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Because of their proximity to the Indus River, the cities Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were built on artificial mounds

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true

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Most of the rainfall in China falls in the north

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false

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Teosinte was a wild grass in Mesoamerica that was domesticated and became the staple crop of

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...

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According to the Mandate of Heaven Theory, the Shang lost power and were replaced by the Zhou because the Shang lost

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virtue

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Avanti, Vatsa, Kosla, and Magadha were mahajanapadas built along the Indus river.

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false

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Sites in China dating to 7000 BCE are among the earliest for the cultivation of

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rice

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In Shang society, social rank was based on the size of cattle herds.

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false

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What kind of evidence leads scholars to think that the people of Oceania originated in Taiwan?

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linguistic comparisons

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The Harappan civilization flourished along what major river network?

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Indus river

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Historians have suggested several ecological reasons why the Harappan cities were abandoned by 1500 BCE, including which of the following?

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increased salt levels of the Indus

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The discovery of cotton seeds at Mohenjo-Daro suggest the Harappan cities might have been the first to use cotton cloth.

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true

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Scholars theorize that overpopulation may have been a problem for some Polynesian islands.

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true

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The Clovis points are fluted oval spearheads found in Peru

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false

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In the Bhagavad-Gita, the god Krishna urges Arjuna to act according to dharma, which means according to

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one's prescribed role

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The term "Aryan" is Sanskrit for:

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noble ones

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One of the most innovative aspects of Wu Ding's attempts to contact the spiritual realm is that he used

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a writing system

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The Clovis culture was comprised of forager bands of extended families that met once a year to commemorate

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a common ancestor

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What role did the yam and taro play in the settling of the islands of the Pacific?

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provided a durable food for long ocean voyages

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The platforms of the ceremonial plateaus of the Olmec were constructed of quarried basalt.

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true

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How did the Harappan civilization compare with that of Egypt in terms of geographic extent and size?

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Harrapa was twice as large

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The Chinese in the sixth century BCE produced the world's first

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cast iron

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The Marajo culture of South America, which dates to c. 500 BCE, was located in

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the Amazon region.

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The possibly mythic Emperor Yu of the Xia Dynasty is known for his attempt to control the Yellow River.

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true

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The Vedas were composed orally and then written down in Hindi.

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false

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What crop is introduced to North China from Manchuria, and led to increased crop yields and helped to replenish nitrogen to the soil?

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soybean

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What artifact, discovered at Longshan sites in c. 2500 BCE, indicates interaction between Neolithic China and peoples in Eurasia?

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...

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It is possible that the city of Caral-Supe is as old as the pyramids of Egypt

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true

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There is no evidence of contact between the people of the Harappan culture and the people of ancient Mesopotamia.

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false

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One of the most significant challenges to the theory that the Aryans defeated the Harappa is that

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the Harappan cities were already abandoned by the time the Aryans appear in India.

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The Yellow River takes its name from what feature?

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The loess soil that it carries in it.

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Artifacts from Erlitou may prove the existence of what state?

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Xia

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In early American grave sites, orange ochre was used to symbolize the Sun.

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false

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As metallurgy developed rather late in Mesoamerica, what was used for ornamental objects instead of gold?

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jade

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The economic center of China shifted to South China because of intensive rice farming

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true

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MODULE 4

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...

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The Han Dynasty viewed which social class as particularly dangerous and problematic?

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merchants

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The fundamental relationship pattern indentified by Confucius was that of parent and child.

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true

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Chandragupta's first attempt to create an empire in northern India was based on what religious threat from the Nandas?

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The Nanda dynasty was from the lowest caste, the shudra varna

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Vedic rituals and sacrifices became less important after 500 BCE as merchants and craftspeople appeared.

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true

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Mencius discouraged rulers from trying to seek profit in their kingdom.

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true

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The Han synthesis of Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism led to China developing what practice in direct contradiction of Confucius's original ideas?

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hereditary rule

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Why did the Romans stop their trade with the Gupta?

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Romans could not afford to send any more gold or silver to India

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The kingdom of Menander in Bactria, which controlled some of northern India after the collapse of the Mauryans, spoke what language?

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Greek

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Han Fei and Li Si created a political system in which all in the state were subject to the will of the ruler.

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true

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What one word did Confucius feel encapsulated all of his teachings?

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reciprocity

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In the early fourth century, Mahapadama Nanda built an empire in Northern India using what region as his base?

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Magadha

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In the Hindu system as it evolved from the Gupta period onward, what caused ritual pollution?

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contact with someone of lower caste

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In the practice of sati, a wife shows her loyalty to her husband by committing ritual suicide by self-immolation (burning herself alive)?

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true

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Chandragupta Maurya abdicated his throne in 297 to become a merchant.

