APWH UNIT 3 STUDY

The methods of warfare shown in the image were instrumental in explaining the territorial expansion of all of the following land-based empires EXCEPT:

Aztec (Mexica) Empire

Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and the Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?

Both empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies.

"The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself are called gods. In the Scriptures kings are called gods, and so their power after a certain relation compared to the divine power." King James I, speech to Parliament, England, 1610 The passage above is best understood in the context of which of the following?

European monarchs' continued use of religion to legitimize political authority

Which of the following best describes a similarity between Christian and Islamic theology throughout the 16th to 18th centuries?

Fundamental religious schisms emerged that challenged traditional authority.

Taken together, the two images best support which of the following claims regarding developments in the period from 1450 to 1750 ?

Gunpowder technology facilitated the expansion of land-based empires.

Which of the following contributed most to the emergence of Russia as an expanding Eurasian power in the period between 1450 and 1750?

Its absorption of traditions and technology that encouraged centralization and expansion

Which of the following was the basis of the conflict that started and sustained the Thirty Years' War?

Religious differences between Protestant and Catholic Christians

Which of the following about Afro-Eurasian trade is supported by the map above?

The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersections of major trading routes.

The Ottoman Empire's recruitment of soldiers and bureaucrats through the system depicted in the image is most similar to which broader method that rulers used to strengthen their empires in the period 1450-1750 ?

The collection of tribute

Which of the following most strongly contributed to the shift of power from nomadic empires to settled states that Darwin identifies in the second paragraph?

The development and spread of gunpowder weapons across Eurasia

Which of the following made possible the Chinese cultivation of the staple crops described in the passage?

The intensification of regional trade networks in East and South Asia

Which of the following was an important continuity from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing dynasty in the seventeenth century?

The use of the examination system and other Confucian bureaucratic practices

From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons?

To display power and legitimize their rule

A historian could best explain the arguments made in the passage regarding the pope and the clergy in the context of Protestant claims that the Catholic Church:

had become corrupted by power

The trade networks described by the two sources were most strongly influenced by:

increased European demand for luxury goods

Which of the following best describes the relationship that the Chinese and Aztec empires had with their respective peripheral states (nearby states under their influence and/or control) during the fifteenth century C.E.?

oth empires established tributary relationships with their peripheral states.