Topic 3.2 Quiz

What was the belief of England's King James I regarding the right to rule?

• Constitutional monarchy

• Social contract theory

• Mandate of Heaven

• Divine right of kings

Who were the officials selected by the landed gentry in England to maintain peace in the counties?

• Justices of the peace

• Janissaries

• Zamindars

• Samurai

Which French ruler declared 'L'etat, c'est moi' (I am the state) and aimed to hold absolute power?

• Louis XIII

• Louis XIV

• Henry IV

• Cardinal Richelieu

Who established a paramilitary force called the oprichnina to control the boyars in Russia?

• Mehmed II

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Peter I

• Ivan IV

Which Chinese dynasty reestablished the bureaucracy and improved education by establishing a national school system?

• Yuan Dynasty

• Qing Dynasty

• Ming Dynasty

• Song Dynasty

Who was the powerful daimyo in Japan who was declared shogun in 1603?

• Matsudaira Kiyoyasu

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi

• Oda Nobunaga

Which of the following rulers established an efficient government and a system of fairly administered laws during his rule of the Mughal Empire?

• Akbar

• Babur

• Aurangzeb

• Shah Jahan

Which of the following was the system that Ottoman sultans used to select loyal military & government staff?

• Oprichnina

• Devshirme

• Zamindars

• Janissaries

Which European ruler built the Palace of Versailles to demonstrate power and glory?

• Shah Jahan

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Akbar

What was the primary method of raising money to fund the goals of imperial expansion in the Ottoman Empire?

• Zamindars

• Land taxes

• Tax farming

• Tributes