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false

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According to Confucianism, one of the ways people could be motivated to better behavior was to offer them

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models of good rulers

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The Gupta rulers were Hindu and banned the practice of Jainism and Buddhism in their empire.

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false

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As part of Han Wudi's plan to Sinicize ("make into Chinese") nomadic and Central Asian peoples, the Chinese encouraged these people to adopt Chinese names.

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false

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What mathematical concept were the Indians the first to use?

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zero

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Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism followed a fierce battle between the Mauryans and Kalinga.

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true

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The Qin state's wealth was based on agriculture.

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true

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Vishnu was the primary god of the Jains.

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false

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One of the most ambitious construction projects undertaken by the Sui Dynasty was the completion of the Grand Canal, which linked what two bodies of water in China?

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Yellow River and the Yangzi River

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The Upanishads rejected the Vedic practices of ritual and sacrifice, in favor of their meditative approach to achieving salvation.

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false

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One of the ways Buddhism and Jainism influenced Hinduism was to expand the idea of _______ to all.

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salvation

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Buddhist texts were initially translated into Chinese using terms borrowed from Daoism

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true

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Although the Chinese produced many luxury goods that were coveted around the world, the good with which they were universally identified was

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silk

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Fa Xian and Yuan Zang were both responsible for spreading Jainism into China.

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false

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The first depictions of the Buddha in human form closely resembled the Greek depiction of Apollo.

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true

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One of the ways Shi Huangdi and his advisors managed the message put out by the state was to

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burn all unapproved books

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In 25 BCE, what state conquered the Zhou and built China's first empire?

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Qin

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Module 5

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...

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Although called the pope, the official title of the head of the Catholic church is Bishop of

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Rome

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The Mongols ended the Crusader kingdom by defeating Acre in 1291.

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false

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Why did Confucian officials put an end to the Ming voyages of exploration?

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They objected to profit

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Many foreign people settled in Tang China's large urban centers.

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true

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Sunni religious authority did not object to the new scientific thought of the tenth century because science was useful in determining the month of fasting.

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true

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Sharia arises from both the Quran and Islamic tradition.

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true

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According to Islamic tradition, the Ka'ba in Mecca is a sanctuary that goes back to the time of

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Abraham

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Which of the following is the best definition of Sunna as organized and codified by the Abbasids?

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Normative behavior based on the teachings of Muhammad

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Which of the following was a factor in the famine of the early fourteenth century?

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...

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Anti-Jewish feelings and violence increased after what eleventh-century event?

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First Crusade

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After being driven out of Mecca in 622, where did Muhammad and his followers settle?

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Yathrib

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The Abbasid caliphs moved the capital of the Islamic Empire to Damascus.

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false

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In the tenth century the Byzantine Empire began to recover land, including taking the Balkans away from Bulgars.

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true

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The bureaucratic exams instituted by the Tang centered on knowledge of

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Confucian texts

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Windmills were introduced to Western Europe in the twelfth century and were brought over from China.

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false

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Charlemagne's reign as Frankish king represents the full synthesis of Roman, Christian, and________ elements.

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Germanic

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Abd al-Malik was determined to renew Arab efforts at conquering because he believed that

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the end of time was near and he needed to conquer more land

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In the feudal system that arose in ninth-century Frankia, what was the basic service that vassals owed their lords?

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military

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Charles Martel of the Carolingians acquired the name Martel, "the Hammer," because of his military victory over whom at the Battle of Tours?

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Muslims

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The three field system made fields more fertile by doing which of the following?

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planting two fields and leaving one field fallow

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The Song Dynasty synthesis from 960-1279 joined Confucianism and Daoism with

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Buddhism

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Gregory the Great added music to the Catholic Mass.

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true

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The West Africa to China trade network in which the Mamluks played such a crucial role began with the West African trade in

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slaves and gold

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In the new religion formed by the guru Nanak in the fifteenth century, what does the term Sikh mean?

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disciple

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By 945 Turks had seized power from the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad; what happened to the caliphs?

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They were left in place as figureheads

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To aid commerce, the Song were the first people in the world to print paper money.

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true

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One measure of Tang expansion and dominance in Asia were the Taika, or Great Reforms, modeled on the Tang government, which were adopted by Japan in 645.

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true

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The period of Byzantine history referred to as the "Latin Disruption" began with

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Fourth Crusade

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According to the Rule of St. Benedict, who is the head of a monastery?

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the abbot

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The Vikings were successful in their raids on Frankish territory because they had a technical advantage in their boat design.

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true

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The Hanseatic League was designed to facilitate military cooperation.

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false

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The Sultanate of Delhi was founded by the descendents of Indian slaves.

