WorksheetsCumulative Eras Test
Total questions: 118
Worksheet time: 59mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name & Period
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2.
The blending of cultures (language, religion, foods, customs) is called
a)
Syncretism
b)
Acculturation
c)
Caste
d)
Assimilation
3.
What were the three primary Monotheistic religions from 1200-1450?
a)
Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism
b)
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
c)
Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism
d)
Judaism, Christianity, Confucianism
4.
Why were the Crusades fought?
a)
To overthrow European Dictators and restore democracy/voting rights to the people
b)
To take by Holy Land that both Christian and Muslim states believed were rightfully theirs
c)
To take over the mining operation in West Africa
d)
To stop the Mongols from global domination
5.
The peasants who worked the land in the feudal system were called...
a)
Slaves
b)
Serfs
c)
Merchants
d)
Colonists
6.
Who was at the top of the Feudal System in Europe?
a)
Kings
b)
Vassals
c)
Peasants
d)
Knights
7.
What was the split in the Catholic Church in the 1300s called?
a)
Protestant Reformation
b)
Great Schism
c)
Renaissance
d)
Enlightenment
8.
Which Asian Dynasty started in the year 960 and was characterized by implementing Confucianism, civil service exams, inventing gunpowder, and reinvigorating the Silk Road?
a)
Tang
b)
Yuan
c)
Song
d)
Safavid
9.
A government where individuals advance based on their skills, knowledge, and aptitude rather than family lineage or social class is known as:
a)
Indentured Servitude
b)
Meritocracy
c)
Caste System
d)
Feudalism
10.
Confucianism is largely based on what belief?
a)
The attempt to live as virtuously as possible to be granted an afterlife in heaven
b)
Respect for elders, leaders, and anyone of authority
c)
Living a nomadic lifestyle and getting resources from various lands
d)
Dedication to science and math to improve a state's economy
11.
The population of Asia was able to grow thanks to the cultivation of which crop from 1200-1450?
a)
Maize
b)
Potatoes
c)
Wheat
d)
Champa Rice
12.
Regions and states located around an empire which pay taxes to the larger empire are called:
a)
Tribute States
b)
Proxy States
c)
Manifest States
d)
Civil States
13.
Shah Ismael was significant in that he freed the Persians from the rule of which large, powerful, nearby empire?
a)
Mali
b)
Ming
c)
Ottoman
d)
Mongols
14.
What invention helped fuel the expansion of the Safavid Empire?
a)
Gold
b)
War ships
c)
Gunpowder
d)
Compass
15.
Which Islamic Empire was located in India 1200-1450?
a)
Seljuk Turks
b)
Delhi Sultanate
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Safavid Empire
16.
The Ottoman Empire held a dominant center for trade in what city?
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Shanhai
c)
Instabul
d)
Baghdad
17.
The Ottoman Empire was founded by which influential leader?
a)
Osman I
b)
Zheng He
c)
Shah Koran
d)
Muhammad
18.
What were janissaries?
a)
Soldiers recruited as young Christians, converted to Islam, and trained for the infantry
b)
Elites that controlled most of the political influence in the Middle East
c)
High ranking members of the Islamic Church (similar to the Catholic Pope)
d)
Scribes who translated works from other cultures into Arabic to spread ancient knowledge
19.
Which empire/dynasty was considered the "last dynasty of China"
a)
Qing
b)
Mongol
c)
Mughal
d)
Ming
20.
Buddhism originated in Northern India and spread to East Asia mainly via
a)
Indian Ocean Trade
b)
Silk Road
c)
War and Conquest
d)
Roman Roads
21.
One of the main exports for empires in Northwest Africa was...
a)
Exotic/New Foods such as Maize and Potatoes
b)
Steel for Architecture
c)
Gold
d)
camel
22.
The largest caliphate (area ruled by a Muslim ruler) in the period 1200-1450 was the
a)
Mongol Caliphate
b)
Abasid Caliphate
c)
Muhammad Caliphate
d)
Mamluk Caliphate
23.
What was the Jizya?
a)
Universal acceptance of various religions in a region
b)
Enforcement of only one religion that could be practiced in a region
c)
Sending non-believers to war to fight as soldiers
d)
A tax which non-Muslims paid in Muslim states
24.
While Europe was in a period known as the "Dark Ages," Islamic States built for themselves a period of scientific, medical, mathematical, and philosophical advancement called the...
a)
Shining Path
b)
Golden Age
c)
Age of Reason
d)
Enlightenment
25.
