1. Probable reasons for the collapse of Mayan civilization include all of the following except
A) foreign invasion.
B) population growth that outstripped available resources.
C) prolonged droughts.
D) an increase in the frequency of warfare.
2. In which present-day state did the Chaco canyon culture exist?
A) California
B) Ohio
C) New Mexico
D) Maine
3. Which of the following cultures did not produce a written language?
A) Maya
B) Axumite
C) Meroë
D) Ancestral Pueblo
4. This great classical city was apparently centrally planned, with a grid of streets, temples, and grand homes for the elite.
A) Axum
B) Chavín
C) Teotihuacán
D) Jenne-jeno
5. This classical civilization developed significant cities but no encompassing state structure.
A) Teotihuacán
B) Meroë
C) the Niger Valley
D) the Maya
6. Silk was the key trade item along the Silk Roads because
A) it was used as currency in Central Asia.
B) it was a symbol of high status in the Byzantine Empire and China.
C) it was linked to the sacred in both Christianity and Buddhism.
D) all of the above
7. In the first centuries following its arrival in China, Buddhism had its greatest success converting which sector of the population?
A) the peasantry
) government officials
C) merchants
D) townspeople
8. Despite its successful spread into Central Asia along the Silk Roads, Buddhism was largely blocked from spreading westward by which faith?
A) Christianity
B) Zoroastrianism
C) Hinduism
D) Judaism
9. During a period of intensified interaction in the fourteenth century in which much of the Eurasian landmass was unified by the Mongol Empire, the _________ spread along the trade routes of Eurasia, devastating the populations of China, the Middle East, and Europe.
10. The _________ winds made Indian Ocean commerce possible.
11. Which of the following was not a major development in Chinese society that took shape in the centuries following the collapse of the Han dynasty?
A) the conquest of some portions of China by northern nomads
B) the beginning of Chinese migration southward toward the Yangzi River valley
C) the rejection of Daoism
D) the growing influence of Buddhism on Chinese culture
12. Which of the following technological innovations spread from China during the Tang or Song dynasty periods?
A) the processing of sugar
B) printing
C) cannons
D) windmills
13. During the Tang dynasty period, _________ became a common practice, especially among elite women in China, in part because small size and delicacy had come to represent female beauty and eroticism.
14. The Sui dynasty sought to solidify the unity of the Chinese state by a vast extension of the _________ system.
15. Which of the following was not a goal of the Chinese tribute system?
A) to confirm China's superiority over other civilizations
B) to "civilize" the peoples who lived along China's borders
C) to extort wealth from neighbors to make up for China's trade deficit
D) to manage China's relationships with northern nomads and other non-Chinese peoples
16. Which of the following groups ultimately brought an end to the Byzantine Empire through a successful siege of Constantinople?
A) Persians
B) Ottoman Turks
C) Germanic tribesmen
D) Mongols
17. Which of the following Western European rulers was the first to be crowned by the pope as emperor of a revived Roman Empire?
A) Charlemagne
B) Odoacer
C) Otto I
D) none of the above
18. The conversion of Prince _________ to the Christian faith led to the expansion of Eastern Orthodoxy into Rus.
19. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, slavery was replaced in Western Europe by a new economic and social relationship between lord and worker known as _________.
20. The _________ were wars that in European thinking were undertaken at God's command.