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Which statement best summarizes the influence of the bureaucracy during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)?
It promoted foreign trade, but made tax collection difficult
It made managing the empire more efficient, but it was very expensive
It ended corruption, but it weakened the scholar gentry class
It strengthened Buddhism, but it undermined Confucianism
What would be most responsible for the spike in population in China in the postclassical era?
the perfecting the manufacturing of Porcelain
the prolific trade on the Silk Road
the introduction of Champa rice to the Chinese diet
the high demand for Chinese silk
Which of the following is an indicator of increasing patriarchy in China?
Civil Service Exam
Veiling of Women
Footbinding
Issuing of Dowry's
Japan was influenced and gain knowledge of things like Confuciaism from where?
Korea
China
It didn't
Silk Road
Who was Ibn Battuta?
Religious Leader
Merchant
Christian Travler
Islamic traveler
China was the starting point for which of the following:
Silk Road Trade
All world religions
Major political thought in the West
Military Expansion
What dynasties are considered the "Golden Age" of China?
Tang and Song
Song and Ming
Song and Yuan
Tang and Han
Select ALL the technology that was developed in the Song Dynasty.
Increased stability of the compass
Gunpowder being used in warfare
Developed drought-resistant rice
Continuation of the woodblock printing
What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common?
They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family.
China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them.
All were once colonies of the Mongols.
All were conquered by the Sung dynasty.
Which of the following is a continuity in Chinese History during this time period? (more than one answer)
Civil service exams
Patriarchy
Paper money
Wood block printing
A group of non-elected government officials...
aristocrat
civil service
bureaucracy
social class
Delhi Sultanate was in present day
Northern India
Southern India
Sri Lanka
Who were in charge of Egypt during this period?
Arabs
Turks
Mamluks
Mongols
What civilization was located in the Andes Mountains?
Aztecs
Mayans
Incas
Mexicas
What religion played a key role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to Japan?
MARIA, COUNTESS OF BÉARN, ACCOMPANIED BY SEVEN OF HER MALE COURTIERS, SWEARS HOMAGE TO HER OVERLORD, KING ALFONSO II OF ARAGON, ILLUSTRATION IN A MANUSCRIPT PRODUCED FOR THE ROYAL COURT OF ARAGON CIRCA 1175 C.E.
Feudalism
Manorialism
Serfdom
Monasticism
After the expansion of Islam into Africa, an organized Christian presence remained in
Mauritania and Tunisia
Morocco
Egypt and Ethiopia
“The evil-disposed in these districts [of England] began to rise, saying, they were too severely oppressed; that at the beginning of the world there were no slaves, and that no one ought to be treated as such. . . . This they would not longer bear, but had determined to be free, and if they labored for their lords, they wanted to be paid for it. A crazy priest in the county of Kent, called John Ball, who for his absurd preaching, had been thrice confined in prison, inflamed those ideas. He would say: ‘Are we not all descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve? and what can the lords show, or what reasons give, why they should be more the masters than ourselves?’ ”
The point of view of the author can best be described as
sympathetic to the peasants
hostile to the peasants
indifferent to the peasants’ grievances
sympathetic to the leaders of the revolt
Why was construction of the Grand Canal necessary?
To move goods easier between northern and southern China
High caste Hindus were most likely to convert to Islam.
True
False
What was the importance of the camel?
The camel was able to eat a lot of food often
The camel had many offspring
The camel allowed people to cross the Sahara desert due to its endurance
The camel was faster than the horse
What is the Chinese term for paper money?
Coins
Flying cash
Bills of exchange
Bill of sale
Overland trade between Europe to Asia on the Silk Road increased with
The revival of commercial cities, such as Samarkand, along the way.
The discovery of gold in the Hindu Kush.
The collapse of the Roman empire.
The development of a new breed of camel.
Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following?
The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia
The development of new transportation technologies
The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East
The territorial expansion of West African empires
Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the
unifying influence of Islam
excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia
political unity of Africa and Asia
widespread use of paper money
The map shows which of the following empires at its greatest extent?
