AP World History Unit 3 test
Which of the following was a method rulers in Eurasia used to legitimize and consolidate their power during the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.?
Developing professional militaries
Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and the Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?
Each had developed an efficient administrative structure.
All of the following statements about Du Halde are factually accurate. Which would most likely lead historians to question the objectivity of his portrayal of the scholars shown in the image?
He was a Jesuit and based his book on Jesuit missionary reports.
Source 2 indicates that all of the following were likely factors contributing to Sikhism's popularity in India EXCEPT:
It offered a set of principles around which all Indians could rally in resisting British imperial encroachment
The object in Image 1 best illustrates which of the following continuities in world history?
Rulers used religious imagery to legitimize their political authority.
Which of the following best describes the relationship that the Chinese and Aztec empires had with their respective peripheral states during the fifteenth century C.E.?
Both empires established tributary relationships with their peripheral states.
Which of the following best explains the process illustrated in the image?
States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.
Which of the following accurately describes a significant difference between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires in the early seventeenth century?
The Ottomans ruled over people who were predominately Muslim, while the Mughals did not.
Which of the following contributed the most to the Ottoman Empire's successful expansion in Europe and the Middle East in the period from 1450 to 1600 ?
The Ottomans' adoption of the latest gunpowder and artillery technology
The changes depicted in Map 1 were mostly a result of which of the following?
The decline of surrounding empires and the Ottoman Empire's use of gunpowder weapons
The two passages best illustrate which of the following continuities in world history?
While some states were willing to tolerate diversity within their territories, others suppressed diversity.
OTTOMAN SOLDIERS RECONQUERING A FORTRESS IN GREECE FROM VENETIAN FORCES, MINIATURE IN A VENETIAN-PRODUCED BOOK OF HISTORY AND DIPLOMACY, CIRCA 1665 DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/Getty Images Image 2: MUGHAL FORCES LED BY THE EMPEROR AURANGZEB CAPTURE THE FORTRESS OF GOLCONDA, CAPITAL OF A RIVAL MUSLIM INDIAN STATE, IN 1687. PAINTING BY AN ANONYMOUS INDIAN ARTIST, CIRCA 1760. Heritage Images/Getty Images All of the following pieces of additional information regarding the events portrayed in Image 2 are factually accurate. Which would be most useful in evaluating the message that the image was intended to convey?
Emperor Aurangzeb was a strong proponent of Sunni Islam, while the rulers of Golconda were supporters of Shiism.
"It is most evident that kings, queens, and other princes . . . are ordained of God, are to be obeyed and honored by their subjects; that such subjects as are disobedient or rebellious against their princes, disobey God." An Homily Against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion, Church of England, 1570 What could most reasonably be concluded from the sermon above?
Rulers often used religious ideas and institutions to justify their rule.
Which of the following imperial expansions was most similar to those of the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?
The Manchu Empire in East Asia
Which of the following empires in the period 1450-1750 engaged in a type of territorial expansion most similar to that depicted in Map 1 ?
The Mughal Empire
Which of the following states in the period 1450-1750 adopted a religious policy that was most different from the religious policy expressed in Source 2 ?
The Mughal Empire under Akbar
Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following factors contributed most directly to the Mughal Empire's territorial expansion in South Asia?
The Mughals' adoption and effective use of gunpowder weapons
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.
Which of the following developments in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries most directly helps to explain the presence of the scholars shown in the image of China?
The Protestant Reformation led the Catholic Church to seek new converts outside of Europe.
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 developments in the late fifteenth century could best be used as evidence to support Darwin's argument in the second paragraph regarding a change in patterns of long-distance trade?
The discovery of maritime routes that linked Europe and Asia through the Indian Ocean
Which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750 could best be used as evidence to modify Darwin's argument in the first paragraph about the establishment of Eurasian empires on "nomadic foundations"?
The establishment of the Safavid Empire
The portrait of Emperor Jahangir in Image 1 was most likely a symbolic representation of which of the following?
The expanding power of the Mughal Empire
The activities of Inez de Leyria's father as described in the passage best support which of the following conclusions about the period 1450-1750 C.E.?
The intensification of commercial and diplomatic activity across Eurasia was accompanied by increased missionary activity.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the way Khubilai Khan chose to have himself portrayed in the painting?
The nomadic tradition depicted in the painting would bolster Khubilai Khan's claim to be the legitimate successor to Genghis Khan.
The emperor's question to Sun Yuting was most likely intended to assess which of the following?
The relative risks of continuing to pursue a trade policy that forced foreign states to acknowledge China's political superiority
The attitude toward religious practice expressed in Source 2 was most directly apparent in which of the following Spanish policies in the Americas in the period circa 1500-1750 ?
The state sponsorship of Jesuit missions to native populations
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 spread of new cultural ideas, such as those illustrated by the religious beliefs of Xu Guangxi and Candida Xu, most strongly encouraged some Asian governments in Eurasia in the period 1450-1750 to
limit trade and other contacts with foreigners
Which of the following explains the most common effect that the process illustrated in the image had on relationships between states in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1450-1750 ?
It led to deepening rivalries and conflicts as states' military capabilities grew.
Which of the following most directly caused a disruption in the land-based trade of the Safavid empire during the period circa 1500-1750 ?
Conflicts between the Shi'a Safavids and neighboring Sunni empires
The photograph above of a sixteenth-century Mughal mosque in India built by Akbar is an example of which of the following?
Cultural syncretism
A historian interpreting the passage would most likely explain that the audience of the sermon is an illustration of the fact that
political support from the German nobility aided in the development of the early Protestant community
A historian interpreting the views expressed in the passage would likely explain that those views were most strongly influenced by Protestant desires to
reform Christian society by adhering more closely to Biblical teachings
Which of the following is a similarity between the Ottoman and Chinese governments during the period 1450—1750 ?
An extensive governmental bureaucracy
Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?
Both empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies.
Which of the following is true of both the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire between 1450 and 1750 ?
Both empires were established by skilled warriors on horseback who came originally from Central Asia.
Which of the following describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals.
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.
Between 1450 and 1750, empires such as the Ottoman and Chinese shared which of the following?
The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government
Which of the following factors contributed most to Manchu expansion in Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
The use of cannons and gunpowder
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
Which is the most likely reason that rulers during the seventeenth century built elaborate palaces such as the one at Versailles, France, shown above?
To demonstrate their wealth and power
Which of the following was the most likely purpose of the portraits of the emperor?
To glorify his rule through the sponsorship of artworks
The methods of warfare shown in the image were instrumental in explaining the territorial expansion of all of the following land-based empires EXCEPT
the Aztec (Mexica) Empire
