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What was the capital of Umayyad Caliphs?

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  1. Baghdad

  2. Damascus

  3. Tripoli

  4. Mecca

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Correct Option: B

The first Arab expedition to India took place in ______ under the leadership of _______.

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  1. 652 CE, Muhammad Ghori

  2. 672 CE, Muhammad Ghazni

  3. 712 CE, Muhammad bin Qasim

  4. 712 CE, Babur

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Correct Option: C

The famous literary work Tahqiq- i- Hind was written by _______.

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  1. Alberuni

  2. Zia-ud-din Barni

  3. Balban

  4. Raziya Sultan

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Correct Option: A

All of the following are examples of the improved maritime technology used by Europeans in the early modern period EXCEPT:

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  1. Astrolabe

  2. Mast

  3. Compass

  4. Cartography

  5. Caravel

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Correct Option: A
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Astrolabe.

Who appealed to all the Christians to join the crusades against the Turks to recover their holy land?

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  1. King of England

  2. Pope

  3. Kohen

  4. Queen of England

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The crusades facilitated the exchange of __________________ knowledge.

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  1. Scientific and technological

  2. Social and cultural

  3. Materialistic

  4. Religious

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Which of these BEST describes the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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  1. A treaty signed by the Pope to show support for colonization in the Americas.

  2. A treaty designed to establish Spain and England as the primary trade dominators in Western Europe.

  3. A treaty signed to keep the peace in Europe due to growing trade and colonial rivalries.

  4. A treaty that limited the trading rights of Portugal in the Indian Ocean.

  5. A treaty that gave the colony of Brazil to Spain.

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Correct Option: A
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A treaty signed by the Pope to show support for colonization in the Americas.

A _______ was one in which the majority of its citizens came to develop a common sense of identity and shared history of descent.

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  1. City-state

  2. Nation-state

  3. Multinational state

  4. Totalitarian state

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Correct Option: B

Which of these BEST describes nomadic patterns in Europe during the years 900-1100 C.E.?

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  1. Germanic tribes embarked on a massive migration to Western Europe and established kingdoms that were the proto-states of modern Europe.

  2. Eurasian groups such as the Huns constantly disrupted trade and commerce, keeping Western Europe isolated.

  3. Raids by seagoing Vikings from Scandinavia periodically disrupted life from Ireland to the middle Mediterranean.

  4. Nomadic societies were largely settled by this period and provided no more disruption to the Germanic Kingdoms.

  5. Muslim kingdoms migrated northward, establishing strongholds in Northern Europe.

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Correct Option: A
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Germanic tribes embarked on a massive migration to Western Europe and established kingdoms that were the proto-states of modern Europe.

After the initial conquest of the New World, which of the following BEST describes how the Spanish government established and maintained order in New Spain?

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  1. Viceroys, a strict hierarchy, and the Catholic Church were used to subdue native populations

  2. The conquistadors continued their roles as centralized authority figures in New Spain

  3. The Catholic Church was the sole political and culture authority over native populations

  4. A single, centralized political structure developed as to provide easy direct contact with Spain

  5. Spain emulated the new political structures developed by the British and the French in the North America

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Correct Option: A
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Viceroys, a strict hierarchy, and the Catholic Church were used to subdue native populations.