What is the name of the mystical sect of Islam that arose?
a)
Neo-Confucianism
b)
Santeria
c)
Suffism
d)
Shia
26.
Which of the following is true about the Caste System in South Asia during the period 1200-1450?
a)
A persons social status was determined at birth for the rest of their life
b)
Individuals could advance based on merit rather than birth status
c)
Individuals only had one life to prove their worth before going to the afterlife
d)
The Caste System was practiced by most Muslims in the Middle East at this time
27.
The Aztec Empire had a massive capital city whose population was larger than many European cities at that time
a)
True
b)
False
28.
What is the correct chronological order of empires in Africa?
a)
Ghana->Mali->Songhai
b)
Mali->Ghana->Songhai
c)
Ghana->Songhai->Mali
d)
Songhai->Mali->Ghana
29.
The Incan Empire was successful in connecting the territories under it's rule thanks in large part to...
a)
Their massive navy
b)
Intricate road system connecting regions
c)
Mounds built in South America
d)
Advanced training in riding horses for travel
30.
Which of the following was a major export of Asian states during the period 1200-1450?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Timber
c)
Silk
d)
Salt
31.
Which of the following were the main exports of African states between 1200-1450?
a)
Silk and Tobacco
b)
Cotton and Rice
c)
Silver and Porcelain
d)
Gold and Salt
32.
What invention helped fuel the expansion of the Mali and Songhai Empires?
a)
War ships
b)
Gunpowder
c)
Compass
d)
carvel
33.
The combination of African Bantu and Arabic language in East Africa is called the ___ language
a)
Voodoo
b)
Santeria
c)
Swahili
d)
Creole
34.
One key difference between the Ottoman and Safavid Empire was
a)
One expanded due to gunpowder, while the other did not
b)
One was predominantly Sunni Muslim, while the other practiced Shia Islam
c)
One was predominantly Muslim, while the other was predominantly Christian
d)
One was located in Northwest Europe, while the other was in Southeast Asia
35.
The Ming Dynasty is well known for which of the following accomplishments?
a)
Inventing the Naval Ship Cannon
b)
Reinvigorating Roman and Greek Archtecture
c)
Translating the Bible into all of the dominant languages
d)
Maintaining, restoring, and expanding the Great Wall of China
36.
What was the main export of the Mali Empire? (and what they are best known for)
a)
Silk
b)
Porcelain
c)
Gold
d)
Islam
37.
What was the original purpose of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
To prove that the pope should be imprisoned
b)
To expose the corruption, greed, and problems of the Catholic Church
c)
To demonstrate how a city could be governed with laws based on God and Religion
d)
To found protestant churches in order to fund religious wars
38.
What were the 95 theses?
a)
Arguments written by Martin Luther to attack the sale of indulgences
b)
A translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale
c)
A book written by John Calvin to set out the basic ideas of the Protestant Revolution
d)
A decree issued by the Diet of Worms declaring Martin Luther to be an Outlaw
39.
What did the Catholic Church sell which they claimed would reduce a persons time in purgatory or grant them entrance into heaven?
a)
Alms
b)
Hajj's
c)
Confirmations
d)
Indulgences
40.
Which wealthy family funded Renaissance artists, especially in Florence?
a)
Medici family
b)
Da Vinci Family
c)
Bonaparte Family
d)
Marco Polo Family
41.
What invention helped fuel the expansion of the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Gold
b)
War ships
c)
Gunpowder
d)
Compass
42.
What invention contributed to the spread of ideas, art, literacy, philosophy, exploration, the humanities, and the reformation?
a)
Mariners Compass
b)
Printing Press
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Transcontinental Railroad System
43.
In 1530, another reformer in France broke from the Catholic Church to found which religion?
a)
Calvinism
b)
Secularism
c)
Mormonism
d)
Christianity
44.
Luther was opposed to some of the Catholic Church's teachings for which of the following reasons?
a)
They were slaughtering anyone who opposed their Catholic doctrine
b)
The Church was raising an army to prepare to take over Asia
c)
They were preaching elements of Christianity that were not actually in the bible
d)
The Church promoted Divine Right
45.
The Safavid Empire was located in which modern day country?
a)
India
b)
Iran
c)
China
d)
Syria
46.