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false

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What title did Charlemagne acquire in 800 from Pope Leo III?

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Emperor of the Romans

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Charles Martel of the Carolingians acquired the name Martel, "the Hammer," because of his military victory over whom at the Battle of Tours?

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Muslims

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From the ninth century onward, what Indian state advanced and conquered into Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia?

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Chola

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What were the Nayaks in the Vijayanagar state, founded in 1336?

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local leaders

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To aid commerce, the Song were the first people in the world to print paper money.

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true

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Abd al-Malik was determined to renew Arab efforts at conquering because he believed that

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he had a vision predicting his victories if he launched a conquest

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The Tughlugs lost power when Delhi was sacked by whom in 1398?

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Timur

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Module 6

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...

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The Swahili city-states consisted of patrician coastal cities, towns of commoners, and inland populations of

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non-Muslims

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In Nubia, religious conversion to Christianity only involved the ruling and elite classes.

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false

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Although the Aztec built quite a large empire, not all neighboring states submitted, including the Nahuatl state of

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...

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The Three Kingdoms of Korea developed after what Chinese dynasty collapsed and withdrew from the Korean peninsula?

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Han

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West of Tula were centers of metal mining, where what new metallurgical technique was introduced in 1200?

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...

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The Yoruba city of Ife was located in the delta of the Niger river.

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true

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A dramatic change in transportation crossing the Sahara began in the early centuries of the common era with the

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introduction of the camel

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The gods of the Aztecs, such as Huitzilopochtli, demanded what offering as nourishment?

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human blood

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Because the Inca did not have the transportation methods necessary to move goods collected as taxes over long distances, they made use of an extensive slave network to carry goods.

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false

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During the Yayoi period, Eurasian agricultural products and agriculture itself were introduced to Japan, including what all important grain?

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rice

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According to the Kebra Negast, the Solominid Dynasty was descended from Solomon of the Hebrews and the Queen of

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...

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One reason why gender roles tended to be less divisive in Korea was because of the intensive labor need for what cultivation?

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rice

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According to one oral tradition, Sundiata came to power in 1235 because he helped the Malinke defeat

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Ghana

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Which school of Buddhism believes that Japan is the center of "true Buddhism".

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Nichiren

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Tiwanaku's claim to authority over Lake Titicaca was based on military power, as in Mesoamerica.

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false

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The Zagwe kings created a new state in a region known as Abyssinia or

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...

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Buddhist monasteries were both important to the Japanese imperial state and a source of tension with the local populace beacuse of their exemption from military service.

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false

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In Ethiopia, daughters as well as sons were allowed to inherit land.

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true

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To facilitate communication in their empire, the Inca built two parallel trunk roads that ran the length of the Andes mountain chain.

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true

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After the fall of Teotihuacán in the sixth century CE, the northwest region of the Mexican Valley rose to prominence because of its reserves of

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gemstones

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With the introduction of Buddhism to Japan in c. 553 CE, what aspect of Chinese culture was also exported to Japan?

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writing

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Mansa Musa of Mali brought Iberian architects to Timbuktu to build a mosque.

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true

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As Confucianism became more popular in Japan, it led to a decrease in women's status among aristocratic classes, but it was moderated by Shinto.

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true

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Both Aksum and Meroë faced a shortage of ____________ by 600.

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trees

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In southern Africa, social hierarchy and power was based on

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cattle

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Toltec weapons incorporated what important mineral used for a sharp edge?

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obsidian

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The name "Vietnam" originated in the name for the region by what other Asian power?

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China

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The Zagwe kings created a new state in a region known as Abyssinia or

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Ethiopia

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According to the Kebra Negast, the Solominid Dynasty was descended from Solomon of the Hebrews and the Queen of

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Sheba

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In the southern Yucatan region, what kingdoms were realigned following the fall of Teotihuacán?

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Maya

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Wong Kon built the Korean state of Koryo in the tenth century out of what previous kingdom?

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Silla

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Chichen Itzá was a Maya state that flourished c. 850-1000.

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true

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Why did the Aztecs continually threaten to wage war on enemy states?

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to obtain prisoners for sacrifice

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The Almoravids of southern Morocco and North Africa promoted what change in Ghana?

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conversion of kings to Sunni Islam

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Whose empire is known in the native Quechua language as Tawantinsuyu?

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Inca

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South Africa was the first place in the interior to connect to the Swahili trade networks because of what trade good?

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ivory

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In the Mamluk reinterpretation of the 652 treaty between Arabs and Nubia, what did Mamluk Egyptian leaders demand of Nubia?

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tribute, especially in the form of slaves

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Although the Aztec built quite a large empire, not all neighboring states submitted, including the Nahuatl state of

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Tlaxcala

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