WH U5 F24 Review

Front

During the post-classical era, the transportation routes shown on the map were responsible for —

Back

spreading Buddhism to China

Answer explanation

-Slavery didn't really become a thing in Europe.

-Salt/Gold trade was across the Sahara inside Africa.

-Islamic and Asian traders dominated this trade at this time.

+Buddhism started in India - it got to China on the back of a camel on the Silk Road.

Front

The interaction between Muslims, Jews and Christians living in Europe during the Middle Ages facilitated the diffusion of —

Back

scientific knowledge

Answer explanation

-Political Rights weren't a "thing" yet.

-Life threatening disease - the Bubonic Plague - did travel along trade routes, but it had nothing to do with religion.

-New ideas about government won't be a thought up for a while, still.

+Scientific knowledge was held and shared in the House of Wisdom and other places in the Islamic world - translating these texts into Greek and Hebrew allowed Christians and Jews to share it.

Front

What political change was brought about by the fighting of the Hundred Years War?

Back

Powerful monarchies consolidated power as nation-states emerged.

Answer explanation

-Peasants did serve in "national" armies, but it didn't come with "privileges."

-Knights were never really independent - they always had to serve their lords or the king.

-The church had been loosing power since the Crusades flopped. The Black Death didn't really help them any, either, as so many "believers" died. The only real "religious leader" to emerge was Joan of Arc, and the English burned her at the stake as a heretic.

+Monarchies took up the power lost by the vassals.

Front

Why did the Crusades contribute to the end of the medieval era in Europe?

Back

Trade was revived leading to the decline of the manorial economy.

Answer explanation

- Islamic fighters did win some battles, but not in Europe.

• - Christians did split West/East, but it didn't have much of an effect on Europe, because it was mostly in the West.

• - Many European Knights did get land in exchange for fighting, but most of them didn't have land in Europe - their older brothers did, so it didn't really affect the Feudal system too much.

• + Trade lead to massive changes - knowledge was brought back to Europe and new trade goods changed the economy from mostly subsistence on the Manor to trade within the cities.

Front

In what way did the spread of the Black Death change the manorial system in Europe?

Back

Population loss allowed peasants to leave the manor to seek jobs.

Answer explanation

- Yes, many knights did die, but not all of them.

- Church attendance did decline - because a lot of people were dead - and there was fear of spreading disease in the confines of the church

• - Monarchs actually got stronger because of the breakdown of the feudal/manorial system.

• + Because of death toll, there was a labor shortage, and people moved to cities and towns to take jobs where they'd get paid well.

Front

Why were West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali successful during the Post-Classical period?

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They adopted Islam and established trade relations with Muslims.

Answer explanation

- The Atlantic Slave trade hadn't happened yet - only the Indian Ocean and Trans-Saharan slave trade.

• - They didn't build forts/castles.

• - The Cape of Good Hope is at the other end of Africa (south). They probably didn't even know about it.

• + By adopting Islam, they built strong connections with the Islamic Arab traders coming across the Sahara. By controlling this end of the Trans-Saharan trade route, they got rich and powerful.

Front

The language of Swahili is a mixture of Bantu and Arabic languages spoken by people living along the east coast of Africa. This development was largely a result of —

Back

the growing influence of Islamic traders

Answer explanation

• - The Sahara was a barrier - but it was crossed by camels - and it isn't in the right part of Africa (north central, not east coast).

• - Islam was diffused along the gold-salt routes - in the Trans-Saharan Trade - wrong part of Africa, again.

• - The sub-Saharan kingdoms actually saw a growth in power because they converted to Islam and became partners with the Arab traders.

• + As Islamic traders came to the east coast of Africa, they brought Arabic languages - to communicate more easily with the Bantu speaking people in the area, a new language formed.

Front

One result of the Mongol conquests of the Islamic heartland includes the —

Back

rise of the Ottoman Turks as a regional power

Answer explanation

• - Constantinople did collapse (bringing down the Byzantine Empire) - but it wasn't the Ottomans that did it.

• - Serfdom did kind of come to the Middle East through the Crusades, but that was by European Christians - and it never really took off like in Europe.

• - Islam has never declined in Arabia - it is literally the home of Islam.

• + The Ottoman Turks come to power because they are pushed out of their homeland by the Mongols.

Front

One result of Mongol domination of Russian principalities was —

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the rise of the princes of Moscow as a regional power

Answer explanation

• - Kiev loses power because of the Mongol Invasion.

• - The Russian Orthodox Church is still around.

• - Islam still controls Baghdad and Afghanistan.

• + The Princes of Moscow act as agents of the Mongols, collecting tribute for them.

Front

One factor that favored the spread of Islam to West Africa was —

Back

trade along gold-salt routes

Answer explanation

• - The Silk Road crosses Asia, not Africa.

• - The vast expanse of the Sahara actually makes travel harder.

• - Arabic is used in the Qur'an - but that's because Mohammed was Arabic!

• + The gold-salt trade was between the Islamic traders and the Mali Empire - that trade brought Islam to West Africa (where the Mali lived).