Question 1

Identification
-al-Hambra

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-al-Hambra...

Question 2

Identification
-Timurlane

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-Timurlane...

Question 3

Identification
-Hsi Hsia

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-Hsi Hsia...

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the Fatimids is false?

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A) Their economic strength derived from the sale of farm products and gold to European merchants. 
B) They built the oldest active university in the world. 
C) They made Cairo a great cultural center. 
D) They built many mosques and public works. 
E) none of these choices

Question 5

What were the main features of Yuan economic policy?

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Question 6

The pope who called for the first Crusade was

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A) disappointed by the response to his appeal. 
B) angered by the reluctance of Christians to go on expeditions to Muslim-held lands. 
C) surprised by the tremendous response to his call. 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 7

State briefly four main reasons for the Crusades.

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Question 8

Which of the following statements about the Crusades is false?

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A) They increased religious animosities between the Christian and Muslim worlds. 
B) They fostered further religious disputes among Christians. 
C) Outraged by excesses and massacres inflicted by the Crusaders, many eastern Christians subsequently converted to Islam. 
D) none of these choices 
E) all of these choices

Question 9

The Mamluk dynasties were centered in

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A) Egypt. 
B) Syria. 
C) Baghdad. 
D) the Balkan Peninsula. 
E) none of these choices

Question 10

Identification
-Hospitallers

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-Hospitallers...

Question 11

Identification
-Umayyads

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-Umayyads...

Question 12

Identification
-janissaries

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-janissaries...

Question 13

Of the following, which shared a border with all the others?

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A) Timulane's Empire 
B) Khanate of the Golden Horde 
C) Chagatai Khanate 
D) Sultanate of Delhi 
E) Ottoman Empire

Question 14

Timurlane was the benefactor of

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A) Samarkand. 
B) Baghdad. 
C) Cairo. 
D) Peking. 
E) Damascus.

Question 15

Identification
-Annam

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-Annam...

Question 16

Identification
-Kubilai Khan

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-Kubilai Khan...

Question 17

The significance of the Battle of Hittin (1187) was that it

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A) enabled the Crusaders to capture Egypt. 
B) ended any chance of Crusader expansion into the heartland of the Arab world. 
C) marked the triumph of the Fatimids over the Abbasids. 
D) marked the triumph of the Seljuks over the Abbasids. 
E) resulted in the expulsion of Muslim forces from the "Holy Land."

Question 18

Why did Egypt become the political center of Islam in the thirteenth century?

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Question 19

Who were the Assassins?

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A) An elite corps of Mongol "hit men" 
B) A heretical Muslim sect that had menaced both Muslim rulers and the Crusaders. 
C) A splinter group of Christian Crusaders dedicated to terrorizing Muslims. 
D) A splinter group of Christian Crusaders dedicated to terrorizing Mongols. 
E) none of these choices

Question 20

Identification
-Kubilai Khan

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-Kubilai Khan...

Exam 8: Three Continents: Conflict and Commerce

Identification -al-Hambra

Identification -Timurlane

Identification -Hsi Hsia