Personal Information Quiz

Based on this image, which is true?

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

• States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.

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

All of the following were considered gunpowder empires EXCEPT

• the Safavid Empire

• the Ottoman Empire

• the Mughal Empire

• the Aztec Empire

The portrait of Emperor Jahangir in Image 1 was most likely a symbolic representation of which of the following?

• The Mughal Empire’s scientific achievements

• The expanding power of the Mughal Empire

• The Mughal Empire’s control of global trade networks

Gunpowder empires led to

• deepening rivalries and conflicts as states’ military capabilities grew.

• emergence of new religious disputes over theological interpretations.

• adoption of feudal systems of government

Which of the following was NOT a method that rulers in Eurasia, such as Jahangir, used to legitimize and consolidate their power?

• Developing professional militaries

• Limiting the movement of noblemen and trade

• Denying divine right

Ming Dynasty to the Qing dynasty in the seventeenth century both used the examination system and other Confucian bureaucratic practices

• True

• False

The system of economic, cultural, and agricultural diffusion between the Old World and the New World in the 15th and 16th Centuries was best known as

States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.

• True

• False

Which of the following was NOT a method that rulers in Eurasia, such as Jahangir, used to legitimize and consolidate their power during the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.?

• Developing professional militaries

• Supporting the construction of monuments

• Limiting the movement of noblemen and trade

• Denying divine right

Which of the following was an important continuity from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing dynasty in the seventeenth century?

• The ongoing assimilation of Manchu cultural traditions by the imperial elite

• Maintenance of the Silk Roads to promote cultural exchanges with the Middle East

• The use of the examination system and other Confucian bureaucratic practices

• Financial support for maritime expeditions similar to those led by Zheng He