Question 1

The first Turkic people to convert to Islam were the Karkhanids,who became Muslims in

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A)   720 C.E.
B)   845 C.E.
C)   960 C.E.
D)   1072 C.E. C

Question 2

Which of the following did NOT characterize the phenomenon of the early crusades?

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A)   The church in Rome bore the primary financial burden for individual crusaders.
B)   Muslims viewed the crusades as a pattern of conquest extending from North to South and West to East across and around the Mediterranean.
C)   Rich crusaders went on pilgrimages to acquire wealth and territory.
D)   Italian merchant-communities supported the early crusaders, even though some of them disrupted the delicate tolerance that had existed between Christians and Muslims in crusader states. A

Question 3

The role that Turkic peoples played within the Islamic Empire was that of

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A)   a people mostly concerned with commerce and trade.
B)   a military force that fought for Sunni Islam.
C)   a people completely integrated into the Arabic world.
D)   a military force that fought for Shia Islam. B

Question 4

In what manner did the Islamic Empire integrate the Turkic peoples into its world?

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A)   It converted them and turned their military values to its service.
B)   It either fought or bought them off.
C)   It seduced them into their culture and convinced them to give up their language and traditions.
D)   It allowed them to maintain their traditional ways and beliefs as long as they fought in the service of Islam.

Question 5

Discuss how the Song dynasty responded to the arrival of "barbarian" steppeland invaders in northern China.How did the solutions promoted by the Song dynasty result in economic and cultural growth as well as the expansion of Chinese territory? What important legacy did this leave for the peoples of southeast Asia?

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Question 6

What was the appeal of Sufism for many Muslims? Why was it rejected by much of the elite in the Islamic Empire?

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Question 7

The Almoravid religious zealots seized much of the Iberian Peninsula from

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A)   Christian rulers in support of Muslim rulers already there.
B)   Muslim rulers in support of Christians.
C)   Muslim and Christian rulers in order to found an empire of their own.
D)   the Almohad rulers who had conquered the peninsula before them.

Question 8

When Muslims first called the Turks "the army of God," they meant that

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A)   they believed the Turks were ferocious pagans sent to punish the sins of Muslims.
B)   they believed the Turks were sent to punish Christian sins.
C)   they believed the Turks were holy warriors who fought for the Muslim cause.
D)   the Turks believed themselves to be missionaries for Islam.

Question 9

The Sufi writer al-Ghazali was important as a bridge in Islamic thinking and teaching because he

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A)   explained so clearly why Sunni orthodoxy was correct.
B)   valued the faith of the poor as much as the learning of scholars in the mosques.
C)   said that all points of view should be treated as equal.
D)   was such a clear writer that he could make even the most complex issues crystal clear.

Question 10

In order to maintain peaceful relations with the neighboring Liao Empire,the Song Empire

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A)   maintained only a small army so as not to appear threatening.
B)   paid tribute to the Liao.
C)   had its children educated in schools in Liao territory.
D)   kept common religious shrines and practices that emphasized a unity between the two powers.

Question 11

Why does the hostility between pastoralists and sedentary peoples have less to do with conflicts of interest than with a clash of cultures?

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Question 12

What role did steppelanders play in connecting different sedentary areas with each other? Were different civilizations' responses to the steppe challenge part of a larger Eurasian system of interactions?

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Question 13

Compare one civilization that seemed particularly successful at coping with external invaders from the steppe during the eleventh and twelfth centuries with one that was less successful.What elements contributed to or prevented success?

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Question 14

Unlike those in many urban populations,pastoralist diets often include

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A)   meat.
B)   dairy foods.
C)   grain.
D)   fruits and vegetables.

Question 15

How was China like Western Europe during the ninth to tenth centuries C.E.?

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A)   They were enjoying a period of tremendous economic development.
B)   They were winning battles against nomadic invaders.
C)   Bribery and aggressive diplomacy were meeting with success in keeping nomadic invaders out.
D)   They were striving to maintain an ancient sense of unity in times of political dissolution.

Question 16

The Song bureaucrat Wang Anshi believed in

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A)   a Daoist government that did little and left things to individuals.
B)   a socially responsible government that gave cheap loans to farmers and used progressive taxation.
C)   idealizing ancient Confucian ethics and philosophy.
D)   making sure that potential government workers excelled in calligraphy and poetry.

Question 17

Why were Turkic warriors not more fully integrated into mainstream Islamic civilization? What costs or dangers did they pose to the Islamic world,despite their zealous military service?

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Question 18

Compare the Chinese and Islamic relationships with steppelanders.What were the costs and benefits of each policy?

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Question 19

The famous Muslim leader Saladin was important because of his leadership in

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A)   the reconquest of Jerusalem and the defeat of Shi'ites.
B)   completely driving out the crusaders.
C)   establishing the power of Shia Islam in Iran.
D)   driving all Christian and Jewish communities out of the Islamic world.

Question 20

Why were steppelanders often successful in their conflicts with the settled populations of Eurasia? What are two examples of this?

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Exam 12: The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200