Clayton WH Fall Review 2022

Which factor contributed to favorable interactions among Muslim, Jewish, and Christian societies in Europe during the middle ages?

• A religious expectation to recruit converts

• a common written language

• a decline in farming production

• a mutual desire for profitable trade

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

• Islam coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Hinduism

• Islam replaced the strict structure of the Hindu caste system

• Islam banned household and field slavery in North African societies

• Islam recruited popular Hindu leadersto rule over local government

Why did the Crusades contribute to the end of the Medieval era in Europe?

• Trade was revived leading to the decline of the manorial economy

• Islamic fighters defeated Christian knights and took control of Europe

• Christians split between Western Roman Catholicism and Eastern Greek Orthodoxy

• European knights were given Church lands in exchange for fighting in the Holy Lands

One result of Mongol domination of Russian principalities was:

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

• the collapse of Islamic control of Baghdad and Afghanistan

• the birth of the golden age of art and literature in Kiev

• the decline of the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church

The language of Swahili is a mixture of Bantu and Arabic languages spoken by people living along the east coast of Africa. This development was largely a result of---

• the growing influence of Islamic traders

• the geographic barrier of the Sahara

• the declining power of sub-Saharan kingdoms

• the diffusion of Islam along the gold-salt routes

One result of Muslim expansion across Eurasia during the Middle Ages was---

• a chaotic, unstable political climate

• a birth of new religious influences

• a revival of art and literature

• a vast, unified empire of many cultures

One factor contributing to the golden age of Indian society during Mughal rule was---

• religious toleration for Hindus and non-Muslims

• invasions by Turkish warlords from central Asia

• taxation on Hindu and non-Muslim pilgrims

• deciphering the ancient language of Sanskrit

One result of the Mongol conquest of the Islamic heartland includes the---

• collapse of Constantinople

• rise of the Ottoman Turks as a regional power

• declining influence of Islam within Arabia

• spread of serfdom to the Middle East

One result of the interaction of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval Spain was---

• a growth in oceanic exploration and colonization

• a golden age of science and intellectual advances

• a decline in commerce and formal education

• a new set of regulations on social and family life

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

• Monarchs were blamed for spreading the disease and were attacked

• fear of the disease led many to stop attending church services

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

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