WHAP: Post Classical Review

  1. Which global force was the first to consistently integrate sub-Saharan Africa into a global network of exchange and ideas?
  2. Globalization
  3. Transatlantic slave trade
  4. Roman Empire
  5. Islamic civilization
  6. Conquests of Alexander
  1. Which of the following was a common unifying feature of sub-Saharan African societies in the post-classical era?
  2. Adoption of Islam by elites
  3. Broad-based expansion of literacy among the masses
  4. Common Bantu linguistic roots
  5. Matriarchal political power
  6. Stateless societies
  1. North Africa served as a bridge for Muslim influence to reach which area?
  2. Persia
  3. Central Asia
  4. Anatolia
  5. Spain
  6. Scandinavia
  1. Which indigenous African ethnic group adopted and vigorously spread Islam?
  2. Khoisan
  3. Zulu
  4. Berber
  5. Ethiopian
  6. Bedouin
  1. Which African society held on most fiercely to Christianity in the period of Islamic expansion in Africa?
  2. Mali
  3. Ghana
  4. Ethiopia
  5. Tunisia
  6. Swahili Coast
  1. Which of the following does not belong in a list of similarities in the process of how Islam spread to South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa?
  2. Islam arrived with traders and took root first in urban areas
  3. The spread of Islam was mainly peaceful
  4. Political power remained in the hands of non urban elites
  5. Considerable syncretism was involved
  6. A majority of the population in all three areas converted to Islam.
  1. Which postclassical civilization was most famous for its extensive and centrally planned imperial road network?
  2. Roman
  3. Aztec
  4. Incan
  5. Mongol
  6. Mali
  1. Which of the following organizations group people according to occupation, regulated apprenticeships and upheld standards of workmanship?
  2. Communes
  3. Monasteries
  4. Guilds
  5. Parliaments
  6. Unions
  1. Of those listed, which civilization existed in the most complete state of isolation between 600-1450?
  2. Ming china
  3. Delhisultanate
  4. Aztec empire
  5. CarolingianFrance
  6. Kievan Rus
  1. Which of the following is most closely associated with postclassical Western Europe?
  2. Sudra
  3. Slave
  4. Proletarian
  5. Plebeian
  6. Serf
  1. What was the title earned by students who passed the most difficult battery of Chinese civil service examinations?
  2. Gentry
  3. Sensei
  4. Eunuch
  5. Jinshi
  6. vizier
  1. Russian civilization emerged nearest to what city?
  2. St.Petersburg
  3. Kiev
  4. Moscow
  5. Leningrad
  6. Warsaw
  1. Which dynasty built the largest land empire?
  2. Zhou
  3. Han
  4. Tang
  5. Song
  6. Ming
  1. The Byzantine Empire flourished as a crossroads oftrade from which regions?
  2. Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia
  3. India, Mediterranean and Asia
  4. Sub Saharan Africa, India and the Middle East
  5. Middle East, Asia and Scandinavia
  6. Scandinavia, Mediterranean and India
  1. Which region, while under Muslim control, remained the least converted and integrated into the empire constructed in the era of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates?
  2. South Asia
  3. East Asia
  4. AnatolianPeninsula
  5. Egypt
  6. Morocco
  1. Who would not have qualified as a ‘dhimmi’ in the Abbasid caliphate?
  2. Jews
  3. Catholics
  4. Hindu
  5. Greek/Russian Orthodox
  6. African animist
  1. Which of the following was the most decisive change Mongol rule brought to Russia?
  2. Emancipation of the serfs
  3. Migration of the center of power from Kiev to Moscow
  4. Permanent separation of Russian culture from that of the West
  5. Abandonment of the Cyrillic alphabet
  6. Incorporation of animism into Russian Orthodoxy
  1. Pre-Islamic Arab society is best characterized as:
  2. Pastoral nomadic
  3. Sedentary agricultural
  4. Highly urbanized
  5. Maritime trade based
  6. Hunter gatherer
  1. What ideology gained influence in the period of disorder that followed the collapse of the Han dynasty?
  2. Buddhism
  3. Legalism
  4. Taoism
  5. Neo-Confucianism
  6. Communism
  1. Which of the following was the great infrastructural achievement of postclassical China during the Tang-Song era?
  2. Great Wall
  3. Forbidden City
  4. Port at Canton
  5. Grand Canal
  6. Port of Macao
  1. Which postclassical societies most closely mirrored the same political patterns for most of the period?
  2. Mongol-Chinese
  3. Japanese-Chinese
  4. Japanese-Western Europe
  5. Mongol-Russian
  6. Japanese-Russian
  1. Maya, Aztec and Inca civilization managed to construct monumental structures without what of the following?
  2. Writing systems
