Question: How were dhimmi treated?

Answer Options: Ignored Equal Persecuted Tolerated

Answer: They tolerated them.

Question: Under which empire did Islam first become majority on Silk Road?

Answer Options: Ottoman Umayyad Safavid Abbasid

Answer: Abbasid

Question: Role of Muslim merchants and Sufis?

Answer Options: Preferred trade Armies more important Spread faith Minimal role

Answer: They spread their culture and proselytized as they traveled.

Question: How was bubonic plague transmitted?

Answer Options: Religious persecution Airborne Fungus Fleas on rats

Answer: Parasitic fleas transmitted the bacterium from infected rats to humans.

Question: Pattern of Black Death spread?

Answer Options: Random freckles Circular spread across Europe North-south lines Wedge shape

Answer: Circular spread across Europe

Question: Role of humans in plague spread?

Answer Options: Wind more important Trade routes spread No role Flood

Answer: Humans provided the most important means—via trade routes—for the spread of the plague.

Question: Christian vs Muslim response to plague?

Answer Options: Muslims prayed only Muslims distanced Christians punishment belief only Christians blamed Jews

Answer: Christians blamed Jewish people for the disease, but Muslims did not.

Question: Cause of plague believed in Middle Ages?

Answer Options: Germs Bad air Spoiled food Rats

Answer: Bad air filled with evil humors

Question: How did The Decameron show hope?

Answer Options: Humor stories by teens Monks in Florence Elderly reflection Moral and optimistic storytelling

Answer: The Decameron acknowledged physical suffering and loss, but the ten characters also told stories reflecting morality, optimism, and purpose.

Question: Impact of La Danse Macabre?

Answer Options: Sculpture inspiration Influenced visual art broadly Created holidays Inspired humor

Answer: Inspired visual art reflecting changing views on death

Question: State of medicine in 1918?

Answer Options: Many trained doctors No standards Few doctors New standards + germ theory emerging

Answer: The first real standards for medical training and licensing had recently been established, and germ theory was still a new idea.

Question: Human role in 1918 pandemic?

Answer Options: Immigration spread WWI conditions spread No role Holding cells spread

Answer: WWI conditions allowed it to surge

Question: US response to 1918 pandemic?

Answer Options: Church support Strict lockdowns New health dept War prioritized

Answer: Government prioritized winning the war over addressing the pandemic