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WorksheetsMidterm review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins
What continuities helped China maintain their power?
Merchants and missionaries
Islam
Imperial bureaucracy and Confucianism
The Enlightenment
How were China and Aztec similar in how they dealt with people on the periphery of their empires?
Made them pay tribute to show dominance
They were forced to practice Islam
They had to follow other religion
They weren't similar
Who was most responsible for the spread of Islam to West Africa and SE Asia?
The Mongols
Sufi Missionaries
Traders
Muslim Merchants
Which nation had the greatest manufacturing capacity in the period 1000-1450?
Japan
China
England
Spain
What was an important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?
Atlantic slave trade
Mongol expanision
Indians coming into the US
Disease
What led to an increase in China’s population in the period 1000-1450?
The Enlightenment
Crop rotation
Agricultural outputs such as rice
Mercantilism
What social class held power in the time period 600-1450?
Landholding Aristocrats
No one
Merchants
Muslims
Angkor Wat in Cambodia is an example of?
A monarchy
Islam influence
Dominance
Hindu influence in Southeast India
What helped agricultural techniques in the Song dynasty?
Improvements to the grand canal
More routes for maritime trade
Expansion
Military dominance
How did the Mongols help trade along the Silk Roads?
They had all the ships
They had control over everyone
All of the above
They protected trade routes from attacks
What contributed to the decline in Eurasian urban populations in the 14th century?
Nothing
Crops
Animals
Epidemic disease
What was an important factor in the spread of Islam in SE Asia circa 1250-1500?
China
Mongols
Muslim Merchants and Sufi Missionaries
All of the above
Why was Mali Prosperous?
Their gold and salt trade
Because they had control over the silk roads
None of the above
They had control over maritime trade
What helped increase trade along the trans-Saharan trade networks?
Internal combustion engine
Compass
Crop rotation
Caravans and other technologies
Who traded in the Indian ocean in the period 1000-1450?
Japanese
Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants
Africans and Europeans
The mongols
What did merchant diaspora communities have in common?
They introduced their own cultural practices into local cultures
They took local cultures and turned it into their own practices
They didn't have anything in common
They both had merchants that traded along the silk roads
What did states use to establish large empires in the 1500s?
Military
Weapons
Gunpowder
Nothing
Which empires used gunpowder?
Ottoman and Europeans
Ottoman, Safavid, Mughals, and the Qing
All of the above
Africans and French
How did the safavid empire differ from the ottoman and mughal empires?
They didn't differ they were the same
Safavid practiced Sunni Islam while the Ottoman and Mugals practiced Shi'a islam
They both practiced islam
Safavid practiced Shi'a islam while the ottoman and Mugals practiced Sunni Islam
European monarchs claimed divine rights of kings is an example of rulers using?
Religion to legitimize political authority
Monarchy
Dictatorship
All of the above
Why did rulers build elaborate palaces?
Influence more people to switch to their religion
Because they wanted to show off
To show their power and wealth
None of the above
Ottoman systems of recruiting soldiers from Christian boys in the Balkans?
Devshirme
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship
Christianity
Why did states like the Ottoman do Devshrime?
All of the above
To convert Islams to their religon
To prove that they were better
Centralize authority
What was an important continuity from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty?
Civil service exam and other bureaucratic practices
Compass
Steel production
the telephone
What was the effect of the Spanish voyages of Columbus?
People left Spain
More people moved to Spain to trade
Increased transoceanic travel and trade in other European countries influenced colonization
There was no effect
Why did the Portuguese establish trading posts?
Control access to maritime routes
Access to the Silk Roads
Trade easier
Routes to Asia
Why did the Portugues, English, and French send voyages across the North Atlantic in the 1400-1500?Al
All of the above
New countries to trade with
Routes to Spain
Alternative sailing routes to Asia
What was a change in Africa in regards to enslaved Africans between 1450-1750 (where were they transported)?
Enslaved Africans are transported across the Sahara instead of the Atlantic
They had to work on farms because farms were labor intensive
Enslaved Africans are transported across the Atlantic instead of the Sahara
The routes stayed the same
Results of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa?
Depopulation of men in West Africa
Increased warfare and violence
Destabilization of local African societies
All of the above
Why did the Portuguese colony of Brazil have lots of African slaves and why were so many needed?
They were too lazy to do it themselves
Increase in global demand for cash crops such as sugar and sugar farming was labor intensive
People needed slaves to work on their farms
None of the above
What was the effect of the spread of Christianity among Amerindian societies after 1500?
Armedians maintained local customs by combining their beliefs with elements of Christianity
They converted to Christianity
They stuck to their religion
Armedians didn't maintain local customs
What are the principles of mercantilism?
Limited amount of wealth
Nations should export more than imported
wealth is measured in gold and silver
colonies are to enrich the parent country through providing raw materials
All options
What policy did Bolivar reject and use as reason for independence from Spain?
Civil Service Exam
Christianity
Merchantilism
Declaration of Independence
Revolutions in both North and South America were based on the ideas of?
The Englightenment
Industrial revolution
American Revolution
French Revolution
What led to European dominance in the world economy starting in the 1800s?
American Revolution
French revolution
Enlightenment
Industrial revolution
How did improved agricultural productivity impact industrialization?
Slaves began to work in schools
More labor was needed so they had to get more slaves
Less labor was needed on farms so people moved to cities to work in factories
None
What helped move people to the interior regions and connected the interior to the coast?
factories
slave atlantic slave trade
Silk roads
Railroads
What is an example of how European industrialized nations achieved global dominance at the expense of other non-European nations?
Increase in slave populations
Decrease in populations in the economy
Decline of India's textile industry
More trade
What helped lead to the increase in living standards for workers?
More inexpensive consumer goods
Technological innovations
Maritime trade
All of the above
What did the policies of the Meiji reforms bring about in Japan?
Silk Road
Trade
Mercantilism
Rapid industrialization
