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Stearns Chapter 15: The West And The Changing Balance Of Power

This quiz assesses knowledge on the shifts in global power and trade from the 1100s to the 1400s, focusing on Arabic and Chinese influences. It explores the decline in Arabic trade, the rise of the Ottoman Empire, and China's...

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 250 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question 1
Which of the following statements concerning Arabic trade after 1100 is most accurate?

Arabic control of the seas was strengthened following 1100.

Although Arabic trade was reduced, Muslims remained active in world markets.

The total collapse of the Islamic world in the 12th century can best be compared to the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Arab trading complex was reduced after 1100 to the Middle East.

Their economic decline could be compared to that of Rome.

Sample Question 2
Which of the following statements concerning the political fragmentation of the Arabic world in the 1400s is most accurate?

After the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, the emerging Ottoman Empire soon mastered most of the lands of the old caliphate plus the Byzantine corner.

The political fragmentation caused by the fall of Baghdad lasted for several centuries under the decentralized administration of the Seljuk Turks.

The Mongol conquests eliminated any form of centralized government in the Middle East until the 17th century.

Following the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, the Middle East became part of the colonial empire of the emerging feudal states of western Europe.

Sample Question 3
Which of the following civilizations first attempted to fill the commercial vacuum created by the decline in Arabic trade?

Russia

Japan

China

India

Sub-Saharan Africa