294 i STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
- Which of the following was the most isolated
from world trade during the period 600 to
1450?
(A) Russia
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) East Africa- Japanese and European feudalism were similar
in that
(A)bushido and chivalry involved reciprocal
relationships
(B) both were based on group loyalties
(C) both involved the receipt of contracts
(D) both ended as their respective regions
developed centralized governments- In the period between 600 and 1450, which
of the following roles were pursued by many
Indian and European women?
(A) Workers in domestic industries and field
workers
(B) Political activists and public speakers
(C) Long-distance merchants and guild leaders
(D) Scholars and physicians- By 1450, Islam had spread to all of the following
regions EXCEPT
(A) Western Europe
(B) East Asia
(C) India
(D) East Africa- In the period between 600 and 1450
(A) agriculture increased the aboriginal popula-
tion of Australia
(B) North American nations north of Mexico
were more settled than those of the natives of
Mesoamerica
(C) North American and Mesoamerican socie-
ties were connected by trade
(D) metallurgy was more advanced in Polynesia
than in Mesoamerica and South America- Which is true of the Mongol Empire?
(A) It was responsible for spreading Buddhism
to Japan.
(B) It was based upon tribute.
(C) The Mongols displayed their efficient
administrative skills in Persia.
(D) It imposed harsh rule over Russia.- Which of the following is true concerning trade
in Eurasia and the Americas in the period 600 to
1450?
(A) Both involved overland and oceanic trade.
(B) Trade in Eurasia moved along an east–west
axis, while that in the Americas moved
along a north–south axis.
(C) Both involved the interchange of major
religions.
(D) Both involved nomadic peoples as trade
facilitators.- The journals of Captain James Cook describe
one of the societies he encountered as people
who placed a greater value on European tools
and iron more than on anything else because
the only weapons they had were stones. (Source:
James Cook, The Journals of Captain Cook. Ed.
by Philip Edwards. London: Penguin, 1999.)
Which society is described in these journals?
(A) The Hawaiians
(B) The people of Madagascar
(C) The Native Americans
(D) The Chinese under the Qing dynasty- Most plantations in the Americas in the seven-
teenth and eighteenth centuries produced
(A) sugar
(B) cotton
(C) rice
(D) indigo- The Columbian Exchange
(A) affected only Europe and the Americas
(B) reversed America’s disease-resistant
environment
(C) created Native American enthusiasm for
food crops of the Eastern Hemisphere
(D) created a permanent labor force of Native
Americans for the Europeans