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Chapters 15-23 Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following was not influential in the Renaissance?

A

Industrialization

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2
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One of the reasons that the Chinese did not have overseas empires was

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They did not colonize

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3
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Christopher Columbus hoped to

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Convert the Native peoples to Christianity

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4
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Within a hundred years of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage, millions of Ameridians had died mainly from

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Disease

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5
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The Aztec Altepetl was able to expand because of

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Conquest

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6
Q

The Inca rulers were determined by

A

Combat

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7
Q

Christopher Columbus was from

A

Italy

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8
Q

The Catholic Reformation was

A

An attempt by Catholics to reform Catholicism

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9
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The Portuguese achieved trade by

A

Force

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10
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Confucianism stressed

A

Strict gender hierarchies

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11
Q

Which of these countries would Ming China have considered the least civilized?

A

Japan

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12
Q

The largest movement of people at this point in time came from

A

Atlantic slave trade

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13
Q

Who was at the forefront of early modern capitalism?

A

The Dutch

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14
Q

The ultimate basis of Mughal wealth and power was

A

Agriculture

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15
Q

The Portuguese were seeking an oceanic route for trade because

A

The Muslims controlled the land routes

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16
Q

The main source of revenue for the tsars and nobility was

A

Agricultural surplus

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17
Q

The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was

A

The slaughter of Huguenots by Catholics

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18
Q

Janissaries were

A

Elite slaves

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19
Q

Empires that collapsed during this time period include all of the following except

A

The Ottoman Empire

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20
Q

The Ottoman Empire’s form of Islam is classified as

A

Sunni

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21
Q

Iberian Muslims were

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Forced to convert to Christianity but practiced Islam in private

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22
Q

When Shah Abbas invited European merchants and diplomatic representatives to Isfahan, which country/people group was favored?

A

Russia

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23
Q

Constantinople was seized in 1453 by

A

The Ottoman Empire

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24
Q

Syncretism is

A

The mixing of paganism and Christianity

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25
Q

Cultural and racial mixing were uncommon in New England because

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There were equal numbers of European men and women

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26
Q

Brazil was Portugal’s most important overseas colony because of

A

Sugar and gold

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27
Q

It was ____ that filled the Spanish treasury and transformed the world economy.

A

Silver

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28
Q

All of the following displaced Spain’s pre-eminence during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries except for

A

Portugal

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29
Q

By 1641 what percentage of the Huron had been killed by disease?

A

50%

30
Q

The foundation for Virginia’s prosperity was

A

Tobacco

31
Q

Spain’s main goal concerning the New Worlds was

A

Extract wealth

32
Q

What was the last and largest African Empire?

A

The Songhai Empire

33
Q

Kimpa Vita preached that

A

Jesus Christ was an African

34
Q

The Act for the _________ of the Slave Trade passed in the year _____ .

A

Abolition; 1807

35
Q

The first major country to abolish slavery was

A

Britain

36
Q

The three areas involved in the triangular trade were:

A

Africa, America, Europe

37
Q

The Black Seminoles were

A

Runaway slaves who lived and mixed with the Creek

38
Q

What powerful kingdom or kingdoms emerged in the Great Lakes region?

A

All of the above (Baganda & Rwanda)

39
Q

What percentage of African slaves who crossed the Atlantic came to British North America?

A

5%

40
Q

After the fragmentation of the Mughal Empire, who stepped into their place?

A

Britain

41
Q

Women worked in the area of

A

Weaving

42
Q

The Qing Dynasty was marked by all of the following except

A

Religious intelerance

43
Q

What did the engine of Chinese textile production consist of?

A

Human labor

44
Q

By what standard was Qing China prosperous?

A

Confucian

45
Q

The Seclusion Edicts

A

Outlawed Christianity

46
Q

What showed the increasing influence of Europe in Asian affairs?

A

Russian and British expansion

47
Q

All of the following were the true foundations of Aurangzeb’s empire except

A

Territorial conquest

48
Q

The “moderns” rejected the infallibility of

A

Both b and c (Classical authority and Christian theology)

49
Q

Enlightenment ideas include all of the following except

A

Superstition

50
Q

All of the following women were Enlightenment thinkers except for

A

Montesquieu

51
Q

Studying _______ is characteristic of all cultures.

A

Plant life

52
Q

Joseph Banks’ voyage helped expand

A

The knowledge of the natural world

53
Q

New South Wales began as a

A

Penal colony

54
Q

Enlightened despots claimed they brought which of the following to their domains:

A

Order, harmony, and reason

55
Q

Linnaeus invented which of the following

A

Both a and b (Binomial nomenclature and Hierarchy classification of living things)

56
Q

How did Tupac Amaru II die?

A

Execution by the Spanish government

57
Q

What are caudillos and what did they look after?

A

Dictatorial rulers who looked out for themselves and the military

58
Q

The Constitution of the United States of America grants which of the following powers to the federal government

A

Taxation and judicial oversight

59
Q

The Bill of Rights established which of the following rights?

A

None of the above

60
Q

The Third Estate was made up of

A

The Middle Class

61
Q

The Amerindian uprising of 1780 in the Andes was led by

A

Tupac Amaru II

62
Q

All of the following factors inhibited a strong sense of “Venezuelan” identity except for

A

Religious divisions

63
Q

Boukman and Toussaint L’Ouverture were famous for starting revolutions in

A

Haiti

64
Q

Social Darwinism justified

A

Social inequality

65
Q

Who unified Italy by conquering Naples and Sicily?

A

Guiseppe Garibaldi

66
Q

Marx saw history as propelled by

A

Changes in modes of production

67
Q

What philosophy guided Victorian reform?

A

Utilitarianism

68
Q

The Industrial Revolution was unleashed by

A

Improvements in the production of iron

69
Q

Adam Smith argued that ________ was a key to increased productivity.

A

Division of labor

70
Q

Herzen saw the Emancipation Edits as

A

A wasted opprotunity for more meaningful reform

71
Q

John Stuart Mill believed that

A

Both a and b (working men should be able to vote & women should be able to vote)

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