Which of the following was a reason Russia expanded beginning in the sixteenth century?

To secure its borders from attack

What happened to the Mongols in Persia in the fourteenth century?

The Mongols assimilated into Persian society.

What did Buddhism and Christianity have in common?

They both started out as reform efforts but soon emerged as seperate faiths

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.

Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America?

It generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans.

Scholars have identified which of the following as a key factor that contributed to the Scientific Revolution in Europe?

The relative independence of European universities

How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?

The gods of peoples along the Silk Roads were incorporated as bodhisattvas.

Which event in the 15th century signaled that the Islamic world held the upper hand over the Christiansin the east?

The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean

carried more products for a mass market.

Which of the following is an example of the Columbian exchange?

The introduction of corn and potatoes into the Afro-Eurasian diet

Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran?

Women were spiritually equal to men.

Which of the following is an example of the Mongol rulers' policy toward people in the conquered territories?

Chinese & Muslim officials were allowed to hold advisory positions in gov't

Which of the following marked a major turning point in the relationship between China and Christian missionaries?

The pope's claim of authority over Chinese Christians

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

The Mongol expansion to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East

Buddhism and Hinduism are similar because they both

offered hope for final release from the cycle of rebirth.

The Mongol Empire played a significant role in world history because it

brought together Eurasian pastoral peoples and agricultural civilizations

How did Native Americans in Mesoamerica/Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicism?

They blended their old customs into Catholic practices.

Which of the following was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages?

There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade.

How did the slave trade affect African states?

Some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade.

Disagreements over the meaning of the Buddha's teachings led to

a proliferation of different sects, practices, and meditation techniques.

What factor made some parts of the world more receptive to Christianity than others?

The absence of a literate world religion

Which of the following was a way in which the Mongols contributed to the globalization of the Eurasian world?

Provided a secure environment for traders/facilitated international trade

Which one was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain were the first to expand into the New World?

They were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas.

Which of the following describes how Confucianism affected Chinese society?

Confucianism placed a high value on education and ritual.

How did Christianity change in the first 500 years since its emergence?

The egalitarian, small house churches evolved into a male-dominated church

Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society?

Labor shortages that weakened serfdom

How was the Enlightenment related to the Scientific Revolution?

The Enlightenment applied the idea of natural laws to human affairs.

Which of the following resulted from the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire following the death of Genghis Khan?

The development of khanates in Central Asia

Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by the

large and powerful states that provided security for merchants/travelers.

In what way did nineteenth-century developments in the sciences depart from Enlightenment principles?

They emphasized conflict and struggle as the motors of progress.

In what way were the Aztec and Inca empires similar?

Both were marginal peoples who conquered and absorbed older cultures.

Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?

They were initiated by maritime expansion.

Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?

The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire

Which one was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa 1250–1500 C.E.?

The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries

Which one distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?

Slave status was associated with race.

In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms of

calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry.

How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe?

Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices.

How did the decision by the Chinese state to require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy?

The value of silver around the world skyrocketed.

Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?

The secular aspects of Islamic learning shaped the European civilization.

Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade?

Europeans waited on board ships to purchase slaves from African traders.

What led to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in N. America than in the Spanish colonies in Latin America?

