Chapter 2 Textbook Exam

(Add Image) The First through Fourth Crusades (1095-1204) involved the Byzantine Empire, Muslim states, and Western Europe in a series of conflicts over what world region?

• Southwest Asia

• East Africa

• Southeast Asia

• Northwest Africa

(Add Image) Which of the following comparisons between the Byzantine Empire and other empires is most historically accurate?

• Like the Russian Empire, the Byzantine Empire was short-lived.

• As in the Abbasid caliphate, religious leaders in the Byzantine Empire were polytheistic.

• Like the Song dynasty, the Byzantine Empire built on the legacy of an earlier empire.

• Like the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Empire declined and fell quickly.

(add image) Based on the map above and your knowledge of world history, which of the following was true by the thirteenth century?

• Catholic Christianity was expanding in western Europe.

• The Holy Roman Empire controlled all of Catholic Europe.

• The Seljuk Turks controlled most of the Muslim world.

• Europe saw a decreasing amount of trade with the Muslim world.

(add Image) The tone of the document is most consistent with which of the following statements?

• State building in the Americas created less developed governments than state building in Afro-Eurasia.

• Some civilizations in the Americas enjoyed wealth on a par with many in Afro-Eurasia.

• European visitors approached the Americans with a desire to build mutually beneficial relationships.

• The Incas were a mostly violent people, prone to war and conquest, who paid little attention to the development of infrastructure.

(Add Source Image) In what ways had the Incas adapted their civilization to the environment by the sixteenth century?

• The Incas built up large floating islands of soil to grow crops in their many lakes.

• The Incas hunted and gathered using horses they bought from Europeans.

• The Incas built roads and bridges to facilitate networks of exchange in mountainous areas.

• The Incas imported potatoes and wheat from far distant trading partners to supplement their diet.

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A. Explain ONE specific way European rulers maintained their power as shown in the image above.

B. Explain ANOTHER specific way European rulers maintained their power in the era 600-1300.

C Explain ONE similarity between how European rulers maintained their power and how rulers in Africa or Asia maintained their power in the era ca. 600-ca. 1450.

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A. Identify ONE specific example that supports an interpretation of the Crusades referenced in the excerpt above.

B. Identify ANOTHER specific example that supports an interpretation of the Crusades referenced in the excerpt above.

C. Explain ONE effect of the Crusades not entioned in the excerpt above.

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A. Identify ONE way in which the physical environment affected the development of the Aztec Empire before the arrival of the Europeans.

B. Explain ANOTHER way in which the physical environment affected the development of the Inca Empire before the arrival of the Europeans.

C. Explain ONE similarity in the political development of the Aztec and Inca empires.