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40 Cards in this Set
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The fall of the Chinese dynasties was often aided by...
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peasant revolts
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Most Mesoamerican rulers tended to be both...
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despotic and severe
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In what order did these three monotheistic religions come into being?
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Judaism, Christianity, Islam
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Rule by a small group of people is called a(n)...
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oligarchy
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Written evidence of the life of Muhammad is largely found in the ...
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Quran
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The goal of the Christian Crusades was to...
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retake the Holy Land from the Muslims
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The one unifying institution in Western Europe in the Middle Ages was the...
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Roman Catholic Church
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Islam was brought into India over time by the...
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Delhi sultanate
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The Mongolian empire declined because of...
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administrative powers owing to the large territory involved
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The fall of the Chinese dynasties was often aided by...
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peasant revolts
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Most Mesoamerican rulers tended to be both...
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despotic and severe
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In what order did these three monotheistic religions come into being?
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Judaism, Christianity, Islam
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Rule by a small group of people is called a(n)...
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oligarchy
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Written evidence of the life of Muhammad is largely found in the ...
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Quran
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The goal of the Christian Crusades was to...
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retake the Holy Land from the Muslims
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The one unifying institution in Western Europe in the Middle Ages was the...
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Roman Catholic Church
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Islam was brought into India over time by the...
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Delhi sultanate
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The Mongolian empire declined because of...
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administrative powers owing to the large territory involved
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What were two religions that encouraged the monastic life?
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Buddhism and Christianity
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Japan was indebted to China for all the following EXCEPT...
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the bushido
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The Black Death was...
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spread along Eurasian trade routes
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During the feudal period in Western Europe...
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independent domains fought regularly with one another
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Organizations of merchants and craftspeople in European cities were called...
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guilds
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Japanese feudalism resulted in part of...
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the failure of the Heian to govern effectively
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The strongest basis of the Mayan economy was...
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agriculture, which produce maize , beans, and cocoa
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Alliances between European feudal lords were often the result of...
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the need for a defense against the marauding Vikings
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Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Tang Dynasty?
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Buddhists were persecuted near the end of the empire
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The term chivalry is most like...
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bushido
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Which of the following statements accurately compares West and East Africa during the time period 600 to 1450?
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Trans-Saharan trade was for West Africa what Indian Ocean trade was for East Africa
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Melakka and Venice were important examples of...
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trading ports
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Which of the following had the greatest navigational technology during the time period 600 to 1450?
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China
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Unlike monarchs in Catholic western Europe but like the Muslim caliphs, the Byzantine emperor...
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headed both church and state; there was no seperation of power
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Christianity spread to the Balkans and Russia through...
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missionary activities, which converted the ruling elites of regional states
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One reason offered for the expansion of the Inca state was...
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each new Inca ruler had to secure new land and wealth for himself
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The era of Tang and Song rule in China was known as a...
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golden age of Chinese culture and accomplishments
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To administer China, the Tang and Song dynasties relied on...
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scholar-gentry
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The only indigenous aspect of Japanese culture during the Heian era was...
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Shinto
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As the power of the Heian emperors declined...
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local nobles carved out estates and reduced Japanese peasants to serfdom
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Real government in Japan after the 11th century rested with...
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shoguns or military governors
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Historical Vietnamese society differed from traditional Chinese society in all these ways except...
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the major language of both was Chinese
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