Image Interpretation Quiz

Document C: The ninth-century monument pictured above, located on the island of Java in present-day Indonesia, best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

• (A) The conflict between secular and religious principles of government 
• (B) The spread of universalizing religions beyond their places of origin 
• (C) The rejection of universal religions by rulers wishing to protect local religious practices 
• (D) The growth of popular religion 

Document D:
The sixth-century C.E. Buddhist statue complex shown above, found in China, is an example of 

• religious conflict
• reverence for ancestors
• the wealth and power of the emperor
• cross-cultural interaction

What similar view of Doña Marina is portrayed in both images? 

• (A)     She is portrayed as a heroine.
• 
 She is portrayed as a victim.

• She is portrayed as a collaborator with the Aztec elite.

• She is portrayed as an essential part of the negotiations. 

The photograph above shows a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi’an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam? 

• Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings. 
• Political instability in fourteenth-century China encouraged the spread of Islam. 
• Islam spread to China before Buddhism did. 
• ) Early Muslim communities in China disguised their mosques as Confucian academies.

Document J: The photograph above of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

• The interaction of humans and the environment 
• The synthesis of established cultural traditions and new traditions 
• (C) Competition between traditional elites and the wealthy urban class for control of cultural traditions 
• The spread of missionary religions over global trade networks 

The photo above, showing skin-tone evaluation performed on an Indonesian inmate in a Dutch colonial prison in 1933, most clearly exemplifies which of the following? 

• Improvements in medical care

• Restrictions of educational opportunities for  colonial subjects

• ) Local resistance to colonial rule

• Influence of scientific theories on race 

A historian would find the 1931 Soviet poster above most useful in studying which of the following?

• The proportion of women to men working in technically skilled professions in the Soviet Union 
• The effects of the introduction of commercial aviation on the Soviet economy 
• The official propaganda of gender equality in the Soviet Union 
• The degree of advancement of Soviet aviation technology relative to noncommunist countries 

The map above shows what significant economic developments? 

• Trade connections that linked the Hellenistic and Mauryan empires to African cities from 300 through 150 B.C.E. 
• Trading networks that promoted the growth of new cities from 600 C.E. through 1450 C.E. 
• Chinese dominance of Indian Ocean trading networks because of the voyages of Zheng He in the 1400s C.E. 
• Changes in Indian Ocean trading networks that resulted from technological innovations from 1450 C.E. through 1750 C.E.