HIST102-FinalExam

Marks: 1

According to the same author, how did Spanish conquests in the New World lead to increased European trade with Asia?

Choose one answer.

	a. They provided access to a vast new supply of gold
	b. They made possible and encouraged the travels of Marco Polo
	c. They brought an end to imperial conflict in the Western Hemisphere
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 2

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Which of the following does David Ludden consider the “forces of expansion” in the history of globalization?

Choose one answer.

	a. The spread of trading networks
	b. Imperial conquest
	c. Migration
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 3

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Which of the following does Nayan Chanda consider the key “agents” of early globalization?

Choose one answer.

	a. Preachers
	b. Peasants
	c. Adventurers
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 4

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Which of the following specific “moments” or events does David Ludden consider “major landmarks” in the history of globalization?

Choose one answer.

	a. The expansion of Buddhism and Islam
	b. The rise of Genghis Khan
	c. The voyages of Columbus and de Gama
	d. All of the above
	e. A and B

Question 5

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David Northrup uses the figure of Marco Polo to illustrate:

Choose one answer.

	a. Physical hardships of early modern travelers and traders
	b. Political divisions in the Italian peninsula during the 13th Century
	c. New forms of interaction between Europe and Asia made possible by the Mongol conquests
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 6

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According to Richard Hooker, which of the following is NOT an "enduring fallacy of the Middle Ages"?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Middle Ages were a preface to modernity
	b. Europe was a single culture
	c. The Middle Ages were a cultural setback from classical Greece and Rome
	d. Europe was a heterogenous entity
	e. The Middle Ages began with the fall of Rome

Question 7

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Monasteries became integrated into the power relations of the medieval world due to:

Choose one answer.

	a. The Benedictine Rule
	b. The sovereignty of the abbots
	c. The medieval nobility, who constructed monasteries on their estates
	d. Feudal kings, who became patrons of monks
	e. A high rate of literacy

Question 8

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The monk who set the standard for the rules of monasticism was:

Choose one answer.

	a. Jerome
	b. Ambrose
	c. Benedict
	d. Basil
	e. Leo

Question 9

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The most important innovation of the Carolingian period was:

Choose one answer.

	a. Feudalism
	b. The creation of centralized government
	c. The development of Carolingian script
	d. The Carolingian Renaissance
	e. The rule of Carolus Magnus

Question 10

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What was Justinian I's most famous accomplishment?

Choose one answer.

	a. Building the Hagia Sophia
	b. Creating the Corpus iuris civilis
	c. Re-conquering Rome
	d. Establishing Latin as the official language
	e. None of the above

Question 11

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What was the impact of Christianity on existing polytheistic religions in northern Europe?

Choose one answer.

	a. Existing religions were wiped out
	b. Most people continued to adhere to polytheistic beliefs
	c. Christianity was shunned by northern Europeans
	d. A fusion of Christianity and supernatural beliefs developed
	e. None of the above

Question 12

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Which of the following challenges did Constantine face after he converted to Christianity?

Choose one answer.

	a. Christianity had no established doctrine
	b. Christianity was a-political
	c. Christianity was dismissive of worldly authority
	d. Christianity was anti-Roman
	e. All of the above

Question 13

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Which of the following characterizes Charlemagne's coronation by Pope Leo III:

Choose one answer.

	a. Charlemagne was not interested in the pope's offering
	b. The pope asserted power over the imperial crown
	c. The pope wanted to claim authority over a united Christendom
	d. Charlemagne did not want to be part of the Roman Church
	e. All of the above

Question 14

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Which of the following effects did the Crusades have on European history?

Choose one answer.

	a. A meaningful cultural exchange between East and West took place
	b. The European warrior class expanded
	c. European commerce increased
	d. Western Europe became more powerful than Eastern Europe
	e. The effect is debatable

Question 15

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Which of the following occurred in 476?

Choose one answer.

	a. The fall of the Roman Empire
	b. Odovacer deposed Romulus Augustulus
	c. Constantinople was founded
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 16

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According to Pedro de Cieza Leon, who was exempt from work in Inca culture?

