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The French National Assembly was...
A group that called for reform to the French gov't, wanted a constitution.
The delegation of representatives of the French king.
The renamed group of the third estate during the French Rev.
A meeting during the Napoleonic Wars.
2
Select the religion of Mughal Indian rulers.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Confucianism
3
What were the 3 estates in France?
The second estate, the nobility.
The first estate, the king and his family.
The third estate, the commoners.
The first estate, the clergy.
4
Why is Peter the Great important in history? Who was he?
He was a Russian tsar in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
He was of the Rurikid Dynasty.
He changed the way of life for Russian elites.
He brought Western ideas and customs to Russia.
5
What part of Africa is Ethiopia located in?
The coast
Central Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
6
What is a caliph?
A tsar of minor Russian territories.
A prince in Italy.
A religious leader; deputy of Muhammed.
A king in Africa.
7
Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
Charlemagme
Babur
Mehmed III
Timur
8
Monoculture is the cultivation of a single crop in one given area.
False
True
9
What was the Continental Blockade? When did it occur?
It occurred during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 18th century.
It was a strategy of Napoleon's to decimate the British economy.
It occurred during the Seven Year's War by Austria.
An effort to block trade/commerce to Great Britain.
10
What type of Islam did the Ottoman Empire practice?
Trick question— the Ottomans were Christian
Sunni Islam
Shi’i Islam
The Ottomans were polytheistic
11
Mercantilism is an economic policy that is designed to maximize exports and minimize imports.
True
False
12
dar-al Islam
refers to the world of Islam, its territories, its culture, its way of life, etc.
True
False
13
What empire conquered Constantinople in 1453?
Mali Empire
Abbasid Caliphate
The Seljuk Turks
The Ottoman Empire
14
What goods did China trade on the Silk Road?
Porcelain
Spices
Silk
Tea
15
What country is highlighted in green?
Iraq
Turkey
Iran/Persia
Greece
16
Why was it hard for Mughal rulers to maintain their rule in India?
Local, regional leaders held a lot of power.
It required a large army, which was expensive to maintain.
The majority of the Indian population was of the Hindu religion.
India was too small.
17
The Mughal Empire gained power in India in the...
14th century
12th century
18th century
16th century
18
What were two major reasons why empires wanted to expand?
Empires naturally hated people of other empires.
To control people that produced profitable goods
To control places that had profitable natural resources
World domination.
19
What empires did the Spanish defeat in the New World?
Mississippian Culture
The Toltecs
The Aztecs
The Incas
20
Romanticism:
a style of art
, literature, during the early 19th century that emphasized imagination and emotions.
True
False
21
What countries were affected by the high-level equilibrium trap?
China
Great Britain
India
The United States
22
Safavid Persia, what time period?
20th century
12th century
20th century
16th-18th centuries
23
Why did Napoleon rise to power in France?
The chaos from the French Rev allowed him to cease power.
He was the son of the former King Louis XVI.
He was able to raise through the ranks of the military.
He had successful military campaigns in the Mediterranean.
24
What were some reasons why Britain mechanized?
It wanted to attract less workers.
It wanted to beat the United States.
Europe had a small population, so labor costs were higher.
Britain did not have many good natural resources, so it had to colonize.
25
Reactions to the Enlightenment occurred where?
In politics. Rulers like Catherine II claimed to be enlightened despots.
In religion, in movements such as the Great Awakening.
26
What religion was dominant in Safavid Persia?
Shi'i Islam
Catholicism
Sunni Islam
Orthodox Judaism
27
Sovereignty refers to the idea that the state had the sole right to make laws and distribute justice.
False
True
28
Select all that is true of the Edict of Nantes.
Written after long, bloody wars abut religion & dynastic succession.
Restored Catholicism as the religion of France.
Was written by Henry IV of France.
Declared that the former wars "never happened." Angered Protestants.
29
Which were empires in Western Africa?
The Swahili
The Dahomey Empire
The Ashanti Empire
The Kongo
30
What important good did Spain extract from the New World that gave it immense wealth?
Wood
Cloth
New trees
Silver/gold
31
What discoveries did Sir Isaac Newton make?
Discovered the laws of gravity and motion.
Discovered the Heliocentric Theory.
Was the father of the subjects of physics and calculus.
Discovered the laws of inertia.
32
What movement of the 16th & 17th centuries is Isaac Newton associated with?
The Protestant Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
The Great Awakening
The Enlightenment
33
What goods from the New World was brought to the Old?
Corn
Potatoes
Horses
Furs
34
High-level equilibrium trap: when a society is producing a high level of a good, so it is not motivated to mechanize.
False
True
35
What was the name of the transport of slaves from the Western coast of Africa to the Americas?
The Columbian Exchange.
The Middle Passage.
The Atlantic Triangle
36
Who was Jean Bodin? Why was he important?
He was King of France in the 17th century
He formulated the doctrine of sovereignty
He was a French political philosopher
He was an American Founding Father
37
The Mughal Empire, in part, left existing power structures in place in the Indian areas it conquered.
True
False
38
The Wealth of Nations
was...
A treatise written by the French government.
Written by the economist Adam Smith.
Not important in the grand scheme of history.
A book about labor and wealth.
39
Who was the founder of Islam?
Ishmael
Abraham
Muhammad
Jesus
40
Laissez-Faire
...
Opted for no restrictions on internal markets.
Was a concept theorized by Adam Smith.
Was rooted in Mercantilism.
Linked to idea of supply and demand curve.
41
What did people from the Old World bring to the New World?
Wheat
Corn
Cattle animals like cows & pigs
Diseases, such as small pox
42
What area did Great Britain mechanize in first?
The steel industry
The textile industry
The railway industry
The production of cars.
43
In a Mercantile economy, colonies can trade with any country.
True
False
44
Select all that is true about the Haitian Revolution.
Was inspired by the rhetoric of the French Revolution.
Started in the slave colony of Saint Domingue. Led by Toussaint L'Ouveture
Was a slave revolt/rebellion in the early 19th century.
Ended in French victory.
