unit one quiz

Muslim rulers wanted to do this ________________ which is to convert or attempt to convert someone from one religion to another.

• Jizya

• Angkor Wat

• Bhakti Movement

• Proselytize

What is the social structure of hierarchy based on ones birth that is tied to social status

• Proselytize

• Qutub Minar

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  Caste System

• Angkor Wat

A tax on all non Muslim subjects of the empire, this contributed to the resentment of Muslims

• Proselytize

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  Jizya

• Qutub Minar

• Bhakti Movement

Define Artisan:

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  a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

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  an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.

• the period of time before written records.

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  the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

What is the difference between a city-state and an empire?

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  A city-state is a small country centered around a specific town. An empire encompasses several smaller states.

• A city-state is run by a king. An empire is run by an emperor

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  A city-state is urbanized. An empire is more rural.

• A city-state is a city named after the state it's in, an empire is a small municipality

Which statement most accurately compares the longevity of ancient empires with that of major world religions?

• Ancient empires rose and fell, but major world religions lived on and often unified people after the empires fell.

• Major world religions rose and fell, but ancient empires lived on and continue on to the present day.

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  Both ancient empires and major world religions live and continue into the present day.

• Both ancient empires and major world religions rose and fell and have been replaced in the present day.

The period after the fall of the ancient empires, from about 500 to 1000 CE, is sometimes referred to as the Dark Ages. During this time period, trade, wealth, urban populations, and security all decreased, while minor wars and conflicts increased. What are three reasons the fall of empires might lead to such effects?

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  The fall of empires meant less centralized authority to maintain safety on roads and trade routes.

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  The fall of empires meant less government power to maintain city infrastructure, like roads and aqueducts (water supply lines).

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  The fall of empires meant less cultural unity. People identified as citizens of a village rather than as citizens of a country or empire.

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  The fall of empires meant peace and prosperity as people no longer had any reason fight each other.

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  The fall of empires lead to scientific progress because isolated villages are better for scientific research than networks of cities.

Like other Chinese empires before it, the Song Dynasty used the civil service exam to staff its imperial bureaucracy (government workers). How did the Song Dynasty's use of the civil service exam represent both change and continuity over time?

• Change - the Song Dynasty opened the civil service exam to the poor

  Continuity - the civil service exam had been used in China for many centuries

• Change - the Song Dynasty was the first dynasty in China to have an imperial bureaucracy

  Continuity - the civil service exam had been used in China for many centuries

• Change - the Song Dynasty was the first to base the civil service exam on Confucianism

  Continuity - the civil service exam had always been based on Buddhism

• Change - the Song Dynasty was the first dynasty in China to use a civil service exam

  Continuity - the Song Dynasty had existed for over a thousand years

Three innovations in post-classical China from 1000 - 1400 CE include:

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  Early guns

  Champu rice

  Proto-industrialization

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  Polytheism

  Stoicism

  Rationalism

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  Factory systems

  Steam engines

  Ironclad ships

• Aqueducts

  Roads

  Colosseum

Which most accurately contrasts the treatment of women in Dar al-Islam to the treatment of women in the Song Dynasty c. 1000 CE? (Pages 6-7, 17-18)

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  Dar al-Islam: women might be subject to foot binding

  Song Dynasty: women had the right to inherit property and remarry.

• Dar al-Islam: women held most political and economic power

  Song Dynasty: only women were expected to practice filial piety

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  Dar al-Islam: women had the right to inherit property and remarry.

  Song Dynasty: women might be subject to foot binding