Choose one answer.

	a. Women
	b. Children
	c. Council Elders
	d. Lords
	e. No one was exempt

Question 17

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All of the following are true of Tenochtitlan EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. It was built on land reclaimed from Lake Texcoco
	b. Its heart was called the "Sacred Precinct"
	c. It had approximately 200,000 inhabitants
	d. Its wealth was derived from taxes
	e. Commoners were organized into neighborhoods

Question 18

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All of the following contributed to the fall of the Aztec Empire EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. The invasion of Spanish conquistadores
	b. Indigenous peoples who wanted freedom from Aztec rule
	c. A yellow fever epidemic
	d. A small pox epidemic
	e. The decimation of Tenochtitlan

Question 19

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Among the Aztecs, slavery:

Choose one answer.

	a. Was a punishment for committing a crime
	b. Was a permanent condition
	c. Could be entered into voluntarily
	d. A and C
	e. A and B

Question 20

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In Tenochtitlan, commoners:

Choose one answer.

	a. Lived in the city center
	b. Were organized into neighborhoods
	c. Had their own local temples and markets
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 21

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Inca governance was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Direct rule
	b. The incorporation of local rulers into the Inca Empire
	c. Rule by proxy
	d. The divinity of the Inca ruler
	e. A council of elders ruling over each tribe

Question 22

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The Aztec "Day-Count" calendar was based upon:

Choose one answer.

	a. 13 day numbers
	b. 20 day signs
	c. 260-day year
	d. All of the above
	e. A and B

Question 23

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The Incas:

Choose one answer.

	a. Had an advanced system of writing
	b. Imposed their language on conquered peoples
	c. Built aqueducts to their cities
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 24

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Who conquered the Incas?

Choose one answer.

	a. Cortes
	b. Pizzarro
	c. Magellan
	d. Columbus
	e. The Inca Empire was not conquered

Question 25

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For the Aztecs, the main goal of warfare was to:

Choose one answer.

	a. Destroy enemies
	b. Capture enemies and integrate them into Aztec society
	c. Ransack villages
	d. Assume control of trade networks
	e. Capture enemies and make human sacrifices

Question 26

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All of the following characterized Empress Wu and her reign EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. She was a concubine of the second T'ang emperor
	b. She deposed her husband and assumed the throne
	c. She was a devout Buddhist
	d. She expanded the T'ang military
	e. She contributed to the ascendancy of state Taoism

Question 27

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During his rule, Sui Wen-ti achieved all of the following EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. He conquered southern China
	b. He reformed the taxation structure
	c. He centralized the government
	d. He adopted Confucianism
	e. He embraced Buddhism

Question 28

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During the period of the Three Kingdoms, all of the following occurred EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Chinese scholarship and thought waned
	b. Neo-Taoism was adopted
	c. Buddhism was imported from India
	d. The Northern Wei asserted control over China
	e. A Turkic-Chinese general governed the empire

Question 29

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The invasion of which group drove the Song out of northern China?

Choose one answer.

	a. Jin
	b. Mongol
	c. Tartars
	d. Jurchens
	e. Manchus

Question 30

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The portion of the Song government that supervised the day-to-day work of the administration was the:

Choose one answer.

	a. Six Ministries
	b. Council of State
	c. Bureau of Military Affairs
	d. Bureau of Remonstrance
	e. Secretariat

Question 31

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Which of the following characterized the T'ang poet Li Po:

Choose one answer.

	a. He failed the civil service administration
	b. He was a lyric poet
	c. He was a devout Taoist
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 32

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Which of the following is NOT true of the scholar-gentry class?

Choose one answer.

	a. The scholar-gentry class owned land
	b. Members of the scholar-gentry class had to pass the civil service examination
	c. The scholar-gentry class was established during the Song dynasty
	d. Members of the scholar-gentry class collected taxes
	e. Members of the scholar-gentry class were government officials

Question 33

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Which of the following was true of the Song dynasty?

Choose one answer.

	a. Confucianism was revived
	b. The civil service examination was expanded
	c. The emperor's rule was autocratic
	d. The use of money became widespread
	e. All of the above

Question 34

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Which was NOT a characteristic of the Chinese population during the Han and Song dynasties?

Choose one answer.

	a. It shifted from the North to the South
	b. During the T'ang dynasty, most people lived in the North
	c. The population nearly doubled during the Song dynasty
	d. Increased commerce contributed to a growth in population
	e. The increase in population meant an increase in government officials

Question 35

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The Northern Wei attempted to:

Choose one answer.

	a. Re-unite the Chinese kingdoms
	b. Move the capital to Loyang
	c. Unify Chinese culture
	d. A and B
	e. All of the above

Question 36

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All of the following characterized Chinggis Khan's military tactics EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Organized units were based on the principle of ten
	b. Troops were organized based upon tribal identity
	c. The horse was a critical component
	d. Feigned withdrawal
	e. The head of a unit of ten thousand had a personal relationship with Chinggis Khan

