APWH Unit 3 Study Session Quizzizz

Busbecq’s opinion of Western forces in the passage is most directly supported by which of the following historical events? 

• The Thirty Years' War and its impact on military discipline

• The rise of the Ottoman Empire and its military reforms

• The decline of feudalism in Western Europe

• The establishment of the Spanish Armada and its failures

Which of the following historical events most directly supports Busbecq’s assessment of Persia in the passage?

• Shah Ismail’s insistence upon the conversion of Christian minority populations of Persia to Shia Islam

• Shah Abbas I’s alliance with the British East India Company 

• Portuguese and Spanish occupation of strategic ports in the Persian Gulf

• Russian invasions of northern Persia in the early eighteenth century

Which economic philosophy most supported the creation of chartered companies like the one in the passage? 

• Laissez-faire capitalism

• Economic nationalism

• Colonial mercantilism

• State-sponsored capitalism

Crosby’s argument in the passage is most likely a response to which of the following developments of the period 1450–1750 c.e.?

• The development of direct trade links between Western Europe and India

• The beginning of the Industrial Revolution

• The colonization of North and South America by Western Europeans

• The increasing development of seafaring technologies

Which of the following would best support the author’s assertion regarding the “quantum jump” that would help Western Europe achieve global hegemony between 1450 and 1750 c.e.?

• The colonization of the interior of Africa

• The conquest of the Aztec Empire

• The reformation of Catholic Christianity

• The isolationism of Tokugawa Japan

Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following contributed LEAST to Western European global hegemony between 1450 and 1750 c.e.?

• The exchange of food sources between the Americas and Europe

• Refinement of gunpowder technologies

• The development and application of steam-powered technologies

• The implementation of joint-stock companies

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the above excerpt?

• To limit foreign ideas and prevent threats to the shogun’s power

• To become dominant in East Asian trading networks

• To stop Japanese merchants from evading taxation on trade goods

• To prevent individual ports from monopolizing trade

 Japanese isolation policies had which of the following effects?

• The Tokugawa Shogunate faced rebellions as a result of economic decline

• Japan had limited knowledge of foreign technology and culture

• The Tokugawa Shogunate was overthrown by Japanese merchants

• 1. Japan was completely isolated from regional trade networks

The process described by the author in the passage is best seen as an early example of which of the following?

• Implementation of economic reforms to strengthen the empire’s financial stability

• Establishment of a loyal and elite military corps to consolidate and legitimize power

• The early formations of a Janissary corps independent of the Ottomans

• The spread of religious diversity within the eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire

All of the following are consequences of the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenburg in the mid-15th century EXCEPT:

• Increase in literacy and education as a result of more accessible books

• Creation of newer innovations which led to the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution

• Fostering the growth of Protestant denominations through rapid diffusion of ideas by Martin Luther and translations of the Bible widely

• Assisted the Scientific Revolution by allowing scientific works and ideas to move quicker and more widespread