Exam 10: Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millenium

What role did competition between the Orthodox and Catholic churches play in the patterns of Christian expansion? In Perspective

What new technologies and extensions of settlement came about with the Islamic Empire?

One of the most profound impacts that Islam had during the seventh to eighth centuries C.E. was

What environmental factors played a role in the divergence of the histories of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas from those of Eurasia and North Africa during the first millennium C.E.?

Did geography affect cultural and political development in Africa and the Americas more through limiting the exploitation of internal resources or restricting external trade?

Most of the reconstruction of ancient Polynesian society is based on

Most of the surviving writing of the Maya falls into the categories of

Why does the British navigator Captain Cook receive credit for "discovering" many Pacific islands, rather than the Polynesian peoples he found on them?

What factors limited the ability of governments to affect the economic development of their countries in this period, even in cases where they succeeded in promoting growth?

In Polynesian culture, the term mana means

In China, the government dealt with fluctuations in the price of grain by

Discuss ways that the geography and climate of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas shaped the spread and diffusion of cultural practices between 700 and 1000 CE. Use examples from both regions to discuss aspects that were isolating and different ways this isolation was overcome. -Theodora (Byzantine Empire) - Chapter 8 (p. 252) -early Islamic women's rights - Chapter 8 (p. 255) -Empress Wu (Tang dynasty) - Chapter 8 (p. 260) -Japanese royalty allowing women to rule - Chapter 8 (p. 263) -Buddhist nun (visual source p. 289) - Chapter 9 (p. 290) -"Religious Women" - Chapter 9 (p. 291) -Mongol women (primary source) - Chapter 10 (p. 333)

What policies did the early rulers of Japan engage in that encouraged greater productivity?

What role did new technological developments play in the Polynesian colonization of the Pacific islands?

In the state of Zaghawa, in what manner did kings eat?

Zones of exchange and communication in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Americas

Why are the environmental histories of such varied regions as the Islamic world, China, Japan, and Mesoamerica so important? Are such long-ago transformations relevant or meaningful today?

All of the following geographical elements impeded communication and exchange in sub-Saharan Africa EXCEPT:

The "takeoff" point for Polynesian colonization began around

On what basis were the Khmer people able to coalesce into a single, large kingdom?