Question 1
Who or what arrived in Europe in October 1347?
A) Ottoman invaders
B) the Black Plague
C) Mongol invaders
D) typhoid fever
E) Chinese merchants
Question 2
Which of these was an effect of slavery in Africa?
A) There was an increase in polygamy as a result of the reduction of the male population.
B) African leaders involved in the trade became increasingly violent, oppressive, and militarized.
C) There was a reduction in the general population of Africa.
D) Millions of people were displaced.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
During the tenth century CE, what was at the lowest percentage since 3000 BCE?
A) population dead caused by war
B) population dead caused by disease
C) population afflicted with cancer
D) population afflicted with leprosy
E) population living with small pox
Question 4
The majority of slaves taken to the New World were from
A) eastern Africa.
B) southern Africa.
C) west central African.
D) northwestern Africa.
E) northern Africa.
Question 5
Ibn-Khaldun warned historians to be mindful of what?
A) bias in writing historical narrative
B) the importance of archival research
C) the laws governing the transformation of human society
D) the need for the publishing of more historical narratives on Islam
E) kings who hired them to write histories for their kingdom