AMSCO 2.6 Quiz

The Black Death (bubonic plague) resulted in all of the following in Europe EXCEPT?

• Reduced populations

• Decline in economic activity

• End of the feudal system

• Fear of trade with people from other continents

Champa rice was all of the following EXCEPT

• drought-resistant

• flood-resistant

• produced two crops a year

• grew with almost no labor

The black plague led to all of the following EXCEPT

• Loss of 1/3 of the European population

• Higher wages for workers

• Lower wages for workers

• Change in relationship between employees and employers

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

• The Mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East

• The consolidation of western European monarchies

• The spread of Buddhism from central Asia to China

• The population decline and the outbreak of peasant revolts in eastern Europe

“If it were asked, why do we accept the theory of contagion, when already the divine law has refuted the notion of contagion, we will answer: The existence of contagion has been proved by experience, deduction, the senses, observation, and by unanimous reports. And it is not a secret to whoever has looked into this matter or has come to be aware of it that those who come into contact with plague patients mostly die, while those who do not come into contact survive. And amidst the horrible afflictions that the plague has imposed upon the people, God has afflicted the people with some learned religious scholars who issue fatwas* against fleeing the plague, so that the quills with which the scholars wrote these fatwas were like swords upon which the Muslims died. In conclusion, to ignore the proofs of plague contagion is an indecency and an affront to God and holds cheap the lives of Muslims.” (*rulings on Islamic law) ~Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, A Very Useful Inquiry into the Horrible Sickness, Granada, Spain, 1349–1352

Question: The outbreaks of plague described in the passage led most directly to which of the following?

• The decline of many major cities across Eurasia

• The conquest of Eurasia by Central Asian nomadic peoples

• The Spanish and Portuguese voyages of exploration to find new trade routes to Asia

• The increased development of mechanical labor-saving devices for industrial production

What is the likely main cause of the abandonment of Great Zimbabwe?

• Population Boom

• Overgrazing

• Desertification

• The Crusades