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More than half of sub-Saharan Africa consists of
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grassy plains or savanna
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The soil of African rain forests
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requires slash-and-burn cultivation due to low fertility
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The largest rain forest area in Africa is located
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along the equator between the northern and southern savannas.
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African societies base their political units on
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lineage and clans
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All of the following have historically been true in African marriage and family relationships EXCEPT
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the wifeʹs ability to own property
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A major challenge in reconstructing sub-Saharan African history is
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a lack of written documentation
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African religious beliefs included
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all of the above
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Which kingdom is famous for producing bronze statuary comparable to the best craftsmanship of the European Renaissance?
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Benin
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Recent archeological investigations suggest that crop cultivation in Africa
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began independently in Ethiopia, the West African savanna, the central Sudan, and the upper Niger.
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Iron-working in Africa was
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an important craft, which employed furnaces that produced steel equal to that of Egypt and Rome
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Knowledge of iron-working allowed African societies to do all of the following EXCEPT
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lessen population growth.
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Bantu society originated from present-day
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Cameroon
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Tribes speaking Bantu languages predominated in
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sub-Saharan Africa
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Which of the following is NOT consistent with the state of Aksum?
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Aksum became Kenya
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The role of the Nine Saints in Ethiopia included all of the following EXCEPT
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bringing Islam to Eastern Africa.
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What common product originated in Ethiopia
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coffee
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Ethiopia was unlike its neighboring civilizations because it was
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christian
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What is the most famous legacy of the Zagwe dynasty
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rock-hewn cathedrals of Roha
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According to belief, Ethiopia is the home to
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the Ark of the Covenant
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Which African civilization traced its lineage back to Solomon and Sheba
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia flourished under the leadership of Zara Yakob who accomplished which of the following
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all of the above
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The Berbers of the Sudan acquired great wealth from
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the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade
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Camel caravans crossed the Sahara
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in two months
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Ghana became an influential state based on wealth from trade in
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all of the above
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Which of the following statements concerning the trans-Saharan slave trade is TRUE?
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The slave trade was operated by the Muslims
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The founder of the kingdom of Mali was
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Sundiata
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Mansa Musa
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was probably the first African ruler to be known throughout western Asia and Europe
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Mali benefited from large trading cities such as
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Timbuktu
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________ became the largest of the Sudanic empires
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Songhai
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Which is an accomplishment of Askia Muhammad
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all of the above
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The Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu was famous in the 15th century for
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its scholarship and trade in books
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The central Sudan region
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consisted of a series of Muslim states.
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Zazzauʹs Queen Amina, a Hausa ruler, is considered legendary because
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under her rule, the Zazzau controlled the regional and trans-Sahara trade
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What was the source of the wealth of the Swahili sultanates located in eastern Africa
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sea trade with Asia and Europe
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The major Swahili cities were located
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on islands off the coast of east Africa
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Islamic influence on Africa was profound and included all EXCEPT which of the following
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polytheistic religion
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Which city did Ibn Batuta, the famous traveler and scholar, consider to be the most beautiful and well-built one that he had ever visited
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Kilwa
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Bantu peoples who migrated to Central and Southern Africa displayed their wealth by
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cattle
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In the southern highlands of East Africa, Bantu kings built a great capital with stone palaces at
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Great Zimbabwe
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The reason for the sudden collapse of Great Zimbabwe was
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rise to power of Torwa and Mutapa
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Which kingdom of Central Africa developed a centralized state, a political system, and a professional army?
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Kongo
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Pope Gregory I (590604) contributed which of the following to the Christian church
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all of the above
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What is meant by the temporal power of the Catholic Church
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its control over facets of society other than religion
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of missionary activity during the early Middle Ages
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attacked the pagans and spread warfare throughout Europe
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The medieval Christian Churchʹs missionary activity was successful in all the following conversions EXCEPT
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China
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During the Middle Ages, most education and learning took place
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in monasteries
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What is the Book of Kells
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an illuminated manuscript produced by monks
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The Germanic warrior-chieftain who first unified the Franks into a single kingdom from northern Gaul to the Pyrenees Mountains in the south was
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Clovis
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The conversion of the Franks to Christianity was most significant because it
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allied the Franks and the papacy
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By the early 8th century, the Merovingian kings had grown weak, and power was concentrated in the hands of officials called
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mayors of the palace
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Charles Martel of the Franks
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all of the above
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Following a victory over the Lombards in 756, Pepin conferred to the Pope the ʺDonation of Pepin,ʺ which
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consigned the exarchate of Ravenna to the Pope, making him a temporal as well as a
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The name of the ruling family that initiated the development of strong central government in medieval France was the
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Carolingian
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The person most connected with the Carolingian Renaissance was
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Charlemagne
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Which is NOT consistent with the reign of Charlemagne
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conquest of England
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Which of the following became a legacy of Charlemagne
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a cultural revival that established a distinct European civilization
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The Treaty of Verdun of 843 C.E.
