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Which of the following was successful in achieving its goal of conquering the Holy Land?
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a. Seventh Crusade
b. First Crusade
c. Third Crusade
d. Fifth Crusade
The profitable merchandise that Vasco da Gama purchased in India was made up of
Select one:
a. gold and silver.
b. slaves and weapons.
c. silk and artwork.
d. silk and ceramics.
e. pepper and cinnamon.
Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce
Select one:
a. silver.
b. bronze.
c. iron.
d. obsidian.
e. steel.
An alliance with Portugal brought wealth and foreign recognition to Kongo, as well as
Select one:
a. an inroad into European politics.
b. the right to limit the slave trade.
c. a diplomatic connection to the Spanish.
d. the eventual destruction of the kingdom.
e. a later alliance with the English.
When he reached ________, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of China.
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a. Nova Scotia
b. Brazil
c. Japan
d. Cuba
e. modern-day Florida
The Safavids traced their ancestry back to the leader Safi al-Din, who observed what religion?
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a. . Buddhism
b. Judaism
c. Hinduism
d. Christianity
e. Sufism
Shah Ismail received the greatest support for his conversion to Twelver Shiism from the
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a. Abbasids.
b. Ottomans.
c. Sunnis.
d. Mughals.
e. qizilbash.
In an effort to drive the Portuguese out of Ndongo, Queen Nzinga formed an alliance with the
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a. kingdom of Zimbabwe.
b. Kongolese.
c. Dutch.
d. . kingdom of Mali.
e. kingdom of Axum.
The Israelites belief that there was only one god had its origins with
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a. Solomon.
b. Joseph.
c. Moses.
d. Abraham.
e. David.
The leader of the fully revitalized Safavid empire, who moved the capital to the central location
of Isfahan, was
Select one:
a. Shah Ismail.
b. Akbar.
c. Shah Abbas.
What was the massive fortified city in southern Africa that dominated the gold trade in the goldbearing plain between the Zambesi and Limpopo rivers until the late fifteenth century?
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a. Ndongo
b. . Jenne
c. Great Zimbabwe
d. Cape Town
e. Mbanza
Zahir al-Din Muhammad's main inspiration for conquering India was likely to
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a. win converts for his own dream of a universal world religion.
b. form a united Indian and Chinese trading network.
c. use India's wealth to build a vast empire.
d. act as a champion of Shiism.
e. . be recognized as a ghazi.
Which of the following was NOT one of the main inspirations for European exploration?
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a. the search for lands suitable for cultivation of cash crops
b. the desire to conquer China and India
c. the desire to establish new trade routes to Asian markets
d. the desire to spread Christianity
e. the search for basic resources
Select one:
a. Erasmus
b. Martin Luther.
c. Henry VIII
d. Voltaire.
e. John Calvin.
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires all originally came from
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a. offshoots of the older Mongol empires.
b. direct descendants of the powerful Indian conqueror Chandragupta Maurya.
c. descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
d. renegade Byzantine generals.
e. nomadic, Turkish-speaking tribes.
The city that stood as John Calvin's model Protestant community was
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a. Wittenberg.
b. London.
c. Geneva.
d. Paris.
e. Avignon.
Mohenjo-daro was
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a. the mother goddess of the earliest Indian society.
b. a collection of early Indian religious texts.
c. one of the two main cities of the Harappan society.
d. an important early thinker in the rise of Hinduism.
e. a collection of early Indian religious texts.
The only place where a slave revolt actually brought about an end to slavery was
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a. Peru.
b. Virginia.
c. Brazil.
d. Cuba.
e. Saint-Domingue.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for European interest in finding a maritime trade
route?
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a. the high prices charged by Muslim merchants
b. that the spread of the bubonic plague made the silk roads more dangerous
c. the desire to expand the boundaries of Christianity
d. the demand in Europe for items such as Indian pepper and Chinese ginger
e. that Mongol domination had caused trade along the silk roads to stop
This ideology was concerned with a common identity, language, history and
custom?
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a. Socialism
b. Nationalism
c. Conservatism
d. Liberalism
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a. the law codes of Sleyman.
b. the tax that non-Muslims paid in Islamic countries.
c. Muslim religious warriors.
d. Islamic merchants with protected social status in Ottoman society.
e. Akbar's universal religion.
Cheaper iron was produced after 1709 when British smelters began to use what substance as a
fuel?
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a. wood
b. coke
c. kerosene
d. charcoal
e. gasoline
Select one:
a. the idea that the earth rested on the back of a giant turtle.
b. motionless earth surrounded by nine hollow spheres.
c. the unifying principle of gravity.
d. a heliocentric structure.
e. the observations of Galileo.
In organizing their empire, Persian rulers relied heavily on techniques of administration from the
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a. Romans.
b. Lydians.
c. Chinese.
d. Mesopotamians.
e. Egyptians.
The Ming and Qing dynasties followed which of the following policies regarding
foreign trade?
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a. They encouraged foreign trade.
b. They forbade trade entirely.
c. They restricted foreign trade.
d. They allowed foreign trade in all of China's coastal cities.
b. Taino.
c. Incas.
d. Chimu.
e. Aztecs.
According to the Manifesto of the Communist Party, all of human history had been a history of
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a. the search for freedom.
b. the search for equality.
c. class struggle.
d. the quest for religious self-awareness interfering with the development of the peasantry.
e. industrial integration.
After the death of Muhammad, political leadership fell to a caliph by the name of
Select one:
a. Harun al-Rashid.
b. Abu Bakr.
c. Abu al-Abbas.
d. Khadija.
e. Ali.
What supplied the fuel that fed the growth of Capitalism in Europe?
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a. Greedy Monarchs
b. Europe's ballooning money supply
c. Demand for spices
d. Religious duty
Indulgences were
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a. Sacraments of the Catholic Church
b. Petitions to the local priest
c. Individual repentances for sins
d. Sacrifices made to atone for sins
e. Sold by churchmen as guarantees of release from purgatory
d. People
e. Archbishop of York
Huguenots were
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a. English Catholics
b. Swiss Anabaptists
c. German Protestants
d. French Catholics
e. Dutch Lutherans
d. Savonarola
e. Saint Theresa
Cardinal Richelieu did NOT use which of the following to centralize royal
authority in France?
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a. Restriced traditional courts
b. Outlawing dueling
c. Construction of fortified castles of nobles
e. Lyon
In a joint-stock company
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a. More money is available for investment
b. Smaller nations are offered little economic incentive
c. Only the aristocracy benefits
d. The state has more regulatory ability
e. The monarch directs the investment policies
Marco Polo is considered an indirect discoverer of the New World. True or False
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True
False
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