AP test 4

In what respect was the Russian empire different from the empires of the Western European countries?

The processed of state building and imperial expansion occurred simultaneously in Russia

What was a major effect in Africa of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

The ratio of males to females became unbalanced

Based on source, a historian would conclude that the Mughal Empire by the mid-seventeen century had...

Forced strict Islamic sharia law on non-Muslims

One similarity between the Swahili Coast and the West Coast of Africa is that local rulers on both coasts...

Gained power by trading slaves for firearms

Sufi missionaries facilitated the conversion to Islam of people living in Anatolia and India by...

Incorporating elements of local belief and practice

Which statement characterizes the networks and webs of exchange that connected different paths of the world from 500-1500?

Interaction among the major civilizations operated on a relatively equal basis

What was one of the primary difference between the social organization of the West and Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries?

Russia saw a progressive intensification of serfdom while the West was relaxing this institution in favor of other labor systems

What similar view of Doña Marina is portrayed in both images?

She is portrayed as an essential part of the negotiations

What was the main difference between the way Spain and Portugal financed foreign investment and the methods used by other European countries?

Spain and Portugal were slow to adopt joint-stock companies

Which of the following was the most important factor in the development of new long-distance maritime commercial patterns in the 17th and 18th centuries?

The European settlement and exploitation of natural sources in the Americas

Which of the following describes the demographic implications of three centuries of Spanish rule in Peru and Mexico?

A mestizo population emerged

Which of the following best explains how the division of labor in human societies changed during the Neolithic Revolution?

As hunter-gatherers, men tended to be hunters, while women were responsible for gathering edible plants. With the advent of agriculture, men became primarily responsible for harvesting crops, while women focused on child-rearing and tending the home

Which of the following accurately compares religious developments in India and China in the period 1450-1750CE?

Both India and China had growing Muslim populations

Which of the following descriptions comparing the Ottoman devahirme system with the Mughal zamidar system is accurate?

Both systems represented ways for central governments to recruit local and regional officials

What do the encomienda and mit'a systems used in Spain colonies and the labor system used in Brazilian sugarcane plantations have in common?

Both were coerced labor systems designed to enrich European colonizers

In contrast to Ming China, political control in Tokugawa Japan was not...

Centered in the hands of the emperor

A historian researching the effects of epidemic disease on the population levels of seventeenth-century colonial Peru would probably find which of the following sources most useful?

Church records of baptisms and funerals

Before 600 CE, large centralized empires, such as the Han, Persian, and Roman empires extended their military power by...

Developing supply lines and building infrastructure, including defensive wall

These laws would be most useful for a historian in their study of the Spanish Empires:

Methods of political administration in their colonies

From 600 CE-1450, which of the following BEST describes the cultural impact of the spread of trade networks from the Middle East to regions such as West Africa and Southeast Asia?

Muslim merchant communities were established throughout the regions

Which of the following would best support the conclusion that the Columbian Exchange involved more profound consequences than did earlier biological exchanges in world history?

Previous exchanges did not involve the worlds two hemispheres

Which of the following methods did China's Mind Dynasty use to improve the organization of its government?

Reestablishment of traditional civil service exam and bureaucracy

Which of the following was a common result of the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformations...

Religion in European colonies tended to follow the religion of the home country

By the mid-18th century, the once vital trade routes of which region declined in importance?

Overland Eurasia

Which of the following historical cultural developments was a direct consequence of the trade networks seen in the map above?

Syncretism religions of the Caribbean

Based on both of the above sources, what would be the best inference a historian could make about the way the Dutch East India Company changed the Netherlands over time?

The Dutch King gradually assumed total control over the government of the Netherlands

Which of the following was a major environmental effect of the European establishment of plantation agriculture in the Americas during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Widespread deforestation and depletion of soil nutrients

Which of the following would be the most useful source of evidence to support McNeill's contention that "the Savavi [Safavid] Empire remained profoundly disturbing force in the [Muslim] world"?

Writings by Ottoman religious leaders of the time about the Safavids