Unit 5 - Political Power and Achievements Review

Unit 5 - Political Power and Achievements Review

Questions(32)

 Q1:Which is a characteristic of feudalism?

1. Unified national court system
2. Government was provided by a civil service servant
3. Land was exchanged for military services
4. A strong central government

 Q2:What factor contributed most tothe rise of Feudalism?

1. trade routs being developed
2. the power of the church
3. the strength of nobles
4. weakness of the central government

 Q3:The Eastern part of the Roman Empire that lasted for a 1,000 yrs was known as?

1. Carthaginian Empire
2. Islamic Empire
3. Persian Empire
4. Byzantine Empire

 Q4:During the middle ages power and position were based on

1. amount of land
2. number of slaves
3. level of education
4. amount of money

 Q5:What caused the life expectancy to go down during the Middle Ages?

1. Famine
2. immigration
3. lower birthrate
4. disease

 Q6:During the Middle Ages people were most influenced by

1. Byzantine emperors
2. elected parliaments
3. Catholic Church
4. national monarchies

 Q7:During Feudal times the political economic and social power was based on

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1. possession of land
2. accumulation of paper currency
3. membership in a merchant guild
4. ownership of slaves

 Q8:What force in the Middle Ages provided unification and stability

1. central government
2. military alliance
3. Catholic Church
4. craft guilds

 Q9:Middle Ages in Western Europe was characterized by

1. the manor system
2. absolute monarchies
3. extensive trade
4. decreased emphasis on religion

 Q10:What was a major result of the Crusades?

1. new economic interests for Europe
2. dominance of Christianity in the Middle East
3. decentralized power of the Catholic Church
4. lessening power of the middle class

 Q11:What institution had the most power during the middle ages in Europe

1. school
2. guild
3.the Church
4. knighthood

 Q12:Immediate result of the fall of Rome was

1. interest in education
2. increased trade
3. a strong central govt.
4. disorder and weak central govt.

 Q13:Where was education being practiced in western Europe during the Middle Ages?

1. cities
2. universities
3. monastaries
4. castles

 Q14:Which is true of serfdom?

1. strong political influence
2. social mobility
3. service as a warrior
4. limited economic options

 Q15:Manorialism is based on

1. teaching about culture
2. movement of social classes
3. providing spiritual needs
4. maintaining economic self-sufficiency

 Q16:what is the most important economic commodity under manorialism

1. sugar
2. gold and silver
3. land
4. animals

 Q17:What came first?

1. feudalism
2. Fall of Rome
3. Renaissance
4. Crusades

 Q18:Why was Justinian’s Code significant

1. established the basis for Hammurabi's code
2. included laws from all over Asia and Europe
3. became the foundation of may Western countries
4. gave protection of rights in Roman territories

 Q19:How are Hammurabi and Justinian similar

1. separated church and state
2. created a public education system
3. had a democratic government
4. codified the laws of their empire

 Q20:Which is not true of the Byzantine Empire?

1. it was located on the East side of the Roman Empire
2. It preserved Greek and Roman culture
3. Greek was the official language
4. It was conquered by the Huns of China

 Q21:Who is credited with rebuilding Hagia Sophia and slaughtering people in the Hippodrome?

1. Augustus
2. Justinian
3. Julius
4. Hercules

 Q22:Justinian ruled what Empire?

1. Byzantine
2. Mauryan
3. Persian
4. Mongol

 Q23:A contribution of the Byzantine Empire to Russia is

1. representative democracy
2. free-market economy
3. a jury system
4. Orthodox (Eastern) Christianity

 Q24:The location of the Byzantine Empire allowed control of key trade routes between

1. Black Sea and the Mediterranean
2. North Sea and English Channel
3. Caspian Sea and Indian Ocean
4. S. China Sea and the Strait of Malacca

 Q25:What is the effect of the expansion of Islam

1. cultural and commercial connections were established
2. armed conquests were forbidden by caliphs
3. majority of western European population converted
4. centralized authority governed a large area

 Q26:Which achievements are closely related with the Golden age of Islam?

1. gunpowder
2. polytheistic temples
3. mosques
4. columns

 Q27:Which Golden Age is responsible for advances in math, science, and preserving Greek culture

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1. Gupta
2. Tang
3. Islam
4. Maya

 Q28:The Abbasid and Umayyad Empires are associated with

1. creating an Islamic Golden Age
2. Causing the fall of western Rome
3. inventing the compass
4. controlling trade

 Q29:Which was a result of Pax Mongolia

1. increase in trade
2. warfare between Japan and Vietnam
3. conquering the Aztecs and Incas
4. China became isolated

 Q30:Which group used the stirrup and were skilled horseman

1. Vikings
2. Mongols
3. Japanese
4. Persians

 Q31:most of which continent came under Mongol Rule

1. N. America
2. Africa
3. Asia
4. Europe

 Q32:How are PaxRomana and Pax Mongolia similar both had

Political Stability
Unified religious institutions
Representative forms of Govt.
Social equality of men and women

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