What was the biggest cause of decline in population in Europe during the middle ages?
a)
Drought
b)
Plague
c)
Natural Disasters
d)
Crusades
47.
Samurai followed a strict code called
a)
Chivalry
b)
Bushido
c)
Jizya
d)
Confucianism
48.
Who REALLY held the power in the Japanese Shogunate?
a)
Emperor
b)
Shogun
c)
Daimyo
d)
Peasant
49.
The SIlk Road is generally considered to have spread from China and ended in which city?
a)
London
b)
Paris
c)
Madrid
d)
Constantinople
50.
Which of the following were two cities that grew immensely along the SILK ROAD
a)
Mali and Malacca
b)
Ethiopia and Moscow
c)
Ghana and Tibet
d)
Kashgar and Samarkand
51.
Which Italian merchant traveled to China and wrote back to Europe about his experiences, raising interest for Europeans to desire trade with the East?
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Sir Walter Raleigh
d)
Christopher Columbus
52.
Which of the following is true of the Mongols?
a)
They had established a massive city as their permanent home, and expanded outwards from there
b)
They were nomads that were originally separate tribes before being united under the Khanate
c)
The Mongols primary means of warfare was through strong development of cannons and guns
d)
The Mongols forbade any religion other than Confucianism
53.
The Mongols were united by which leader?
a)
Kublai Khan
b)
Genghis Khan
c)
Timur Khan
d)
Aurangzeb Khan
54.
What was a positive effect of Pax Mongolica?
a)
It made trade easier across Afro-Eurasia for merchants of various religions
b)
It reduced the negative impact of foreign raiders
c)
It improved the transfer of knowledge and ideas between continents
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above are accurate
55.
What was one benefit of trade in the Indian Ocean compared to the Silk Road?
a)
Easier to trade large bulk goods by ship
b)
Convenience to leave and come back at any time of year or season
c)
No risk of goods being lost, stolen, or damaged in transit
d)
Only rich elites would benefit from Indian Ocean trade
56.
Indian Ocean trade was possible, and predictable for movement, due to what natural/environmental phenomenon?
a)
The East Australian Current
b)
The Bermuda Triangle
c)
Monsoon Winds
d)
Polar Vortex
57.
Who was the most significant sailor/explorer in China from 1200-1450?
a)
Temujin
b)
Zheng He
c)
Marco Polo
d)
Xuanzang
58.
What was the preferred method of transportation across the Sahara and in other desert areas?
a)
Horses
b)
Ox pulled wagons
c)
Camels
d)
Desert Sled-Dogs
59.
What invention used from 1200-1450 made it possible to sail against the wind (at least to some extent)
a)
Steam Engine
b)
Astrolabe
c)
Stern Rudder
d)
Lateen Sail
60.
Which man from Mali became one of the richest men in the history of the world?
a)
Timujin
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Mansa Musa
d)
Genghis Khan
61.
Which of the following is the best example of religious diffusion from 1200-1450?
a)
Buddhism spread to East and Southeast Asia
b)
Hinduism spread to Africa
c)
Islam spread to Northwest Europe
d)
Voodoo spread to the Caribbean
62.
Why did nearly half of the population die in the mid 1300s?
a)
The Crusades were the deadliest war in human history
b)
The Bubonic Plague spread and wiped out millions
c)
A temporary halt in trans-continental trade caused food availability to plummet
d)
Millions died making the journey to new areas in search of a better life along the Silk Road
63.
What is the term for the economic development along trade routes which allowed merchants to deposit goods or cash at one location and draw the equivalent in cash or merchandise at another location?
a)
Flying Cash
b)
Advanced Credit
c)
Joint-Stock Companies
d)
Lend-Lease Program
64.
A significant port in Indian Ocean trade, thanks to it's convenient geography as a narrow strait where ships passed through, paid tolls and taxes, and traded in one location, was:
a)
Budapest
b)
Sicily
c)
New Delhi
d)
Malacca
65.
What African city, the capitol of Mali, became a center of wealth and learning?
a)
Nairobi
b)
Cairo
c)
Timbuktu
d)
Cape Town, South Africa
66.
The exchange of goods, ideas, skills, and even diseases from the Old World to the New World (and vice versa) is called what?
a)
American Assimilation
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Balance of Powers
d)
Ecosystem Exchange Network
67.