Protestantism encouraged reading the Bible for ones own understanding

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1
Which of the following was a reason Russia expanded beginning in the sixteenth century?
To secure its borders from attack
To monopolize the spice trade
To control the Silk Roads
To gain access to gunpowder weapons
2
What happened to the Mongols in Persia in the fourteenth century?
The Ottoman Empire defeated and enslaved the Mongols.
The Mongols assimilated into Persian society.
Persian generals drove the Mongols back to the steppes.
The Mongols were made serfs of Persian lords.
3
What did Buddhism and Christianity have in common?
Neither became missionary religions and did not spread beyond their home.
They both denied salvation to outsiders.
They both started out as reform efforts but soon emerged as seperate faiths
They both died out home as their ideas were absorbed into other religions
4
Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433?
Naval forces were redirected to deal with the military threat of Portugal.
The court eunuchs who rose to power prioritized farming over commerce.
The emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources.
Most of the cultures they encountered reacted with hostility and violence.
5
What could women do in both the Aztec and Inca empires?
Exercise political authority
Have more than one husband
Lead military forces into war
Preside over human sacrifices
6
Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America?
It fostered the creation of independent, self-sufficient communities.
It facilitated the assimilation of indigenous peoples into British America.
It generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans.
It enhanced women's social status because they hunted and trapped animals.
7
Scholars have identified which of the following as a key factor that contributed to the Scientific Revolution in Europe?
The superiority of the libraries in Western Europe
The merging of the study of the natural order with philosophy and theology
Europe's leadership in mathematics and medicine before 1000 C.E.
The relative independence of European universities
8
How did Buddhism change as it spread along the Silk Roads?
The gods of peoples along the Silk Roads were incorporated as bodhisattvas.
Buddhist practices emphasized asceticism and withdrawal from society.
The Buddha became more human and less divine.
Buddhist doctrines became more esoteric.
9
Which event in the 15th century signaled that the Islamic world held the upper hand over the Christiansin the east?
The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
The reconquista and its aftermath
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Nerchinsk
10
Which of the following were the most intent on converting native peoples to their religion?
Hindus
Puritans
Buddhists
Catholics
11
In contrast to the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads of the Indian Ocean
were centered on the ports of East Africa.
carried more products for a mass market.
had much higher transportation costs.
dealt exclusively in the trade of luxury goods.
12
Which of the following is an example of the Columbian exchange?
The interaction between the Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations
The introduction of corn and potatoes into the Afro-Eurasian diet
The emergence of Western Europeans on the world stage
The rivalry between Catholic Spain and Protestant England
13
Which of the following statements expresses a view of women found in the Quran?
Women were socially equal to men.
Women were spiritually equal to men.
Women were to remain veiled and secluded.
Women were to blame for the evil in the world.
14
Which of the following is an example of the Mongol rulers' policy toward people in the conquered territories?
Conquered people were barred from the military/forced into a pastoral life
A policy of segregation made conquered people a permanent underclass/slaves
Conquered people forced to convert their land to pastures for Mongol herds.
Chinese & Muslim officials were allowed to hold advisory positions in gov't
15
Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450 to 1750?
By force of arms and conquest
Through economic competition
By establishing diplomatic relations
By ending China's tribute system
16
Which of the following marked a major turning point in the relationship between China and Christian missionaries?
The Catholic Church's crushing of the Taki Onqoy movement
The emergence of Wahhabi Islam
The pope's claim of authority over Chinese Christians
The issuance of the Edict of Nantes
17
Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?
The consolidation of western European monarchies
The spread of Buddhism from central Asia to China
The Mongol expansion to China, eastern Europe, and the Middle East
The population decline/the outbreak of peasant revolts in eastern Europe
18
Buddhism and Hinduism are similar because they both
offered hope for final release from the cycle of rebirth.
promoted monotheism.
rejected the concept of karma.
rejected the religious authority of the Brahmins.
19
The Mongol Empire played a significant role in world history because it
brought together Eurasian pastoral peoples and agricultural civilizations
created and spread a new religion that is still practiced in Central Asia
blended together Persian, Chinese, and European culture.
introduced an alphabet that became the basis for the languages in Eurasia.
20
How did Native Americans in Mesoamerica/Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicism?
They rejected Catholicism completely and maintained their local cultures.
They abandoned their old religions and embraced Catholicism entirely.
They only pretended to be Catholic when Europeans were around.
They blended their old customs into Catholic practices.
21
Which of the following was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages?
There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade.
Most of North Africa converted to Christianity.
The pope emerged as the political ruler of Eastern Europe.
The Holy Roman Empire controlled all of Europe.
22
How did the slave trade affect African states?
Small-scale kinship-based societies merged to form powerful states.
The Kingdom of Kongo emerged as the most powerful state in West Africa.
States involved in the slave trade invested in manufacturing industries.
Some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade.
23
Disagreements over the meaning of the Buddha's teachings led to
a series of councils that resulted in the standardization of Buddhism.
clear-cut distinctions between "right" and "wrong" ideas.
a proliferation of different sects, practices, and meditation techniques.
the development of a religious hierarchy headed by the orthodox church.
24
What factor made some parts of the world more receptive to Christianity than others?
The strength of state religions
The absence of military conquest
The early conversion of local rulers
The absence of a literate world religion
25
Which of the following actions would a follower of Daoism take?
Pursue higher education
Work for social change
Withdraw from politics
Engage in public life
26
