Chapter 12 Student Quiz

. The elite of Latin Christendom developed a unified culture primarily because of _____.

The Crusades.

Education.

Adherence to the Catholic Church.

Loyalty to hereditary monarchies.

. Medical schools developed primarily because _____.

Of a growing distrust in faith-based medicine.

Of rapid advances in medical science.

Of urban professionals who demanded trained physicians.

All of the above.

. The ulama, religious teachers in the Islamic world, came from which group?

Those with government jobs.

Shopkeepers and merchants.

Keepers of mosques.

All of the above.

. The Sufi ethic of personal responsibility, tolerance, and sympathy toward human failings was appealing _____.

To the poor.

To the educated elite.

To all social classes.

Primarily to non-Muslims.

. Before 400 Sanskrit was already a cosmopolitan language, used for religious and political purposes across India and Southeast Asia.

True.

False.

. From the tenth century onward, kings in Southeast Asia asserted their authority by _____.

Stressing their identification with a regional culture.

Stressing their universal sovereignty.

Stressing the parallels between themselves and the gods.

All of the above.

. Beginning with the Song Dynasty, Chinese political life and literary culture were dominated by _____.

Buddhism.

The civil service examination.

Hinduism.

Conflict with Sufism.

. It is like that the motivation behind the invention of printing in China was _____.

To spread the glory of the emperor.

To standardize manuals for new machinery.

To facilitate trade.

To reproduce religious texts.

. 17.In Mesoamerica, like in Eurasia and Africa, writing served to make knowledge and success more accessible to everyone, rather than just the elite.

True.

False.

. The majority of written texts from Mesoamerica are inscriptions on temples.

True.

False.

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