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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.