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APWH Unit 4 Practice 1. Which of the following are both associated with Tokugawa Japan and medieval Europe? A) B) C) D) The use of castle architecture The advent of religious tolerance Isolation from other cultures Exploration of distant areas 2. The role of the Japanese emperor during the Tokugawa shogunate is most similar to which of the following modern day leaders? A) B) C) D) The King/Queen of England The King of Saudi Arabia The Prime Minister of Japan The President of France 3. Which of the following MOST aided the spread of the Protestant Reformation? A) B) C) D) The edicts of the Council of Trent The dissemination of printed materials The War of the Spanish Succession The Enlightenment 4. What best describes the religious atmosphere in Europe after the Reformation? A) B) C) D) Fractious and contentious Unified and devout Irrelevant and old-fashioned Enlightened and impractical 5. In which of the following area was the doctrine of Martin Luther most readily adopted? A) Northern Europe C) England B) Southern Europe D) Scotland 6. Which of the following was, to at least some extent, a victory for Protestantism? I. The Thirty Years' War II. The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 III. The Dutch war of independence from Spain A) I only C) I and III only B) I and II only D) I, II and III 7. The Catholic nation of France joined the Thirty Years' War on the side of the Protestants, indicating that A) French Catholics and Protestants existed nearly in equilibrium. B) the religious divisions between Catholics and Protestants were not significant. C) it was the Protestants who wielded political power in France. D) the war had become more about secular and political interests. 8. Which of the following MOST explains the increased urbanization of Europe during the period 1450 to 1650? A) An increase in the number of immigrants to the Americas B) An increase in the efficiency of agricultural production C) The end of the trade isolation of China and Japan D) The emergence of a merchant class middle class 9. Of the Africans who were transported to the New World as slaves, the greatest number were taken to which of the following countries? A) Colombia C) Jamaica B) The United States D) Brazil 10. Why were more slaves sent to the West Indies as a part of the Atlantic slave trade than any other area? A) The West Indies had the largest population of Europeans in the New World. B) Slaves in the West Indies had a high mortality rate. C) Slaves in the West Indies were more likely to escape back to Africa. D) Slaves in the West Indies were more likely to buy back their freedom. Base your answers to questions 11 and 12 on the statements below. The African: Our tribe would have been better off if we had never heard of Europeans. We had a society that met all of our social and economic needs. People respected one another and the chief was the recognized leader. Now we are confused. We have one foot in our own world, and one foot in a world we do not understand. The European: We have given you the best we have. In less than 100 years we have taken you from a state of savagery and introduced you from your own primitive tribal system to the knowledge of the world's most advanced democracies. We have brought you the best you could possibly ask for --our own culture. 11. Which of the following examples regarding African-European relations displays the fallacy of the European's claims? A) Christianity failed to spread beyond Ethiopia. B) By 750 C.E., Europeans had destroyed all of the Swahili city-states. C) The time period of 1650-1870 was the height of the Atlantic slave trade. D) African cultural influences permeated southern Europe by 1900. 12. Which of the following would the African cite as evidence for how traditional African societies were self-sufficient? A) The stateless societies of Sub-Saharan Africa B) Egypt during the Greco-Roman period C) The kingdoms of Ghana and Mali during the trans-Saharan trade D) The growth of the Swahili city-states 13. European colonies in the Caribbean were based primarily on the production of A) tobacco. C) manioc. B) cotton. D) sugarcane. 14. Which of the following is true of the initial experience of European traders in India and in China? A) In both areas, European trade was limited to selected areas. B) In both areas, European traders were hoping to acquire cotton cloth. C) In both areas, European traders were hoping to acquire gold and silver. D) In both areas, European traders were looking for trade routes with Japan. 15. Which of the following is an example of a trading route NOT heavily affected by European influence in the seventeenth century? A) B) C) D) The trans-Saharan caravan The East African trade The Southeast Asia trade The South America trade 16. Which of the following nations did NOT establish colonies in the Caribbean Sea? A) The Netherlands C) France B) Spain D) Portugal 17. Which of the following best describes the trade interaction between Europe and Asia during the sixteenth century? A) Europeans participated in existing Asian trade routes in East Asia and the Indian Ocean. B) Europeans conquered a number of port cities, where they did business with Asian traders. C) Asians paid for European manufactured goods with their vast supply of silver. D) Asians were rebuffed in their attempt to establish direct trading routes to Europe and the Mediterranean. 