WHAP Unit 3 Quiz

Which of the following best explains the process illustrated in the image?

• A. States increasingly relied on slave soldiers to establish large empires.

• B. The invention of the stirrup allowed expanding states to use cavalry more effectively.

• C. The development of new types of armor reduced casualties and allowed states to expand faster than before.

• D. States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.

The methods of warfare shown in the image were instrumental in explaining the territorial expansion of all of the following land-based empires EXCEPT

• A. the Safavid Empire

• B. the Qing (Manchu) Empire

• C. the Aztec (Mexica) Empire

• D. the Ottoman Empire

The recruitment depicted in the image is best understood in the context of which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750 ?

• A. Attempts by imperial states to expand their economic power

• B. Attempts by imperial states to prevent religious conflict

• C. Attempts by imperial states to centralize their authority

• D. Attempts by imperial states to control population growth

A historian interpreting the views expressed in the passage would likely explain that those views were most strongly influenced by Protestant desires to

• A. promote religious war against fellow Christians

• B. encourage the creation of a united German state free of papal influence

• C. demonstrate that an individual's destiny was predetermined by God

• D. reform Christian society by adhering more closely to Biblical teachings

From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons?

• To display power and legitimize their rule

• To spend excess money collected in taxes

• To encourage tourism and pilgrimages

• To increase employment opportunities for struggling artists

Which of the following describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

• The Ottoman Empire successfully pursued mercantilist economic policies.

• Ottoman citizens unified by their recent conversion to Islam were strongly motivated to conquer.

• Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals.

• The decentralized federalism of the Ottoman Empire encouraged competition and technological innovation.

Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following factors contributed most directly to the Mughal Empire’s territorial expansion in South Asia?

• The Mughals’ adoption and effective use of gunpowder weapons

• The Mughals’ adoption of Sikhism

• The Mughals’ friendly relations with neighboring states, such as the Safavid Empire and Tibet

• The Mughal emperors’ claims that they were directly descended from Genghis Khan

“The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not only God’s lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself are called gods. In the Scriptures kings are called gods, and so their power after a certain relation compared to the divine power.”

King James I, speech to Parliament, England, 1610

The passage above is best understood in the context of which of the following?

• European monarchs’ continued use of religion to legitimize political authority

• The influence of Islamic political thought on Europe after the Crusades

• The establishment of theocracies throughout Eurasia

• The differential treatment of Protestants and Catholics in England

Between 1450 and 1750, empires such as the Ottoman and Chinese shared which of the following?

• Dependence on trade as the main basis for the economy

• An elite fighting force made up primarily of slaves

• The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government

• Continual military campaigns against European armies

The use of children from Eastern Europe to become soldiers was called Divshirme and they were trained and eventually became ________________.

• Janissaries
• Samurais
• Gladiators
• Ninjas