During the Abbasid Empire, The House of Wisdom was a center of learning for all cultures and religions to interact in

• Istanbul

• Timbuktu

• Baghdad

• Mecca

Which religions would have appealed most to a woman living in a strict patriarchal (male dominated) society?

• Buddhism & Islam

• Christianity & Buddhism

• Confucianism & Buddhism

• Christianity & Islam

How did Chinese dynasties such as the Song ensure strong control over their political bureaucracies?

• strong protective defense measures like The Great Wall

• intense examinations based on principles of Confucianism

• toleration of other religions and cultures

• lack of trade with other societies

The strong centralized & hierarchical Roman government collapsed and was replaced in W. Europe by smaller kingdoms and

• feudalism

• filial piety

• Confucian bureaucracy

• chivalry

Which of the following was a significant long-term effect of The Crusades on Europe?

• increased agricultural production

• increased interest in foreign luxury goods and technology

• increased political rights for women

• a decline in technological progress and intellectual thought

Islam spread rapidly to West Africa in many ways but it spread primarily through

• war and conquest

• forced conversions

• voluntary conversions to avoid taxes

• trade and merchant activities

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the remains of the Roman Empire. It was centered in

• Constantinople

• Baghdad

• Moscow

• Cairo

Buddhism originated in Northern India and spread to East Asia mainly via

• the Indian Ocean trade network

• extensive network of Roman roads

• war and conquest

• The Silk Roads

This image indicates the subjugation of women and cultural notion of beauty and status in

• The Abbasid Caliphate

• The Song Dynasty

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Aztec Empire

Where is the hearth (origin point) of Islam?

• North Africa

• The Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)

• The Arabian Peninsula

• Anatolian Peninsula- mod