Question 37

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By 1260, all of the following were "sectors" of the Mongol Empire EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. The Jin
	b. The Ilkhanids
	c. The Golden Horde
	d. The Yuan
	e. All of the answers are correct

Question 38

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During the "Pax Mongolica":

Choose one answer.

	a. Commerce expanded in many areas
	b. Kubilai Khan tolerated many different religions
	c. Communication between the Mongols and the West increased
	d. All of the above
	e. A and B

Question 39

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During the Yuan dynasty, all of the following were true EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Merchants enjoyed an elevated status
	b. Tax remissions were provided to farmers in North China
	c. Peasants provided the labor for public works projects
	d. Craftsmanship declined
	e. Mongol rulers patronized the theater

Question 40

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During which of the following periods did the Mongols have the greatest impact on Asia?

Choose one answer.

	a. 900-1100
	b. 1200-1400
	c. 1300-1500
	d. 1400-1700
	e. 1100-1300

Question 41

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The horse was important to a Mongol warrior because:

Choose one answer.

	a. It provided speed and flexibility in battle
	b. A warrior could drink the horse's milk
	c. A warrior could drink the horse's blood
	d. All of the above
	e. A and B

Question 42

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The Mongols were adept conquerors because:

Choose one answer.

	a. They incorporated conquered peoples into their armies
	b. They exploited divisions in Asian empires
	c. They appointed the emperors of conquered peoples to be military advisors
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 43

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Which of the following characterizes Yuan culture?

Choose one answer.

	a. Chinese influence waned under Mongol rule
	b. The Mongols imposed pastoralism on the Chinese
	c. Neo-Confucianism eclipsed Confucianism
	d. The Mongols continued to conduct civil service examinations
	e. European culture influenced the House of Yuan

Question 44

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Which of the following did NOT take place during the Mongols' rule in China:

Choose one answer.

	a. A catastrophic decline in population
	b. The elimination of the civil service examinations
	c. Southern Chinese occupied the bottom of the social hierarchy
	d. Mongols distrusted the Confucian scholar-gentry
	e. The House of Yuan was established

Question 45

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What do scholars believe motivated the Mongols to embark on their conquests?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Song dynasty tried to assert control over Mongolia
	b. Their pastoralism was threatened
	c. A trade crisis
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 46

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All of the following characterized Native Americans' early interactions with Europeans EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Name-giving
	b. Exchange of goods
	c. A guarded welcome
	d. Interest in European furs
	e. Chiefs initially tried to control tribespeople's access to European goods

Question 47

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All of the following characterized Portugal during the Age of Discovery EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. It began importing enslaved Africans
	b. It discovered a gold-rich region in western Africa
	c. Vasco de Gama sailed around Cape Horn
	d. It established a fort at Goa in 1510
	e. It forced the Muslims out of the spice trade

Question 48

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Before Henry Hudson, which European explorer had entered what is now known as New York Bay?

Choose one answer.

	a. Ferdinand Magellan
	b. Giovanni de Verrazano
	c. John Smith
	d. John Cabot
	e. Francisco Pizarro

Question 49

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Europeans embarked upon an era of overseas expansion because of:

Choose one answer.

	a. A desire to expand Christendom
	b. A desire to compete with Islamic and Asian empires
	c. New technologies, which facilitated navigation and travel
	d. All of the above
	e. B and C

Question 50

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The Columbian Exchange

Choose one answer.

	a. Was a significant ecological event
	b. Co-mingled animals, plants, and bacteria
	c. Resulted in the deaths of indigenous peoples
	d. All of the above
	e. B and C

Question 51

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The first western European kingdom to initiate exploration and conquest was:

Choose one answer.

	a. Portugal
	b. Spain
	c. The Netherlands
	d. France
	e. Italy

Question 52

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The Spanish Empire:

Choose one answer.

	a. Allowed indentured servitude but not slavery
	b. Had one main territory in the Americas
	c. Appointed a viceroy who was the king's civil and military representative
	d. Caused the death of approximately 20% of Native Americans under their rule
	e. Declared that Native Americans could not be subjects of the crown (under the reign of Queen Isabella)

Question 53

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Which of the following are components of Immanuel Wallerstein's World Systems Theory?

Choose one answer.

	a. Feudalism dominated Europe before the sixteenth century
	b. The new world economy functioned as a single unit
	c. Europe embraced capitalism to ensure economic growth
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 54

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Which of the following was true of England's early settlements in the New World?

