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Who helped make Mali into a great Muslim Empire and transformed Timbuktu into a center of art and learning? |
Mansa Musa |
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Which was a valued export from Songhai? |
slaves |
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Which of these cultures was not located in West Africa? |
Swahili |
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Which resource helped make Ghana wealthy? |
gold |
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Which sentence best describes a way in which the cultures of East and West Africa were different? |
West Africa was dominated by large kingdoms and East Africa was dominated by small societies. |
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What was the source of Great Zimbabwe’s wealth? |
Zimbabwe controlled trade routes that flowed to the East African coast. |
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How did Arab traders play a primary role in the development of East Africa? |
Arab traders introduced Islam to Africa. |
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What was a key cause of the expansion of the African slave trade after 1500? |
the demand for laborers in European colonies in the Western Hemisphere |
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Which Muslim empire was the largest in the world at its time, and continued to be a significant force even into the early twentieth century? |
Ottoman |
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What was a characteristic of the Mughal ruler Akbar in terms of his attitude toward religion? |
He practiced tolerance and inclusion, and invited religious debates. |
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Which Muslim empire became the largest empire of its time? |
Ottoman |
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Which Muslim empire blended Arab, Persian, and Indian influences to form a unique culture? |
Mughal |
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What action by Ming emperors greatly improved the transport of agricultural goods in China? |
rebuilding of the Grand Canal |
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Which group overthrew the Ming Dynasty but left traditional systems in place to control the people of China? |
the Manchu |
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Which sentence best describes a result of China’s isolation from foreign contact? |
China did not keep up with the technological advances that were sweeping Europe. |
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What role did the emperor play in the feudal system under the Tokugawa Shogunate? |
He was a puppet of the shogun. |
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Why did the Tokugawa Shogunate close Japan to foreign influence? |
The shogunate feared European powers might eventually try to control Japan. |
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Which was the most important factor in Ghana’s rise? |
the gold-for-salt trade |
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Which best describes Timbuktu? |
a center of Islamic learning in Africa |
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Which best describes Songhai under Askia Muhammad? |
a powerful trading empire that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean across much of West Africa |
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Which does not describe all three kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai? |
They built large cities in the West African rain forest. |
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Which best describes the increase in the African slave trade after the fifteenth century? |
the arrival of the Portuguese on the coast of Benin |
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Which best explains the spread of culture along East Africa’s Swahili coast? |
African culture mingled with traditions carried by Arab traders. |
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Which religion had a major influence on East African cultures after being brought there by foreign traders? |
Islam |
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Which best describes the origins of the African slave trade? |
The Portuguese were the first to capture Africans and sell them as slaves. |
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Which is the best explanation of Great Zimbabwe’s rise to power? |
Zimbabwe controlled the region’s ivory and gold trade. |
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Which is not a possible explanation of Great Zimbabwe’s decline? |
the end of the slave trade |
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What key feature helped the Ottoman military defeat other armies in the region? |
highly disciplined janissaries |
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Which was a result of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453? |
The city became an Islamic capital. |
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Which best describes a result of Emperor Süleyman’s reforms of Ottoman law? |
Religious freedom was allowed, with a tax for non-Muslims. |
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Which is not an explanation for the conflict between Ottomans and the Safavids? |
the fall of Constantinople |
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Which allowed Akbar to govern the many people of the Mughal Empire? |
religious tolerance and inclusion |
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Which represents a high point of achievement in Mughal architecture? |
the Taj Mahal |
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Which was a positive change that occurred in China because of Ming Dynasty policies? |
increased agricultural output |
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Which was not a key achievement of the Ming Dynasty? |
the expansion of China’s borders |
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Which allowed the Manchu of the Qing Dynasty to control China’s people? |
They retained traditional Chinese institutions. |
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Which was a result of China’s isolation from the rest of the world during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? |
China’s technology fell behind Europe’s. |
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Which was a step that China’s rulers took to limit contact with the outside world during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? |
They allowed foreign traders only in select ports. |
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Which best explains the Tokugawa Shogunate’s rise to power in Japan? |
The shogunate achieved military success by using gunpowder. |
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Which group ranked just below the shogun in Japan’s feudal system? |
daimyo |
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Which led Japan’s Tokugawa shoguns to adopt a policy of isolation? |
the rapid spread of Christianity |
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Which was not a result of Japan’s isolation during the seventeenth century? |
Japan lost all knowledge of European advances. |
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