WHI 25-35

Which belief is associated with Shintoism?

• The gods interfere in human lives.
• People will experience an afterlife.
• Reincarnation depends on karma.
• People must respect nature spirits.

Which event helped spread Islam to Africa?

• Establishment of Trade with Timbuktu
• Conquest of Jerusalem
• Relocation of capital to Baghdad
• Conquest of Damascus

The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai benefited from being near the-

• largest European cities
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea coast
• Trans-Saharan trade routes

This sequence was caused by the-

• beginning of the Crusades
• fall of the Roman Empire
• Hundred Years' War
• Bubonic Plague

Which city served as the capital of three empires at different times and under different names?

• Athens
• Moscow
• Baghdad
• Constantinople

Which civilization best completes this diagram?

• Incan
• Mayan
• Egyptian
• Persian

The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of-

• calendars
• printing

• ocean navigation
• manufacturing goods

This quotation describes the-

• triumph of the Ottoman Turks at Tours
• collapse of Rome as a result from Barbarian invasions
• triumph of Pope Urban in retaking the Holy Land
• collapse of Western control of Jerusalem

During the Middle Ages, many Greek and Roman classics were preserved because they had been translated into -

• Russian
• Persian
• Arabic
• Chinese

During the Renaissance, these authors were most often studied by -

• bankers
• humanists
• feudal lords
• parish priests