Which of the following was a way in which the Mongols contributed to the globalization of the Eurasian world?
Their immunities allowed them to maintain long-distance trade routes.
Mongol conquest of Japan linked Eurasian trade routes for the first time.
Provided a secure environment for traders/facilitated international trade
Their promotion of Islam gave the whole empire a shared culture
27
Which one was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain were the first to expand into the New World?
They were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas.
They had a long tradition of exploring distant lands by boat.
They believed in ancient legends of a lost world across the ocean.
Their lands lacked iron, which drove them to search for deposits.
28
Which of the following describes how Confucianism affected Chinese society?
Confucianism was adopted as the state religion of China.
Confucianism challenged social and gender hierarchies.
Confucianism encouraged individualistic values.
Confucianism placed a high value on education and ritual.
29
How did Christianity change in the first 500 years since its emergence?
Christianity changed from a faith of ritual to one of polytheism.
The egalitarian, small house churches evolved into a male-dominated church
Christianity evolved from seeking the meaning of life to supernaturalism
Reason replaced faith as the source of truth resulting in Protestantism
30
Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society?
Labor shortages that weakened serfdom
Shrinking employment opportunities for women
Better relations between landowners and workers
A lack of interest in technological innovation
31
How was the Enlightenment related to the Scientific Revolution?
Enlightenment was Protestant based while the Sci. Rev. was Catholic based
The Enlightenment's new way of thinking led to the Scientific Revolution.
The Enlightenment applied the idea of natural laws to human affairs.
The Enlightenment refers to people's awareness of the Scientific Revolution
32
Which of the following resulted from the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire following the death of Genghis Khan?
Increased trade between Africa and Asia
The development of khanates in Central Asia
The collapse of the Byzantine Empire
The spread of Islam into East Asia
33
The absence of which of the following made long-distance trade in the Americas difficult?
Wheeled vehicles
Organized governments
Llamas
Rivers
34
Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by the
large and powerful states that provided security for merchants/travelers.
migration of Bantu-speaking people into South Asia and the Middle East.
collapse of the Indian Ocean trade network, which benefited land routes.
emergence of powerful states in Southeast Asia that controlled the trade.
35
In what way did nineteenth-century developments in the sciences depart from Enlightenment principles?
They challenged the validity of universal laws in science.
They rejected the techniques of science.
They emphasized conflict and struggle as the motors of progress.
They challenged the very idea of progress.
36
In what way were the Aztec and Inca empires similar?
Both had a class of professional merchants known as pochteca.
Both encouraged the assimilation of conquered peoples into their societies.
Both were marginal peoples who conquered and absorbed older cultures.
Both were loosely structured and unstable conquest states.
37
Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?
They were initiated by maritime expansion.
They were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples.
They were created by merchants.
They spread diseases to conquered peoples.
38
Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?
The extensive loss of territory to an expanding Persian Empire
The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire
The Catholic Church's excommunication of Eastern Orthodox Christians
Emperor Justinian's attempt to reconquer the Mediterranean basin
39
Which of the following societies engaged in extensive maritime trade well beyond their borders in the fifteenth century?
Russians in the Pacific Ocean
Mesoamericans in the Pacific Ocean
Bantu peoples in the Indian Ocean
Chinese in the Indian Ocean
40
Which one was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa 1250–1500 C.E.?
The religious zeal of Muslim soldiers willing to die to spread Islam
Muslim rulers’ policy of toleration of all religions practiced
The relative lack of interest in Islam among Hindus and Buddhists
The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries
41
Which one distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?
Slave status was associated with race.
Most slaves were Slavic-speaking peoples.
Children of slaves were considered free.
Most slaves were women and children.
42
In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms of
military valor and business acumen.
calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry.
weakness, reticence, sacrifice, and delicacy.
archery, horseback riding, and athleticism.
43
How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe?
Women assumed responsibility for farm work as men moved to the cities.
Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices.
Women received political and legal rights that made them men's equals.
Women entered universities for training to become lawyers and doctors.
44
How did the decision by the Chinese state to require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy?
European states required payment of taxes in silver.
It set off a decade-long worldwide recession.
It limited the purchasing power of European states.
The value of silver around the world skyrocketed.
45
Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?
The secular aspects of Islamic learning shaped the European civilization.
Islam became Christianized as all of Europe came under Muslim rule.
The tolerance of Muslim Spain was used as a model for Christian Europe.
A new hybrid religion developed that blended Christianity and Islam.
46
Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade?
European merchants secured all their slaves by seizing them in raids.
Europeans immunities to the diseases gave them control over the trade.
African rulers opposed the slave trade and worked together to suppress it.
Europeans waited on board ships to purchase slaves from African traders.
47
What facilitated the spread of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?
The Council of Trent
The printing press
The Society of Jesus
lluminated manuscripts
48
What led to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in N. America than in the Spanish colonies in Latin America?
Protestantism encouraged reading the Bible for ones own understanding
The Spanish governments discouraged literacy among the colonial population.
The British gov't invested into building libraries throughout N. America.
Spanish colonizers thought Native Americans could not be taught to read.
49
Which practice of the Song dynasty suggests that Chinese women's lives were more restricted than in the Tang Dynasty?
Women were to remain veiled and secluded
Foot binding
Tribute system
Bushido

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