Strayer 1st Ed Ch 13-14 Combined Review

The historical significance of the Incan Empire is best described as

• a massive empire of up to 10 million subjects that controlled all of Mesoamerica during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

• a massive empire of up to 10 million subjects that stretched for 2,500 miles along the Andes during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

• a significant North American kingdom that fell to the conquistador Hernan Cortez.

• the cultural, religious, and social antecedent for subsequent Central American nation-states.

What sort of soldiers are shown in the image above?

• Ottoman Turks

• Russian Cossacks

• Persian Grenadiers

• Ottoman Janissaries

This is a photograph of which religious center?

• Angkor Wat

• Tenochtitlan

• Machu Pichu

• Karakorum

The historical significance of the Seizure of Constantinople (1453) is best described as

• the final demise of Byzantium and marking a reversal of roles from the Crusades and Islam was now on the offensive in Europe.

• a time when Ottoman leaders could re-claim the Caliphate, expand eastward, and conquer the Mughal Empire.

• ushering in a new period of peace and religious toleration between the Ottoman Empire and European Christendom.

• marking the battle where the Byzantine Empire recaptured its capital and spread Eastern Orthodoxy from into a region that spread from the Caspian Sea to Egypt to the Persian Gulf.

The historical significance of the European Renaissance is best described as a period

• when the Hundred Years war came to an end and ancient Greek and Roman writings were rediscovered by Europeans.

• where Ottoman authors and Muslim thinkers had a profound cultural impact on European through art, literature, music, and philosophic expression.

• that gave rise to secularism which challenged the Church and an emphasis on individuality that provided an impetus for private entrepreneurship and capitalism.

• that saw Western Europe diminish politically, economically, and militarily whereas China was once again on the rise.

Which of the following "what ifs" might have most drastically altered world history by not leading to European dominance? 

• What if the Ottoman and Safavid Empires had not been enemies? 
• What if the Ming had not called their fleet back from its explorations in1433?
• What if the Aztecs had not performed human sacrifice? 
• What if the Songhay Empire had not mixed Islam and traditional beliefs in magic?

Which of the following was NOT a feature of the modern era in the centuries following 1500? 

• Global contact between peoples
• The emergence of a modern, technological, and industrial society
• The prominence of Europeans in world history
• Growing equality among entire regions and civilizations

All of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion EXCEPT: 

• Mexican and Andean.
• Tibetan and Japanese.
• Arabic and Turkish.
• English and Russian.

How did the Aztec and Incan empires treat women? 

• Women had a separate role from men, which was not valued as much.
• Women had a separate role from men, which was seen as just as important.
• Women had the right to do whatever men could do. 
• Women were treated as slaves and combines.

In what ways did the Incan and Aztec empires differ substantially from each other? 

• The Incan Empire promoted women's equality more than the Aztec.
• The Incan Empire was much smaller than the Aztec Empire.
• The Incan Empire built an elaborate bureaucracy to integrate its subjects; the Aztecs did not.
• The Incan Empire did not draw upon earlier Andean cultures; the Aztecs did.