World History Test Review

The interaction between Muslims, Jews and Christians living in Europe during the Middle Ages facilitated the diffusion of — 

• political rights

• scientific knowledge

• life threatening diseases 

• new ideas about government

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

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

• Fear of the disease led many to stop attending Church services.

• Monarchs were blamed for spreading the disease and attacked.

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

Why were West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali successful during the Post-Classical period?

• They enslaved people for the Atlantic slave trade with Britain.

• They built powerful forts and castles to protect against invasions.

• They adopted Islam and established trade relations with Muslims.

• They grew wealthy controlling routes around the Cape of Good Hope.

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 geographic barrier of the Sahara

• the growing influence of Islamic traders

• the diffusion of Islam along gold-salt routes

• the declining power of sub-Saharan kingdoms

One factor that favored the spread of Islam to West Africa was —

• trade along gold-salt routes

• Tang control of the Silk Road

• the vast expanse of the Sahara
  

• the use of Arabic in the Qur’an

One factor that shaped the practice of slavery in the Islamic world was —

• the prohibition of enslaving fellow Muslims

• the need for manual labor on Arabian farms

• the Jewish tradition of freeing injured enslaved people

• the construction of trading centers for Bedouin caravans

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

• Islam banned household and field slavery in North African societies.

• Islam recruited popular Hindu leaders to rule over local government.

• Islam replaced the strict structure of the Hindu caste system in India.

• Islam coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Hinduism.

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

• A common written language

• A decline in farming production

• A mutual desire for profitable trade

• A religious expectation to recruit converts

How did the location of the caliphate on the map influence trade in the region?

• Islamic rulers limited all trading to Indians and East Africans.

• Byzantine merchants turned to the Red Sea for trade with Asia.

• Islamic merchants served as middlemen for European and Asian trade.

• Indian rulers refused to meet European traders without Muslim escorts.

Image: South side of Chartres Cathedral graphic

The architecture style of the pictured building reflects the influence of the Catholic Church by —

• keeping the inner space dark in solemn reverence

  
  

• creating an impression of reaching towards heaven

• using the vast ceilings for mosaics of Biblical stories

• reviving the Greek golden ratio of balanced proportions