The empire of Alexander the Great
The Mongol Empire
The Russian Empire
The Byzantine Empire
Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade?
It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes.
It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks.
It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade.
It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated world regions.
The photograph below shows a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi’an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam?
Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings.
Political instability in fourteenth-century China encouraged the spread of Islam.
Islam spread to China before Buddhism did.
Early Muslim communities in China disguised their mosques as Confucian academies.
A significant example of the interaction among Indian, Arab, and European societies by 1200 C.E. was the transfer of knowledge of
iron and copper mining techniques
the flying shuttle and spinning jenny
the science of optics and lens design
numerals and the decimal system
Based on the content of the inscription, Adityawarman’s Malayapura kingdom most likely participated in the communication and exchange networks of the
Swahili city-states and the Arabian Peninsula
maritime eastern Indian Ocean trade
overland Silk Roads
islands of Polynesia
During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following?
Widespread adoption of Confucian family hierarchies
Trade that facilitated the spread of Christianity throughout the Indian Ocean region
Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together
Widespread adoption of Buddhist religious practices
The development of Indian Ocean trade routes in the period 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. and the development of transatlantic trade routes in the period 1450 C.E. to 1600 C.E. were similar in that both depended on
the impetus of missionizing religions
understanding of currents and wind patterns
the political consolidation of newly conquered regions into empires
innovations in ship design that originated in Europe
The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following?
Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China
The development of Mongolian as the primary written language of administration across most of Eurasia
The spread of Persian culture into Central Asia
Improved ship designs and navigation techniques for oceanic commerce
Voyages such as those referred to in the third paragraph were most directly facilitated by which of the following?
A decrease in pirate activity following Zheng He’s naval expeditions
Merchants’ understanding of the patterns of the monsoon winds
An increase in the use of new forms of credit, such as paper money
Technological transfers from Europe, such as the compass
The first paragraph most directly illustrates how increasing regional interactions led to which of the following developments in the Indian Ocean in the period 1200–1450?
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The establishment of diasporic merchant communities
The establishment of new trading cities
The introduction of new cultural traditions
The emergence of syncretic belief systems
The map below shows what significant economic developments?
Trade connections that linked the Hellenistic and Mauryan empires to African cities from 300 through 150 B.C.E.
Trading networks that promoted the growth of new cities from 600 C.E. through 1450 C.E
Chinese dominance of Indian Ocean trading networks because of the voyages of Zheng He in the 1400s C.E.
Changes in Indian Ocean trading networks that resulted from technological innovations from 1450 C.E. through 1750 C.E.
The thirteenth-century map of Constantinople shown below indicates that the city
was located on an island
was highly fortified against outside attacks
tolerated many religions
looked down on trade and commerce
The lines on the map below illustrate which of the following?
Spread of Hinduism
Spread of Christianity
Extent of trade routes
Seasonal migrations of nomads
The passage above best illustrates which of the following?
Muslims’ examination of their own cultural and economic decline after the Crusades
The debt the Arab world owed Europe for preserving Arab scientific knowledge and cultural history
The reason European industrial expertise far surpassed that of the Arab world
The effects of interregional contact on the development of European culture and technology
The map indicates that
Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade
slavery existed in the western Sudan
Europeans had begun to make inroads in West Africa
Mali remained isolated from Europe and the Middle East
The illustration would be most useful to a historian studying which of the following?
Transportation and maritime technologies
Large-scale trading organizations
Geographic patterns of currents and winds in the Indian Ocean
The expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate
The map demonstrates which of the following about the Indian Ocean trade?
Monsoons prevented trade from taking place along the East African coast.
Europeans were active in bringing goods from West Africa to the Indian Ocean.
Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China.
The most important item traded across the Indian Ocean was silk.
Between 200 B.C.E. and 1450 C.E., the Silk Roads linked which of the following?
The Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean
North Africa and western Europe
East Asia and the Mediterranean Sea
The Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
Which of the following best describes an effect of the establishment of the Mongol Empire upon Silk Road long distance trade?