A new invention that allowed ships to sail against the wind was the...
a)
Dhow
b)
Junk
c)
Lateen Sail
d)
Astrolabe
68.
Christopher Columbus convinced the King and Queen of which country to fund his expedition to discover a trade route to Asia?
a)
Spain
b)
Italy
c)
France
d)
Portugal
69.
Barholomeu Dias is an explorer renowned for accomplishing what?
a)
He was the first to navigate the mainland of North America by sailing downstream along the rivers
b)
He outlined the first maps of the new world, including Canada, Greenland, and Iceland
c)
He rounded the Cape of Good Hope along the Southern Tip of Africa
d)
He explored and later conquered the natives in Central America and South America
70.
This explorer was an imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Bartholomeu Dias
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Zheng He
71.
A Spanish Conqueror of the Americas was called a
a)
Crusader
b)
Reformer
c)
Enlightenor
d)
Conquistador
72.
Nearly fifty percent of the Native American Indigenous people died off due to what?
a)
Smallpox
b)
The Black Plague
c)
War with Britains
d)
Civil Wars between native tribes
73.
The separation of Africans from their homeland is referred to as the:
a)
African Diaspora
b)
Great Migration
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
West African Trade Network
74.
What purpose did an Encomienda serve?
a)
It gave conquistadors armor, weapons, and a ship to make there way to the new world and eliminate native enemies
b)
It was grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it, especially to mine for gold
c)
It was a contract to which a person would commit five years to the service of the King's navy
d)
It was an agreement between Spain and Portugal to not go to war if their men accidentally explore the same territories
75.
Mercantilism is a system where...
a)
Servants work the land of a landowner, usually as a farmer. They live on the land, control a small portion of the crops, but must pay rent to the owner of the land, buy tools from the owner, share profits, and share crops
b)
An economic system where nations set up colonies to cultivate natural resources. The colonies send the resources to the "mother country" who makes manufactured goods to sell for a profit
c)
Merchants must also agree to fight for their home country should invaders, pirates, or plunderers attempt to steal goods or resources from trade posts
d)
Profits are calculated by lowering the cost of shipping and importing via naval fleets
76.
Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor because
a)
Aztecs refused to work on plantations
b)
The believed Native Americans were not human
c)
African slaves were less expensive than Native American slaves
d)
Many native Americans had died off due to disease, and could escape easier due to knowledge of the land
77.
Which of the following best describes the motivation that caused European explorers to find a way to sail to Asia?
a)
Gold, Glory, and Gifts
b)
Gold, Silver, and Glory
c)
Gold, Glory, and God
d)
Gold, God, and Grain
78.
The main/ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to
a)
Spread Christianity
b)
Explore the coast of Africa
c)
Discover new lands
d)
Find a water route to India
79.
1. What can be assumed from the quote above?
a)
A. Feudal systems developed in France to deter the invasions of Muslims, Vikings, and Huns
b)
B. Lord Bernard of Carcossconne is taking an oath of loyalty
c)
C. Christianity was spreading throughout Europe in the Middle Ages
d)
D. Lord Bernard of Carcossconne is a convert of the Islam
80.
2. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the socioeconomic system of Europe at the time?
a)
A. Peasant rebellions were a violent and frequent occurrence
b)
B. Disease resulted in substantial population loss
c)
C. Peasant agriculture was the most-common economic practice of feudal Europe
d)
D. Constant invasions caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire
81.
3. Which of the following systems is most-similar to the feudal system in the Post-Classical Era?
a)
A. Severe tribute collection practices by the Mongols
b)
B. The incorporation of conquered peoples into labor forces by the Aztecs
c)
C. The second-class status of non-Muslims in the Muslim world
d)
D. The state-run labor under the mit’a system
82.
4. Which of the following statements demonstrates the sociopolitical impact of the European feudal system?
a)
A. Over-taxation, famine, and disease frequently led to peasant revolts
b)
B. Women were afforded greater social opportunity under Christianity in convents
c)
C. Oaths of fealty frequently resulted in the unification and harmony of areas based on common language, such as in Britain, France, and the Holy Roman Empire
d)
D. Success of the feudal system spread and appealed to the historically independent localities of Japan during the Post-Classical Eran
83.
5. The image above best represents which of the following impacts of the Black Death:
a)
A. The impact of mass death and apocalyptic tones that dominated European society and art
b)
B. The labor shortage and wage conflicts that plagued 14th-century European economics
c)
C. The fall in trade due to the declining Mongolian khanates
d)
D. The desire to find an alternate route to Asia for Europeans
84.
