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Which choice best
describes the origins of
the Swahili language?
A.Bantu-Yoruba mix
B.Arabic-Berber mix
C.Arabic-Bantu mix
D.Yoruba-Arabic mix
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C. Arabic-Bantu mix
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Which indigenous
African ethnic group
adopted and vigorously
spread Islam?
A.Khoisan
B.Zulu
C.Berber
D.Ethiopian
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C. Berber
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As Islam spread, which of the
following religious tendencies
proved most durable across
sub-Saharan Africa?
A.Ancestor worship
B.Roman Catholicism
C.Zen Buddhism
D.Coptic Christianity
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A. Ancestor worship
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Which choice best describes the
points of origin of goods one
might find in a Swahili coast
market?
A.Chinese, Indian, English
B.Islamic, Indian, Chinese
C.Scandinavian, Indian, Russian
D.Russian, Islamic, English
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B. Islamic, Indian, Chinese
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Which of the following does NOT belong in a list of
similarities in the process of how Islam spread to
South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa?
A. Islam arrived with traders and took root first in
urban areas.
B. Political power remained in the hands of non-Arab
elites.
C. Considerable syncretism was involved in the
conversion process.
D. A majority of the population in all three areas
converted to Islam.
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D. A majority of the
population in all three
areas converted to
Islam.
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Which group benefited from
newfound higher status in the
period of Mongol rule in China?
A. Scholar-gentry
B. Aristocracy
C. Peasantry
D. Merhcants
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C. Peasantry
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Who led a short-lived reemergence
of Central Asian nomadic
dominance after the fall of the
Mongol Empire?
A.Suleyman the Magnificent
B.Kublai Khan
C.Babur
D.Timur-I Lang
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D. Timur-I Lang
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Which West African leadership
figure is best known for his
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lavish 14 century pilgrimage to
Mecca and Medina?
A.Sundita Keita
B.Leopold Senghor
C.Mansa Kankan Musa
D.Sunni Ali
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C. Mansa Kankan
Musa
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Which Muslim group overthrew
the Umayyad dynasty and set up
a new caliphate?
A. Sassanids
B. Seljuks
C. Abbasids
D. Swahilis
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C. Abbasids
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Which choice does NOT belong in a list
describing the status of Muslim women in
the early Islamic period?
A.Male adultery was condemned in the
Koran.
B.Female infanticide was forbidden.
C.Females and males both were allowed
multiple spouses.
D.Female inheritance rights were
strengthened.
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C. Females and males
both were allowed
multiple spouses.
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Which of the following
terms for a political unit
does not have the title of
its leader as its root
word?
A. Khanate
B. County
C. Nation
D. Caliphate
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C. Nation
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Which of the following was the most
decisive change Mongol rule brought to
Russia?
A.Emancipation of the serfs
B.Migration of the center of power
from Kiev to Moscow
C.Permanent separation of Russian
culture from that of the West
D.Adoption of Buddhism among
Russia’s elite
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B. Migration of the
center of power
from Kiev to
Moscow
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Which two Muslim cities served as political
and administrative centers of Muslim
empires?
I.
Baghdad
II. Istanbul
III. Mecca
IV. Mogadishu
A. I and III
B. II and IV
C. I and II
D. III and V
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C. I and II
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Which of the following does NOT belong
in a list of characteristics common to the
decline of both the Roman and Abbasid
empires?
A. Frequent interference of military
commanders in politics
B. Growing dependence on nomadic
warriors or mercenaries
C. Decline in agricultural productivity
D. Imperial conversion to a new religion
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D. Imperial
conversion to a new
religion
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Which of the following is NOT one of the ways
Islam helped strengthen the authority of ruling
elites as it spread across the African continent?
A.Introduction of the written word, which
streamlined political administration
B.Conversion of a majority of commoners,
creating a new basis for unity across all classes
C.Ability to access goods from distant lands
through Islamic trade networks
D.Absorption of techniques of rule from wider
Islamic civilization
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B. Conversion of a
majority of
commoners, creating
a new basis for unity
across all classes
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North Africa served as a bridge
for Muslim influence to reach
which region of the globe?
A. Persia
B. Central Asia
C. Anatolia
D. Spain
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D. Spain
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Since the classical era, which
African region most accurately
fits the description “gateway to
the Middle East”?
A.Ghana
B.Zimbabwe
C.Egypt
D.Congo
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C. Egypt
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Which does NOT
belong in this list of
Sudanic states?
A. Ghana
B. Mali
C. Songhai
D. Congo
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D. Congo
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Of the postclassical
cities listed below,
which was the most
sophisticated?
A.Rome
B.Timbuktu
C.Paris
D.London
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B. Timbuktu
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Of the following lists, which places
the rise and fall of key West African
Sudanic states in proper
chronological order?
A.Mali, Ghana, Songhay
B.Mali, Songhay, Ghana
C.Ghana, Songhay, Mali
D.Ghana, Mali, Songhay
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D. Ghana, Mali,
Songhay
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Pre-Islamic Arab society is best
characterized as
A.Pastoral nomadic
B.Sedentary agricultural
C.Maritime trade-based
D.Hunter-gethere
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A. Pastoral
nomadic
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Which African society held on
most fiercely to Christianity in
the period of Islam’s expansion
in Africa?
A.Egypt and Ethiopia
B.Mali
C.Ghana
D.Songhai
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A. Egypt and
Ethiopia
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Which best qualifies as the
largest durable tricontinental
civilization?
A.Roman
B.Islamic
C.Han
D.Mongol
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B. Islamic
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Which set of practices carried out by devout
Muslims in West Africa set their society apart
from patterns established in the greater Islamic
world?
A. Ongoing practice of ancestor worship
B. Preference of the spoken over the written
word in religious and state affairs
C. Fewer restrictions on female dress codes
D. Substitutions of Timbuktu for Mecca and
Medina as a pilgrimage destination
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C. Fewer restrictions
on female dress codes
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Which of the following does NOT
belong in a list of features of a stateless
society?
A.Delayed ability to respond to
external threats
B.Limited ability to mobilize for war
C.Mass slave revolt
D.Difficulty in undertaking large
building projects
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C. Mass slave
revolt
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