18. Which of the following contributed the most to the instigation of the European Renaissance? A) European trade with the civilizations of the Middle East B) Martin Luther's posting of the Ninety-Five Theses C) The writings of Leonardo da Vinci D) The Papal Bull of the Council of Trent 19. Tobacco and cacao are examples of A) Asian products brought to the New World by Dutch traders. B) products brought to the New World by the Columbian exchange. C) luxury products imported by Europe from the New World. D) New World agricultural products not grown on plantations. 20. Caravels were A) European ships used to explore the world in the fifteenth century. B) astronomical instruments brought to Europe by Arab traders from China. C) Ming dynasty ships that dominated the Indian Ocean trade. D) Qing dynasty ships that transported goods along the Grand Canal. 21. The "natural rights" theory of government is attributed to A) Voltaire. C) John Locke. B) Richard Simon. D) Immanuel Kant. 22. The career of Galileo Galilei demonstrated which of the following? A) The Catholic Church's unqualified support for scientific inquiry into planetary motion B) The conflict between science and religious authorities during the Renaissance C) The narrow specialization of Renaissance scholars in one or two fields D) The first serious attempt to understand the movements of the Sun and planets 23. An overall effect of the Scientific Revolution on European society was that A) more women were enrolled in traditionally male universities. B) Europe became more technically advanced than China. C) there was a massive reduction in the number of observant Christians. D) the role of women in society improved dramatically. 24. Queen Mary of England was known as Bloody Mary because she A) engaged England in a series of vicious wars. B) executed many people who would not abandon their Protestant faith. C) executed more people than her successor Elizabeth I. D) was killed violently by Elizabeth’s forces after being tortured. 25. The Peace of Westphalia ended which of the following conflicts? A) B) C) D) The English Civil War The Hundred Years' War The Thirty Years' War The War of Spanish Succession 26. The Glorious Revolution c. 1688-1689 was important because it A) B) C) D) legitimized Parliament. led to limitations on the British monarchy. ended the Hundred Years' War. abolished the English Commonwealth. 27. Akbar is most well known for being A) B) C) D) the founder of the Mughal Empire. religiously tolerant. a devout Buddhist. a descendant of the Aryans. 28. All of the following caused economic problems for the Ming Dynasty during the seventeenth century EXCEPT A) B) C) D) declining agricultural production. rural rebellions. inflation from New World silver. Japanese invasion. 29. Emperor Kangxi was responsible for A) B) C) D) defeating the Ming Dynasty. centralizing Qing China. cutting off imports from Europe. abolishing civil service exams. 30. In the 17th century the Emperor Kangxi was responsible for A) B) C) D) defeating the Ming Dynasty. centralizing Qing China. cutting off imports from Europe. abolishing civil service exams. 31. Which of the following statements about the Qing Dynasty is true? A) It replaced the Mongol Empire. B) It was ruled by people who were not ethnically Chinese. C) It encouraged cultural diffusion during the seventeenth century. D) It was the longest reigning Chinese dynasty. 32. The Ottoman Empire, at its height, controlled all of the following EXCEPT A) B) C) D) Kenya, Africa Bulgaria, Eastern Europe Iraq, Middle East. Palestine, Middle East. 33. Which of the following statements is true of the Ottoman Empire during the eighteenth century? A) B) C) D) Its population was predominately Muslim. It abolished the janissaries. It tried to pass the Tazimat Reforms. It lost much of its influence in Europe. 34. According to Confucianism, women are A) B) C) D) a balancing force in the Universe. the spiritual equal of men. to obey their husbands and brothers. spiritually pure. 35. The rulers of the Mughal Empire originally came to India from which of the following areas? A) B) C) D) Eastern Europe (modern day Poland) Central Asia (modern day Afghanistan) Southeast Asia (modern day Myanmar) Middle East (modern day Saudi Arabia) 36. Which of the following was NOT an area that the Empire of China expanded to include under the Qing Dynasty? A) Vietnam C) Tibet B) Manchuria D) Mongolia 37. Which of the following is a major difference between the feudalism of Western Europe and the feudalism of Japan? A) Japanese feudalism did not have a separate class of knights or warriors. B) Japanese feudalism was more centralized than European feudalism. C) European feudalism was not agriculturally based. D) Japanese feudalism ended before European feudalism. 38. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire during the sixteenth century was helpful in doing which of the following? A) Ending the series of invasions by inhabitants of Central Asia B) Unifying the Middle East and North Africa under the banner of Sunni Islam C) Checking the expansion of the Austria-Hungarian Empire into the Caucuses D) Precipitating the collapse of the Ming dynasty in China 39. In pre-industrial Japan, which of the following people were at the bottom of the social hierarchy? A) Shinto priests C) Farmers B) Bureaucrats D) Merchants 40. Which of the following was NOT true of the Ming dynasty? A) China experienced an increase in population during the 14th and 15th century. B) Masterpieces of literature and porcelain were produced. C) China conquered several neighboring lands during the 14th century. D) Catholic missionaries were barred from entering Chinese territory 41. The "gunpowder empires" of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are best characterized by A) their use of large cavalries, featuring soldiers armed with muskets. B) their widespread use of artillery in their armies. C) their use of conscripted soldiers from Africa. D) their repeated attempts to conquer Southeast Asia. 42. Which of the following is true about the Ottoman Turks during the fifteenth century? A) The ruler of their Ottoman Empire was known as a Vizier. B) The Ottoman Empire conquered the city limits of Vienna. C) The Ottoman Empire did not possess a navy. D) The Ottoman Empire conquered the city of Constantinople. 