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Although the Ming emperor Yongle encouraged maritime exploration, later emperors discontinued that practice because

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Qing emperors feared that new ideas would lead to political instability.

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Which of the following is not true of the Manchus? A) They were nomadic warriors from Manchuria. B) They spoke a different language from their ethnic Chinese subjects. C) They rejected Confucian principles in favor of a Mongol-style tribal council. D) They established the Qing dynasty. E) They ruled China from the Forbidden City in Beijing.

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c

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Which of the following is not true of the scholar-bureaucrats of China? A) They came almost entirely from aristocratic families. B) They were independent warlords, far from court and above the law. C) They were responsible for the security and stability of the country. D) Their appointment was based on their performance in the civil service exams. E) They enjoyed positions of power and prestige.

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B

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Which of the following is not true of China's civil service system? A) It was open to all men regardless of social standing. B) It provided the poor with an avenue for upward social mobility. C) It ensured that the most progressive men available governed China. D) It guaranteed the central place of Confucianism in Chinese education. E) It was very competitive with only a fraction of those applying gaining a government post.

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C

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The person with the lowest status in the Chinese household was

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a daughter-in-law.

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All of the following are indicative of the low status of Chinese women in the Ming and Qing dynasties except A) the practice of footbinding. B) female infanticide. C) the forced burning of widows. D) a wife's obligations to her in-laws. E) arranged marriages.

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C

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Foreign traders sought all of the following Chinese products except A) silk. B) silver. C) porcelain. D) lacquerware. E) tea.

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B

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In the view of Emperor Qianlong, the trade between China and England was

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unnecessary to China but a favor to England.

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By far the biggest social class in early modern China was

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the peasants.

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According to traditional Confucian values, merchants were

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considered social parasites.

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Confucian education tended to support

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conservative values such as filial piety and submission to authority.

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Which of the following statements is not true of the Jesuit mission in China? A) Jesuits attracted many converts, and Christianity became a popular religion. B) Jesuits made an effort to learn Chinese and to understand Chinese culture. C) Jesuits captured Chinese interests with European science and technology. D) Other Catholic missionaries criticized the Jesuits' tolerance of Chinese traditions. E) Most Chinese were put off by Christian claims to be the only true religion.

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A

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Tokugawa Ieyasu ruled Japan as

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a temporary military ruler in support of the emperor.

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In order to control daimyo and maintain political stability, the Tokugawa bakufu

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1. obliged the daimyo to live in the capital on alternative years. 2. limited contacts between individual daimyo. 3. had final approval over all marriage alliances among the daimyo. 4. limited contacts between daimyo and the outside world.

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The isolationism of the Tokugawa government included

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forbidding Japanese from going abroad.

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The population growth in Japan slowed after 1700 because of the practice of

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1. abortion. 2. contraception. 3. infanticide. 4. late marriage.

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In the floating worlds in the major Japanese cities, one could find

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Kabuki theaters, brothels, public baths, and teahouses.

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What became of the Christian community in Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate?

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Christians were brutally persecuted and driven into secrecy.

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"Dutch learning" in Tokugawa Japan referred to all of the following areas except A) weapons and armaments. B) representational drawing and linear perspective. C) astronomy and calendars. D) anatomy and medicine. E) Dutch language.

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A

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In his treatise "Deus Destroyed," Fabian Fucan expressed his concerns that

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Christian missionaries planned to subvert Buddhism and destroy traditional Japanese culture.

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In their rise of power the Ottomans were aided by the ghazi, who were

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Muslim religious warriors.

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The Ottoman military made use of

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1. gunpowder weapons. 2. siege warfare. 3. specially trained Janissary forces. 4. armored cavalry.

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Which of the following places did not come under the control of the Muslim Ottomans?

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the Iranian plateau.

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The Janissaries were

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Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces.

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Suleyman the Magnificent

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captured Belgrade and laid siege to the city of Vienna.

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In his "Turkish Letters," the Hungarian diplomat Ghislain de Busbecq expresses concerns that

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Ottoman forces are hardier and more disciplined than European forces.

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The Safavid Empire began with the reign of Shah Ismail, who claimed legitimacy to the throne by

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tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader.

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Twelver Shiism was a Muslim sect that claimed that

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Ismail was the "hidden" imam or even a reincarnation of Allah.

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At the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514,

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the Sunni Ottomans defeated the Shiite Safavids.