The Silk Road trade declined because the Mongol merchants preferred to use maritime long-distance trade networks instead.
The Silk Road trade increased because the Mongol conquests helped connect more regions of Eurasia economically and commercially.
The Silk Road trade was not affected by the Mongol conquests because the tribal and nomadic nature of Mongol society meant that Mongol demand for luxury goods was virtually nonexistent.
The Silk Road trade collapsed following the Mongol conquests because most trading cities along the Silk Roads were destroyed and never recovered.
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
Which of the following explains the most common effect that the process illustrated in the image had on relationships between states in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1450-1750 ?
A. It led to deepening rivalries and conflicts as states' military capabilities grew.
B. It led to the emergence of new religious disputes over theological interpretations.
C. It led to the establishment of pan-Eurasian nomadic empires, such as the Mongol Empire.
D. It led to the adoption of feudal systems of government, as monarchs could not prevent the rising power of military aristocracies.
The Ottoman Empire's recruitment of soldiers and bureaucrats through the system depicted in the image is most similar to which broader method that rulers used to strengthen their empires in the period 1450-1750 ?
A. The collection of tribute
B. Establishment of religious uniformity
C. Abolition of feudal privileges
D. The granting of autonomy to minority groups
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
The inclusion of the image in the manuscript best illustrates which of the following features of the period 1450-1750?
A. Rulers using art as a way to communicate with their illiterate subjects
B. Rulers using art to expand their territories
C. Rulers using art as a way to increase literacy
D. Rulers using art to legitimize their rule
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
A historian could best explain the arguments made in the passage regarding the pope and the clergy in the context of Protestant claims that the Catholic Church
A. had not adequately supported earlier Crusades against Muslims in the Holy Land
B. had become corrupted by power
C. had become too heavily influenced by Renaissance Humanism
D. had failed to convert Muslims living in Europe to Christianity
A historian interpreting the passage would most likely explain that the audience of the sermon is an illustration of the fact that
A. papal alliances with the Holy Roman emperors led to widespread religious persecutions in Germany
B. the Protestant German nobility was wary of confronting the Ottomans without Catholic support
C. political support from the German nobility aided in the development of the early Protestant community
D. the Protestant German nobility adopted pacifist attitudes during religious disputes with their Catholic and Muslim opponents
How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the seventeenth century?
They welcomed Europeans for their technological expertise and scientific knowledge.
They protected Christian missionaries and sponsored Christian churches.
They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch, who were allowed to trade at a single site.
They established regular diplomatic relations with European states.
The fact that Europeans often had to pay for Asian spices and textiles in cash led to which of the following?
An intense desire for precious metals
A European trade surplus
A lack of desire to trade with Asia
The closing of the Indian Ocean trade network
The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in
fur
spices
silk
silver
Map 14.4 in the textbook shows that the most common destination(s) in the Americas for West African slaves was(were)
British North America and the United States.
the Caribbean and Brazil.
Mexico
Peru
Which of the following was established as a Spanish colony in the sixteenth century?
Goa
Macao
Mombasa
The Philippines
Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450 to 1750?
through economic competition
by ending China's tribute system
by force of arms and conquest
by establishing diplomatic relations
Which describes the role that Europeans played in the economy of the early modern era?
They worked the markets of the East to their advantage.
They were essentially middlemen funneling American silver to Asia.
They established and enforced a new international system of trade.
They dominated the global trade in textiles, tea, and porcelain.
The map suggests that the European presence in Asia was connected to
empire
trade
religion
slavery
According to the map, which of the following was the primary goal of Europeans in their relations with Asia?
trade
Empire building
controlling inland waterways
overland exploration
According to the map, which of the following is true?
Overland routes were a critical part of the trade.
China was a major source of silver.
The silver trade flowed in a predominantly eastern pattern.
Silver was traded on a truly global scale.
Which group had the greatest success in converting people outside Europe to Christianity?
