Question 1

Compare the effects of isolation on Europe and Japan. What similarities did their responses show? What differences?
In Perspective

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The answer of Compare the effects of isolation on Europe...

Question 2

What environmental event occurred around 1000 C.E. that made possible a migration of the Thule Inuit across the Arctic region?

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A)  The weather became colder and created more ice floes that could be used by the migrants. 
B)  A cooling trend created better conditions for the whales and polar bears upon which the Thule Inuit depended. 
C)  A warming trend made conditions easier for hunting and navigating. 
D)  A warming trend opened new lands for farming that the Thule Inuit exploited. 
A)  The weather became colder and created more ice floes that could be used by the migrants. 
B)  A cooling trend created better conditions for the whales and polar bears upon which the Thule Inuit depended. 
C)  A warming trend made conditions easier for hunting and navigating. 
D)  A warming trend opened new lands for farming that the Thule Inuit exploited.

Question 3

How did the rulers of the Canyon peoples deal with the environmental challenges that their region presented?

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A)  by peacefully incorporating neighboring peoples into their system 
B)  by giving their people a high level of participation in the running of the community 
C)  by adopting harsh military methods 
D)  by developing a remarkable level of exchange with the Mississippian cultures to the east 
A)  by peacefully incorporating neighboring peoples into their system 
B)  by giving their people a high level of participation in the running of the community 
C)  by adopting harsh military methods 
D)  by developing a remarkable level of exchange with the Mississippian cultures to the east

Question 4

How did the isolation of areas like Greenland and North America compare with the isolation of Japan? Why was the experience of Japan so different?

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The isolation of areas like Greenland an

Question 5

What new invention(s) were introduced into Christian Europe from elsewhere in Eurasia during the Later Middle Ages?

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A)  windmills 
B)  ground lenses 
C)  blast furnaces 
D)  clocks 
A)  windmills 
B)  ground lenses 
C)  blast furnaces 
D)  clocks

Question 6

Why were emperors in Japan largely pushed out of having political power?

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A)  They were preoccupied with religious duties. 
B)  They were militarily weak. 
C)  They were never interested in political power. 
D)  They relied on others to handle this while they focused on hunting and feasting. 
A)  They were preoccupied with religious duties. 
B)  They were militarily weak. 
C)  They were never interested in political power. 
D)  They relied on others to handle this while they focused on hunting and feasting.

Question 7

What were the political effects of Japan's isolation during the ninth to twelfth centuries?

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During Japan's isolation from the ninth

Question 8

One of the great revolutions in the art of medieval Europe during the eleventh to twelfth centuries C.E. is

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A)  the naturalism of the depiction of human figures. 
B)  the new focus on the portrayal of scenes from classical mythology in churches. 
C)  the appearance of commoners in religious scenes. 
D)  the use of new types of oil paints. 
A)  the naturalism of the depiction of human figures. 
B)  the new focus on the portrayal of scenes from classical mythology in churches. 
C)  the appearance of commoners in religious scenes. 
D)  the use of new types of oil paints.

Question 9

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 10

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 11

What are the benefits and drawbacks of cultural and economic isolation?

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Cultural and economic isolation can have

Question 12

During the period from 1000 to 1200 C.E., most of the Indian states

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A)  grew as a source of scientific knowledge. 
B)  declined in population. 
C)  ceased to be centers of trade. 
D)  converted to Islam. 
A)  grew as a source of scientific knowledge. 
B)  declined in population. 
C)  ceased to be centers of trade. 
D)  converted to Islam.

Question 13

During a period of relative isolation from 1000 to 1200 C.E., Japan experienced

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A)  a decline in its literary arts. 
B)  a loss of knowledge about mainland Asia. 
C)  a restoration of trade with China. 
D)  a loss of technological skill in metalworking. 
A)  a decline in its literary arts. 
B)  a loss of knowledge about mainland Asia. 
C)  a restoration of trade with China. 
D)  a loss of technological skill in metalworking.

Question 14

The city of Angkor was laid out to evoke

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A)  the greatness of the Khmer regime. 
B)  the rhythms of the seasons and the natural world. 
C)  ideas of the divine design of the world. 
D)  the power of the new Muslim ruler of the Khmer people. 
A)  the greatness of the Khmer regime. 
B)  the rhythms of the seasons and the natural world. 
C)  ideas of the divine design of the world. 
D)  the power of the new Muslim ruler of the Khmer people.

Question 15

What were the challenges that geography created for the development of long distance contacts and communication in North America?