6. Which of the following statements best describes the setting in which plagues were able to spread during the Post-Classical Era:
a)
A. Plagues were unknowingly spread by the fleas of rats in Europe, Asia, and Africa
b)
B. The spread of plagues were often accompanied by the fall of major empires
c)
C. Plagues spread most easily during times of imperial affluence that facilitated and stabilized interregional trade routes
d)
D. The emergence of plagues often brought about religious revivals, particularly in Christian Europe
85.
7. Which of the following states or groups likely DID NOT contribute to the spread of the Black Death via trade:
a)
A. Mongolian khanates
b)
B. Srivijaya Empire
c)
C. Venetian merchants
d)
D. Byzantine Empire
86.
8. Who would most likely agree with the quote above?
a)
A. Confucius
b)
B. Muhammad
c)
C. Siddhartha Guatama
d)
D. Mansa Musa
87.
9. What historical developments are best reflected by the tone of the author?
a)
A. A strong anti-foreign culture attitude in China, most-notably the Tang Dynasty
b)
B. The re-establishment of Daoist ideals under Neo-Confucianism the Song Dynasty
c)
C. The adopting of Buddhism and Chinese culture by the Japanese in the 9th century
d)
D. The desire for order and social harmony by the Ming Dynasty after the Mongol occupation
88.
10. Which of the following best explains the presence of Buddhism in China during the 9th century?
a)
A. Merchants and missionaries spreading ideals along the Silk Road
b)
B. Muslim conquests resulted in the flight of Buddhists from India and Southeast Asia to China
c)
C. The Taika Reforms brought Japanese culture and ideas into China during the 9th century
d)
D. Imperial Chinese policies pursued the spread and acceptance of Buddhism in 9th-century China
89.
11. Which of the following best reflects the attitude of the Chinese during the Imperial Golden Age of China?
a)
A. The absorption of minority populations into Chinese culture
b)
B. Mongol status as ‘equals’ under the tenets of the Tribute System
c)
C. The perspective of China as the enlightened center of civilization and culture
d)
D. A period of isolation and withdrawal as trade disperses Chinese culture and technology
90.
12. Which of the following best describes the rapid spread of Islam in the 7th and 8th century CE?
a)
A. Expansion by military conquest of the first caliphates
b)
B. Expansion by missionary work along interregional trade routes
c)
C. Expansion via Diaspora along the Sub-Saharan and Indian Ocean Trade Networks
d)
D. Expansion due to its egalitarian appeal to women and the lower classes
91.
13. Which of the following historical events is most similar to the spread of Islam in the Post-Classical Era?
a)
A. The spread of Christianity into Europe
b)
B. The spread of Hinduism into Southeast Asia
c)
C. The spread of Buddhism into East Africa
d)
D. The spread of Zoroastrianism into the Levant
92.
14. Which of the following reasons best explains the spread of Islam after 750 CE?
a)
A. Islam continued to spread exclusively by conquests through Muslim Turkish Empires
b)
B. The spread of Islam was stopped at the Indus River in modern-day Pakistan
c)
C. Islam continued to spread exclusively through trade in the Indian Ocean and West Africa
d)
D. Islam continued to spread both through Turkish conquest and through Muslim trade communities and merchants in the Indian Ocean and West Africa
93.
15. Which of the following best explains the population spike seen during the Song Dynasty?
a)
A. The collection of tributes from protectorate states during the Golden Age of Imperial China
b)
B. The successful absorption of previously-conquered minorities from Central Asia by the Tang
c)
C. The adoption of the qanat system from the Persians
d)
D. The inclusion of Champa rice as staple food
94.
16. Which of the following factors contributed to world population growth during the Post-Classical Era?
a)
A. The ‘Little Ice Age’
b)
B. The spread of agricultural goods such as bananas and coconuts to Africa
c)
C. The end of pastoral and nomadic invasions
d)
D. The ‘warm period’ of the 8th to 14th centuries
95.
17. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the growth of city-states during the Post-Classical Era?
a)
A. Economic innovations such as trade unions like the Hanseatic League
b)
B. The rapid growth of interregional trade facilitated by the Muslim states and Mongol Empire
c)
C. The influence of imperial China’s Golden Age economic affluence and consistency
d)
D. Navigational innovations that allowed for better travel and access to advantageously-positioned cities
96.