  3. State authority
  4. Draft animals
  5. Slave labor
  6. Stone tools
  1. By which route would medieval women have been most likely to find an alterative path in life outside of marriage?
  2. Joining a crusade
  3. Entering a guild
  4. Witchcraft
  5. Entering a convent
  6. Entering banking
  1. Which two Muslim cities served as political and administrative centers of Muslim empires during the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates?
  2. Baghdad and Istanbul
  3. Mecca and Medina
  4. Mecca and Baghdad
  5. Baghdad and Damascus
  6. Mecca and Damascus
  1. In which postclassical civilization did women enjoy the highest status, in general?
  2. Tang China
  3. Islamic
  4. Carolingian
  5. Heian Japan
  6. Aztec
  1. Which of the following best describes the status of the Buddhist faith in China after the persecutions of the Tang era?
  2. Chinese emperors continued to practice Buddhism
  3. Buddhism grew rapidly as a form of rebellion against the emperor
  4. Buddhism disappeared completely from China
  5. The presence of Buddhism remained largely unchanged
  6. Buddhism continued to exist but on a much smaller scale
  1. Which of the followingregions of Western Europe remained the most insulated from the general trend toward disorder following the fall of the Roman Empire?
  2. France
  3. England
  4. Germany
  5. Spain
  6. Italy
  1. Which body of water was the scene of trade involving merchant ships from the most diverse collection of civilizations in the postclassical era?
  2. Atlantic Ocean
  3. Pacific Ocean
  4. Baltic Sea
  5. Indian Ocean
  6. Sea of Japan
  1. Which best characterizes the impact of the Magna Carta?
  2. The principle of representative government and limited monarchy was established
  3. More accurate maps were produced
  4. Universal manhood suffrage became the norm for feudal societies
  5. Parliamentary rule replaced monarchy across Western Europe
  6. Increasingly, females came to have a place in politics
  1. What is the name of the family units into which Aztec society was organized?
  2. Calpulli
  3. Ayullu
  4. Quipu
  5. Clans
  6. Tribes
  1. Which group benefited from newfound higher status in the period of Mongol rule in China?
  2. Scholar-gentry
  3. Aristocracy
  4. Peasantry
  5. Merchants
  6. Buddhist monks
  1. As Islam spread, which of the following proved most durable across sub-Saharan Africa?
  2. Ancestor worship
  3. Roman Catholicism
  4. Zen Buddhism
  5. Coptic Christianity
  6. Roman polytheism
  1. The leader most closely associated with Islam in Africa is:
  2. Sundiata Keita
  3. Sunni Ali
  4. Mansa Musa
  5. Ibn Batutta
  6. Kwame Nkrumah
  1. Which of the following does not belong on a list of characteristics common to the decline of both the Roman and the Abbasid empires?
  2. Succession fights for the imperial throne
  3. Frequent interference of military commanders in politics
  4. Growing dependence on nomadic warriors as mercenaries
  5. Decline in agricultural productivity
  6. Imperial conversion to a new religion
  1. Which of the following does not belong in a list of similarities between Byzantine and dynastic political rule in the Tang era?
  2. An imperial bureaucracy that is based in meritocracy but generally staffed by members of the upper class
  3. A throne occasionally held by women
  4. An emperor whose rule has God’s approval
  5. Focused initiatives to expand imperial boundaries
  6. Centralized government that oversees most aspects of life
  1. Merchants played a central role and were given high social status in all of the following areas except:
  2. Aztec Empire
  3. SwahiliCoast
  4. Song Dynasty
  5. Bedouin Arabia
  6. Indian Ocean
  1. Which of the following rulers is not correctly paired with the empire they ruled?
  2. Justinian-Byzantine
  3. Mansa Musa-Mali
  4. Charlemagne—Carolingian
  5. Muhammad—Umayyad
  6. Kublai Khan—Yuan
  1. Which religious schism stemmed from disputes over legitimate succession of leadership?
  2. EasternOrthodox and Catholic
  3. Mahayana and Theravada
  4. Coptic and Orthodox
  5. Mahayana and Zen
  6. Sunni and Shia
  1. Neo Confucianism is a movement from which dynasty?
  2. Han
  3. Tang
  4. Song
  5. Yuan
  6. Ming
  1. Which of the following does not belong on a list of features of a stateless society?
  2. Delayed ability to respond to external threats
  3. Limited ability to mobilize for war
  4. Mass slave revolts
  5. Difficulty undertaking large construction projects
  6. Lack of stability required for consistent and growing long-distance trade
  1. By 1450, Islam had spread to all of the following regions EXCEPT

(A)Western Europe.

(B)East Asia.

(C)the Middle East.

(D)India.

(E)East Africa.

  1. The reasons for the Arabs’ (Muslim) successful conquest of the Middle East and northAfrica was most likely due to
  2. the promise of booty to be won.
  3. overpopulation in the Arabian peninsula.
  4. the desire to convert others to Islam.
  5. the weaknesses caused by their long wars of Islam’s two main adversaries, Persiaand the Byzantine Empire.
  6. the unity provided by their faith in Islam.

43.The decline of women’s position within Islamic civilization was due to

  1. Islamic dogma.
  2. contacts with older sedentary cultures and their highly stratified urban systems.
  3. the necessities of war and holy war.
  4. the high death rates of males & the increased number of women in Islamic society “decreased the value” of women
  5. bedouin traditions.

44.The Sufis

  1. condemned scientific and cultural borrowing from non-Muslim sources.
  2. helped spread Islam.
  3. objected to the violence and social strife, which befell the Abbasid world.
  4. led religious wars against Christians in Europe and the Middle East.
  5. attempted to blend Islam with Judaism and Christianity.

45.Sub-Saharan African societies are similar to Latin American Indian societies in that both

  1. built classical civilizations without cultural diffusion from other civilizations.
  2. developed in mountainous environments.
  3. originated complex mathematics and scientific traditions.
  4. had numerous similarities making it impossible to generalize about them.
  5. were devastated by contacts with Europeans and Arabs, which led to mass epidemics and the death of whole indigenous populations.

46.After the arrival of Islam, societies in west Africa

  1. became largely patrilineal.
  2. implemented Islamic law regarding the seclusion of women.
  3. often continued to recognize traditions granting women extensive rights.
  4. abandoned the tradition of polygamy.
  5. abolished slavery.

47.Serfs differed from slaves in that

  1. serfs were largely commercialized artisans while slaves were agricultural.
  2. serfs were ethnically Europeans while slaves were Muslims, pagans, and Africans.
  3. they could not be bought or sold, and owned some of the land they farmed.
  4. serfs could serve in the military, while slaves could not.
  5. slaves frequently were better educated and lived in towns.

48.Although later civilizations in Mesoamerica borrowed and built on the previous accomplishments of the Olmecs and Maya, later civilizations

  1. were not as war-like as their predecessors had been.
  2. rarely surpassed their intellectual predecessors.
  3. failed to improve on the political institutions and types of Olmec and Maya states.
  4. abandoned polytheism in favor of monotheism.
  5. abandoned trade.

49.One reason offered for the expansion of the Inca state was

  1. a need for humans to sacrifice to the state gods.
  2. overpopulation and the need for new crop land.
  3. each new Inca ruler had to secure new land and wealth for himself.
  4. changing environment and climate that drove the Incas from their homeland.
  5. superior technologies made it easy for the Incas to conquer other peoples.

50. The major barrier to west European expansion prior to the 15th century was

a. the low level of European technology.

b. the lack of interest by western European rulers for acquiring territory.

c. the overwhelming power of Muslim and Mongol states.

d. religious civil wars that divided western Europe and made overseas expansion

impossible.

e. the lack of popular interest and public funds to support expansion.

51. Which of the following belief systems emerged from political disorder, did not worship a deity, and remained primarily regional beliefs?

a.Buddhism and Confucianism.

b.Buddhism and Hinduism.

c.Confucianism and Islam.

d.Judaism and Islam.

e.Confucianism and Daoism.

52.Which of the following concepts was introduced after the other four?

a.The Four Noble Truths.

b.The Way

c.The Holy Trinity.

d.The Five Pillars.

e.The forgiveness of sins.

53.Which of the following is true of Pacific Ocean trade during the period 600 to 1450?

a. European traders carried on active trade with Pacific islanders.

b. It was dominated by Malay sailors.

c. Pacific islanders concentrated on regional trade.

d. It included active trade between Mongol China and Japan.

e. Pacific islanders carried on trade with East Asia.

54. Japanese and European feudalism were similar in that

a. bushido and chivalry involved reciprocal relationships.

b. both were based on group loyalties.

c. neither emphasized personal ties in political relationships.

d. both involved the receipt of contracts.

e. both ended as their respective regions developed centralized governments.

55.In the period between 600 and 1450

a. agriculture increased the aboriginal population of Australia.

b.North American nations north of Mexico were more settled than the natives of Mesoamerica.

c. North American and Mesoamerican societies were connected by trade.

d.Asian trade networks reached to the islands of Oceania.

e. metallurgy was more advanced in Polynesia than in Mesoamerica and South America.

  1. D
  2. C
  3. D
  4. D
  5. C
  6. E
  7. C
  8. C
  9. C
  10. E
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  2. B
  3. C
  4. A
  5. A
  6. E
  7. B
  8. A
  9. A
  10. D
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  2. C
  3. D
  4. D
  5. B
  6. E
  7. D
  8. D
  9. A
  10. A
  1. D
  2. A
  3. C
  4. E
  5. D
  6. C
  7. D
  8. E
  9. C
  10. C
  1. B
  2. D
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  4. B
  5. A
  6. C
  7. C
  8. B
  9. C
  10. C
  1. E
  2. D
  3. E
  4. E
  5. D