1200 - 1450 Summative

Which was NOT a method of state-building used by the Inca Empire?

• Conversion to Islam

• Travel infrastructure

• Bureaucratic administration

• Military threat

Which of the following had the LEAST centralized authority.

• Aztec Empire

• Africa's Swahili coast

• Song Dynasty

• Delhi Sultanate

What is Eurocentrism?

• Europeans' ability to dominate the global economy before 1450.

• Belief that Central Europe is more important than Western Europe.

• Understanding the world only in relation to European "superiority."

• European cultural traditions that spread around the world after 1450.

Which of the following is a potential LIMITATION for a primary source?

• Document captures multiple points of view

• Author has firsthand knowledge of the events described

• Author clearly motivated by a particular agenda

• Document produced during the events described

Which of the following did NOT happen when Islam spread to India?

• Hindu emperors persecuted Muslims

• Most Hindus decided not to convert to Islam

• Muslims were incorporated into the caste system

• Islam combined with Hinduism to create syncretic relgions

Which pair of regions BOTH had strong centralized states?

• West Africa & Middle East

• Middle East & East Africa

• Europe & East Asia

• East Asia & South America

Chinese political traditions were mostly ____________ between 1200 and 1450?

• Destroyed by the Mongols

• Abandoned when the Song Dynasty fell

• Preserved despite changing dynasties

• Completely unchanged at any point

Which of the following is NOT a technique for centralizing political authority?

• Feudalism

• Infrastructure

• Trade regulation

• Religious justification of power

Almost every time a religion spreads to a new place...

• Political leaders fight to keep the new religion out

• Old local customs are preserved, even when people convert

• Only peasants and slaves convert to the new religion

• New converts practice the new religion very strictly

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the Mongols supported more trade along the Silk Road?

• Organizing official trade companies

• Infrastructure projects like relay stations

• Military protection of merchants

• Uniting Eurasia in one centralized state