WH Unit 5 REview

The interaction among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in medieval Europe played a key role in spreading:

• Political ideologies

• Economic systems

• Scientific Knowledge

• Technological advancements

What significant political change resulted from the prolonged conflict of the Hundred Years War?

• Strengthening of feudalism

• Powerful monarchies consolidated power

• Decentralization of monarchic power

• Rise of city-state governance

How did the Crusades contribute to the conclusion of the medieval era in Europe?

• Cultural isolation

• Economic prosperity

• Trade was revived leading to the decline of the manorial economy.

• Technological advancements

In what manner did the spread of the Black Death impact the manorial system in Europe?

• Strengthened feudalism

• Encouraged urbanization

• Population loss allowed peasants to leave the manor to seek jobs.

• Enhanced agricultural productivity

Why did West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali thrive during the Post-Classical period?

• Advanced military tactics

• They adopted Islam

• Cultural homogeneity

• Isolation from external influences

The development of Swahili as a blend of Bantu and Arabic languages along the east coast of Africa resulted primarily from:

• Religious conversion

• Linguistic isolation

• the growing influence of Islamic traders

• Colonial imposition

A consequence of the Mongol conquests in the Islamic heartland included:

• rise of the Ottoman Turks as a regional power

• Spread of Islamic art

• Formation of new Islamic states

• Weakening of Islamic institutions

As a result of Mongol domination of Russian principalities, what occurred?

• Adoption of Mongol culture

• Economic prosperity

• Integration into the Mongol Empire

• the rise of the princes of Moscow as a regional power

One factor that contributed to the spread of Islam to West Africa was:

• Military conquest

• Maritime trade routes

• trade along gold-salt routes

• Religious syncretism

What factor significantly shaped the practice of slavery in the Islamic world?

• Nomadic lifestyle

• Agricultural practices

• the prohibition of enslaving fellow Muslims

• Political ideologies