Jesuit missionaries in China
Spanish missionaries in the Philippines
Puritan missionaries in New England
Portuguese missionaries in West Africa
One of the most important pieces of knowledge that helped revolutionize long distance travel by boat was
knowledge of the circumference of the earth
knowledge of the Americas
knowledge of Silk Roads
Knowledge of the wind patterns and regional currents
Desire for the colonies cash crops led to an increase in
treaties between Europeans
the slave trade
urbanization
desertification
Form of slavery where slaves have no rights and are considered property
Chattel slavery
Indentured servitude
Mita system
complete slavery
Which of the following countries was the first to dominate the seas with advanced naval technology?
Portugal
France
Britain
China
The Caravel was an example of
continuity from the rise of civilizations
Innovations in ship design
commercial innovations from Asia
Agricultural innovations
Monopolies enriched European companies or nations by...
giving that nation or company exclusive trading rights over an area or over a crop, so they received all of the profits for trading it
growing regional markets into international ones
limiting the amount of a product that countries could extract and sell
I honestly can't think of any better answer choices...
Which Maritime Empire was the first to establish large-scale slave-trading operations on the African continent for the purposes of export to plantations in the Americas?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
What was the Encomienda System?
System of labor that enslaved Natives in exchange of food and shelter
System of labor that used serfs to tend the field
System of labor in which natives where granted land and money in exchange of gold.
System of labor that gave jobs to thousands of Africans coming to the Americas.
The accumulation of capital allowed for...
the economy of Western Europe to grow as entrepreneurs entered long-distance markets
the lower class citizens in Western Europe become more wealthy
the Americas to profit as more gold was extracted from mines
ships and other technology to grow
Why were joint-stock companies such as the East India Company or the Dutch East Indian Company the driving force behind the development of maritime empires?
they allowed continued exploration/ventures to colonize with limited risk to investors
they helped governments fund public journeys
they gave explorers the navigational tools they needed to succeed on their journeys
all of the above
Which economic system was in place when the exchange of goods in 1450-1750 arose?
European mercantilist laws
Laissez-faire principles
Renaissance guild bylaws
Medieval manorialism
What was the stance of the Japanese for trade after they allowed Christian missionaries and European Explorers to their country?
Japan became a majority christian Country.
Japan became isolated from the rest of the world due to Christian Missionaries destroying Buddhist temples.
Japan welcomed European trade for the next 2 Centuries
Japan began to travel to the Americas to trade silk.
Lateen sail, compass, astronomical charts were all influences from
Interaction between Native Americans and Europeans
Interaction along the Trans-Saharan trade route
interaction with East Asia and South Asia and the Middle East
all of the above
What are the colonies supposed to provide the mother country under a mercantile system?
coerced labor and manufactured goods
A market, precious metals and raw materials
coerced labor and gold
raw materials only
What was the benefit of creating Joint Stock Companies?
They provided limited liability
They provided anonymity
The unlimited liability and high rewards
all of the above
The majority of slaves went to __________ to work on _______.
The Caribbean; sugar plantations
Mexico; gold mines
The US; cotton plantations
Chile; silver mines
What was the name of the communities created by runaway slaves during this time period?
Maroon societies
Secret societies
Underground Railroad
Haiti
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
Split the Americas between England and France
Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal
Split the Americas between Belgium and China
Split the Americas between the Dutch and Spain
How did Ana Nzinga, ruler of Ndongo, effectively resist Portuguese domination?
after allying with Port. and that alliance breaking, she & her people fled & over took Matamba, allied with the Dutch & gave runaway slaves freedom to build up her power
they bought so many weapons from the Spanish they were able to defeat the Portuguese in combat
Nzinga effectively allied with the Portuguese and aided them in their slave raids of neighboring societies
she created a new colony in a safer area in eastern Africa, where the Portuguese did not have ports
Which of the following best describes the maroon wars in the Americas?
