World History Unit 5

The prestige and authority of the Pope's leadership of the Roman Catholic Church were most challenged by the events of the ....

• Crusades

• Black Death

• Great Schism

• Hundred Years War

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

• trade along gold -salt routes

• Tang control of the Silk Road

• the vast expanse of the Sahara

• the use of Arabic in the Quran.

One result of Mongol expansion across Eurasia during the Middle Ages was...

• a revival of art and literature

• a birth of new religious influences

• a chaotic, unstable political climate

• a vast, unified empire of many cultures

One factor contributing to a golden age of Indian society during Mughal rule was...

• taxation on Hindu and non-Muslim pilgrims

• deciphering the ancient language of Sanskrit

• invasions by Turkish warlords from Central Asia

• religious toleration for Hindus and non-Muslims

What was one contribution of Muslim scholarship in Spain to the intellectual life of Europe?

• the introduction of a movable type printing press

• the creation of a unified body of Islamic and Christian laws

• the preservation and translation of Greek and Roman texts

• the development of the Cyrillic alphabet for Slavic languages

How did Muslim expansion into India differ from expansion across North Africa?

• Islam banned household and field slavery in North African societies.

• Islam recruited popular Hindu leaders to rule over local government.

• Islam replaced the strict structure of the Hindu caste system in India.

• Islam coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Hinduism.

What was one result of the deterioration of Mongol domination of Russian principalities?

• the birth of a golden age of art and literature in Kieve

• the rise of the princes of Moscow as a regional power

• the decline of the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church

• the collapse of Islamic control of Baghdad and Afghanistan.

Which of the following is true of slavery in the Islamic world?

• Muslims could NOT enslave other Muslims

• There was a strong need for manual labor on Arabian farms.

• Injured slaves were freed.

• Muslims constructed trading centers for Bedouin caravans.

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

• political rights

• scientific knowledge

• life threatening diseases

• new ideas about government

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

• The death of many knights led to an end of feudal warfare.

• Fear of the disease led many to stop attending Church services.

• Monarchs were blamed for spreading the disease and attacked.

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