Cultures of Splendor & Power Quiz

Which of the following is a similarity between indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Americas? Both groups were forced to work in silver mines for European owners. Both groups had large numbers of people perish from European introduced disease. Both groups believed that the Europeans were gods. Both groups were taken as slaves and sent to Europe and Asia.

Both groups had large numbers of people perish from European introduced disease.

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. China alone relied on its own traditions for cultural inspiration. China had long been a center of learning, but the Islamic Empires relied on outside sources of learning. China, unlike the Mughals and Ottomans, ruled over a homogeneous population.

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 financed pure scientific research. Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimes through magnificent architecture and art. Chinese and Muslim rulers lowered taxes on their peasant populations. Chinese and Muslim rulers established new universities to teach western knowledge.

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

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what led the Japanese to consider how to control and integrate foreign learning especially from China and Europe? Foreign powers forced Japan to modernize by adopting modern ́ science and culture. Before the seventeenth century, Japan had not come into contact with foreign ideas or culture. Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the eighteenth century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country. Members of middle class idealized foreign culture, leading the shoguns to fear that learning about Enlightenment ideals might lead the merchants to overthrow the emperor.

Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the eighteenth century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country.

How did the literary culture of late Ming and early Qing China affect elite women's lives? Elite women's success as writers, readers, and editors encouraged them to assume a wider range of social roles. Elite women read about the lives of poor women and developed a new sense of female solidarity that crossed class boundaries. Elite women were generally able to participate as writers, readers, and editors, despite increasing constraints on their lives. Elite women were not encouraged to participate in literary culture, but the most popular books had strong female characters.

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

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

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

Which of the following did Adam Smith see as a valid reason for creating an economy with less government regulation? Wealth that resulted from early factories would result in population growth. He believed that the laws of God did not permit the guilds' imposition of controls on labor. He believed that free and fair competition provided the best opportunity to produce wealth. Mercantilists advocated rational self-interest, which could not advance the common good.

He believed that free and fair competition provided the best opportunity to produce wealth.

Which of the following shows the early Mughal Empire's attitude toward the culture of South Asia? Islamic traditions dominated artistic and poetic expression. Hindu traditions in Murisprudence formed the basis of Mughal law. Hindus and Muslims Moined to suppress the culture of other ethnic groups in South Asia. Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and music.

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? The crown hoped to gain the support of the women who hosted the salons. If the crown was seen to support scientific progress, the great minds of the academies would also be seen to support the crown. If the crown supported the academies, the new ideas and technology that were discovered would belong to the crown. The crown hoped to gain votes from the growing middle class, who were fascinated by new scientific discoveries.

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

In what way was the U.S. Declaration of Independence an Enlightenment document? It argued for the rise of a meritocracy based on talent, not rank. It proposed that democracy was the best form of government. it announced that all men were endowed with equal rights. It avowed that only a government based on Christian ideals could provide a just society.

It announced that all men were endowed with equal rights.

How did the European missionary presence differ in the Americas from that in East Asia before 1800? Missionaries to the Americas were backed up by colonial officials and military power. Missionaries to East Asia were more willing to accept the blending of multiple religious traditions. Missionaries to the Americas were more successful at impressing their audiences with examples of European cartography. Missionaries to East Asia failed to learn anything about the people they sought to convert.

Missionaries to the Americas were backed up by colonial officials and military power.

Which of the following statements is supported by John Locke's notion of the social contract ́? All people have an innate drive to truck, barter, and exchange. There are rules organizing innate cultural differences between different ethnic groups. The only way to maintain the state's relationship with citizens is through harsh punishments. People have a right to rebel against corrupted government.

People have a right to rebel against corrupted government.

Why did Ming China escape the sectarian warfare that ravaged Europe? All Chinese people shared one religion, so there was nothing to cause conflict. Chinese government was so centralized that regional leaders lacked the ability to fight in defense of their religious beliefs. European visitors told Chinese leaders about religious warfare in their homeland, and the Chinese vowed to avoid making the same mistake. The Chinese believed it was the emperor, rather than any religious group, that held the mandate of heaven, so no sect was favored over the others.

The Chinese believed it was the emperor, rather than any religious group, that held the mandate of heaven, so no sect was favored over the others.

In what way did the Islamic world in the period between 1500 and 1780 change from its earlier pattern of cultural development? The Islamic world reunified under a single political authority, the caliphate. The Islamic world began a program of overseas expansion. The Islamic world lost its ability to make beautiful textiles and other products for trade. The Islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid Empires.

The Islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid Empires.

How did Captain Cook's voyages to Australia reflect Enlightenment ideas? They included scientists to describe and classify Australia's fauna, flora, people, and natural features. They were ordered to create a free and open market economy in Australia. They were instructed to respect the heritage and cultural autonomy of Australia's Aborigines. They were organized by a group of intellectual women who wanted to promote scientific knowledge.

They included scientists to describe and classify Australia's fauna, flora, people, and natural features.

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 led religious ceremonies, characterized by lavish displays of ornate religious artifacts. They showed their link to wealth and power by displaying goldcovered spears, maces, and elephant tails. They commissioned the creation of epic poems about the divine origins of the Asantehene.

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

What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common? They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge. They wanted to encourage European monarchs to rule as enlightened despots. They wanted men and women to participate as eTuals in the pursuit of better government. They wanted to encourage people to become more religious so that they could achieve enlightenment.

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

Which group closed off the studies into European science, history, and geography begun by Ibrahim Muteferrika? the Sufis the ulama the devshirme the janissaries

the ulama

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

sophisticated bronzes

What were some of the broader consequences of the Enlightenment? increased respect for the wisdom of classical and medieval authorities the expansion of educational opportunities for rural women increased respect for traditional elites and clerics the expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking

the expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking