AP World History - 3.2 MCQs Review

Why did rulers continue to use monumental architecture during the period from 1450 to 1750?

• To celebrate their coronations

• To create gathering places for worship

• To legitimize their rule

• To provide jobs for the masses

What political concept was directly challenged by new philosophers in Europe?

• The mandate of kings

• Strict succession policies

• Divine right

• The right of sultans

Based on the passage above, which of the following would Ricci consider a weakness of the Chinese state?

• Emperors no longer conducted elaborate public performances of Confucian rituals to legitimize their rule.

• Scholars had undue influence over areas outside of their practice.

• The military did not have the advanced technologies of China's neighbors.

• The weakening state of education in China would weaken its military readiness.

What enabled the Ming emperors to maintain centralized control over the population and resources?

• Ming emperors practiced tight control over eunuchs to maintain harmony within the empire.

• Ming emperors recruited elites to prepare for the Chinese examination system.

• Extensive trade with the Ottomans brought more wealth to Ming emperors.

• The Great Wall isolated Ming emperors and led to a nation without resources.

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 most strengthened the military power of the Ottoman Empire?

• Their borrowing of Russian naval technologies after Peter the Great

• Their adoption of British military organization

• The tolerance of other monotheistic faiths within the empire

• The conscription of Janissaries from conquered lands