AP World History Unit 3 Review

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The passage best illustrates which of the following historical developments from c. 1450 to c. 1750: Empires began to rely on gunpowder weapons to expand their influence, Empires began to develop professional militaries to maintain their power, The use of monumental architecture was used by rulers to legitimize their rule, Empires used a variety of methods to expand their influence?

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Empires began to rely on gunpowder weapons to expand their influence.

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In the second paragraph, which of the following explains why the Ottomans occupied the Hagia Sophia? Options: As the religious center of Constantinople, occupying it and converting it into a mosque would help legitimize his rule, It was a symbol that the Ottomans would convert to Christianity to appeal to their new subjects and gain legitimacy, His desire to shame his enemies for conflicts that existed between the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, Disputes over trade routes always had religious significance. Occupying the Hagia Sophia showed the supremacy of Islam

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As the religious center of Constantinople, occupying it and converting it into a mosque would help legitimize his rule

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As the Ottomans expanded farther into Eastern Europe, how did they gain legitimacy in the eyes of their new subjects in the Balkan?

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They were religiously tolerant allowing Christian communities to practice their faith as long as they submitted to Ottoman power.

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The image of the Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangzi legitimized his rule to his subjects through which of the following ways? Showing the Emperor surrounded by books would appeal to his Confucian subjects who might otherwise see him as a foreign emperor

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Showing the Emperor surrounded by books would appeal to his Confucian subjects who might otherwise see him as a foreign emperor.

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In the treatment of their subjects, the Qing Dynasty practiced which of the following policies in this time period? The Han Chinese subjects faced prohibitions against moving into Manchuria and limits on their ability to serve in high-ranking positions in government, The Han Chinese were expelled from China to make space for the larger Manchu population causing them to migrate into Central and Southeast Asia, The Han Chinese were treated as equals to legitimize the rule of the Qing Emperors. They continued to fill the highest positions in the imperial bureaucracy, The Han Chinese were forced to take on the bulk of military service and payment of taxes as the Mancu were exempt.

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The Han Chinese subjects faced prohibitions against moving into Manchuria and limits on their ability to serve in high-ranking positions in government.

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Which of the following best explains the Qing Dynasty's declining power in the period from c. 1750 to c. 1900? Options: The growing industrial and commercial power of the west, Economic weakness due to overreliance on silver that led to massive inflation within the country, The empire had grown too big to defend from external threats, The growing mitiarism of Southeast Asia

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The growing industrial and commercial power of the west

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Which of the following explain the Mexica/Aztec use of tribute lists? Rulers used tribute collection to generate the revenue needed to expand their power, Rulers used art to legitimize their rule, Rulers used religious ideas to consolidate their power, Rulers expanded the Tribute System not for economic gain, but to show their political supremacy.

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Rulers used tribute collection to generate the revenue needed to expand their power

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Which innovations allowed the Mexica/Aztec to support their large population? Options: The mita system, Use of canals to transport staple crops from far away, Adopting new staple crops from Africa, Chinampa farming

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Chinampa farming

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Which of the following was most responsible for the fall of the Mexicas and Aztecs: Resentment of conquered peoples who joined with the Spanish to fight against the Mexicas, The inability of the Mexica to defend themselves against gunpowder weapons, Diseases like smallpox that came to America with the Europeans, The weakness of the Mexica army?

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Diseases like smallpox that came to America with the Europeans

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A historian would most likely use the first paragraph of this passage as evidence of which of the following? The influence of Islamic scholars who increasingly questioned political authority, Rivalries intensified the split within Islam between Sunni and Shia Muslims, Rivalries over trade routes in the Middle East, Use of religion by the Ottomans to legitimize their power

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Rivalries intensified the split within Islam between Sunni and Shia Muslims