World History Unit 5 Review 24-25

Front

The Mongols captured Baghdad and ended Seljuk Turk rule. Their control will fall apart due to an inability to rule a distant region and allow which group to rise to power?

Back

Ottoman Turks

Answer explanation

Because the Mongols can't effectively control the Middle East from so far away, the successors to the Seljuk Turks called the Ottoman Turks begin their rise to power. They will have an empire that lasts until after the end of World War 1 in 1922.

Front

What is a result of Mongol expansion across Eurasia during the Middle Ages? Options: revival of art and literature, birth of new religious influences, chaotic, unstable political climate, a vast, unified empire of various cultures

Back

a vast, unified empire of various cultures

Answer explanation

The Mongols were accepting of different cultures and religions that they conquered. This enabled them to unify and control an vast empire that contained various different cultures within it.

Front

Mongol conquests of the Islamic heartland includes the rise of which group as a regional power? Options: Seljuk Turks, Ottoman Turks, Safavid Turks, Byzantine Turks

Back

Ottoman Turks

Answer explanation

Because the Mongols can't effectively control the Middle East from so far away, the successors to the Seljuk Turks called the Ottoman Turks begin their rise to power. They will have an empire that lasts until after the end of World War 1 in 1922.

Front

Magnetic compass, Paper money, and Movable-type printing are accomplishments of which dynasty in China?

Back

Song

Answer explanation

The Magnetic compass, paper money, and movable-type printing will be invented under the Song dynasty. Some of these inventions will later be improved upon in later dynasties but all are traced back to the Song Dynasty.

Front

The invention of moveable-type printing contributed to the growth of intellectual life in India.

Back

False

Answer explanation

Movable-type printing will contribute to the intellectual life in China because now books and documents are going to be cheaper to produce and make information easier to access.

Front

The rise of the Princes of Moscow as a regional power was a result of domination by which group over Russian principalities?

Back

The Mongols

Answer explanation

Due to the domination of the Mongols in what is Russia, the Princes of Moscow rise as regional power and ultimately will remove the Mongols from power. Ivan the Great will declare himself Tsar or emperor of Russia following the ouster of the Mongols.

Front

Arab traders were among the first groups to begin the export of what from Africa?

Back

Slaves

Answer explanation

The Arabs were among the first groups to begin exporting slaves out of Africa. This was before the Atlantic Slave Trade began.

Front

Who first united the Mongol clans in order to eventually conquer much of Asia?

Back

Genghis Khan

Answer explanation

Genghis Khan was the one who was able to unite the various Mongol clans and tribes. This unity would enable them to conquer much of Asia, eventually including China where they set up the Yuan dynasty.

Front

What language is a mixture of Bantu & Arabic that develops due to the influence of Islamic traders?

Back

Swahili

Answer explanation

Languages are often affected by trade and conquest. This happened to Spanish when the peninsula was under the control of the Islamic Moors, which introduced parts of Arabic into the language. This also happened in Africa, where the Bantu language will be so influenced by Arabic that a new language will form called Swahili.

Front

Islam coexisted separately from the dominant religion of Hinduism in India, whereas in North Africa it differed because it was spread by traders & existed closely with local traditions.

Back

differed because it was spread by traders & existed closely with local traditions

Answer explanation

While existing with local customs, Islam often incorporated local customs and traditions to some degree in places like Africa.