Chapter 11 WHAP

Which of the following describes the role pastoral societies played in world history before the

Mongol Empire?

• A) They preserved the lifestyle of gathering and hunting societies.

• B) They spread their polytheistic religions to neighboring civilizations.

• C) They created a series of nomadic empires and controlled major trade routes

• D) They introduced new political models that reshaped the states of older civilizations.

Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian world and not in the Americas?

• A) The environments in the Americas were not suitable for pastoral societies.

• B) The settled societies in the Americas lacked the necessary military prowess.

• C) There was a lack of large animals that could be domesticated in the Americas.

• D) There were no agricultural societies with which to trade in the Americas.

A characteristic feature of pastoral societies was their.

• A) productivity

• B) stratification.

• C) mobility.

• D) wealth.

Which of the following describes pastoral societies' relationship with agricultural societies?

• A) Pastoral societies were self-sufficient and did not interact with agricultural

  societies.

• B) Pastoral societies sought food stuffs, manufactured goods, and luxury items from agricultural societies.

• C) Pastoral societies paid tribute to agricultural societies in order to avoid war.

• D) Pastoral societies were often raided by the professional armies of agricultural societies.

In comparison to the Mongol conquests of Persia and China, Mongol rule in Russia

• A) did not use local elites to govern.

• B) was not accompanied by Mongol occupation.

• C) penetrated to the village level.

• D) created a mixed race population.

Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society?

• A) Shrinking employment opportunities for women

• B) The weakening of serfdom

• C) Better relations between landowners and workers

• D) A lack of interest in technological innovation

Which of the following was an obstacle to the creation of large empires among pastoralists?

• A) Lack of charismatic leaders

• B) Lack of horses and weapons

• C) Internal rivalry between clans

• D) Ignorance of mounted warfare

Like the Arabs and the Persians, the Turks between the tenth and fourteenth centuries

• A) forced the Chinese Empire to pay them tribute.

• B) created short-lived empires that disintegrated when the ruler died.

• C) consistently maintained the lifestyle of pastoral nomads.

• D) converted to Islam and introduced the religion to the areas they conquered

Which of the following was a nomadic empire that served as a model for the Turks and the Mongols?

• A) Abbasid

• B) Yuan

• C) Almoravid

• D) Xiongnu

Which of the following facilitated the creation of the Mongol Empire?

• A) The territories the Mongols invaded were experiencing internal divisions.

• B) The technology of the Mongols was superior to that of their adversaries.

• C) Chinggis Khan had a precise blueprint for world conquest.

• D) The tribal values and loyalties of the Mongols functioned as a powerful unifying ideology.