Choose one answer.

	a. Jamestown was the first English settlement in America
	b. Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored the colony at Jamestown
	c. King James I granted the Virginia Company a charter to create one colony in the Americas
	d. The Virginia Company ordered colonists to capture and enslave Native Americans
	e. The aim of Jamestown was to find a passage to the Pacific

Question 55

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The historian Andre Gunder Frank asserts all of the following EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Beginning in the late 1800s, world history was re-written
	b. Historians have tried to explain the ascendancy of the West over the rest of the world
	c. Capitalism is a European system
	d. Asia dominated the world economy until the second half of the nineteenth century
	e. Europeans invested money made in the Americas in Asian markets

Question 56

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"Humanism":

Choose one answer.

	a. Was a term first coined in 1808
	b. Emphasized the classical world
	c. Was opposed to logic
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 57

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Calvinism:

Choose one answer.

	a. Represented the second wave of the Protestant Reformation
	b. Asserted that mankind was helpless before an all-powerful God
	c. Claimed that man had free will
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 58

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Martin Luther believed all of the following EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Indulgences were false doctrine
	b. Questioned the need for sacraments
	c. Good works guaranteed salvation
	d. Faith did not guarantee salvation
	e. God granted salvation and damnation

Question 59

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Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince can be described as:

Choose one answer.

	a. A blueprint for future societies
	b. A synthesis of theology and political philosophy
	c. A political philosophy that separates ethics from political pragmatism
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 60

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The Calvinism movement was centered in which city?

Choose one answer.

	a. Munich
	b. Paris
	c. Strasbourg
	d. Geneva
	e. Bern

Question 61

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What are some of the problems in using "The Renaissance" as a historical category of analysis?

Choose one answer.

	a. The term was imposed by scholars in hindsight
	b. Historians are not sure when the Renaissance began and ended
	c. The Renaissance had a limited impact upon Europe
	d. All of the above
	e. A and B

Question 62

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Protestant Reformation:

Choose one answer.

	a. The Church's increasing emphasis on rituals
	b. The papacy had lost its influence over an increasingly secular Europe
	c. Corruption within the Church
	d. An emphasis on personal salvation
	e. Disillusionment with the Church

Question 63

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Which of the following was NOT a component of the Catholic Counter-Reformation:

Choose one answer.

	a. The Dominicans
	b. The Inquisition
	c. Censorship
	d. Council of Trent
	e. The Jesuits

Question 64

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Which of the following were inventions listed by Leonardo di Vinci when he introduced himself to the Prince of Milan?

Choose one answer.

	a. Transportable bridge
	b. Rudimentary water pumps
	c. Mortars to fling stones
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 65

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According to Steven Kreis, which of the following was more indicative of an intellectual movement than the 14th and 15th century Renaissance?

Choose one answer.

	a. The 12th century Renaissance
	b. Scientific Revolution
	c. The Protestant Reformation
	d. The invention of the printing press
	e. European trade with Asia

Question 66

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All of the following is true of Brazil in the 1500s and 1600s EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. The French wanted to establish a permanent colony in Brazil
	b. The Dutch supplied credit, slaves, and goods to Portuguese planters
	c. Northeastern Brazil entered a period of stagnation after the Dutch were expelled
	d. Portugal's economy was heavily dependent on Brazil
	e. The French were the most serious challenge to Portuguese control by a major maritime power

Question 67

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All of the following is true of the Portuguese policy toward the native peoples of Brazil in the 1500s EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. The Indians were under Crown "protection"
	b. The Indians were physically unfit to be slaves, unlike Africans
	c. The Indians were free but could be enslaved for practicing cannibalism
	d. Government-sponsored expeditions into the interior often became slave hunts for Indians
	e. The Indians were converted to Christianity to justify Portugual's legal claims to Brazil

Question 68

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Bartolomé de las Casas:

Choose one answer.

	a. Condemned Indian slavery
	b. Claimed that the Indians had enthusiastically received the Christian faith
	c. Believed that all Europeans should leave the New World
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 69

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Carlos V:

Choose one answer.

	a. Wanted to gain new territory in the Americas
	b. Sent Jesuit missionaries to Mexico in 1523 and 1524
	c. Sought the salvation of souls
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 70

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Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés:

Choose one answer.

	a. Established La Cuidad de Mexico in the ruins of Tenochtitlán
	b. Became Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca
	c. Embarked upon an expedition to Belize for two years
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 71

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What were encomiendas?