Slaves fought for their independence by escaping slaveholders & establishing independent settlements
British and Spanish colonists fought for territory in the Americas
Slave rebellions primarily along the east coast of North America
The Pueblo Revolt (1680) could be considered successful because...
the Pueblo and Apache fought off Spanish colonizers trying to force religious conversions, and kept their influence away until 1692.
the Spanish and Pueblo worked together to kick the French out of their native lands
the Pueblo and Apache fought off the British forever and established a maroon society
the revolt was the biggest native American-colonizer conflict of the 17th century
Metacom's War fits which of the following statements? There are two answers.
it was the final major effort of the indigenous people to drive the British out of New England
it resulted in British dominance of New England, even though several Native American tribes continued to live there
it was the first significant battle between Europeans and Native Americans in the colonies
it resulted in the Wamapanoag people living in New England for the rest of the colonial era
Which movement in the 1700s promoted reason, liberty, and self determination?
The Scientific Revolution
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The American Revolution
Which philosopher believed people were born with unalienable rights and that the government should protect them?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Robert Owen
Voltaire
What is the name of the movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation due to intense pride?
A revolution
Protestantism
Enlightenment
Nationalism
Which TWO nations unified due to nationalistic movements?
Italy
America
Germany
France
Which nation was the first to industrialize?
Britain
France
Germany
Japan
All of the following helped countries to industrialize EXCEPT
Access to waterways
Natural resources like coal
Access to foreign resources and markets
Being colonies of other nations
Select ALL of the following that characterized the Second Industrial Revolution.
Oil
Electricity
Steam
Steel
After Britain industrialized, all of these nations followed suit EXCEPT
Japan
United States
Russia
India
Select ALL of the accurate social effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Poor working and living conditions for the lower class
Increased standard of living for middle and upper classes
Lower class families working closer together in their homes
More accessible and cheaper goods
All of the following were reactions to industrialization's negative effects on workers EXCEPT
Labor unions
Communism
The invisible hand
Utilitarianism
As countries embraced Adam Smith's capitalism laissez-faire policies, what new forms of business were promoted? Select ALL that apply.
corporations
monopolies
socialism
transnational businesses
Mexico was liberated from
the United States
the Spanish
the Portuguese
the Brazilians
Bolivar envisioned
a Grand Colombia, which united all the liberated South American states
a united Portugal and Spain
a Spanish takeover of Portuguese Brazil
a loosely knit confederation of South American States
Toussant L'Ouverture
was a member of the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre
rose to the rank of General under Napoleon
was a complete revolutionary failure
helped free slaves in Haiti
Some of the machines invented in the 18th and 19th centuries are:
telephones, geographic positioning system, radios, airplanes
steam engine, railroads, flying shuttle, phonograph, steam ships, light bulb
sailboats, automobiles, wheel barrels, clocks, word processors
automatic washer, hair dryer, rockets, space shuttles
Select ALL of the following that are considered an impact of industrialization during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Increased competition between industrialized nations
Rise of global inequalities
Transformation of society.
Decolonization of Africa
Capitalism is
An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and money is invested to make profits.
An economic system in which the means of production are owned by the public (government) and operate for the welfare of all.
Which of the following scientific concepts had the greatest role in providing a justification for imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Louis Pasteur's germ theory of disease
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
Albert Einstein's theory of relativity
Marie Curie's theory of radio activity
Which of the following was the most important cause of discontent among the French peasantry in the decades leading up to the French Revolution?
The failure of the government to encourage significant emigration to Canada
The efforts by many landowners to revive various kinds of taxes and feudal dues
The spread of Enlightenment critiques of organized religion
The drafting of large numbers of peasants to serve in the French army
The creation of large numbers of robe nobles by the French monarchy
Italian unification had as its architect
Bismarck coupled with opportunity
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Giuseppe Mazzini
Count Cavour together with the support of Garibaldi
Under the Tokugawa Japan was
a major trading nation
rapidly industrializing
bankrupt
isolated
Commander Perry is connected to
the opening of Japan for trade
the attack on China during the Opium wars
Russia's rapid growth as a power
the defeat of the Napoleon
