Unit 5 Test Review - WH

Based on the excerpt, one effect of Mongol control of Asia was

• constructing schools for local communities

• diffusing ideas about effective horsemanship

• encouraging sports and recreational competition

• connecting distant lands through communications

One result of Mongol expansion across Eurasia during the Middle Ages was

• a revival of art and literature

• a birth of new religious influences

• a chaotic, unstable political climate

• a vast, unified empire of many cultures

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

• a decline in commerce and formal education

• a new set of regulations on social and family life

• a growth in oceanic exploration and colonization

• a golden age of science and intellectual advances

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.

Which of the following best summarizes the effects of Mongol invasions on the Islamic world?

• Mongols destroyed the Islamic faith while they controlled the Islamic world, but were soon destroyed themselves by the rise of the Ottoman Turks.

• Mongols captured Baghdad and ended Seljuk Turk rule. Their control fell apart because they could not rule the distant region, allowing the Ottoman Turks to come to power.

• Mongols controlled much of the Islamic region and were converted to Islam while they were in power. They left because the Seljuk Turks became powerful.

• Mongols were more interested in India and the spice trade than in the Islamic world, so they left Baghdad and moved eastward to control South Asia.

One contribution of Muslim scholarship in Spain to the intellectual life of Europe was

• the introduction of a movable-type printing press

• the creation of a unified body of Islamic and Christian law

• the preservation and translation of Greek and Roman texts

• the development of the Cyrillic alphabet for Slavic languages

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 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.

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

• taxation on Hindu and non-Muslim pilgrims

• deciphering the ancient language of Sanskrit

• invasions by Turkish warlords from Central Asia

• religious toleration for Hindus and non-Muslims

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