S2 Ch 14

Which of the following did Captain Cook and Christopher Columbus have in common? Both returned home with news of gold that could be exploited. Both changed local ecologies by introducing European animal and plant life to unfamiliar environments. Both were killed by people they met in their travels. Both sailed to obtain scientific knowledge as well as empire.

Both changed local ecologies by introducing European animal and plant life to unfamiliar environments.

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. Both rejected foreign cultural influences in their art and architecture. Both encouraged the creation of large, monumental stone architecture such as palaces and temples. Both relied primarily on the slave trade to provide the wealth for local elites to patronize the arts.

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

What was a consequence of the "native learning" movement promoted by some Japanese intellectuals? Shinto beliefs were incorporated into "Dutch learning." Buddhism was branded a foreign contaminant of Japanese culture. Shamanism was suppressed, especially among women. Zen monasteries spread across the country.

Buddhism was branded a foreign contaminant of Japanese culture.

How was Tokugawa Japan influenced by China? Chinese literature, legal thought, and religion had a significant influence on Tokugawa Japan. Chinese became the language of Japanese high culture. Chinese monks spread Buddhism, which replaced native Japanese religious practice. Japanese popular theater was based largely on Chinese models.

Chinese literature, legal thought, and religion had a significant influence on Tokugawa Japan.

Which of the following is an explanation of why Chinese scientists were at a disadvantage compared to Europeans during the Enlightenment? Chinese scientists had little knowledge of astronomy and printing. Chinese scientists focused almost exclusively on practical applications and did not fully understand the experimental method. European scientists built on their discovery of the compass and printing to expand knowledge into new areas. European scientists benefited from patronage from the church and a merit-based aristocracy.

Chinese scientists focused almost exclusively on practical applications and did not fully understand the experimental method.

The Muslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals firmly rejected the introduction of European culture and technology during this period. True False

F

The Safavid shahs' royal palace in Isfahan lacked the fortifications of Mughal and Ottoman rulers because the Safavids faced no military threats from outside their borders. True False

F

Which of the following supported the Mughal nobility's lavish lifestyle? Mughal nobles were entitled to collect a tithe from all non-Muslims. Confiscatory taxation on farmers funded the Mughal military-based nobility. Foreign trade brought in silver that advanced the economy, which helped the nobility prosper. Tribute from the conquered peoples in central Asia provided the funds for extravagant buildings such as the Taj Mahal.

Foreign trade brought in silver that advanced the economy, which helped the nobility prosper.

Which of the following helps explain the degree of intermarriage between European men and native women in the Americas? Amerindian women were attempting to repopulate the Americas after the deaths brought by European disease. Initially, European colonists were overwhelmingly male European wives died out rapidly in the harsh climates of North America. Amerindians sought to ally themselves with European Christians in order to hasten the conversion process.

Initially, European colonists were overwhelmingly male

In what way might the transporting of British outcasts and convicts to Australia be supported by an Enlightenment concept? The costs of incarceration in Britain would go down according to free market principles. Prisoners were to be removed from an environment that did not suit them and sent to a new one where they could reform. Transportation was a more enlightened form of punishment than hanging. Once their terms of incarceration were completed, all residents in Australia were to have equal rights to life, liberty, and property.

Prisoners were to be removed from an environment that did not suit them and sent to a new one where they could reform.

Francis Bacon's method of scientific inquiry asserted which of the following? The best way to learn was to inquire into the ways that other cultures did scientific research. Scientific knowledge should be based on the work of traditional authorities, such as Aristotle. Only members of the clergy could safely conduct scientific experiments without imperiling their souls. Real science entailed the formulation of hypotheses that could be tested in carefully controlled experiments.

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

How did Asante kings use the wealth they acquired from trade? They sponsored feasts to allow themselves an opportunity to dine with their subjects. They commissioned the creation of epic poems about the divine origins of the Asantehene. They led religious ceremonies characterized by lavish displays of ornate religious artifacts. They showed their link to wealth and power by displaying gold-covered spears, maces, and elephant tails.

They showed their link to wealth and power by displaying gold-covered spears, maces, and elephant tails.

What was the role of the Ottomantekkes schools? They taught devotional strategies to prepare students to enter Sufi orders. They challenged Ottoman rule as insufficiently guided by religious principles. They provided an elite corps of martial artists for the Ottoman army. They led persecution of religious minorities such as Jews and Christians.

They taught devotional strategies to prepare students to enter Sufi orders.

What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common? They wanted to improve European technical expertise and encourage overseas expansion. They wanted to encourage people to become more religious, so that they could achieve enlightenment. They wanted to encourage European monarchs to rule as enlightened despots. They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge.

They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge.

Montesquieu believed that commerce was a cure for the most destructive forms of prejudice. True False

True

Saints of the bhakti sect questioned traditional Hindu beliefs about fundamental equality and the role of women. True False

Trur

What type of significant artwork was produced by the Oyo Empire and Benin? intricate silver jewelry sophisticated bronzes marble palaces and temples detailed paintings of plant life

bronzes

Which of the following was a practical application of the new astronomy? discovering the Northwest Passage validating the motion of the heavenly spheres building new devices such as a steam engine building better clocks and navigational devices such as the chronometer

building better clocks and navigational devices such as the chronometer