43. Why were European nations reluctant to launch another crusade against the Turks during the fifteenth century? A) The Turks had already proven themselves to be a formidable enemy to the Europeans. B) In addition to the Holy Land, the Turks also controlled most of the Iberian peninsula. C) Most European nations were too concerned with colonization to worry about the Middle East. D) European nations were reluctant to enter another war so soon after the Thirty Years' War. 44. Which of the following is true of the Mughal Empire during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? A) It had enough military prowess to prevent European dominance. B) It steadily lost lands to the Safavid Empire of Persia. C) It was constantly at war with China over the area of Tibet. D) It experienced a revival of traditional Buddhist ideology. 45. The decline of which of the following empires is associated with the end of religious tolerance? A) B) C) D) The Mughal Empire The Ottoman Empire The First French Empire Spanish New World Empire 46. The rise of feudalism in China and Western Europe is associated with A) B) C) D) an increase in foreign exploration. a decrease in the power of the central state. the enserfment of the agricultural classes. the rise of powerful absolute monarchs. 47. Which of the following best describes the export economy of the Qing Dynasty during the 18th century? A) It was nonexistent, as China remained closed to all foreign trade. B) China's three major exports were gunpowder, spices, and timber. C) Combined with a small import economy, it resulted in a large trade surplus. D) All foreign trade was conducted by the Dutch or the English. 48. Which of the following regions was most successful at resisting foreign infiltration and economic exploitation between 1500 and 1800? A) China C) Latin America B) South Africa D) India 49. A Russian serf during the reign of Peter I (the Great) was most similar in status to A) a peasant in Great Britain during the reign of William and Mary. B) a slave in the encomienda system of Spanish South America. C) an indentured servant in North America. D) a Briton in an Australian penal colony. 50. Which of the following was an example of a Russian reform under Tsar Peter I (the Great)? A) The use of Cossacks as soldier-settlers B) The creation of the first Russian navy C) The expansion of Russia to include parts of Siberia D) The end of Orthodox Christianity as the official religion of Russia 51. The Westernizing reforms of Peter the Great of Russia were A) equally beneficial to all members of Russian society. B) not beneficial to the women of Russia. C) beneficial mostly for upper class Russians. D) beneficial mostly for lower class Russians. 52. Who were the peninsulares? A) Residents of Spain's New World colonies who were born in Spain and later moved to the New World B) Residents of Spain's New World colonies who were of mixed Native American and Spanish descent C) The persons who were actively engaged in the running of the middle passage of the triangular trade D) A group of Native Latin Americans who made a fierce stand against the Spanish on the Panamanian peninsula 53. How were Central African peoples affected by the arrival of European traders in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? A) The lands of Central Africa were turned into colonies by the Europeans, and large portions of their populations enslaved. B) The arrival of the Europeans had no effect on the people of Central Africa. C) Central Africa was often attacked by West African kingdoms looking for slaves and goods to trade with the Europeans. D) The people of Central Africa abandoned subsistence farming and instead began to produce cash crops for European markets. 54. Which of the following was one of the items primarily sought by European merchants in Africa? A) Ivory C) Coffee B) Precious stones D) Cocoa 55. One similarity between Tokugawa Japan and Qing China is that they both A) B) C) D) used the Mandate of Heaven to legitimize rulers. fought wars with the Mongols. adopted Shintoism as a state religion. were relatively isolated until the nineteenth century. 56. Under Ivan the Terrible, the Muscovite kingdom was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT A) B) C) D) the emergence of a secret police force. Russian victories over the Golden Horde. wars against Poland, Sweden, and Lithuania. the establishment of a long-lived dynasty. 57. Between 1450 and 1750, the people of Sub-Saharan Africa were most known for their A) B) C) D) monoculture exports. prowess as traders. universal conversion to Islam. complete isolation from the West. 58. During the sixteenth century, which of the following areas of Africa was under the most European influence? A) Northeast Africa C) The Sahara Desert B) Northwest Africa D) Southeast Africa 59. What was a difference between the status of women in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa? IMPORTANT to THINK about religious and cultural differences A) Women in North Africa were generally more independent than women in Sub-Saharan Africa. B) Women in Sub-Saharan Africa were generally more independent than women in North Africa. C) Women in North Africa were more likely to work in agriculture than women in Sub-Saharan Africa. D) Women in Sub-Saharan Africa were more likely to be literate than women in North Africa. 