Question 1

The Ottoman Sultans used all of the following approaches to manage their expanding empire EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  training janissaries as the military elite. 
B)  seizing young recruits to serve as future bureaucrats. 
C)  supplanting local leaders with hand-chosen loyalists. 
D)  suppressing non-Islamic religions. 
A)  training janissaries as the military elite. 
B)  seizing young recruits to serve as future bureaucrats. 
C)  supplanting local leaders with hand-chosen loyalists. 
D)  suppressing non-Islamic religions.

Question 2

In the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church responded to the challenges posed by the Protestant Reformation in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  The church modified certain doctrines such as the intercessory power of saints. 
B)  The church increased missionary efforts abroad. 
C)  The church relaxed its penalization of heresy. 
D)  The church translated the Bible into local languages to appeal to more followers. 
A)  The church modified certain doctrines such as the intercessory power of saints. 
B)  The church increased missionary efforts abroad. 
C)  The church relaxed its penalization of heresy. 
D)  The church translated the Bible into local languages to appeal to more followers.

Question 3

Which of the following was essential to the Aztec state's legitimacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  a bureaucratic government 
B)  a federation of allied nations 
C)  kinship and clan networks 
D)  guild and professional groups 
A)  a bureaucratic government 
B)  a federation of allied nations 
C)  kinship and clan networks 
D)  guild and professional groups

Question 4

During the sixteenth century, what impact did the European presence in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea have on Asian dynasties?

Accepted Answer

A)  The European presence undermined Asian rulers' control of territory and people. 
B)  The European presence encouraged the militarization of empires and more warfare. 
C)  The European presence was so minimal that it made no impact. 
D)  The European presence enhanced Asian rulers' wealth and might. 
A)  The European presence undermined Asian rulers' control of territory and people. 
B)  The European presence encouraged the militarization of empires and more warfare. 
C)  The European presence was so minimal that it made no impact. 
D)  The European presence enhanced Asian rulers' wealth and might.

Question 5

Compare the influence of Europeans on the Ming Empire during the sixteenth century with their influence on the Aztec Empire and explain the reasons for the differing impact.

Accepted Answer

Europeans had very little direct influen

The Ottoman Sultans used all of the following approaches to manage their expanding empire EXCEPT

In the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church responded to the challenges posed by the Protestant Reformation in which of the following ways?

Which of the following was essential to the Aztec state's legitimacy?

During the sixteenth century, what impact did the European presence in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea have on Asian dynasties?

Compare the influence of Europeans on the Ming Empire during the sixteenth century with their influence on the Aztec Empire and explain the reasons for the differing impact.

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Exam 12: Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

The Ottoman Sultans used all of the following approaches to manage their expanding empire EXCEPT

In the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church responded to the challenges posed by the Protestant Reformation in which of the following ways?

Which of the following was essential to the Aztec state's legitimacy?

During the sixteenth century, what impact did the European presence in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea have on Asian dynasties?

Compare the influence of Europeans on the Ming Empire during the sixteenth century with their influence on the Aztec Empire and explain the reasons for the differing impact.

Becoming Human

Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads, Chariots, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000-1200 Bce

First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250-325 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 Bce-250 Ce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World, 1000-1300 Ce

Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500

Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500-1780

Reordering the World, 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires, 1850-1914

An Unsettled World, 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910-1939

The Three-World Order, 1940-1975

Globalization, 1970-2000

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