AP WORLD HISTORY: Chapter 21- Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions – Flashcards
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Ibn Battuta?
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a Moroccan legal scholar who traveled extensively and recorded is observations
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In the five centuries after the year 1000 C.E., the peoples of the eastern hemisphere?
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traveled and interacted more intensively than ever before
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Luxury goods of high value relative to their weight?
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usually traveled overland on the silk roads
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Which of the following cities was NOT a major participant in long-distance trading in the immediate centuries after the year 1000 C.E.?
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London
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The important trading city of Melaka is located in modern-day?
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Malaysia
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Marco Polo's stories?
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influenced other Europeans to visit China
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Khubilai Khan employed Marco Polo in administrative posts?
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because he did not trust his Chinese subjects
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According to Maro Polo's account, he was made governor of the large trading city of?
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Yangzhou
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When Pope Innocent IV sent envoys to invite the Mongols to join in an alliance against the Muslims?
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the khans declined and in turn told the Christians to submit to Mongol rule or be destroyed
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Rabban Sauma was?
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a Nestorian Christian priest who served as an envoy for the ilkhans
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Rabban Sauma's journey was designed to?
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invite the Europeans to join the Persian ilkhans agaist the Muslims
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The 'sharia'?
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prescribed religious observances and social relationships based on the Quran
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Ibn Battuta was able to travel so extensively because?
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his religious and legal training allowed him to serve as qadi
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Cotton was introduced to west Africa by the?
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Muslims
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What was NOT a product that had a new impact during this period of increasing interaction?
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silk
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Gunpowder had its origins in?
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China
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The outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century began in?
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China
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As a result of the bubonic plague, the population of Europe dropped from 79 million in 1300 to around _______ in 1400.
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60 million
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Which one of the following was NOT a common result of the bubonic plague?
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a temporary decrease in workers' wages
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The Ming dynasty was founded in 1368 by?
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Hongwu
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Hongwu's philosophy for ruling China was to?
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return to the model of traditional Chinese dynasties
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Which of the following was NOT a hallmark of Hongwu's rule?
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the move to a more decentralized governmental form
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The "Yongle Encyclopedia"?
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represented the Ming rulers' interst in supporting native Chinese cultural traditions
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The rise of the powerful states in Europe in the 15th century was dependent on?
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the combination of new taxes and large standings armies
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The marriage of Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castile?
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led to the creation of the Spanish state
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The 'reconquista' was?
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the Spanish Catholic attempt to win Spain from Islamic control
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Central to Renaissance thought was an?
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appreciation for the art and thought of the middle ages
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The dome of the cathedral of Florence was designed by?
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Brunelleschi
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Which of the following is NOT representative of Renaissance art?
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introduction of abstract painting as an artistic genre
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The most important of the humanistic thinkers was?
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Erasmus
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Humanist moral philosophers believed that?
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people could lead morally virtuous lives while participating in the world
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Zheng He was?
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the Chinese admiral who made seven journeys of exploration
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The nation that led the way in early European exploration was?
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Portugal
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The Portugese mariner who reached India in 1498 was?
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Vasco da Gama