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contributed to shaping political problems into the 20th century by dividing Charlemagneʹs empire
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The part of the Carolingian Empire that would later be disputed for centuries by German and French people and would be the scene of many bloody conflicts was
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Lorraine
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A major source of instability and anxiety in Europe in the 9th and 10th centuries was
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invasions by Scandinavians, Muslims, and Magyars.
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Which of the following peoples were NOT part of the Viking invasion of Europe
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Turks
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Viking incursions into France finally made the weak king Charles the Simple cede to the Norse chieftain Rollo a portion of France later called
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Normandy
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In England, the Viking threat led to
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the establishment of stronger and more unified states
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The Viking invasions in France
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strengthened centralized government.
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The Viking invasions of France strengthened the economic position of
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the landed aristocracy
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In theory, all the land in a kingdom belonged to the
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king
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Which is NOT true of the origins of feudalism
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It is characterized by a strong centralized political system
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Which is not a necessary component of feudalism
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slavery
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In the feudal system, a grant of land that was made from the lord in exchange for vassal obligations was a
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fief
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The feudal ceremony in which a vassal knelt before his lord and swore loyalty was known as the act of
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homage
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The principal obligation that a vassal owed his lord in exchange for the use of land was
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military service.
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What attitude toward warfare prevailed among the nobility during the feudal period
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It was honorable and norm
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The code of conduct that was to govern the behavior of all knights is
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chivalry
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Which of the following is NOT consistent with knights
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infantry
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All of the following are consistent with medieval farming methods EXCEPT
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women were not allowed to work in the fields
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All of the following are typical of the life of peasants during the Early Middle Ages EXCEPT
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women did not work in the fields
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The manor system established
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economic self-sufficiency
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Trade was reopened between Europe and the Near East when
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the Normans and Italians broke the Muslim hold on commerce in the eastern
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Factors leading to the rise of towns in medieval Europe included all of the following EXCEPT
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foreign invasions
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The most aggressive advocate of church reform during the High Middle Ages was
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Pope Gregory VII
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Which of the following is NOT a true assessment of Pope Innocent III
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He was a monk
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Interdict served to control and punish those rulers who dared contradict the Church because it
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suspended all public worship and withheld the sacraments in the realm of a disobedient
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The belief in doctrines officially condemned by the church i
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heresy
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The Franciscans and the Dominicans
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ministered to the needs of the people
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The earliest universities of Europe were in all the following cities EXCEPT
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Madrid
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A reconciliation of the works of Aristotle and church dogma was completed by
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St. Augustine
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What was the goal of the Crusades
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to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
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While attending the Council of Clermont, ________ called the First Crusade
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Pope Urban II
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Which of the following statements describing the Crusades is NOT accurate
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The First Crusade failed in taking Jerusalem from the Muslims.
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Which of the following orders was NOT founded to protect all pilgrims and to wage perpetual war against the Muslims
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Saracens
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Who was chosen by the electors of France to assume the role of king
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Hugh Capet
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What permanent impact did the Crusades have
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led to the revival of cities
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Philip II Augustus succeeded in
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seizing territory in France owned by English kings
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Philip IV accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
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expelling the Jews from France and confiscating their possessions.
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In 1066 C.E., England was conquered by
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William, duke of Normandy
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Henry IIʹs chief contribution to the English monarchy was
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all of the above.
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Thomas à Becket
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refused to subvert church courts to the royal courts
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Who among the following kings of England was both inept and cruel
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John I
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Which of the following is a central principle of the Magna Carta
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no man is above the law
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The English Parliament
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represented both landowners and townspeople
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The power of the House of Commons lay in its ability to
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control royal spending
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The long struggle to drive the Muslims from Spain is known as the
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Reconquista
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During the High Middle Ages, who were the most powerful rulers of Europe
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Saxon dynasty
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All of the following were results of the Investiture Controversy EXCEPT
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weakening of the papacy.