Choose one answer.

	a. Small farms in New Spain devoted to agricultural production
	b. Land grants made by the king to immigrants
	c. Monopolies granted for commercial purposes
	d. Grants of Indians for labor in New Spain
	e. None of the above

Question 72

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Which of the following is NOT true of the colonial Spanish economy:

Choose one answer.

	a. Mining was the primary enterprise
	b. The Crown held a monopoly on many products
	c. The Spanish Dollar was legal tender in the Orient
	d. Colonists were prohibited from planting olive or mulberry trees
	e. English, French, and Dutch pirates regularly plundered Spanish galleons

Question 73

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Which of the following was NOT a province of New Spain?

Choose one answer.

	a. Nueva Galicia
	b. Nueva Vizcaya
	c. Nuevo León
	d. Nuevo México
	e. Nueva Oaxaca

Question 74

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Which of the following was NOT true of Portuguese Brazil in the 1500s:

Choose one answer.

	a. It was a colonial rather than commercial venture
	b. The economy was dependent upon slave labor
	c. Brazil was granted to Portugal because of the Treaty of Tordesillas
	d. The coast was divided into 15 donatários
	e. The Jesuits Christianized native people

Question 75

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Which of the following was NOT true of the Spanish Conquest of 1519-1521?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Spanish fleet initially landed at San Juan de Ulúa
	b. Francisco Hernández de Córdoba commissioned Hernán Cortés to explore what is now Mexico
	c. The Spanish forged an alliance with the Totonacs against the Aztecs
	d. The Aztecs withstood an 80-day siege against the Spanish
	e. All of the above

Question 76

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All of the following characterized the rule of Suleyman EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. He did not have the power to overturn or replace the laws of the Shari'ah
	b. He believed that the entire world was his possession as a gift from God
	c. He gave financial support to Catholic Europe
	d. He annexed Arabia
	e. He strove to make Istanbul the center of Islamic civilization

Question 77

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All of the following were true of the Ottoman state EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Taxes were publicly posted
	b. The bureaucracy was drawn from the Sultan's inner circle
	c. The Crown was based on primogeniture
	d. The Sultan had absolute power
	e. The Sultan oversaw government officials

Question 78

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The Mughal Empire declined because:

Choose one answer.

	a. The empire was too large for the administration
	b. Individual states rebelled against Aurangzeb's policies
	c. The Marathas were in opposition
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 79

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The Ottoman Empire entered a period of decline in the early 18th Century because of:

Choose one answer.

	a. Wars with Europe
	b. A decrease in population
	c. Economic and technological changes that weakened internal cohesion and military strength
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 80

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The Safavids were:

Choose one answer.

	a. Originally a Turkish Sufi order
	b. A Sunni state
	c. Self-proclaimed descendants of the seventh Imam
	d. A and C
	e. A and B

Question 81

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Which of the following characterized the reign of Abbas I?

Choose one answer.

	a. Abbas I forged an alliance with the Ottomans
	b. Abbas I created a commercial relationship with Portugal
	c. Abbas I re-seized Azerbaijan and Iraq
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 82

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Which of the following was NOT true of the Ottoman ruling class?

Choose one answer.

	a. They accepted the religion of Islam
	b. They could come from the devsirme
	c. They knew and practiced the Ottoman Way
	d. They were divided into "institutions'
	e. All of the answers above are correct

Question 83

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Which of the following were policies of Akbar?

Choose one answer.

	a. The recruitment and rewarding of Hindu chiefs
	b. The establishment of Islamic orthodoxy
	c. The promotion of a mass conversion to Islam
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 84

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Who founded the Mughal dynasty?

Choose one answer.

	a. Timur
	b. Akbar
	c. Babur
	d. Jahangir
	e. Shah Jahan

Question 85

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The early Ottomans:

Choose one answer.

	a. Were descended from the Oghuz
	b. Ruled a small military state in western Anatolia in 1300
	c. Failed to seize Constantinople before the Muslims
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 86

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After enduring the Middle Passage, Boyrereau Brinch landed in:

Choose one answer.

	a. Martinique
	b. Barbados
	c. Jamaica
	d. South Carolina
	e. Virginia

Question 87

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All of the following are true of the first phase of the African slave trade EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Africans were initially exported to Europe
	b. Captives were taken to Cape Verde and Madeira
	c. The Portuguese began the African slave trade
	d. The slave trade was linked to the Europeans' desire for spices
	e. The English and Dutch entered the slave trade after the Portuguese

