The World Before Modern Times
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- Q 1/20Score 0religious teachers that Jews believed were used by God to deliver messages to his people.29landed aristocratsprophetslordslineage group
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- Q1religious teachers that Jews believed were used by God to deliver messages to his people.landed aristocratsprophetslordslineage group30s
- Q2the belief in one God, rather than manyoligarchysultanatepolytheismmonotheism30s
- Q3“the rule of the few”feudalismrepublicoligarchydemocratic30s
- Q4claim by Chinese kings that they had direct authority from heaven to rulelanded aristocratsfeudalismMandate of Heavendemocratic30s
- Q5describes a nation under “the rule of the people”feudalismsultanatelineage groupdemocratic30s
- Q6an extended family unit that has combined into a larger communitydemocraticrepubliclineage groupsultanate30s
- Q7an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed on from one generation to anotherMandate of Heavenlineage groupfeudalismlanded aristocrats30s
- Q8a Muslim state whose military and political power is held by a rulersultanateMandate of Heavenoligarchyfeudalism30s
- Q9a form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to votedemocraticrepubliclineage groupsultanate30s
- Q10political and social system based on ownership of land that developed during the Middle Agessultanatelanded aristocratsmonotheismfeudalism30s
- Q11The chief cities of the Songhai Empire prospered fromthe rise of the Mogul Empire.the decline of Zimbabwe.the arrival of the Portuguese.the gold and salt trade30s
- Q12What did the Romans contribute to Western civilization?culture, literature, bronze working, and politicstechnology, literature, language, and politicsphilosophy, agriculture, art, and lawlanguage, law, technology, republic, and culture30s
- Q13The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that itwas the first religion to set down laws by which the people were to live their daily lives.was polytheistic, meaning its followers believed in many gods, whereas other religions were monotheistic, meaning their followers believed in one God.was monotheistic, meaning its followers believed in one God, whereas other religions were polytheistic, meaning their followers believed in many gods.had no sacred texts or books.30s
- Q14Which of the following leaders is considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India?Abū al-’AbbāsMahmundAlexander the GreatAśoka30s
- Q15Which of these gives a reason for the development of feudalism?the disintegration of Charlemagne’s empireEurope’s emergence as a hub of tradedecreasing power of the church, which failed to protect the lordsthe need to reform an increasingly industrialized society30s
