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April 13, 2009

Global: 3rd quarter exam is on Wednesday. Test in rm. 214
HW: read handout and answere questions.

Continue to study the following:
1. Byzantine Empire
2. Spread of Islam
3. Africa
4. Japan
5. Korea
6. Tang & Song Dynasties
7. Mongols
8. Ming Dynasty
9. Dark ages

Submit answers to me on a sheet of paper for a peep.

1. Which political system is best described in the
outline below?
I.
A. Decentralized government
B. Based on loyalty and service
C. Code of chivalry
D. Military elite


(1) Oligarchy (2) Feudalism
(3) Absolutism (4) Democracy


2. One way in which the Silk Roads and the West
African trade routes are similar is that along both
routes

(1) the main items exchanged were ivory and
tobacco
(2) concrete was used to improve the surface of
the roads
(3) a single currency was used to make
transactions easier
(4) ideas were exchanged as merchants
interacted with each other

3. A major contribution of the Byzantine Empire
was the

(1) invention of the wheel and gunpowder
(2) participation of citizens in government
(3) diffusion of Hindu beliefs
(4) preservation of Greek science and Roman
engineering