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How did Frederick IIʹs policies destroy hopes of German unification
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He sacrificed Germany in an attempt to unite Italy
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Pope Nicholas I and Patriarch Photius collided over
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conversion of the pagans
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Cyril and Methodius affected the
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Slavic people
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During the Byzantine Golden Age
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all of the above
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The Byzantine Empire could NOT withstand the superior military and administrative power of the
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Turks
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Using the language of a particular region is to speak in the
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vernacular
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All of the following are consistent with the Great Schism EXCEPT
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it ended in 1962 with the Vatican Conference
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During the First Crusade
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Alexius successfully saved Constantinople
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Which of the following is NOT a major theme in Russian history
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a strong merchant class
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The Russian people are predominantly
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Slavs
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Kievan Russiaʹs first ties to the Byzantines were
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religious
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At the end of the 10th century, Prince Vladimir converted the Russian people to
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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The name of the succession principle enunciated by Yaroslav the Wise was
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the seniority system
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For two centuries the Mongols controlled Russia, during which time all of the following affected Russia EXCEPT
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gaining the political control of the Balkans
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The person who fought the Swedes and Teutonic knights, placated the Mongols, and helped establish the line that would rule the rising city of Moscow was
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Alexander Nevsky
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Bulgaria served as a(n)
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transmission line to spread Orthodoxy throughout the Balkans and Russia
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The conflict between the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes is based on
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religious differences
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Which of the following is TRUE of Russia during the 14th century
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Moscow became the political and religious center of Russia.
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Which of the following did NOT apply to Romania through the 14th century
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Romania was united by the Latin Catholic Church
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The only indigenous Bronze Age people in the Balkans who were able to preserve their language and culture are the
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Albanians
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The major contributions of the Guptas were all of the following EXCEPT
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the creation of Hinduism.
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The power of the Guptas was based on
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an imperial secret police and strong local authorities
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Traditional Indian literature was written in
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Sanskrit
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Indiaʹs prosperity during the Gupta Empire resulted from all of the following EXCEPT
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the discovery of gold in the Bengal Province
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Which religion dominated the subcontinent of India
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Hinduism
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What was the importance of the Bhagavad-Gita?
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It assured that salvation was accessible to all
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Most of the knowledge of Gupta India was provided by
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Faxian
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Art during the Gupta period
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included religious topics
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Of the following mathematical ideas, Indian scholarship developed
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the concept of zero
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Achievements in medicine during the Gupta Empire included
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sterilization of wounds
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The major reason for the fall of the Gupta Empire was
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a Huna invasion
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During the 7th century, the unity of northern India was restored by Harsha, a strong Hindu leader, who accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
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conquest of the Deccan
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When regional kingdoms prevailed after the rule of Harsha ended in 647 C.E., what resulted?
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The Indianization of Southeast Asia and China from the fifth to the eighth centuries.
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In 1000 C.E., Mahmud of Ghazni
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all of the above
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The major force behind the Delhi Sultanate, which unified India in the 13th and 14th centuries, was
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Islam
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Which of the following is NOT consistent with the Delhi Sultanate
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It was unable to conquer the Southern region of India
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How was Delhi destroyed in 1398
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army of Timur (Tamerlane)
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Urdu, one of the major spoken languages of India today, reveals
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Indiaʹs ability to synthesize and incorporate many languages and cultures.
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Muslim rulers of India
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erased Buddhism from India
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A synthesis of Hinduism and Islam can be found in
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Sikhism
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Resistance among Hindu leaders in India against Islam
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continued during the era of Muslim rule.
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A continuous feature of China between the 6th and 13th centuries was
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political and cultural continuity
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All of the following were responsible for Chinaʹs stability from the 6th to the 13th centuries EXCEPT a(n)
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absence of foreign invasion
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The Sri-vijayan Empire
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none of the above
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The period of the Sixteen Kingdoms from 304 to 439 C.E. was significant because
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it extended the Chinese civilization southward.
