Question 1

During the rule of Khmer King Jayavarman VII,he surrounded Angkor with shrines,palaces,and

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A)  massive walls. 
B)  hospitals. 
C)  military garrisons. 
D)  marketplaces. 
A)  massive walls. 
B)  hospitals. 
C)  military garrisons. 
D)  marketplaces.

Question 2

How do we know about such long-term processes as climate change,and why have such factors been so rarely incorporated into world history narratives?

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We know about long-term processes such a

Question 3

The theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm wrote about God,

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A)  arguing that only through scripture and revelation could he be understood. 
B)  using reason alone to prove God's existence. 
C)  using a combination of scripture and revelation to prove God's existence. 
D)  arguing that faith alone could demonstrate God's existence. 
A)  arguing that only through scripture and revelation could he be understood. 
B)  using reason alone to prove God's existence. 
C)  using a combination of scripture and revelation to prove God's existence. 
D)  arguing that faith alone could demonstrate God's existence.

Question 4

What two changes seem to underlie the phenomenon of the rise of heretical movements during the Later Middle Ages?

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A)  a desire by the clergy to gain the wealth of lay people and of lay people to gain the wealth of the church 
B)  the militarization of European society and its increasing wealth and prosperity 
C)  the rise of many charismatic kooks and charlatans and a church that was intolerant of them 
D)  imperfections in lay religion detected by a legalistic clergy and lay people's increased demands on the clergy 
A)  a desire by the clergy to gain the wealth of lay people and of lay people to gain the wealth of the church 
B)  the militarization of European society and its increasing wealth and prosperity 
C)  the rise of many charismatic kooks and charlatans and a church that was intolerant of them 
D)  imperfections in lay religion detected by a legalistic clergy and lay people's increased demands on the clergy

Question 5

What effect did the connection with the Indian Ocean region have on the development of Ethiopia?

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The connection with the Indian Ocean reg

Question 6

The Holy Roman Empire was

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A)  holy in the sense of being an integrated part of the Roman church. 
B)  Roman in that its capital was in Rome. 
C)  an empire because of the strong, central authority of the emperor himself. 
D)  a German state. 
A)  holy in the sense of being an integrated part of the Roman church. 
B)  Roman in that its capital was in Rome. 
C)  an empire because of the strong, central authority of the emperor himself. 
D)  a German state.

Question 7

How did the relative isolation of Western Europe affect its relations with its neighbors as it began to reassert itself in the eleventh to twelfth centuries?

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The relative isolation of Western Europe

Question 8

What was the relationship between religion and trade in the Indian Ocean world in this era? Did religion reinforce trade connections,interfere with them,or have some other effect?

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In the Indian Ocean world, religion play

Question 9

What three reasons did the Norsemen give for going to Greenland?

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A)  gain, conquest, and the spread of Christianity 
B)  conquest, fame, and gain 
C)  the spread of Christianity, gain, and fame 
D)  fame, curiosity, and gain 
A)  gain, conquest, and the spread of Christianity 
B)  conquest, fame, and gain 
C)  the spread of Christianity, gain, and fame 
D)  fame, curiosity, and gain

Question 10

A group of northern European merchant cities organized themselves into what came to be called the

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A)  Hanseatic League. 
B)  Knights Templar. 
C)  League of Lübeck. 
D)  Commercial League of North Europe. 
A)  Hanseatic League. 
B)  Knights Templar. 
C)  League of Lübeck. 
D)  Commercial League of North Europe.

During the rule of Khmer King Jayavarman VII,he surrounded Angkor with shrines,palaces,and

How do we know about such long-term processes as climate change,and why have such factors been so rarely incorporated into world history narratives?

The theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm wrote about God,

What two changes seem to underlie the phenomenon of the rise of heretical movements during the Later Middle Ages?

What effect did the connection with the Indian Ocean region have on the development of Ethiopia?

The Holy Roman Empire was

How did the relative isolation of Western Europe affect its relations with its neighbors as it began to reassert itself in the eleventh to twelfth centuries?

What was the relationship between religion and trade in the Indian Ocean world in this era? Did religion reinforce trade connections,interfere with them,or have some other effect?

What three reasons did the Norsemen give for going to Greenland?

A group of northern European merchant cities organized themselves into what came to be called the

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Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

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Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

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Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

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Exam 11: Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

During the rule of Khmer King Jayavarman VII,he surrounded Angkor with shrines,palaces,and

How do we know about such long-term processes as climate change,and why have such factors been so rarely incorporated into world history narratives?

The theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm wrote about God,

What two changes seem to underlie the phenomenon of the rise of heretical movements during the Later Middle Ages?

What effect did the connection with the Indian Ocean region have on the development of Ethiopia?

The Holy Roman Empire was

How did the relative isolation of Western Europe affect its relations with its neighbors as it began to reassert itself in the eleventh to twelfth centuries?

What was the relationship between religion and trade in the Indian Ocean world in this era? Did religion reinforce trade connections,interfere with them,or have some other effect?

What three reasons did the Norsemen give for going to Greenland?

A group of northern European merchant cities organized themselves into what came to be called the

Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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