60. A major reason for the decline of the Kongo, Asante (Ashanti) and Yoruba states was that (These are MAJOR West African trading empires) A) over half their populations were killed by diseases native to Europe. B) they lost over half their population to the East African slave trade. C) their rulers increasingly enslaved surrounding states to earn more money. D) a devastating drought turned the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa into deserts. 61. Which of these factors contributed to the rise of Caribbean piracy? (Think about the smuggling DBQ you worked on) A) The opposition of pirates to the slave trade B) Burgeoning independence movements in Caribbean colonies C) Trade and colonization rivalries among European powers D) An economic depression throughout the Caribbean 62. The conquest of the Aztecs is an example of (Process of elimination - 3 of the answers are very untrue!) A) Europeans and indigenous peoples cooperating for a common cause. B) indigenous peoples successfully resisting a foreign invasion. C) a large European army destroying a small indigenous army. D) the failure of the Treaty of Tordesillas. 63. What was a major reason that the Spanish were successful in getting many native tribes of South America to aid in their conquest of the Aztecs? A) The tribes were convinced that the leader of the Spanish was a god, and immediately broke their alliance with the Aztecs. B) The tribes were embittered towards the Aztecs as a result of their policies of using subject peoples for human sacrifice. C) The tribes were decimated by disease and the few remaining survivors had no choice but to join the Spanish. D) The tribes were threatened with enslavement by the Spanish if they did not aid in the conquest of the Aztecs. 64. Base your answer to the following question on the following passage: This great city of Tenochtitlán is built on the salt lake.... It has four approaches by means of artificial causeways.... The city is as large as Seville or Cordoba. Its streets...are very broad and straight, some of these, and all the others, are one half land, and the other half water on which they go about in canoes.... There are bridges, very large, strong, and well constructed, so that, over many, ten horsemen can ride abreast....There is one square, twice as large as that of Salamanca, all surrounded by arcades, where there are daily more than sixty thousand souls, buying and selling...in the service and manners of its people, their fashion of living was almost the same as in Spain, with just as much harmony and order; and considering that these people were barbarous, so cut off from the knowledge of God and other civilized peoples, it is admirable to see to what they attained in every respect. - Hernando Cortés on the Aztecs: Letter to Charles V (1521) Which of the following statements is correct about the Aztec Civilization based on the excerpt above? A) B) C) D) It enforced a religion greatly similar to Christianity. It had complex urban centers. It was a confederacy of independent city-states. It was relatively unpopulated. 65. The term "encomienda" describes A) the establishment of Catholic missions by Spanish priests in the Southwest United States. B) a system in which Spanish conquistadores were granted both land and native laborers. C) independent communities established by slaves who escaped from colonial European rule. D) full-blooded Spaniards who, unlike Creoles, were born and raised in Spain itself. 66. Which of the following was the focal point of the Spanish mita system? A) Slave trading C) Fishing B) Farming D) Mining 67. Base your answer to the following question on the following chat below. As reflected by the chart above, all of the following are true about the colony of Brazil EXCEPT A) it became an Italian colonial possession following the Treaty of Tordesillas. B) most of the indigenous peoples were exterminated in order to bring in the African slaves. C) sugar plantations provided the backbone for the economy. D) it was the largest Portuguese colony in the Americas. 68. Which of the following religions emphasized intricate designs over depictions of people? A) Islam C) Buddhism B) Christianity D) Animism 69. The Mughal Empire was known for its I. Doctrine of religious tolerance II. Great achievements in the arts III. Conquest of the Middle East IV. Infatuation with Western culture A) I only C) II and IV only B) I and III only D) I and II only 70. The Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution were similar in that both A) were immediate causes of the Industrial Revolution. B) challenged doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. C) were inspired by the writings of Middle Eastern scholars. D) were indirectly caused by the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Answer Key APWH Unit 4 Practice-CM 1. A 37. B 2. A 38. A 3. B 39. D 4. A 40. D 5. A 41. B 6. D 42. D 7. D 43. A 8. D 44. A 9. D 45. A 10. B 46. B 11. C 47. C 12. A 48. A 13. D 49. B 14. A 50. B 15. A 51. C 16. D 52. A 17. A 53. C 18. A 54. A 19. C 55. D 20. A 56. D 21. C 57. B 22. B 58. D 23. B 59. B 24. B 60. C 25. C 61. C 26. B 62. A 27. B 63. B 28. D 64. B 29. B 65. B 30. B 66. D 31. B 67. A 32. A 68. A 33. D 69. D 34. C 70. B 35. B 36. A