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Alexander Nevsky, prince of Novgorad, defeated the

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Germans

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The four Japanese islands are

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Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Honshu

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Aristocratic medieval women

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in unusual circumstances, could play a major role, as did Eleanor of Aquitaine The

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The ideal of fifteenth century Humanists was to

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serve the state

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The class of hereditary slaves who performed degrading occupations in Japan was the

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eta

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The genin were

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landless laborers who could be bought and sold by the owners of the land

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The Italian city that benefited from the Fourth Crusade was

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Venice

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According to the Confucian "School of Mind"

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the mind and the universe are a single unit

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The Three Kingdoms of early Korea were

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Paekche, Silla, and Koguryo

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Civil service examinations

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heavily favored aristocrats during the Tang dynasty

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The new class of Japanese military officials and retainers whose purpose was to protect their patrons and their property was the

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samurai

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Trade in Japan

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had reached a stage where quarterly markets were held in larger towns the Kamakura period

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Under the medieval Indian land-use system

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actual title to the farmland in the realm belonged to the King

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The Renaissance began in

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Italy

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Sikhism

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tried to blend Islam and Hinduism

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The phrase l'uomo universale means that one should

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be capable of achievements in many areas

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During the Middle Ages, the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe

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adopted either Catholic or Orthodox Christianity, depending on their geographic settlement

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The Kushan kingdom

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was an important conduit for Buddhism from India to China

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By the end of the thirteenth century, the institutionalization of the English Parliament

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was a system of power sharing between the monarch and groups within the society

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Which of the following accurately characterizes the medieval Chinese family

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Its moral foundation was filial piety

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The Renaissance artist who moved away from realistic portrayals to idealized forms was

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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All of the following are true about scholasticism except

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the author of the Summa Theologica was Abelard

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The most famous example of the Buddhist architecture that employed a massive empty stupa with sculptured terraces is the temple of Java at

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Borobudur

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Medieval European cities tended to rely on ___ for drinking water

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wells

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Rive became the main food crop on China during which dynasty

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Song

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The two early Japanese capitals were

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Nara and Heian

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Of the following Chinese dynasties, which one was the most recent

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Ming

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All of the following were motives for the Crusades except

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the aim to increase religious toleration between Muslims and Christians

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The stringed instrument used in Indian music is called the

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sitar

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Local government in medieval China

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did not include appointed government officials at the village level

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A Muslim eye-witness account characterizes the medieval Rus as

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filthy, parasite-ridden barbarians

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The major threat to the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century came from the

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Seljuk Turks

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High Middle Ages agriculture included all except

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the use of slave labor

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The peoples recognized as being among the first migrants in Southeast Asia during the first millennium C.E. were the

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Burmese and Thai

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In 1800, Charlemagne was crowned

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Roman Emperor

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Affluent Chinese during the Tang Dynasty

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had new forms of entertainment and means of communication

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The most serious threat to the Justinian's came from the

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Blues and Greens

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The painter who was famous for his madonnas was

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Raphael

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As a result of early Tang rule

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Buddhist influence helped to produce a blossoming of Chinese culture

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The so-called 'seventh-article constitution" involved

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a centralized government under a supreme ruler and a merit system

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In terms of its relation with neighboring powers, the Song

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met their ultimate demise at the hands of the Mongols

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The Southeast Asian mainland kingdom formed in the ninth century was

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Angkor

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The two major geographical components of Southeast Asia are

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an extensive archipelago (today's Indonesia and the Philippines) and a mainland zone from the Malay Peninsula north to China

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Which area failed to establish a centralized territorial state by the end of the fifteenth century

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Italy

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The Buddhist who applied the term "lesser vehicle" to their rivals was eventually known as

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Mahayana

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Buddhism was brought to China by

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merchants from India

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The samurai

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were similar medieval European knights

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The 7th century Japanese constitution

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exhibits important Confucian values

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Khubilai Khan's capital was located in

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Khanbaliq

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The fourth crusade was diverted from its original mission and conquered which of the following cities

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Constantinople

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