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The geography of North America presented

Question 16

How did trade in the Indian Ocean connect peoples in Africa with Eurasia?

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Trade in the Indian Ocean has been a cri

Question 17

What connections existed between states in India and Southeast Asia, and how did these connections affect the development of these states?

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The connections between states in India

Question 18

How did powerful families like the Fujiwara legitimate their power at court?

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A)  by gaining more wealth than others 
B)  by marrying their daughters into the imperial family 
C)  through military victories over enemies like the Taira 
D)  through the support of the Buddhist monks 
A)  by gaining more wealth than others 
B)  by marrying their daughters into the imperial family 
C)  through military victories over enemies like the Taira 
D)  through the support of the Buddhist monks

Question 19

Contrast the social, religious and commercial changes that marked the Ethiopian Empire and Japan in the period from about 900 to 1200 C.E. Consider how one society emerged from isolation while the other actively sought to isolate itself.

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During the period from 900 to 1200 C.E.,

Question 20

Despite its isolation from foreign threats, Japan came to be dominated by a warrior class. What does this tell us about politics in the twelfth-century world?

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The dominance of a warrior class in twel

Compare the effects of isolation on Europe and Japan. What similarities did their responses show? What differences? In Perspective

What environmental event occurred around 1000 C.E. that made possible a migration of the Thule Inuit across the Arctic region?

How did the rulers of the Canyon peoples deal with the environmental challenges that their region presented?

How did the isolation of areas like Greenland and North America compare with the isolation of Japan? Why was the experience of Japan so different?

What new invention(s) were introduced into Christian Europe from elsewhere in Eurasia during the Later Middle Ages?

Why were emperors in Japan largely pushed out of having political power?

What were the political effects of Japan's isolation during the ninth to twelfth centuries?

One of the great revolutions in the art of medieval Europe during the eleventh to twelfth centuries C.E. is

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

What are the benefits and drawbacks of cultural and economic isolation?

During the period from 1000 to 1200 C.E., most of the Indian states

During a period of relative isolation from 1000 to 1200 C.E., Japan experienced

The city of Angkor was laid out to evoke

What were the challenges that geography created for the development of long distance contacts and communication in North America?

How did trade in the Indian Ocean connect peoples in Africa with Eurasia?

What connections existed between states in India and Southeast Asia, and how did these connections affect the development of these states?

How did powerful families like the Fujiwara legitimate their power at court?

Contrast the social, religious and commercial changes that marked the Ethiopian Empire and Japan in the period from about 900 to 1200 C.E. Consider how one society emerged from isolation while the other actively sought to isolate itself.

Despite its isolation from foreign threats, Japan came to be dominated by a warrior class. What does this tell us about politics in the twelfth-century world?

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Exam 11: Contending With Isolation: Ca 1000-1200

Compare the effects of isolation on Europe and Japan. What similarities did their responses show? What differences? In Perspective

What environmental event occurred around 1000 C.E. that made possible a migration of the Thule Inuit across the Arctic region?

How did the rulers of the Canyon peoples deal with the environmental challenges that their region presented?

How did the isolation of areas like Greenland and North America compare with the isolation of Japan? Why was the experience of Japan so different?

What new invention(s) were introduced into Christian Europe from elsewhere in Eurasia during the Later Middle Ages?

Why were emperors in Japan largely pushed out of having political power?

What were the political effects of Japan's isolation during the ninth to twelfth centuries?

One of the great revolutions in the art of medieval Europe during the eleventh to twelfth centuries C.E. is

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

What are the benefits and drawbacks of cultural and economic isolation?

During the period from 1000 to 1200 C.E., most of the Indian states

During a period of relative isolation from 1000 to 1200 C.E., Japan experienced

The city of Angkor was laid out to evoke

What were the challenges that geography created for the development of long distance contacts and communication in North America?

How did trade in the Indian Ocean connect peoples in Africa with Eurasia?

What connections existed between states in India and Southeast Asia, and how did these connections affect the development of these states?

How did powerful families like the Fujiwara legitimate their power at court?

Contrast the social, religious and commercial changes that marked the Ethiopian Empire and Japan in the period from about 900 to 1200 C.E. Consider how one society emerged from isolation while the other actively sought to isolate itself.

Despite its isolation from foreign threats, Japan came to be dominated by a warrior class. What does this tell us about politics in the twelfth-century world?

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

The Great Empires

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, Ca 200 to 700 Ce

The Rise of World Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

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

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

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