WEEK ONE QUIZ
Due 3-19-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A The House of Islam
B Mesoamerica
C China
D Christendom
A Mali
B Songhai
C Greater Zimbabwe
D Ghana 3.) Which of the following ethnic and language groups made up the core area of Islam in the 13th century?
A Indians, Malays, Bantus
B Arabs, Persians, Turks
C Greeks, Arabs, Aztecs
D Franks, Turks, Thais 4.) The Islamic state founded by Turkish warriors in northern India in the 13th century was
A The Mughal Dynasty
B The Delhi Sultanate
C The Song dynasty
D The Chola Kingdom 5.) Which of the following 13th century areas used a system of paper money
A Christendom
B The Song
C The Aztecs
D The House of Islam 6.) The richest area of the 13th century was
B Islam
D The Aztec Empire 7.) In the Chinese world, the emperor promoted his authority through the use of
A An omnipresent army
B A common religion
C A strong clergy
D A highly educated bureaucracy 8.) The political realm that touched all the Afro-Eurasian worlds by the end of the 13th century was
A The Mongols
B The Holy Roman Empire
C The Delhi Sultanate
D The Jurchens 9.) The dhimma
A banned polygamous marriages
B exalted role of Khadijah
C granted protection to religious minorities
D glorified Sufi mystics 10.) In Western Christendom during the 14th century the church
A Had enormous control over political and spiritual matters
B Had a monopoly on economic power
C Oversaw a large unified political empire
D Promoted gender equality
11.) Islam and Christianity shared all of the following traits in common except
A An aspiration to universal domination
B They permitted any believer to lead prayers
C They professed a belief in one deity
D Based their beliefs on holy texts 12.) Unlike China, Japanese rulers
A Promoted Confucian ideas
B Were able to centralize power over private landowners
C Were unable to centralize power over private landowners
D Oversaw a highly advanced urban society
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