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Shah Abbas revitalized the Safavid regime by all of the following means except A) increasing the use of gunpowder weapons. B) making land grants to qizilbash officers. C) expelling the Portuguese from Hormuz. D) forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans. E) promoting trade with other lands.

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D

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The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India in order to

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finance his military campaigns in central Asia.

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The reforms of Akbar included all the following except A) religious toleration for Hindus and Sikhs. B) a syncretic religion, called "divine faith," which stressed loyalty to the emperor. C) a centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces. D) education and basic rights for Indian women. E) conquest of Gujurat and Bengal.

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D

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The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb

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1. replaced many Hindu temples with mosques. 2. required all nonbelievers to pay a special tax. 3. extended Mughal authority into southern India. 4. faced many rebellions and religious conflicts.

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Politically, all three of the Islamic states began as

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military states.

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Foreign trade took hold primarily in

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the Safavid and the Ottoman empires.

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One persistent problem within all three empires was

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achieving a peaceful succession after the death of the emperor.

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Major trade commodities sought by European merchants from the Islamic empires included

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silks, carpets, and other crafts.

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Which of the following would not be an example of religious toleration under Muslim rule?

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the jizya tax imposed by Aurangzeb.

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A major reason for the decline in the Islamic Empires was

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the refusal to accept new ideas and technologies from the West.

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The Muslim resistance to new ideas and technologies by the eighteenth century is illustrated by

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1. the Ottoman ban on the printing press. 2. the purchase of outmoded weapons from Europe. 3. the banning of "impious" telescopes. 4. reluctance of Muslims to travel abroad.

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Ivan III declared Russian independence from Mongol rule in 1480 by

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refusing to pay the required annual tribute.

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The first significant acquisition of the Principality of Moscow in the fifteenth century was

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Novgorod.

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Ivan III sought to consolidate his hold over newly acquired lands by

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recruiting peasants and offering them freedom if they settled in newly acquired lands.

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Ivan III's Byzantine policy included

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1. assuming the title of "tsar." 2. combining the head of state and head of the church into one position. 3. adopting the double-headed eagle as the symbol of the empire. 4. beautifying Moscow in the Byzantine style.

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Ivan IV is known as Ivan the Terrible because

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his eccentric behavior included the burning of suspected traitors in large frying pans.

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After fifteen years of civil war, the Romanov dynasty was established

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by a candidate chosen by Russian representatives.

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Peter the Great's program of westernization included

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1. the first secular system of education in Russian history. 2. building a powerful, modern army. 3. state sponsorship of new industries. 4. inviting skilled foreign workers to Russia.

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Which of the following was not one of Peter's military reforms?

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commissioning a modern navy to be built in the shipyards of Amsterdam.

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To overhaul the government bureaucracy, Peter

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established the Table of Ranks, which allowed officials to be rewarded for merit and loyalty.

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Of all the social reforms imposed by Peter I, the one that met with the stiffest opposition was

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the requirement that all men shave off their beards.

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St. Petersburg was built as

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1. a home for the Russian navy. 2. a port for trade and commerce with the West. 3. a showcase of Russian art and culture. 4. a second capital for the empire.

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Catherine I became tsarina by

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deposing her husband with the help of powerful nobles.

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Catherine's commitment to the ideals of the Enlightenment included all of the following except A) more humane penalties for criminal offenses. B) public education for girls as well as boys. C) promoting inoculation against smallpox. D) providing a means by which serfs could earn their freedom. E) hiring capable commoners for military and administrative posts.

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D

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Catherine's efforts at reform ended because

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the French Revolution convinced her that it was dangerous to relinquish control.

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Russian encroachment on the kingdom of Poland-Lithuania began in the seventeenth century with the annexation of what territory?

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Ukraine.

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In the late eighteenth century, the Polish-Lithuanian Republic met what fate at the hands of Russia, Austria, and Prussia?

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It was carved up between the three powers and disappeared as a sovereign state.

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In the Pale of Settlement, Catherine decreed that

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Jews could not live outside specified boundaries.

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In spite of the isolation and harsh climate, Russians ventured over the Urals into Siberia in search of

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furs.

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At what time did the nobles gain the most power at the expense of their serfs?

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In the eighteenth century under Catherine the Great.

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What was the core issue dividing Orthodox reformers and Old Believers?

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Whether religious rituals could be revised to be more consistent with the rest of the Orthodox world.

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