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

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