1. in the Year 1 of the Islamic Calendar, Muhammad and His Followers Relocated to _____

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Unit 2 Assessment

Based on your knowledge of the Middle Ages, choose the best answer for each of the following questions:

1. In the year 1 of the Islamic calendar, Muhammad and his followers relocated to _____.

A) Madinah

B) Makkah

C) Damascus

D) Baghdad

2. After Muhammad's death, Muslim scholars developed a law code known as the _____.

A) Quran

B) shari'ah

C) Hijrah

D) hajj

3. A revolt of Muslims in 680 in Iraq led to a split of Islam, with _____ Muslims accepting only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam.

A) Sunni

B) Umayyad

C) Hussein

D) Shia

4. Although according to Islam, all people are equal in the eyes of Allah, _____.

A) women had no right to own and inherit property

B) merchants received no respect in the Islamic world

C) peasants worked as indentured servants for wealthy landowners

D) slaves were not considered equals

5. Muslim contributions to later European culture included _____.

A) the improvement of the astrolabe

B) translations of and commentaries on the works of Aristotle

C) the development of algebra

D) All of these.

6. _____ helped turn Ghana into a great trading empire.

A) Vast supplies of iron and gold

B) Farming

C) Slavery

D) The ivory trade

7. _____ was one of the most magnificent port cities to develop out of the coastal trade in East Africa.

A) Meroë

B) Timbuktu

C) Kilwa

D) Great Zimbabwe

8. Many African societies were matrilineal, in other words_____.

A) lineage was traced through the mother

B) women could inherit property

C) women oversaw the education of children

D) the husband moved into his wife's home

9. Which of the following beliefs was NOT shared by most African societies?

A) a belief in a single creator god and lesser gods

B) a belief in a single god

C) a belief in the importance of ancestors

D) a belief in an afterlife

10. What were African griots known for?

A) telling stories about legends, religious traditions, and history

B) performing religious rituals

C) making intricate wood and bronze carvings

D) performing dances that represented spirits

11. Early accomplishments of the Tang dynasty included _____.

A) the restoration of the civil service examination

B) the building of the Grand Canal

C) the reunification of China

D) moving the capital to Hangzhou

12. Neo-Confucianism, which received official support during the Song dynasty, taught that _____.

A) the world is an illusion

B) the goal of humans is to embrace the material world

C) individuals must examine the moral principles that rule the universe

D) the material and spiritual world are united

13. Which of the following led to a strong central government in early Japan?

A) the samurai

B) the influence of the Yamatos

C) the daimyos

D) aristocratic control of tax-exempt farmland

14. After the creation of the sultanate of Delhi, the relationship between Muslim rulers and the Hindu people was one of _____.

A) rivalry

B) friendship and understanding

C) harmony

D) reluctant tolerance

15. Which of the following statements about India after the Guptas is correct?

A) When internal trade was interrupted, foreign trade also suffered.

B) Foreign trade remained high even when Indian states were at war.

C) Foreign trade was dominated by Muslim merchants, who had ties to
other Muslim states.

D) India had long been a center for trade between Asia and Europe.

16. Unlike Roman law, Germanic law _____.

A) sometimes required a person to compensate his or her victim

B) was based on Christian teachings

C) did not involve ordeals

D) treated murder as a crime against the state

17. At its height, the empire established by Charlemagne _____.

A) included much of western and central Europe

B) restored the Frankish kingdom to the size it was under Clovis

C) included only eastern Europe

D) included much of current day Spain

18. Which of the following was true about feudal Europe?

A) Leaders swore an oath of allegiance to the pope.

B) Men who served a lord in a military capacity were known as vassals.

C) Lords relied mainly on foot soldiers dressed in coats of armor.

D) Lords did not have any responsibility toward their vassals.

19. Which of the following influenced the development of the concept of chivalry?

A) the Catholic Church

B) Viking culture

C) feudal warfare

D) Germanic law

20. The first crusaders were motivated mostly by _____.

A) opportunities to claim new territory

B) a desire for adventure

C) trading opportunities

D) religious fervor

21. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the revival of trade in Europe?

A) the emergence of a money economy

B) a regular exchange of goods between Flanders and Italy

C) the establishment of banking firms

D) the decline of old Roman cities as centers of trade

22. An example of the Church's dominant role in people's lives during the High Middle Ages was the _____, which barred some people from receiving the sacraments.

A) investiture controversy

B) interdict

C) Concordat of Worms

D) Cistercian order

23. During the Inquisition, relapsed heretics were _____.

A) forced to perform public penance

B) flogged

C) tortured until they confessed

D) executed

24. Scholasticism's chief task was to _____.

A) reconcile monarchical power and the power of the Church

B) harmonize Christian teachings with Greek philosophy

C) translate the works of Greek philosophers

D) denounce the Greek philosophers

25. A dispute over _____ led to the Great Schism of the Church.

A) the nationality of the pope

B) taxation of the clergy

C) the king's power to appoint bishops

D) the lifestyle of the pope

26. Members of the Grand Council of the Iroquois League were chosen by _____.

A) the women of each clan

B) the men of each clan

C) the clan mothers

D) a group of 50 Iroquois elders

27. Which of the following is true of the Maya?

A) They developed a sophisticated calendar called the Long Count.

B) They consolidated their power over all of modern Mexico.

C) They developed democratic institutions.

D) They sold captured nobles and war leaders into slavery.

28. The Aztec kingdom was _____.

A) a centralized state

B) a group of autonomous territories

C) a collection of semi–independent territories

D) a city–state

29. Early European visitors were especially impressed by the sophistication of Inca _____.

A) court theater

B) poetry

C) religious rituals

D) buildings and monuments

30. Quipu was the Inca system of _____.

A) writing

B) record keeping

C) government

D) road building