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The Northern Wei dynasty
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introduced the equal-field system
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Buddhism became popular in China for all the following reasons EXCEPT
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the absence of monasteries
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Accomplishments of the Sui emperors included all of the following EXCEPT
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fair and consistent rule.
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The major reform of the Tang rulers was the
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creation of a highly centralized government supported by a complex bureaucracy
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The Tang legal code of 653 C.E
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all of the above
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All of the following apply to the rule of the Empress Wu EXCEPT
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she strengthened the aristocracy
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The Tang nationalized land register was designed to
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check the growth of large estates and guarantee land to peasants
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Prosperity under the Tang dynasty was largely due to
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government intervention in the Chinese economy.
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A major feature of Tang society was
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openness and responsiveness to foreign stimuli
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Women during the Tang dynasty
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all of the above
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The most important contribution of Tang scholarship was
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the study of history as a guide to future actions
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Painting during the Tang dynasty emphasized
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nature
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Tang rule brought all of the following improvements to China EXCEPT
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an improved legal status for women
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The Tang dynasty fell due to
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all of the above
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A major feature of Song China was
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the use of scholar-officials to strengthen the central power of the state.
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What did the Song dynasty do to placate its neighbors
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paid annual tributes
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One of the major results of the economic prosperity and technological innovations of the Song dynasty was
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a population explosion
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All of the following were economic or technological contributions of the Song dynasty EXCEPT
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the steam-powered seagoing ship
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The resurgence of Confucian ideals reinforced all of the following for Chinese women EXCEPT
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widows were encouraged to remarry
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Neo-Confucianism included
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the existence of a Supreme Ultimate
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The major reason for the success of the Mongols was their
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mobility
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The man who began the Mongol successes was
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Temujin (Chinggis)
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Chinggis Khan (Temujin) conquered all the following EXCEPT
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Japan
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A major feature of Mongol conquest was
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terror
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All of the following illustrate contributions of the Mongols EXCEPT
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the spread of a new written language that unified Asia during their reign
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Khubilai moved his seat of government to
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Beijing
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The Mongols established a new Chinese dynasty known as
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Yuan
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Most of our knowledge about Khubilai Khan and China under the Mongols has come from
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Marco Polo
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The Yuan dynasty was responsible for
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extensive trade and travel across Eurasia
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All of the following were brought to Europe during the time of the Mongols EXCEPT
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governmental techniques
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The major products of trade between Europe and China in the age of the Mongol Empire were
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silk and spices
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The Mongols brought to China
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Persian astronomy
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The major contributions of the Yuan dynasty include
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the integration of knowledge between East and West.
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The major reason for the decline of the Mongol Empire was
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none of the above
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Korean Koguryo accomplished all of the following EXCEPT the
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formation of a confederacy of noble families
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A pagoda is
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a Buddhist monument
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The Koryo dynasty established in 936 C.E.
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emancipated the slaves
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According to Chinese observers, ancient Japanese were
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expert weavers and fishermen
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Shint_, the ancient Japanese religion, included
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the belief that deities were everywhere in nature
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Since 660 B.C.E., the emperors of Japan have been of the clan called
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Yamato
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The ________ family became the main advisors to the Japanese emperor in the 7th century.
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Fujiwara
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The Taika, or ʺGreat Change,ʺ in Japan refers to
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basic reforms patterned after the Tang state
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The Heian Period resulted in all the following EXCEPT
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a renewed domination by the Buddhist clergy
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The samurai were
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military men or their retainers
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Women of the elite class during the Taika Reform period in Japan
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all of the above
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During the Nara and Heian periods, Japan experienced all of the following EXCEPT
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an increase in the number of literate farmers
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During the Heian period, what dominated as a theme in the arts
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religion
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The Heian period ended with
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all of the above
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The True Pure Land sect
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broke with Buddhist tradition
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During the Heian period, Japan
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experienced little conflict
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The major Zen sects stressed
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meditation and riddles
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In the 12th century, Yoritomo of the Minamoto clan reformed the Japanese political system by establishing
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rule by shogun
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Unlike China, where scholar bureaucrats eventually rose to positions of dominance, in medieval Japan the ________ class rose to dominance
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warrior
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What is meant by kamikaze
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divine winds
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By the 14th century, ________ had become increasingly important in Japan..
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feudalism
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All of the following constitute Oceania EXCEPT
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Taiwan
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In Pacific island and Australian societies
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all of the above
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