Which dynasty was in power in China from 960 to 1279?

• The Ming Dynasty

• The Yuan Dynasty

• The Qing Dynasty

• The Song Dynasty

What philosophy did the Song Dynasty emphasize to maintain and justify its rule?

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

What was the purpose of the civil service examination in the Song Dynasty?

• To exclude common people from serving in government

• To test loyalty to the emperor

• To ensure that bureaucratic jobs were earned based on merit

• To recruit military personnel

Which regions were influenced by Chinese traditions during the Song Dynasty?

• Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore

• Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos

• India, Mongolia, and Russia

• Korea, Japan, and Vietnam

What was a major economic development in the Song Dynasty?

• Commercialization of the economy

• Elimination of trade with neighboring states

• Decline in international trade

• Focus solely on agriculture

What does 'Dar al-Islam' refer to?

• Regions where Islamic faith was the organizing principle of civilizations

• A specific holy site in Islam

• A type of government in the Islamic world

• A philosophical movement within Islam

What was the main reason for the spread of Islam in West Africa?

• Increased access to trade

• Cultural exchanges

• Educational reforms

• Military conquests

MARIA, COUNTESS OF BÉARN, ACCOMPANIED BY SEVEN OF HER MALE COURTIERS, SWEARS HOMAGE TO HER OVERLORD, KING ALFONSO II OF ARAGON, ILLUSTRATION IN A MANUSCRIPT PRODUCED FOR THE ROYAL COURT OF ARAGON CIRCA 1175 C.E.

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

• • Serfdom

• • Monasticism

“The adoption of the mamluk* institutions by the Abbasids was followed almost immediately by [the] . . . disintegration of the state. . . . The disintegration of the Abbasid state was an intensely painful process in which it seemed at times as if the very venture of Islam was coming to an end, like that of Alexander the Great before it. . . . Indeed, that Islam was soon to disappear was the very premise upon which the [Shi‘ite] revolutionaries held out their promise of a moral and material recovery: nothing less . . . could now save the marriage between religion and power to which the Islamic [state] owed its existence.”

*an Arabic term designating an enslaved person, in this case, a slave soldier of Turkic origin

Patricia Crone, Danish-American historian of Islamic history, Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity, 1980

Despite the disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate, Islam continued to spread across Afro-Eurasia in the period 1200–1450 primarily because of which of the following?

• The conquest of the Christian Crusader States in the Levant

• The activities of Sufi missionaries

• The voyages of the Muslim eunuch Zheng He

• The translation activities of Muslim scholars

“The adoption of the mamluk* institutions by the Abbasids was followed almost immediately by [the] . . . disintegration of the state. . . . The disintegration of the Abbasid state was an intensely painful process in which it seemed at times as if the very venture of Islam was coming to an end, like that of Alexander the Great before it. . . . Indeed, that Islam was soon to disappear was the very premise upon which the [Shi‘ite] revolutionaries held out their promise of a moral and material recovery: nothing less . . . could now save the marriage between religion and power to which the Islamic [state] owed its existence.”

*an Arabic term designating an enslaved person, in this case, a slave soldier of Turkic origin

Patricia Crone, Danish-American historian of Islamic history, Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity, 1980

The combination between religious and political aspects in the Abbasid state’s concept of governance is best reflected in which of the following?

• The Abbasid state had an influential Sunni religious class that often came into conflict with the state.

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  The Abbasid state often allowed local rulers considerable autonomy.

• The Abbasid state patronized the construction of religious buildings such as mosques.

• The Abbasid state was headed by a caliph who was both the state’s supreme religious and political leader.