Question 1

From what source did many technological innovations arrive in the West during the 13th and 14th centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asia 
B)  Africa 
C)  The Americas 
D)  The Islamic regions of the Middle East 
A)  Asia 
B)  Africa 
C)  The Americas 
D)  The Islamic regions of the Middle East

Question 2

What Florentine painter led the way in the movement toward nature and people as the primary subject matter of Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giotto 
B)  Petrarch 
C)  Masaccio 
D)  Fra Angelico 
A)  Giotto 
B)  Petrarch 
C)  Masaccio 
D)  Fra Angelico

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a symptom of decline in the Arabic caliphate by 1300?

Accepted Answer

A)  The narrowing of intellectual life symbolized by the triumph of religion over literature, philosophy, and science 
B)  Landlords seized power over peasants 
C)  The decline of the Sufis 
D)  Decline of tax revenues for the state 
A)  The narrowing of intellectual life symbolized by the triumph of religion over literature, philosophy, and science 
B)  Landlords seized power over peasants 
C)  The decline of the Sufis 
D)  Decline of tax revenues for the state

Question 4

By what date had the Middle Eastern peasants increasingly lost their freedom, becoming serfs on large estates?

Accepted Answer

A)  900 
B)  1000 
C)  1100 
D)  1350 
A)  900 
B)  1000 
C)  1100 
D)  1350

Question 5

What area represented a new conquest for the Ottoman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asia Minor 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Southeastern Europe 
D)  Mesopotamia 
A)  Asia Minor 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Southeastern Europe 
D)  Mesopotamia

Question 6

The practice of judging other peoples by the standards and practices of one?s own culture of ethnic group is

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentrism. 
B)  genocide. 
C)  anthropomorphism. 
D)  aversionism. 
A)  ethnocentrism. 
B)  genocide. 
C)  anthropomorphism. 
D)  aversionism.

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT an international economic difficulty experienced by the West by 1400?

Accepted Answer

A)  Western elites were accustomed to increasing consumption of Asian luxury products. 
B)  Trade with Asia had ceased as a result of the Mongol conquests. 
C)  Western trade for luxuries had to be paid for in gold, establishing a negative balance of trade. 
D)  The rise of the Ottoman Empire once again closed off the eastern Mediterranean for Western merchants and shipping. 
A)  Western elites were accustomed to increasing consumption of Asian luxury products. 
B)  Trade with Asia had ceased as a result of the Mongol conquests. 
C)  Western trade for luxuries had to be paid for in gold, establishing a negative balance of trade. 
D)  The rise of the Ottoman Empire once again closed off the eastern Mediterranean for Western merchants and shipping.

Question 8

Strong regional monarchies took hold in this period in

Accepted Answer

A)  France and England 
B)  the Ottoman Empire 
C)  Spain and Portugal 
D)  Germany and Austria 
A)  France and England 
B)  the Ottoman Empire 
C)  Spain and Portugal 
D)  Germany and Austria

Question 9

Along with Italy, a key center for political change in the 14th and 15th centuries was

Accepted Answer

A)  France. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  England. 
D)  the Iberian peninsula. 
A)  France. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  England. 
D)  the Iberian peninsula.

Question 10

Which of the following civilizations first attempted to fill the commercial vacuum created by the decline in Arabic trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia 
B)  Japan 
C)  China 
D)  India 
A)  Russia 
B)  Japan 
C)  China 
D)  India

Question 11

The key theme of Polynesian culture from the 7th century to 1400 was

Accepted Answer

A)  the adoption of Japanese civilization in the island societies. 
B)  the development of a uniform written script. 
C)  contraction as a result of the world-wide epidemic of the 14th century. 
D)  spurts of migration and conquest that implanted Polynesian culture beyond the initial base in the Society Islands. 
A)  the adoption of Japanese civilization in the island societies. 
B)  the development of a uniform written script. 
C)  contraction as a result of the world-wide epidemic of the 14th century. 
D)  spurts of migration and conquest that implanted Polynesian culture beyond the initial base in the Society Islands.

Question 12

In what region of Europe did the Renaissance begin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany 
B)  Italy 
C)  France 
D)  England 
A)  Germany 
B)  Italy 
C)  France 
D)  England

Question 13

Evaluate the position of China in the international balance of power in 1450.

