Chapter 6
Outside the Mesoamerican and Andean regions, most people living in the Americas in the pre-Columbian era...
A. Obtained their food supply by gathering and hunting
The Sahara region first gained attention due to holding rich deposits of what highly valued commodity?
Salt
China's most enduring and intense interaction with outsiders was with...
C. the nomadic pastoral peoples of the northern steppes
In what region was conversion to Islam motivated by a desire to expand trading networks rather than from the result of conquest and Islamic rule?
West Africa
In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and his serfs?
Feudalism
Which of the following explains why the island societies in of Pacific Oceania constitute a single cultural region despite the vast distances separating them?
B. Their common origin in Southeast Asia
Which of the following describes the Swahili civilization's relationship with the people who lived in the interior?
The "way of the warrior", or ________________, referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty, and an emphasis on death over surrender.
Bushido
What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shias?
D. disagreement over who should assume leadership in the Islamic world
What is the name used by modern historians to refer to the surviving eastern Roman Empire during the medieval centuries?
Byzantine
Which of the following describes a feature of Bantu religion?
A. It was concerned with explaining local affairs and involved animism
Which of the following is true of Indian cultural influence in Southeast Asia?
B. It spread through the voluntary adoption and adaption of Indian ideas.
Which of the following was a factor in the growth of Buddhism in China after 300 CE?
A. Disorder increased following the collapse of the Han dynasty, which discredited Confucianism
Which of the following is true of pre-Islamic Arabia?
C. Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived among the established Arab populations
The _____________ were the "holy wars" waged by Western Christendom from 1095 until the end of the Middle Ages and beyond.
Crusades
Which of the following was an advantage that Bantu-speaking farmers had in their encounters with gathering and hunting groups?
D. Ironworking technology
The Silk Roads built on earlier trading connections between Eurasian civilizations and...
C. Pastoral peoples
In their relations with China, the countries of Korea and Japan both...
C. sent people to China to study Chinese thought and culture
Which of the following contributed to the mass conversion of people living in the Middles East to Islam by the eighth century?
C. Conversion to Islam offered many financial and social benefits
Which of the following contributed to the decline of Christianity in Asia and Africa by 1500?
D. The spread of Islamic civilization
Vertical integration- the effort to control a variety of ecological zones where different crops and animals could flourish- characterized the civilizations of...
A. Mesoamerica
How did the spread of Islam affect Indian Ocean commerce?
D. Muslim merchants and sailors established communities of traders from East Africa to the South China coast.
Which dynasty ruled from 960 to 1279 in China and built a state structure that endured for thousands of years? China became the "richest, most skilled, and most populous country on earth" during this dynasty.
What religion blended elements from Hinduism and Islam?
Sikhism
Which of the following describes the relationship between politics and religion in Western Europe from 500 to 1300?
B. Rulers provided protection for the Church in return for religious legitimacy