Question 88

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Between 1650 and 1807:

Choose one answer.

	a. The slave trade declined
	b. The Portuguese withdrew from the slave trade
	c. An estimated seven million Africans were forced across the Atlantic
	d. The French monopolized the African slave trade
	e. Sweden and Germany refused to enter the African slave trade

Question 89

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Dr. Simon Newman mentioned all of the following in his lecture about the canoemen of the Gold Coast EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. British ships could not anchor on Gold Coast shores
	b. No ports existed along the Gold Coast
	c. British slavers depended upon on local canoemen
	d. Canoemen inserted themselves into the African trade
	e. Canoemen were slaves from local tribes

Question 90

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Which of the following characterized Africans' resistance to enslavement?

Choose one answer.

	a. Revolts on slave ships
	b. Refusal to eat
	c. Suicide
	d. Adherence to African culture
	e. All of the above

Question 91

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Which of the following was a consequence of the African slave trade?

Choose one answer.

	a. Africa's population decreased
	b. The African economy was strengthened
	c. Abolition facilitated the end of the trans-Saharan slave trade
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 92

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Which of the following was NOT true of the Middle Passage?

Choose one answer.

	a. The most prevalent diseases aboard slavers were smallpox and dysentery
	b. Some captives tried to starve to death
	c. The horror of the Middle Passage wiped out the socio-cultural and personal histories of Africans
	d. Some slavers carried more than 800 captives
	e. Captains and crewmembers tossed sick captives overboard

Question 93

Marks: 1

Which was NOT a major slave trading port town in Africa?

Choose one answer.

	a. Winneba
	b. Luanda
	c. Whydah
	d. Bonny
	e. Beguela

Question 94

Marks: 1

Why was the African slave trade a "high risk" enterprise?

Choose one answer.

	a. Captives could escape or die
	b. Local traders could disappear with payment
	c. The trade was unregulated
	d. All of the above
	e. A and B

Question 95

Marks: 1

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, wars within Africa resulted in:

Choose one answer.

	a. Treaties with European powers
	b. The exportation of prisoners across the Atlantic
	c. The ransom of prisoners
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 96

Marks: 1

All of the following characterized the Ming state EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. The office of Chief Minister was abolished
	b. Hong Wu assumed the administration of China
	c. The Ta-Ming was created
	d. Scholarship declined
	e. All occupations were made hereditary

Question 97

Marks: 1

All of the following contributed to the decline of the Ming EXCEPT:

Choose one answer.

	a. Hong Wu's centralized government
	b. Powerful European trade monopolies
	c. Military expansion of Manchus
	d. Heavy taxes on commoners
	e. Rebellions

Question 98

Marks: 1

The "warring states" period in Japan was also known as the:

Choose one answer.

	a. Muromachi period
	b. Ashikaga period
	c. Takeda period
	d. Sengoku period
	e. None of the above

Question 99

Marks: 1

The challenges faced by Portuguese rulers who hoped to increase their trade and influence in Asia included:

Choose one answer.

	a. The kingdom’s small population
	b. The paucity of wood and other ship-building resources
	c. Competition from neighboring European powers
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 100

Marks: 1

The Dutch East Indies Company:

Choose one answer.

	a. Was founded in 1605
	b. At one time owned more than half of the world's sea-going shipping
	c. Had entirely maritime operations until the eighteenth century
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 101

Marks: 1

The first European who successfully introduced Christianity to China was:

Choose one answer.

	a. A Jesuit
	b. A Franciscan
	c. A Protestant
	d. A Nestorian Christian
	e. A Benedictine

Question 102

Marks: 1

The Ming Dynasty followed the:

Choose one answer.

	a. Qin dynasty
	b. Yuan dynasty
	c. Qing dynasty
	d. T'ang dynasty
	e. Song dynasty

Question 103

Marks: 1

Which of the following characterized Buddhism in Japan?

Choose one answer.

	a. It had existed for 2,000 years before it was brought to Japan
	b. It spread to Japan from Korea
	c. It initially encountered resistance in Japan
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 104

Marks: 1

Which of the following characterized the Ming economy?

Choose one answer.

	a. Maritime commerce expanded and then contracted
	b. Crop rotation was introduced
	c. Active trade began with the Portuguese, Dutch and Japanese
	d. All of the above
	e. None of the above

Question 105

Marks: 1

Which of the following was NOT a Portuguese trading base?

Choose one answer.

	a. Dakar
	b. Goa
	c. Mozambique
	d. Hormuz
	e. Bombay