Post-Classical Civilizations Quiz

Which empire captured the city of Constantinople in 1453, benefitted from rich trade along the Mediterranean Sea, and was at one point ruled by Suleiman the Lawgiver

• Roman Empire

• Ottomans

• Mongols

• Songhai

Which was an important cause of the rise of feudalism in Europe?

• increasing power of the Catholic Church

• weakness of central government authority

• political ideas brought back by the Crusaders

• growth of national monarchies

Which groups of people were most closely associated with the spread of the Black Death?

• merchants and pilgrims

• bankers and explorers

• missionaries and slave traders

• soldiers and diplomats

Which factor helps explain the scientific and literary achievements of the Muslims during their Golden Age (A.D. 800-1300)?

• expansion of trans-Atlantic trade

• innovations introduced by the Europeans during the Renaissance

• cultural diversity accepted by many Islamic governments

• legal equality of all people in the Islamic empire

Many achievements of Islamic civilization reached European society by way of the

• Crusades and eastern Mediterranean trading

• merchant guilds and the Industrial Revolution

• Middle Passage and the Columbian Exchange

• conquests of the Germanic tribes and trade along the Silk Road

What continent was largely controlled by the Mongols by the year 1300

• India

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

The contributions of the Golden Age of Islamic civilization include

• advances in mathematics

• irrigation systems

• polytheistic beliefs

• gunpowder and guns

Which statement supports the claim that diversity was an important characteristic of the Mongol Empire (1200-1350)?

• All people in the Mongol Empire were Hindu

• The Mongol Empire ruled peoples from China, Russia, and eastern Europe

• Genghis Khan organized a network of communication across the Empire

• The Mongol Empire covered only central Asia

An important contribution of feudalism was that it

• advanced the ideals of a democratic society

• provided for some law and order in society

• strengthened the powers of the monarchy

• fostered the idea of a classless society

Which was a characteristic of feudalism?

• Land was exchanged for military service and obligations

• Government was provided by a bureaucracy of civil servants

• Power rested in the hands of a strong central government

• Unified national court systems were developed