WHA Unit 6.9

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Which best describes Timbuktu? a farming village on the Niger River in West Africa, the city to which Muslims make the hajj, a center of Islamic learning in Africa

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a center of Islamic learning in Africa

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Which best describes the increase in the African slave trade after the fifteenth century? Options: the domestication of the camel, the arrival of Arab traders on the Swahili coast, the arrival of the Portuguese on the coast of Benin

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the arrival of the Portuguese on the coast of Benin

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How did culture spread along East Africa’s Swahili coast? Options: Islamic armies conquered East Africa and required Africans to convert to Islam. African culture mingled with traditions carried by Arab traders. The people of Great Zimbabwe spread ancient African traditions.

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African culture mingled with traditions carried by Arab traders.

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What is an origin of the African slave trade? Options: The Portuguese were the first to capture Africans and sell them as slaves. African societies often enslaved people they conquered or captured in battle. Muslim traders brought slaves with them to Africa to exchange for salt and ivory.

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African societies often enslaved people they conquered or captured in battle.

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What is the best explanation of Great Zimbabwe's rise to power? Options: Zimbabwe was a highly productive agricultural society. Fish from Zimbabwe were a staple food of East African people. Zimbabwe controlled the region's ivory and gold trade.

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Zimbabwe controlled the region's ivory and gold trade.

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What is not a cause of the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire? Options: religious differences, control of Chaldiran, the fall of Constantinople

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the fall of Constantinople

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Which represents a high point of achievement in Mughal architecture? Options: the Hagia Sophia, the city of Isfahan, the Taj Mahal

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the Taj Mahal

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Which was a positive change that occurred in China because of Ming Dynasty policies? Options: increased agricultural output, the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate, self-governing religious communities

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increased agricultural output

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What allowed the Manchu of the Qing Dynasty to control China’s people? Options: They maintained a Chinese-only army. They retained traditional Chinese institutions. They built the Great Wall.

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They retained traditional Chinese institutions.

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What was a result of China’s isolation from the rest of the world during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Options: Chinese peasants revolted. International demand for Chinese goods fell. China’s technology fell behind Europe’s.

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China’s technology fell behind Europe’s.