WHAP CH 12

Which of the following regions was spared invasion by Timur's forces at the turn of the fifteenth century?

• Russia 
• Persia
• China
• India

Which people reestablished a civil service examination system in the fifteenth century and used it to create a highly centralized government?

• Iroquois
• Aztecs
• Chinese
• Europeans 

Where was the Muslim port city of Malacca, noted for its trade and its blending of cultures, located?

• Egypt
• On the waterway between Sumatra and Malaya 
• West Africa
• Persian Gulf

Who were the Mexica?

• A semi-nomadic group from northern Mexico who established themselves in the region of Lake Texcoco by the 1300s
• The archrivals of the Aztecs in their efforts to carve out an empire
• The Triple Alliance between the Aztecs and two nearby city states
• The people that the Aztecs conquered when they settled in Mesoamerica

What major Islamic empire incorporated both Hindus and Muslims?

• Aztec Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Mughal Empire
• Songhay Empire

Which of the following groups grew in prominence and importance during the Industrial Revolution?  

• Bankers
• Handicraft artisans
• Rural landowning elites
• Peasants

The Igbo rejected which of the following institutions as a means of maintaining social cohesion?

• Women's associations 
• Kings
• Hereditary ritual experts
• Title Societies 

Which of the following is a political difference between Western Europe and China in the fifteenth century?

• Western Europe was more politically stable, suffering from fewer wars than China.
• Western Europe possessed a more powerful emperor than China.
• Western Europe failed to develop more efficient taxing systems, stunting their development.
• Western Europe possessed a far more fragmented system of government than China.

Which of the following statements reflects the Christian experience of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

• Christian Byzantium was able to keep the Ottomans at bay with their superior navy.
• Substantial populations of Christians in the Balkans were subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
• The Ottomans suffered a series of aggressive invasions by Christian crusaders who nearly toppled the empire.
• The Ottomans sought peace with the Christian West by withdrawing from the Balkans so that they could focus all their forces on battling the Safavid Empire.

What major Islamic empire incorporated substantial numbers of both Christians and Muslims?

• Songhay Empire
• Inca Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Aztec Empire