Unit 1 Test Emergence of the Modern World

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Which of the following is a belief common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

They all believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah

They are all centered in Africa

They all were founded in the same century

They are all monotheistic faiths

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Which of these is the shared Sunni-Shia belief? 

Following the Five Pillars of Islam is the way to achieve happiness in the afterlife

Belief in reincarnation as the afterlife

Additional prophecies will come from Allah or his prophets

Imams are holy men who hold the final say in Islamic law

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If you were going to pick one of these answers to describe a belief of Buddhists, which one would be true?

All true believers must make a pilgrimage to the holy site of Mecca

God so loved the world that He sacrificed His only Son

Buddha is the main God and no other gods are to come before him

Eliminating the desire for material things will prevent suffering

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Which of the following was a result of African merchants trading with people in the Middle East prior to the 1500s? 

Many African states began to feel threatened by outside cultures and withdrew to isolation

Islam spread to west Africa, combining with African religions to form the dominant faith

African states refused to meet world demands for slave population

Merchants brought back plagues that destroyed much of west African population

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Mansa Musa, the Mali leader, established control in this Saharan trading town and it became a center for Muslim learning and culture in Africa:

Great Zimbabwe

Kilwa

Axum

Timbuktu

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West African kingdoms made money from trading all of these African products EXCEPT

Slaves

Salt

Gold

Silk

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Africans reconciled their animistic belief system with Christianity and Islam by

Converting to Islam

Converting to Christianity

Communicating with spirits

Incorporating elements of the old ways into the new

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This Chinese explorer reached the East African coast but had to abandon his voyages due to high costs and low return.

Manchu

Hsi

Qing

Zheng He

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What was the name of the major trade/port city conquered by the Ottomans in 1453?

Istanbul

Belgium

Grenada

Sardinia

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10.

1. All of these are similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism EXCEPT:

use of temples and shrines

use of the caste system

practice of cremation

founded in India

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11.

Place the religions in their correct place of origin.

Confucianism
Hindusim
Judaism
Daoism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism

Middle East
China
India

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12.

Which Native American religious practice was not practiced by other major world religions?

Prayer

Ritualistic sacrifice

Monument building

Celebratory feasts

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13.

Multiple Selection: Which of these religions are animistic or polytheistic? 

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14.

Hindu socieity under the caste system may be described as:

violent and lawless

creative and innovative

flexible and progressive

stratified and immobile

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15.

Match the religion to its founder:

		Christianity
		Islam
		Buddhism
		Confucianism
		Daoism
		Judaism

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16.

Which of the following can be determined from the map below?

People tended to buy goods that were locally produced in their kingdom

Europeans were barred from participating in trade

Mongolian khans had lost control of their empire

There was significant interaction between widely diverse cultures

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17.

Based on the passage below, which of the following explains why Timbuktu became such an important urban center in the Mali kingdom? 
“There is complete security in their country. Neither traveler nor inhabitant in it has anything to fear from robbers or men of violence. They do not confiscate the property of any white man who dies in their country, even if it be uncounted wealth. On the contrary, they give it into the charge of some trustworthy person among the whites, until their rightful heir takes possession of it. They are careful to observe the hours of prayer, and assiduous in attending them in congregations and in bringing up their children to them.”
--Ibn Battuta “Travels in Asia and Africa,” 1325-1354

Advanced weaponry

Expansion of Christianity

Population increase due to agriculture

Safe transportation and road network

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Use the chart to answer the next two questions. 

18.

Which of the following believed in the Great Spirit?

 Maya

Aztec

Inca

North American tribes

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19.

Which of the following was true of the Aztecs?

 Maya

North American tribes

Aztec

They traded with North American tribes.

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20.

Based on the following map, what might have prevented the Ottoman Empire from controlling the Caspian Sea?

Mountains 

The Persian Gulf

The Tigris River 

Deserts

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