AP World History - 3.1 MCQs

What was a direct result of the use of gunpowder, cannons, and armed trade by the Ottoman and Mughal empires?

• The Ottomans became land locked while the Mughals enjoyed new status.

• Their land empires expanded dramatically in size.

• They had to create new economic systems.

• Their burgeoning economies resulted in religious disharmony.

Which of the following enabled the Manchu, Mughal, Ottoman, and Russian empires to expand dramatically in size?

• The relatively weak West

• Armed trade, gunpowder, and cannons

• The power vacuum created by religious wars in Europe

• The Pax Mongolica

Which of the following was a consequence of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople?

• Europeans began to search for alternate routes to the Indies and looked to overseas expansion.

• China and Japan closed their borders to all foreign trade and visitors.

• The slave trade and violence in Africa increased as slavers became allies with African kingdoms.

• The Russians joined forces with the Europeans to prevent Ottoman expansion.

In contrast to the expansion of the Ottoman and Safavid empires, the Mughals, in the period from 1450 to 1750

• were a maritime empire that conquered islands in the Indian Ocean

• became allies with the Chinese and held off the Safavid

• did not launch conquests nor expand out of religious fervor

• were a peaceful people who converted to Buddhism under Ashoka

Which of the following was a similar factor in the rise of Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires?

• Silver from the Americas stabilized the economies of each empire and allowed for their rapid rise and expansion.

• Each empire benefited from the expansion of Islam and the wealth gained from Indian Ocean trade networks.

• Each empire took advantage of the power vacuum that resulted from the devastation of Timur and the breakup of the Mongol empire.

• Each empire took advantage of the strength of their Janissaries to defeat others in warfare and expand their territories.

Based on the map above, the expansion of the Russian Empire could not occur until which of the following events?

• The Boyars were deprived of their estates and had their power reduced.

• Russia developed a powerful navy.

• The Mongol Khanates collapsed.

• China retreated from their western provinces.

As an absolute ruler, what change did Peter the Great introduce to westernize Russia?

• Peter the Great introduced political liberalization through the sponsorship of Enlightenment philosophers from France.

• Peter the Great introduced economic change through strengthening mining industries and using serfs in manufacturing.

• Peter the Great introduced cultural changes by renaming Russian landmarks after Western models.

• Peter the Great introduced religious change by peace between Catholics and Orthodox Christians.

In what sense was the building of the Cathedral of St. Basil a continuity in Eurasian history?

• The blending of belief systems across Russia

• The use of religious ideas, art, and monumental architecture to legitimize the position of rulers

• The use of paid labor to create state monuments as symbols of modernization

• The diffusion of European culture into Russia and East Asia

Which of the following is a similarity among all of the empires shown above?

• All of the struggled against the expanding Russian Empire to their north.

• All of them were defenders of Sunni Islam.

• All benefited from the development and use of firearms.

• All of them sought to limit outside influences by reducing trade.

Which of the following was a similarity between the building of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and the expansion of Islamic Empires in Eurasia in the era 1450 to 1750?

• The importance of firearms to imperial expansion

• The goal of finding additional trade routes to Asia

• The ambition of both empires to convert others to their religion

• The dependence upon advanced ship-building for both of them