Accepted Answer

China had restored political unity under

Question 14

Which of the following statements concerning the political fragmentation of the Arabic world is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  After the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, the emerging Ottoman Empire soon mastered most of the lands of the old caliphate plus the Byzantine corner. 
B)  The political fragmentation caused by the fall of Baghdad lasted for several centuries under the decentralized administration of the Seljuk Turks. 
C)  The Mongol conquests eliminated any form of centralized government in the Middle East until the 17th century. 
D)  Following the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, the Middle East became part of the colonial empire of the emerging feudal states of western Europe. 
A)  After the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, the emerging Ottoman Empire soon mastered most of the lands of the old caliphate plus the Byzantine corner. 
B)  The political fragmentation caused by the fall of Baghdad lasted for several centuries under the decentralized administration of the Seljuk Turks. 
C)  The Mongol conquests eliminated any form of centralized government in the Middle East until the 17th century. 
D)  Following the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, the Middle East became part of the colonial empire of the emerging feudal states of western Europe.

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT a drawback to the West?s emergence as a global power?

Accepted Answer

A)  Western nations lacked the political coherence and organizing ability of imperial China. 
B)  The West did not begin to establish key maritime and commercial links until after 1600. 
C)  The church, long one of the organizing institutions of Western civilization, was under attack. 
D)  The lives and economic activities of ordinary Europeans, the artisans and peasants, were in serious disarray. 
A)  Western nations lacked the political coherence and organizing ability of imperial China. 
B)  The West did not begin to establish key maritime and commercial links until after 1600. 
C)  The church, long one of the organizing institutions of Western civilization, was under attack. 
D)  The lives and economic activities of ordinary Europeans, the artisans and peasants, were in serious disarray.

Question 16

In what year did the Ming dynasty halt state-sponsored commercial voyages?

Accepted Answer

A)  1358 
B)  1405 
C)  1433 
D)  1487 
A)  1358 
B)  1405 
C)  1433 
D)  1487

Question 17

Which of the following represents a significant difference between New Zealand and Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

A)  Art based on carved wood 
B)  A cold and harsh climate 
C)  A highly stratified society 
D)  A society based on warfare 
A)  Art based on carved wood 
B)  A cold and harsh climate 
C)  A highly stratified society 
D)  A society based on warfare

Question 18

Which of the following statements concerning Arabic trade after 1100 is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arabic control of the seas was strengthened following 1100. 
B)  Although Arabic dynamism in trade was reduced, Muslims remained active in world markets. 
C)  The total collapse of the Islamic world in the 12th century can best be compared to the fall of the Roman Empire. 
D)  The Arab trading complex was reduced after 1100 to the Middle East. 
A)  Arabic control of the seas was strengthened following 1100. 
B)  Although Arabic dynamism in trade was reduced, Muslims remained active in world markets. 
C)  The total collapse of the Islamic world in the 12th century can best be compared to the fall of the Roman Empire. 
D)  The Arab trading complex was reduced after 1100 to the Middle East.

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Hawaiian culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urbanization 
B)  Animal husbandry featuring swine 
C)  Warlike regional kingdoms 
D)  Highly stratified social structure 
A)  Urbanization 
B)  Animal husbandry featuring swine 
C)  Warlike regional kingdoms 
D)  Highly stratified social structure

Exam 20: The West and the Changing World Balance

From what source did many technological innovations arrive in the West during the 13th and 14th centuries?

What Florentine painter led the way in the movement toward nature and people as the primary subject matter of Renaissance art?

Which of the following was NOT a symptom of decline in the Arabic caliphate by 1300?

By what date had the Middle Eastern peasants increasingly lost their freedom, becoming serfs on large estates?

What area represented a new conquest for the Ottoman Empire?

The practice of judging other peoples by the standards and practices of one?s own culture of ethnic group is

Which of the following was NOT an international economic difficulty experienced by the West by 1400?

Strong regional monarchies took hold in this period in

Along with Italy, a key center for political change in the 14th and 15th centuries was

Which of the following civilizations first attempted to fill the commercial vacuum created by the decline in Arabic trade?

The key theme of Polynesian culture from the 7th century to 1400 was

In what region of Europe did the Renaissance begin?

Evaluate the position of China in the international balance of power in 1450.

Which of the following statements concerning the political fragmentation of the Arabic world is most accurate?

Which of the following was NOT a drawback to the West?s emergence as a global power?

In what year did the Ming dynasty halt state-sponsored commercial voyages?

Which of the following represents a significant difference between New Zealand and Hawaii?

Which of the following statements concerning Arabic trade after 1100 is most accurate?

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Hawaiian culture?

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