APWH Ch. 12 Questions – Flashcards
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Which of the following was an agricultural village society in the fifteenth century?
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Igbo
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Who was Vasco da Gama?
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Portuguese explorer
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Where was the Ottoman Empire located?
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Anatolia, Southeastern Europe, much of the Middle East, coastal North Africa. and the lands surrounding the Black Sea
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In the Aztec world, pochteca were
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professional merchants
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What major Islamic empire incorporated substantial numbers of both Christians and Muslims?
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Ottoman Empire
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Which of the following was an impact of the growing prominence of Europeans after 1500?
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The dramatic spread of the Christian faith to new regions of the world
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Which of the following distinguishes gatherering and hunting societies from agricultural societies in the fifteenth century?
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Gathering and hunting societies dominated both Australia and the arctic coastlands.
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In the second half of the fifteenth century, early European maritime explorers like Vasco da Gama and Columbus were searching for
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trading opportunities with Asia
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Which of the following was a distinguishing feature of the Safavid Empire?
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It imposed a Shia version of Islam as the official religion of the state.
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Which Aztec patron deity was identified with the sun?
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Huitzilopochtli
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Which of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
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Tibetan and Japanese
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Which of the following was a feature of the modern era in the centuries after 1500?
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The emergence of modern, technological, and industrial societies
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The Igbo rejected which of the following institutions as a means of maintaining social cohesion?
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Kings
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Which of the following is a difference between the cultural revivals in China and Western Europe during the fifteenth century?
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China drew less on Islamic artistic traditions compared to their Western European counterparts.
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By converting to Islam and imposing Islamic law some Hindu and Buddhist rulers on the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia sought to
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attract Muslim merchants to their ports.
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What society made the Triple Alliance in 1428?
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Aztec
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Which of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
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Turkish and Arabic
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Which of the following was a feature of the modern era in the centuries after 1500?
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The growing prominence of Europeans in world history
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In what way were the Chinookan people of northwestern North America similar to Australians?
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Both lived by gathering and hunting.
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Which of the following was a factor that contributed to Europe's maritime expansion?
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Europeans were interested in converting large numbers of people to Christianity.
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What was the most notable change in the political realm of the Islamic world in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?
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Four major Islamic states or empires emerged.
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In what ways did the Inca and Aztec empires differ substantially from each other?
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The Inca Empire built an elaborate bureaucracy to integrate its subjects; the Aztecs did not.
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What major Islamic empire incorporated both Hindus and Muslims?
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Mughal Empire
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Which of the following was an outcome of the Industrial Revolution?
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Society became more urbanized.
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The agricultural civilizations of West Africa were characterized by what kind(s) of government?
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A mix of stateless societies and more highly centralized kingdoms
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Why did the Europeans continue maritime exploration when the Chinese deliberately abandoned it?
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Europe's elites had a greater interest in overseas expansion.
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Which of the four great Islamic empires of the sixteenth century was founded by non-Turkic peoples?
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Songhay Empire
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What was a distinguishing feature of the Aztec Empire?
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The empire required conquered people to regularly deliver tribute to their overlords.
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Why did the Silk Road contract during the fifteenth century?
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The rise of the Ottoman Empire blocked direct commercial contact between Europe and China.
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Which of the following was a feature of the modern era in the centuries after 1500?
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Global contact between peoples
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What was a distinctive feature of the Fulbe in West Africa?
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The Fulbe lived in small communities among agricultural peoples.
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Renaissance thinkers and artists were most interested in
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describing the world as it was and capturing the unique qualities of particular individuals.
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Where was the Safavid Empire located?
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Persia
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Who were the Mexica?
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A semi-nomadic group from northern Mexico who established themselves in the region of Lake Texcoco by the 1300s
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Which of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
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English and Russian
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What is a striking similarity between China and Western Europe during the fifteenth century?
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The power and authority of states increased in both China and Western Europe.
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In terms of maritime exploration, compared to China, Western Europeans
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had a greater religious motivation for overseas expansion.
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Which development is associated with the arrival of maize- and bean-based agriculture in central New York around 1300 c.e.?
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Emergence of larger settlements and distinct peoples
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Which of the following reflects the position of women in Iroquois society?
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Women controlled agriculture and property.
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In the Songhay Empire, Islam mostly appealed to
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urban elites.
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The Fulbe shaped the history of Islam in West Africa through
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a series of religiously based uprisings that greatly expanded its practice.
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In the fifteenth century, which of the following separated civilizations from foraging, farming, and herding societies?
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They were far larger and more densely populated than their counterparts.
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The Hundred Years' War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century?
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None of these; Ming China was internally unified, unlike Europe.
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Which of the following is a political difference between Western Europe and China in the fifteenth century?
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Western Europe possessed a far more fragmented system of government than China.
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Which of the following was a Paleolithic gathering and hunting society in the fifteenth century?
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Australians
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Periodic military conflict between the Ottoman and Safavid empires was driven by territorial disputes and
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religious differences.
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The capital of Timur's expansive empire was
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Samarkand
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Which of the following was an agricultural village society in the fifteenth century?
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Iroquois
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Which of the following was a distinguishing feature of the Ottoman Empire?
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Its rulers claimed the title of caliph and the legacy of the earlier Abbasid Empire.
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Which Islamic state of the fifteenth century was noted for its attempts to bring unity to the Islamic world and to serve as the "strong sword of Islam" by protecting the mainstream Sunni faith?
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Ottoman Empire
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Why is Timur important to world history?
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Timur was a great conqueror who devastated much of Asia in the period around 1400.
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Which of the following statements reflects the Christian experience of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
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Substantial populations of Christians in the Balkans were subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
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What did agricultural village societies share with fully formed civilizations?
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Permanent settlements
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From where did the Songhay Empire derive much of its revenue?
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Taxes from the trade that took place in its empire
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The Igbo were able to maintain their stateless society in part because
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Igbo identity became associated with the rejection of kings.
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The Iroquois League of Five Nations had the authority to
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coordinate their people's relationship with outsiders.
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Why were northwest North Americans like the Chinookan able to create "complex" or "affluent" gathering and hunting cultures?
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They had an extraordinarily rich environment, well stocked with fish and animals.
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Which of the following was a distinguishing feature of the Mughal Empire?
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It ruled over a largely non-Muslim population made up mostly of Hindus.
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Which of the following West African people resisted the development of kingship and state building in their region?
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Igbo
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Which of the following types of society impinged most dramatically on civilizations?
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Nomadic pastoralists
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Which of the following is true of Australian hunter-gatherers?
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They mastered and manipulated the environment through the practice of "firestick farming."
