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Chapter 11 Quiz B with Explanations
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What new technology improved agriculture in northern Europe?
The Mediterranean-style plow
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Fertilizer
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Raised-field farming
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The wheeled moldboard plow
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Where were landed estates given to military leaders for the maintenance of slave armies during the ninth and tenth centuries?
Latin Christendom
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The Islamic world
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Song China
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Tamil Chola
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What was the impact of the Christian reconquest of Spain on agriculture in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?
Iqta estates were taken over by the Christian nobility.
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Agricultural techniques were introduced from northern Europe.
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Irrigated farmland was converted to sheep pasturage.
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The Christian conquerors continued using Islamic agricultural practices.
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What led to a significant increase in commercial exchange between urban and rural populations in China?
The introduction of irrigated rice farming
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The expansion of the Silk Road
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New policies enacted by the Song government
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The growth in power of the landed elites
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What was a major difference between the kings of Angkor and Chinese emperors?
Angkor kings did not rule through a centralized bureaucracy.
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Angkor kings had greater access to resources.
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Angkor kings were not involved in religious patronage.
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Angkor kings did not support rice cultivation.
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Which technological improvement helped Arab seafarers navigate the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean after the tenth century?
Side-board rudders
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Square-sail rigging
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Lateen sails
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Waterproofed bulkheads
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Which state improved commerce in the Mediterranean by building a larger gallery in the late thirteenth century?
Egypt
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Genoa
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Byzantium
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Venice
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In the seventh century the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik established which coin as the monetary standard of the Islamic world?
The nomisma
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The dirham
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The dinar
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The ducat
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Starting in the Islamic world during the tenth century, what significantly aided long-distance trade?
The introduction of paper money
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The use of bills of exchange
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The organization of trade fairs
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The introduction of trade galleys
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Which Asian country utilized significant quantities of Chinese coinage in its economy starting in the thirteenth century?
Japan
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Korea
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Vietnam
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Angkor
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In what way did Eurasian merchants raise capital for trade in the period after the tenth century?
They petitioned their rulers for large loans.
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They guaranteed profits to wealthy investors.
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They entered into commercial partnerships.
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They turned to the church or temple for financial support.
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How did the relationship between Venice's government and merchants change during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?
The government and merchants fought over trade policy.
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The government loaned merchants money to develop trade.
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The government emphasized military over trade policy.
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The government took charge of long-distance trade.
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What was the Song dynasty's policy concerning China's economy?
The government participated actively in commerce.
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The government prevented cartels and promoted unhindered commerce.
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The government placed monopolies on key products like silk and paper.
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The government did not regulate foreign trade and allowed merchant guilds.
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By the tenth century the major Chinese trade routes had shifted from the Silk Road to the
Pacific Ocean.
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Tibetan Plateau.
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Indian Ocean.
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Gobi desert.
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What product replaced silk as China's major export after the tenth century?
Porcelain
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Tea
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Rice
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Paper
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Which southern African state emerged in the mid-thirteenth century to control the lucrative trade in gold and copper?
Kilwa
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Great Zimbabwe
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Shanga
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Mapungubwe
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What impact did trans-Saharan trade have on the West African state of Ghana during the twelfth century?
It led to the rapid depletion of its resources.
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It led to new ties with southern Africa.
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It led to considerable internal conflict
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It led to the state's adoption of Islam.
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What became a center of trade and finance during the economic revival of Western Europe in the twelfth century?
London
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Ghent
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Champagne
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Genoa
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Why was agricultural production greater in the western Hawaiian islands than the eastern islands?
The western islands possessed a larger population.
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The easter islands specialized in fishing.
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Volcanic activity on the eastern islands made agriculture difficult.
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The western islands had much better tribal leadership.
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In Hawaii all land was in the possession of
kings.
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priests.
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commoners.
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kinship groups.
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