World History IQ Review

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A historian would most likely use the image in Source 1 as support for which of the following assertions? Mughal rule in India was generally supported by practitioners of Hinduism. Mughal rulers were interested in portraying themselves as champions of religious harmony. Mughal subjects resisted converting to Islam, despite the many benefits that doing so would confer. Mughal art rejected realism and focused on allegorical and symbolic depictions of reality.

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Mughal rulers were interested in portraying themselves as champions of religious harmony.

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Source 2 indicates that all of the following were likely factors contributing to Sikhism’s popularity in India EXCEPT: It offered a set of religious beliefs that combined elements of both Hinduism and Islam. It advocated a direct and personal approach to God that paralleled Islamic beliefs. It appealed to members of the lower socioeconomic strata by rejecting the rigid social hierarchy of Hinduism.

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It offered a set of principles around which all Indians could rally in resisting British imperial encroachment.

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Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following factors contributed most directly to the Mughal Empire’s territorial expansion in South Asia? The Mughals’ adoption and effective use of gunpowder weapons, The Mughals’ adoption of Sikhism, The Mughals’ friendly relations with neighboring states, such as the Safavid Empire and Tibet, The Mughal emperors’ claims that they were directly descended from Genghis Khan

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The Mughals’ adoption and effective use of gunpowder weapons

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The graph above shows the effect of which of the following? The fall of the Roman Empire on population growth, The Agricultural Revolution on food supplies, The Bubonic plague on the populations of Asia and Europe, The fall of the Byzantine Empire on population growth

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The Bubonic plague on the populations of Asia and Europe

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Which of the following best accounts for Chinese population trends between 1000 and 1200? The necessity to defend against outside invading forces, The expansion of rice cultivation providing a more stable food supply, The social influence of Neo-Confucianism on family planning, The impact of the collapse of the Tang Dynasty

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The expansion of rice cultivation providing a more stable food supply

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Which of the following best explains the population trends in Afro-Eurasia that will occur in the period 1400 to 1600? Options: Populations in Afro-Eurasia will continue to decline due to widespread famine and disease. Increases in warfare between Eurasian states led to a decline in population. Advancements in medicine led to an increase in population. Populations in Afro-Eurasia benefitted nutritionally from American food crops, which led to an increase in population.

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Populations in Afro-Eurasia benefitted nutritionally from American food crops, which led to an increase in population.

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Which of the following was a direct result of the trade pattern shown on the map? Options: English colonies in North America developed methods of industrial production. The production of cash crops in North America and the Caribbean increased. Trade between states in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East decreased. Territories in sub-Saharan Africa were colonized by European nations.

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The production of cash crops in North America and the Caribbean increased.

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Which of the following led directly to the structure of the trade system on the map?
- laissez-faire capitalism
- mercantilist economic practices
- the encomienda labor system
- development of trading alliances among Maya-city-states

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mercantilist economic practices

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Which of the following developments during the 15th and 16th centuries contributed most to the development of trade network shown on the map? innovations in maritime technology based on classical, Islamic, and Asian knowledge, the rapid development of steam-powered industrial production in European countries,

1. the decline of shipbuilding in India and Southeast Asia

, the use of Scandinavian longships to travel in coastal and open waters

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innovations in maritime technology based on classical, Islamic, and Asian knowledge