Ch. 16-20 Test Review

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Ch. 16-20 Test Review
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• Out of the struggle for power in Iran emerged a
  chief of Kurdish, Iranian and Greek ancestry
  named
• Mehmet
• Akbar
• Barbur
• Issac
• Ismail

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• One difference between the Ottoman and Iranian
  states was that the Iranian state was based on
• Shiism
• Sunnism
• Sufism
• Sikhism
• Kurdishism

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• Which of the following statements is NOT true
  about the decline of Mughal India?
• The decline of the central government and the
  rise of regional states benefitted from the
  removal of the sultans heavy hand.
• Linguistic and religious communities gained more
  freedom when the power of central government
  declined.
• The disintegration of central power favored the
  intrusion of European powers.
• The decline of the Mughal empire allowed yet
  another Muslim sultanate to rule India
• The land grant system was a major element of
  decline.

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• How did African kings and merchants obtain slaves
  for sale?
• Most of them were prisoners of war.
• Most of them were children sold into slavery by
  their parents.
• Most of them were captured in slave raids.
• Most of them were hereditary slaves owned by
  kings.
• Most of them were indentured servants.

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• Why were African slaves the form of labor
  preferred by the operators of sugar plantations?
• Africans were better able to withstand disease.
• Africans were enslaved primarily because of
  European prejudice against them.
• Africans already knew how to grow sugar cane.
• Africans were simply more cost effective.
• Africans were preferred because of their
  experience as farmers.

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• Which of these were considered the Gunpowder
  Empires in the Islamic World?
• Ming China, Mughal India, Seljuk Turks
• Tokugawa Shogunate, Ming China, Yuan China
• Ottoman turkey, Delhi Sultanate, Khmer Cambodia
• Safavid Persia, Ottoman Turkey, Mughal India
• Safavid Persia, Ming China, Tokugawa Shogunate

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• Which of the following did NOT happen in China
  during the Ming Dynasty?
• China was no longer under the control of Mongol
  leaders.
• Contact with other nations increased with the
  creation of a Chinese navy.
• Buddhism became the official state religion of
  China.
• Chinese foreign policy was based on collecting
  tribute instead of waging war.
• There was an increase in the number of cash crops
  grown, such as cotton

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• A new 14th century Ottoman military resource was
  Christian prisoners of war, called
• Janissaries.
• Knights of the Cross.
• Mamluks.
• Caspian slaves.
• Lollards.

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• In 1453, the Ottoman armies attacked
  Constantinople and brought the end to
• Turkish rule
• Byzantine rule.
• Arab rule.
• Egyptian rule.
• Mongol rule.

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• Which of the following provides the most accurate
  description of the Columbian Exchange?
• European food to the Western Hemisphere Western
  Hemisphere diseases to Europe African population
  to Europe
• African livestock to the Western Hemisphere
  European technology to Africa Western Hemisphere
  food to Europe
• Western Hemisphere technology to Africa African
  food to Europe European population to the New
  World
• European technology to Africa Western Hemisphere
  population to Africa African food to the Western
  Hemisphere
• African population to the Western Hemisphere
  Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa
  African and European diseases to the Western
  Hemisphere

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• Peter the Great was determined to
• drive all the Turks from Russia.
• make an alliance with the Jesuits.
• convert to Roman Catholicism.
• promote Western ideas.
• sever ties with Western Europe.

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• As global trade expanded in the 16th and 17th
  centuries, which of the following economies
  exported more than it imported, thus absorbing a
  large amount of the worlds silver?
• China
• Japan
• Ethiopia
• Spain
• Portugal

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• The Russian word tsar means
• Khan.
• Crown.
• Caesar.
• Throne.
• Representative of God.

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• Why were the Ottoman sultans male relatives kept
  confined to the palace after the mid-seventeenth
  century?
• The plague was raging, and the sultan feared that
  if he should die there would be no one to take
  his place.
• The sultan worried about their mortality if they
  were exposed to strange women.
• This way the sultan could keep them from meddling
  in politics or from planning coups.
• This was the best way to ensure that they would
  not be kidnapped by the rival Safavid Empire.
• The Ottoman royal family gradually became
  recluses.

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• Which of the following did NOT contribute to the
  success of the European maritime empires?
• improvements in ship design
• improved accuracy in navigation
• the use of cannon
• the development of joint-stock companies
• the complex system of Western philosophy,
  Protestantism, and Progressivism, applied to the
  method of conquest

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• John Calvin preached that salvation was granted
  by
• predestination.
• good works.
• faith.
• good thoughts
• the Pope.

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• The most deadly of the early epidemics brought to
  the Americas from Europe was
• cholera.
• measles.
• smallpox.
• bubonic plague.
• influenza.

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• What was the ultimate outcome of the French and
  Indian War (The Seven Years War)?
• France won its bid to build an empire in the
  Americas without the interference of the English.
• A large Amerindian confederation was formed with
  which later European immigrants had to negotiate.
• France finally lost the war to the Spanish.
• France was forced to yield Canada to England and
  cede Louisiana to Spain.
• France lost America, but was free to dominate
  India, which it did.

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• Which was the most long-lived of the post-Mongol
  Muslim empires?
• The Delhi Sultanate
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Safavid Empire
• The Umayyad Caliphate
• The Mughal Empire

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• Most slave deaths on the Middle Passage were due
  to
• drowning when slaves tried to swim to shore while
  manacled.
• starvation.
• disease.
• punishment or execution.
• suicide.

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• Which of the following most clearly
  differentiates the Tokugawa Shogunate from the
  previous period in Japanese history?
• establishment of nation-states in Japan
• extension of feudalism
• use of technology decreased
• interest in Asian spice trade
• existence of slave trade

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• In general, what trade goods were the Africans
  most interested in importing from Europe?
• Gold, salt, and ivory
• Porcelain, silver, and guns
• Textiles, hardware, and guns
• Gold, silver, and guns
• Beads, iron kettles, and brass pans

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• Which of these European animals had the greatest
  impact on the lifestyle of Amerindians?
• sheep
• horses
• cattle
• dogs
• rabbits

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• What is the historical significance of the early
  modern period in Europe?
• It was primarily an age of progress for Europe.
• It allowed women to gain equality with men.
• Most Europeans became better off with the
  increase in wages and the decrease in progress.
• It was a time when technology was outstripped by
  Chinese technology.
• The balance of power had shifted in the Asians
  favor.

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• Which of the following became the richest
  institution of the Spanish colonies?
• The Catholic Church
• The Colonial Government
• The silver mines
• The military
• The Hacienda

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• The European cultural impact on Africa during the
  Atlantic system is best described as
• vast.
• minimal.
• non-existent.
• equal to that of Islam.
• greater than that of Islam