Unit 3 World History

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Which of the following identifies an important consequence of the rise of the Islamic caliphates?
- Jews and Christians were expelled from Islamic lands.
- Muslim artists excelled in painting scenes of people from the Bible and Quran.
- Muslim scholars made important advances in mathematics and science.
- The practice of slavery spread to the Americas.

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Muslim scholars made important advances in mathematics and science.

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How did the Black Death contribute to the end of feudalism in Western Europe?

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Labor shortages led towns and landowners to attract workers by offering freedom from serfdom.

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What was an unexpected result of the Crusades?

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Europeans learned of new products and ideas through their contact with Islamic culture.

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How did the Hundred Years' War bring change to medieval Europe?

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English and French monarchs increased their powers with new methods of warfare.

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What important effect did the invention of gunpowder have on the development of East Asia?

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the use of fire arrows and miniature rockets to repel foreign invaders

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Which statement best summarizes the contributions of the individuals in the diagram above?

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They were important contributors to the development of the rule of law.

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Which legal principle best completes the Venn diagram? Options: "Trial by jury", "Equality before the law", "Innocent until proven guilty", "Eye for an eye."

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Innocent until proven guilty

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Which religion is correctly paired with its holy book? Judaism - the Torah, Christianity - the Quran, Confucianism - the New Testament, Islam - the Analects

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Judaism - the Torah

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One reason that Islam spread so rapidly among the poorer households of eastern India was that -

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Islam did not recognize castes

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The continuing dispute between Sunnis and Shiites has exercised great influence on the Islamic world. Where did the difference in their views originate?

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a controversy over who should succeed Mohammed after his death