Final Exam Practice Quizziz

What best describes the difference between Shia and Sunni?

• Shias believe that all Muslims should live in Saudi Arabia, while Sunnis believe Muslims should live all around the world

• Shias believe that Muhammad will return to lead Muslims again, Sunnis do not.

• Shias believe that the Koran should be taken literally while Sunnis believe that the Koran should be read symbolically

• Shias believe that descendants of Ali are the true leaders of Islam while Sunnis believe that the leader of Islam should be the most qualified

How did Muslims help save key philosophical ideas

• Muslims helped preserve the work of Confucius

• Muslims helped preserve the work of Buddha

• Muslims helped preserve the work of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

• Muslims helped preserve the work of Rousseau,Voltaire, and Montesquieu

The Pope crowning Charlemagne “Holy Roman Emperor” on December 25 in the year 800 CE shows the

• Effects of Crusades on Western political life

• Devastation of the Bubonic plague on the Franks

• Influence of the Church on European government

• Birth of a new secular era in the Middle Ages

Feudalism which is defined as “land or protection given by a ruler in exchange for obedience or service” worked as a political system because of:

• Mutual obligation and benefit (between lords and vassals)

• Forced Labor of peasants

• Economic gain for all involved

• voluntary cooperation from serfs and slaves

One long-term effect of the Crusades was the

• Development of Pax Mongolia

• Fall of the Ming Dynasty

• Control of Jerusalem by Europeans

• Growth of trade and towns in western Europe

What were men tested on to determine if they were fit to work in the Chinese government (during the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, for example)?

• Daoist principles

• Buddhist principles

• Confucian principles

• Legalist principles

The dynastic cycle dictated that royal authority comes from where? 

• Rich families

• Heaven

• Central China

• Elections

Fill in the blank: Xia, _____, Zhou, Warring States Period, ______, Han

• Period of Disunity, Shang

• Shang, Qin

• Qin, Shang

• Sui, Song

One CHANGE that the Yuan dynasty made to Chinese Government was..,

• Kept the mandate of Heaven and the Mongols had the Mandate.

• Got rid of Civil Service exam

• Kept the existing Bureaucracy structure

• Left the Emperor at the top of the hierarchy

What role did Marco Polo play in Chinese history?

• He introduced European technology to China

• He introduced Christianity to China

• He introduced Chinese culture to Europe

• e introduced Chinese theories of government to Europe