Question 1

Carvings from the kingdom of Sailendra show the importance of what to its people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Islam and farming 
B)  sailing and Hinduism 
C)  agriculture and irrigation 
D)  Buddhism and sailing 
A)  Islam and farming 
B)  sailing and Hinduism 
C)  agriculture and irrigation 
D)  Buddhism and sailing

Question 2

The outriggers used by the ancient Polynesians are best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  large, single-hulled vessels similar to those used by Europeans. 
B)  only small, single-hulled canoes capable of short-distance voyages. 
C)  remarkably flexible vessels with heavy masts and rigging for long distance voyages. 
D)  large, double-hulled canoes capable of carrying 200 people. 
A)  large, single-hulled vessels similar to those used by Europeans. 
B)  only small, single-hulled canoes capable of short-distance voyages. 
C)  remarkably flexible vessels with heavy masts and rigging for long distance voyages. 
D)  large, double-hulled canoes capable of carrying 200 people.

Question 3

The Polynesians introduced what combination of foods to the islands they colonized?

Accepted Answer

A)  bananas, breadfruit, and cattle 
B)  pigs, taro, and coconuts 
C)  sugar cane, chickens, and kava 
D)  sugar cane, pigs, and breadfruit 
A)  bananas, breadfruit, and cattle 
B)  pigs, taro, and coconuts 
C)  sugar cane, chickens, and kava 
D)  sugar cane, pigs, and breadfruit

Question 4

Russian culture and civilization grew out of a combination of

Accepted Answer

A)  Scandinavian and native Slavic peoples. 
B)  Germanic and native Slavic peoples. 
C)  Bulgar and native Germanic peoples. 
D)  Byzantine and native Slavic peoples. 
A)  Scandinavian and native Slavic peoples. 
B)  Germanic and native Slavic peoples. 
C)  Bulgar and native Germanic peoples. 
D)  Byzantine and native Slavic peoples.

Question 5

What types of ecological expansion occurred throughout the Islamic Empire? What are concrete examples of changes that came about as a result of this new Islamic regime?

Accepted Answer

Throughout the Islamic Empire, there wer

Question 6

On what basis were the Khmer people able to coalesce into a single,large kingdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  exploiting the flooding of the Mekong River 
B)  wealth from mining and timber 
C)  wealth from its trading fleet 
D)  development of its great pottery industry 
A)  exploiting the flooding of the Mekong River 
B)  wealth from mining and timber 
C)  wealth from its trading fleet 
D)  development of its great pottery industry

Question 7

Discuss ways that the geography and climate of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas shaped the spread and diffusion of cultural practices between 700 and 1000 CE.Use examples from both regions to discuss aspects that were isolating and different ways this isolation was overcome.

Accepted Answer

The geography and climate of sub-Saharan

Question 8

Why does the British navigator Captain Cook receive credit for "discovering" many Pacific islands,rather than the Polynesian peoples he found on them?

Accepted Answer

The reason Captain Cook receives credit

Question 9

Why were Islamic rulers interested in promoting new crops and the expansion of settlements?

Accepted Answer

Islamic rulers were interested in promot

Carvings from the kingdom of Sailendra show the importance of what to its people?

The outriggers used by the ancient Polynesians are best described as

The Polynesians introduced what combination of foods to the islands they colonized?

Russian culture and civilization grew out of a combination of

What types of ecological expansion occurred throughout the Islamic Empire? What are concrete examples of changes that came about as a result of this new Islamic regime?

On what basis were the Khmer people able to coalesce into a single,large kingdom?

Discuss ways that the geography and climate of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas shaped the spread and diffusion of cultural practices between 700 and 1000 CE.Use examples from both regions to discuss aspects that were isolating and different ways this isolation was overcome.

Why does the British navigator Captain Cook receive credit for "discovering" many Pacific islands,rather than the Polynesian peoples he found on them?

Why were Islamic rulers interested in promoting new crops and the expansion of settlements?

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The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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Exam 10: The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Carvings from the kingdom of Sailendra show the importance of what to its people?

The outriggers used by the ancient Polynesians are best described as

The Polynesians introduced what combination of foods to the islands they colonized?

Russian culture and civilization grew out of a combination of

What types of ecological expansion occurred throughout the Islamic Empire? What are concrete examples of changes that came about as a result of this new Islamic regime?

On what basis were the Khmer people able to coalesce into a single,large kingdom?

Discuss ways that the geography and climate of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas shaped the spread and diffusion of cultural practices between 700 and 1000 CE.Use examples from both regions to discuss aspects that were isolating and different ways this isolation was overcome.

Why does the British navigator Captain Cook receive credit for "discovering" many Pacific islands,rather than the Polynesian peoples he found on them?

Why were Islamic rulers interested in promoting new crops and the expansion of settlements?

Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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