Chapter 14 Quiz A with Explanations

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. What caused major economic decline in Latin Christendom and the Islamic world during the fourteenth century?

An expansion and intensification of the Crusades correct incorrect

The loss of life caused by the Black Death correct incorrect

Disruption of the trade routes from India and China correct incorrect

The conquests of a tribal confederation under Timur correct incorrect

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. Who does the historian William McNeill see as the major carriers of the Black Death across the Eurasian continent?

Animals correct incorrect

Asian traders correct incorrect

The Mongols correct incorrect

Missionaries correct incorrect

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. How did the Mamluk Sultanate react to declining agricultural tax revenue as a result of the Black Death in the fourteenth century?

The Mamluks imported slaves from Nubia to work abandoned fields. correct incorrect

The Mamluks turned to Italian banks for loans to make up the tax shortfall. correct incorrect

The Mamluks increased taxes on merchants and urban manufacturing. correct incorrect

The Mamluks sought significant economic aid from the neighboring Ottoman state. correct incorrect

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. How was the reaction to the Black Death different in the Islamic world than in Latin Christendom?

It led to mass migrations into crowded urban areas. correct incorrect

It was successfully treated by Muslim doctors. correct incorrect

It fueled Muslim fear of non-Muslims who lived in their midst. correct incorrect

It was seen as God's will rather than as divine punishment. correct incorrect

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. What was the precipitating cause of the Peasant Revolt of 1381 in England?

The imposition of a head tax correct incorrect

Noble abuse of the peasantry correct incorrect

Famine due to changing weather correct incorrect

Land confiscation by the government correct incorrect

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. Which war in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries led to a new sense of national identity for the English and French?

The Crusades correct incorrect

The Reconquista correct incorrect

The Hundred Years' War correct incorrect

The Revolt of 1381 correct incorrect

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. The emperor Hongwu established which political philosophy as the focus of the reconstituted exam system in the fourteenth century?

Legalism correct incorrect

Neo-Confucianism correct incorrect

Daoism correct incorrect

Buddhism correct incorrect

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. Which product, introduced in the thirteenth century, gave rural Chinese women more economic opportunities?

Cotton correct incorrect

Wool correct incorrect

Silk correct incorrect

Sugar cane correct incorrect

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. What role did Sufi preachers play in Central Asia between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

They established new commercial networks. correct incorrect

They became involved in nomadic politics. correct incorrect

They caused a major decline in Buddhism. correct incorrect

They facilitated the spread of Islam. correct incorrect

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. Who created a short-lived empire in Central Asia during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries?

Timur correct incorrect

Mehmet II correct incorrect

Hongwu correct incorrect

Isma'il correct incorrect

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. Beginning in the late fourteenth century, the Ottoman janissary corps was made up mostly of conscripts of what origin?

They were Mongol prisoners from Central Asia. correct incorrect

They were volunteers from central Anatolia. correct incorrect

They were Christian boys from the Balkans. correct incorrect

They were Slavic boys from Eastern Europe. correct incorrect

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. In terms of economic policy, how were the Ottomans and the Ming similar?

They both developed strong textile industries to stimulate exports. correct incorrect

They both encouraged the development of stable agricultural bases from which to tax. correct incorrect

They both sought to reinvigorate trade along the Silk Road. correct incorrect

They both enacted policies that based state revenues on taxing minorities. correct incorrect

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. What led to the establishment of Jenne and Timbuktu along the Niger River in the thirteenth century?

The growth in trans-Saharan trade correct incorrect

The emergence of large territorial states correct incorrect

The migration of Berber tribes correct incorrect

The discovery of nearby gold and salt deposits correct incorrect

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. What happened to Hinduism in Southeast Asia after the collapse of the Majapahit kingdom in the sixteenth century?

It became synchronized with local Buddhist traditions. correct incorrect

It was limited to the island of Bali. correct incorrect

It was eliminated as a cultural tradition altogether. correct incorrect

It survived in Malaysia until the arrival of the Portuguese. correct incorrect

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. After the disruptions of the Black Death, what region in Latin Christendom again became the center of commerce in the mid-fifteenth century?

The Baltic Sea correct incorrect

Champaign correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

Flanders correct incorrect

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. How did China's silk industry change due to the growth in manufacturing in Byzantium and Iran during the eleventh century?

It produced only for internal consumption. correct incorrect

It focused on producing only luxury items. correct incorrect

It sought new markets in Southeast Asia. correct incorrect

It concentrated on exporting raw silk. correct incorrect

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. Why did Emperor Yongle send large maritime expeditions to Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and Arabia during the fifteenth century?

The emperor wanted to expand Chinese power and influence. correct incorrect

The emperor was preparing for Chinese occupation of key trade centers. correct incorrect

The emperor was searching for new luxury goods to import to China. correct incorrect

The emperor sought to spread Neo-Confucian ideology to neighboring states. correct incorrect

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. Which region dislodged the Islamic world as the primary manufacturer of luxury goods for Europe in the fifteenth century?

China correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

Byzantium correct incorrect

India correct incorrect

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. What led to the decline of trade and cultural exchanges between China and Japan in the late thirteenth century?

Conflict caused by competing interests in Korea correct incorrect

Japan's shift away from Confucianism and Buddhism correct incorrect

The arrival of European merchants in Japan correct incorrect

The failed Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281. correct incorrect

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. During the rule of the Ashikaga shoguns, what replaced the power of noble and monastic landowners?

Direct rule of shoguns correct incorrect

Samurai landowners correct incorrect

Ikki brotherhoods and village associations correct incorrect

Town and village councils correct incorrect