18. Which of the following best explains the tone of Post-Classical explorers?
a)
A. Explorers were often impressed by other civilizations, pulling them in high regard
b)
B. Explorers often merely sought to establish trade connections with their mother state
c)
C. Most explorations were religiously motivated
d)
D. Explorers in foreign civilizations generally tended to hold condescending and judgmental views of the population in question
97.
19. Which of the following best explains Ibn Battuta’s criticism of the West African Muslims?
a)
A. Islam in the Arab world was far less assiduous than Islam in West Africa
b)
B. Islam in the Arab world was far more influenced by Persian culture
c)
C. The Arab world was far more patriarchal than their West African counterparts
d)
D. Women experienced far more individual freedom in the Arab world
98.
20. What circumstances perhaps explain the variation in the practice of Islam between the Arab and West African world?
a)
A. Arab caliphates rigidly ruled by Sharia law
b)
B. West African kingdoms often did not impose Sharia law on citizens in the Postclassical Era
c)
C. West African kingdoms were often influenced by European Christianity in the Postclassical Era
d)
D. Arabs could not agree on a unified interpretation of Islam due to the Sunni and Shia conflicts
99.
1. The quote above describes the environment and circumstances for which of the following?
a)
(A) Death and despair due to years of European religious conflicts
b)
(B) The success of peasant agriculture in Western Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries
c)
(C) The impact of the Mongol invasions on the populations and minds of 19th-century Europeans
d)
(D) Famine due to the Little Ice Age from 1300-1850 CE
100.
2. What theme is present in the excerpt above?
a)
(A) Despite new economic theories, peasant agriculture still persisted
b)
(B) New low-calorie foods benefited the populations of the New World
c)
(C) The Columbian Exchange enriched the states of Eastern Europe during this era
d)
(D) Europeans developed new farming techniques such as terracing
101.
3. How did Western agriculture impact the environment in the New World?
a)
(A) Europeans caused a reduction in New World agriculture due to increased taxation
b)
(B) European techniques caused soil erosion & deforestation
c)
(C) An increase in native workers greatly improved environmental factors
d)
(D) The Columbian Exchange enriched the states of Eastern Europe during this era
102.
4. Food shortages and increased taxes resulted in which of the following during this time period?
a)
(A) The exploitation of land empires at the hands of Western maritime empires
b)
(B) An increase in social unrest in the form of food rights and peasant rebellions
c)
(C) Increased racial and ethnic oppression to maintain control of imperial empires
d)
(D) The continuation of legalism to maintain social harmony in Han China
103.
5. This painting is best seen as evidence for which of the following?
a)
(A) The Spanish Crown sanctioned the existence of social and racial hierarchies within its empire
b)
(B) The formation of haciendas within Spanish and Portuguese colonies
c)
(C) The tension between the ruling and subordinate classes of the Spanish racial caste system
d)
(D) The depending of Spanish mines on Native American labor
104.
6. The painting shown above best indicates which of the following themes?
a)
(A) European states were enriched by their discovery of the Americas and their control of world trade
b)
(B) The ruling and elite classes were able to afford the hiring of artists to glorify their wealth and power
c)
(C) That Native American mit’a system workers were soon replaced by other forms of labor
d)
(D) Governments established oppressive racial policies to control various ethnic groups
105.
7. Which of the following is a direct result of the themes of the image above in the Early Modern Era?
a)
(A) Spain’s settlement of the Americas greatly enriched itself and prompted other Europeans to follow
b)
(B) Racial and social hierarchy tension would lead to the Latin American Revolutions of the 19th century
c)
(C) The Qing Dynasty was able to maintain its power and influence through elimination its silver tax policy
d)
(D) The Dutch were able to steal Spanish crops such as tobacco and sugar, establishing their own colonies in the Caribbean, and surpassing the economic power of Spain
106.
8. Which of the following statements best explains the impact of the European discovery of the Americas?
a)
(A) The silver-only tax policy implemented by the late Ming Dynasty
b)
(B) The establishment of trade-post empires in Africa and Asia
c)
(C) Widespread population changes in the New and Old World due to the Columbian Exchange
d)
(D) The failure of Spain to maintain its and empire due to poor taxing practices and overspending
107.
