Unit 3 Quiz

Which West African empire was the largest but also the shortest-lived?

• Benin

• Ghana

• Songhai

• Mali

Sunni and Shi’a Islam split because they disagreed on what issue?

• their interpretation of the Five Pillars of Islam

• whether icons should be allowed in worship

• whether women could hold leadership roles

• who should be the leader of Islam

How did the Ottoman Empire’s millet system affect its social structure?

• It defined social classes in which a person’s role was determined at birth.

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  It allowed minority groups some control of their own governments and education.

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  It set rules for family life that placed men as the household leaders.

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  It allowed people to live on plots of land in exchange for working for landowners.

What level of feudal society does this describe?

"farmed the land and gave part of the produce to higher ranked people"

• knights

• nobles

• the Church

• serfs

What level of feudal society does this describe?

"controlled the land and ruled the manor"

• knights

• nobles

• the Church

• serfs

What level of feudal society does this describe?

"received land in exchange for protecting the manor"

• knights

• nobles

• the Church

• serfs

What level of feudal society does this describe?

"legitimized the king’s power by saying the power came from divine right"

• knights

• nobles

• the Church

• serfs

What did the Magna Carta do in England?

• limit the power of the king

• place the Anglo-Saxons as the dominant ethnic group

• set Christianity as the state religion

• allow serfs to leave their manors

Which of the following was a result of the Hundred Years’ War?

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  Short-term volunteer armies replaced permanent standing armies.

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  Jerusalem came under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

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  England and France became powerful nation-states.

• Feudalism became a strong part of Europe’s social structure.

How did the Black Death lead to the decline in feudalism?

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  The idea that the Black Death was a punishment from God weakened trust in the Church.

• The deaths of nobles and monarchs allowed rebels to easily overthrow authorities.

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  Decline in food production caused farmers to leave their land.

• With fewer workers available, people could change social classes more easily.