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The photograph above of Angkor Wat in Cambodia is an example of

• the spread of Islam to Southeast Asia

• the wealth created by the spice trade

• Japanese architecture

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  Hindu influence in Southeast Asia

The Mongol conquests of much of Eurasia in the thirteenth century tended to encourage trade along the Silk Roads primarily by

• opening large new markets for both European and East Asian goods in Central Asia

• increasing the demand for military supplies needed by the Mongol armies that occupied various regions

• decreasing the risk of bandit attacks and reducing the number of local rulers collecting tribute from trade caravans

• discouraging seaborne trade along the Indian Ocean routes that competed with the Silk Roads

All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which would best support the author’s argument in the passage?

• DNA evidence suggests human populations in western, central, and southern Africa share many similar genes.

• Linguistic evidence shows that several small groups in central and southern Africa continue to speak non-Bantu languages.

• Archaeological evidence suggests that iron metallurgy spread across sub-Saharan Africa in several distinct waves, separated by hundreds of years.

• Ethnographic evidence shows that many West African societies share common themes in their cultural and religious traditions.

Which of the following was an important continuity in the social structure of states and empires in the period 600 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.?

• Peasants were generally free of obligations to the state.

• Urban craft workers played a substantial role in government.

• Landholding aristocracies tended to be the dominant class.

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  Wealthy merchants dominated political institutions.

In Europe, political relationships of the type depicted in the image emerged most directly on account of which of the following developments?

• Local elites’ need for military protection from more powerful lords

• Local elites’ desire to expand the commercial power of local towns

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  Local elites’ need for military assistance to eliminate religious heresies

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  Local elites’ desire to attract new settlers to their territories

The act of the countess of Béarn in the image is most closely identified with which of the following political systems?

• Manorialism

• Serfdom

• Monasticism

• Feudalism

The image most directly illustrates which of the following features of the political development of medieval Europe?

• Its decentralization, as European rulers frequently delegated authority to local subordinates.

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  Its bureaucratization, as European rulers developed sophisticated systems of record keeping to strengthen their authority.

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  Its reliance on Roman traditions, as European rulers used ancient customs to demonstrate their legitimacy.

• Its ethnic and cultural diversity, as European rulers granted ethnic and religious groups the right to use their own laws and traditions.

In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had which of the following in common?

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  All successfully excluded European merchants.

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  All were conquered by the Mongols.

• All rejected both Buddhism and Christianity.

• All were culturally influenced by China.

Which of the following resulted from the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire following the death of Genghis Khan?

• The collapse of the Byzantine Empire

• The development of khanates in Central Asia

• The spread of Islam into East Asia

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  Increased trade between Africa and Asia

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decline of Eurasian urban populations during the fourteenth century?

• Climate change

• Epidemic disease

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  Religious wars

• Regional migration