9. Which of the following is most thematically similar to the image above:
a)
(A) Renaissance art of the 15th and 16th centuries emphasized humanistic themes
b)
(B) The Catholic Church funded many extravagant paintings and architectural designs in order to reinvigorate its faithful in the face of the Protestant Reformation
c)
(C) Monarchs patronize distributed miniature portraits demonstrate our
d)
(D) Playwrights were patronized to encapsulate local culture and glorify their monarchs
108.
10. Which of the following themes best explains the increase in literary works and art in the Early Modern Era?
a)
(A) Land empires grew and extracted greater tax revenues
b)
(B) Spanish silver inflation forced wealthy patrons to purchase art in order to protect currency value
c)
(C) New financial institutions such as bank houses and bills of exchange allowed Old World trade and population to flourish
d)
(D) Commercial activities in trade and agriculture increased individual prosperity and spending amongst new urban elites and monarchs
109.
11. The following are all examples of developing literary figures and art styles during the Early Modern Era except:
a)
(A) Kabuki
b)
(B) Cervantes
c)
(C) Vesalius
d)
(D) Wu Cheng’en
110.
12. In the quote above, what are the potential biases the author is alluding to?
a)
(A) How Ottomanists may tend to support the devshirme position as a necessary process
b)
(B) How historians can get caught up in minutia (minor details) and miss the bigger picture
c)
(C) The fact that Shia Muslims would be more likely to criticize Sunni Ottoman practices
d)
(D) How Balkanists may have a strong bias against the violent and oppressive nature of certain aspects of the devshirme
111.
13. Which of the following Early-Modern themes are alluded to above?
a)
(A) That central governments utilized new, brutal tactics to control elites and oppress racial groups
b)
(B) Contentious tax collection practices and social inequalities resulted in unrest the Ottoman and other land and maritime empires of the Early Modern Era
c)
(C) That central governments utilized new tactics to control certain religious groups
d)
(D) New taxation and collection methods were used by central governments
112.
14. Which of the following situations is most similar to the policies described in the quote above?
a)
(A) The banning of marriage between Manchu and Han ethnicities
b)
(B) The involvement and ability and essential bureaucracy and military in 17th century France
c)
(C) The recruitment of zamindars to collect taxes and participate in the military in the Mughal Empire
d)
(D) The construction of large architectural works to demonstrate central authority
113.
15. Regarding the image above, which the following themes is NOT indicative of sub-Saharan Africa in the period from 1450 CE to 1750 CE?
a)
(A) Local kingdoms attempted to resist colonial intrusion
b)
(B) Many West African kingdoms engaged with and benefited from slave trade
c)
(C) Portuguese explorers established port cities and trade centers on the coast of Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries
d)
(D) The Songhai Empire remained the dominant force in West Africa throughout the period
114.
16. Which of the following West African kingdoms had largely dissipated and power and influence during the period from 1450 CE to 1750 CE?
a)
(A) The Kingdom of Mali
b)
(B) Hausa Kingdoms
c)
(C) Kingdom of the Kongo
d)
(D) The Asante Empire
115.
17. Which of the following examples is most similar to the figure and events detailed in the image above?
a)
(A) Asafa I’s letters and cooperation with Portuguese slave traders in the Kingdom of the Kongo
b)
(B) The demographic and social shift of sub-Saharan Africans due to increasingly aggressive slave-collecting regimes
c)
(C) The enforcement of Islamic law on the population of the Songhai Empire
d)
(D) Metacom’s War against English colonists
116.
18. What was the purpose of the document detailed above?
a)
(A) The formation of new boundaries for English colonies in North America with Native Americans
b)
(B) The partitioning of timar land grants among the ability
c)
(C) The establishing a legal racial caste system in New Spain
d)
(D) The creation of a new colony through the forming of a private contracts
117.
19. Which the following Early-Modern themes is present in the quote above?
a)
(A) Muslim gunpowder states established large maritime empires
b)
(B) European explorers were often funded by private companies and investors
c)
(C) Monarchs consolidated power by defeating noble resistance
d)
(D) Europeans and African kingdoms benefited economically from triangular trade
118.
20. Which was a result of increased trade and commercialization in the Early Modern Era?
a)
(A) The enhancement of monarchal power in England and the Netherlands
b)
(B) The formation of new urban gentry elites
c)
(C) The formation of the devshirme in the Ottoman Empire
d)
(D) The establishment of discriminatory ethnic policies in order to control elites
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