His 112 Ch 14

How did popular culture in Tokugawa Japan subvert its social order?

Actors, musicians, and courtesans, who were ordinarily at the bottom of the social hierarchy, were idolized.

Which group was consigned to the bottom of Linnaeus's classification of people?

Africans

Which of the following is a valid comparison between royal patrons in West Africa and in Europe, Asia, and the Islamic world?

Both encouraged the production of artwork that glorified the rulers' power and achievements

Which of the following reflects a difference between China and the Islamic Empires?

China's internal market fueled its growth and culture, instead of the foreign trade that provided wealth to the Islamic Empires.

Which of the following is a similarity between the ways that the rulers of Muslim and Chinese Empires used the new wealth circulating in global trade?

Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimes through magnificent architecture and art.

How did the literary culture of late Ming and early Qing China affect elite women's lives?

Elite women were generally able to participate as writers, readers, and editors, despite increasing constraints on their lives.

Which of the following explains why Creoles in Spanish and Portuguese colonies were drawn to Enlightenment ideas?

Enlightenment ideas helped to justify their dissatisfaction with colonial rule.

Which of the following shows the early Mughal Empire's attitude toward the culture of South Asia?

Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and music.

What was the political rationale for monarchs such as Louis XIV and Charles II to support scientific academies?

If the crown was seen to support scientific progress, the great minds of the academies would also be seen to support the crown.

Which of the following helps explain the degree of intermarriage between European men and native women in the Americas?

Initially, European colonists were overwhelmingly male.

What did the Ottomans see as evidence that the Islamic world had a monopoly on truth, enlightenment, and culture?

Ottoman military successes proved God's favor for their culture.

Francis Bacon's method of scientific inquiry asserted which of the following?

Real science entailed the formulation of hypotheses that could be tested in carefully controlled experiments.

Which of the following was one of the goals of the authors of the Encyclopédie?

They sought to gather all the knowledge scattered over the face of the Earth and to present it in useful form.

How did Europe's cultural exchanges with the Americas and the Pacific compare with its exchanges with China and the Islamic world?

Unlike cultures in China and the Islamic world, indigenous cultures in the Americas and the Pacific were undermined by contact with Europeans.

Which of the following statements is supported by John Locke's notion of the "social contract"?

When a government becomes tyrannical, people have the right to rebel.

What types of characteristics did Linnaeus use to define racial categories?

physical characteristics, such as skin color, and social qualities

What type of significant artwork was produced by the Oyo Empire and Benin?

sophisticated bronzes

Which of the following is often seen as the epitome of the blending of Persian, Islamic, and Indian traditions?

the Taj Mahal

What were some of the long-term consequences of the Enlightenment in the West?

the expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking