Multiple Choice Quiz
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1
Which of the following was not a symptom of decline in the Arabic Caliphate by 1300?
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2
what century was the European economy sufficiently strong to drive Muslim merchants from European markets?
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3
What was the political state of the Middle East following the fall of the Abbasid Empire and the withdrawal of the Mongols?
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4
The Ottoman Empire gained greater territorial influence than ever possessed by the Arabic dynasties in
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5
Which of the following statements concerning the Ottoman Empire is most accurate?
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6
What Chinese dynasty was associated briefly with the establishment of state-sponsored international commerce?
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7
For how long did the Chinese government sponsor international commercial voyages in the fifteenth century?
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8
Which of the following statements concerning the cessation of state-sponsored trade in China is most accurate?
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9
Which of the following was not a drawback to the West's emergence as a global power?
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10
What was the disease that accounted for the enormous loss of life in the fourteenth century?
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11
Which of the following was a source of Western dynamism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
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12
Which of the following is correctly associated with the Renaissance?
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13
Which of the following features allowed Italy to emerge as the center of the early Renaissance?
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14
Where were the two major regional monarchies that were established soon after 1400?
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15
Why did the West begin the exploration of new trade routes ca. 1400?
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16
Which of the following is a common element of the Polynesian societies of Hawaii and New Zealand?
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17
After 1400 the Aztec and Inca empires
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18
Which of the following dates did the Americas and Polynesia still remain unaffected by the international exchange?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.
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