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Exam #7

World History to 1500

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1. Which of the following was the largest pastoral society in West Africa in the fifteenth century? the fuble
2. Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433? The emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources.
3. In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule, where did the Ming dynasty look for inspiration? The culture of past Chinese dynasties.
4. In which empire was a Shia version of Islam made the official religion in the sixteenth century? Safavid Empire
5. Which of the following was a motivation for European expansion but not for Chinese expansion in the fifteenth century? To gain direct access to the goods and wealth of the Indian ocean basin.
6. Which of the following is true of the Mughal Empire? It established unified control over most of the Indian peninsula.
7. What feature did the Mughal Empire and Songhay Empire share? The rulers were Muslim, but the majority of the population was not.
8. The wars carried out by the Aztec Empire were linked to The practice of human sacrifice.
9. What did the Inca Empire do that the Aztec Empire did not do? Build an elaborate bureaucracy to integrate and control its subjects.
10. Which of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion? The Songhay empire and the Ottoman empire.
11. The Inca and Aztec empires practiced similar gender-based systems in which women and men operated in two separate but equivalent spheres, a system that scholars call Gender parallelism.
12. Refer to Map 12.1 in the textbook. The empire that encompassed Persia and Afghanistan in the fifteenth century marked The last military conquest by nomadic people from central asia.
13. Which of the following was a value emphasized in the Renaissance? Individualism.
14. After the fifteenth century, how did the Chinese state resolve the problem created by a growing population and land scarcity? More intensive use of available land.
15. Which empire ended the Byzantine Empire and came the closest to conquering Europe? ottoman empire
16. The ruler of the Songhay Empire made the pilgrimage to Mecca and asked to be given which title? Caliph of the Land of the Blacks.
17. In what way were the Aztec and Inca empires similar? Both started as marginalized as peoples who conquered and absorbed older cultures.
18. In the fifteenth century, long-distance trade shifted to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean.
19. Which city emerged as a major Muslim port city in the Indian Ocean basin in the fifteenth century? malacca
20. In which century did European peoples begin to take on a more prominent role on the global stage? 15th century
21. Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires? They were initiated by maritime expansion.
22. Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interracial unions? british north americans
23. Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New World? To gain an advantage against their own enemies.
24. How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicism? They blended their old customs into Catholic practices.
25. Which of the following describes slavery in Latin America? Large-scale importation of new slaves continued into the nineteenth century.
26. What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America? Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.
27. How did Chinese and Russian expansion into Central Asia affect the nomadic peoples inhabiting the steppe lands? They no longer enjoyed political independence and economic prosperity.
28. Which of the following contributed to the great dying in the Americas? Native Americans' lack of immunity to Eurasian diseases.
29. What did the introduction of domesticated animals into the Americas make possible? ranching economies
30. How did silver from the mines of Mexico and Peru affect international commerce? It enabled Europeans to buy Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain.
31. Which of the following is an example of the Columbian exchange? The introduction of corn and potatoes into the Afro-Eurasian diet
32. Which of the following policies reflects mercantilist thinking? accumulating precious metals
33. Refer to Map 13.3 in the textbook. The addition of Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet to the Chinese empire during the Qing dynasty led to the creation of the court of Colonial Affairs.
34. Which of the following dominated the agricultural economy in British North America? Small-scale independent farms working their own land.
35. Which of the following describes what happened to the native populations of the steppes and Siberia as a consequence of Russian imperial expansion? assimilation
36. In which of the following empires did the process of expansion occur at the same time that a distinctive state was taking shape? russian empire
37. Which of the following policies contributed to the growth of Hindu opposition to Mughal rule by the late seventeenth century? Reinstatement of the Jizya
38. Which of the following offered Christian men a means of upward mobility within the Ottoman Empire? devshirma
39. In the conflict between the Islamic and Christian worlds, which event in the fifteenth century signaled that the Islamic world held the upper hand? The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople.
40. Map 13.1 in the textbook shows the Americas in which century? 18th
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