World Civ II Chapter 18, World Civ II Chapter 17, World Civ II Chapter 16, World Civ II Chapter 15

Batavia, one of the cities of the East Indies, was the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company's trade in

Spices

Inca leadership, however, was unstable, and_____________fought amongst themselves to determine the succession after the death of a ruler.

contenders to the thrown

How did Louis XIV poise France to challenge England globally and make France the most powerful Catholic state in Europe?

d. By weakening Austria and Spain.

How was Spanish authority expanding its centralized power throughout its domains?

e. Spanish power was organized into four viceroyalties sent by the emperor in Madrid.

How did the Chinese view the rest of the world in the sixteenth century?

e. The emperor was the Son of Heaven and ruled by the Mandate of Heaven, with China being the center of the world.

Why did the royal council reject Columbus's proposal to sail to the Far East by way of the Atlantic?

e. There was no anticipation that another continent existed between Spain and the Far East.

After the death of Elizabeth, England was racked by discontent, which included

e. a growing discontent with the Stuart kings by both the church and the public.

Although Cabral claimed Brazil for the Portuguese in 1500, few Portuguese migrated to the area because

e. no important resources were found that would have invited further development.

kin groups , who were ruled over by an aristocracy consisting of the ___________ and leaders of vassal states

extended royal family

In first passage, what do Confucians reject in Christian teaching?

A personified God

Like China, Vietnam had a Confucian elite. What characteristic of Vietnam's policy made it different from China's system?

Active expansionism

Dutch

Agricultural Economy

English

Agricultural Economy

The primary basis of the Mughal economy was

Agriculture

The Inca incorporated conquered peoples into their empire. Which was the least common way in which Inca utilized their vassals?

As human sacrifices

The Mughal capacity for administration was so great that they were able to cultivate rice in the heretofore lightly inhabited areas of alluvial

Bengal

In what ways would the reforms of the seventeenth century have enabled France and Britain to succeed as imperial powers?

Both had strong middle classes with interests in trade.

According to Hideyoshi, in what ways were Christian clergymen undermining the cohesion of Japanese society? Check all that apply.

Breaking up daimyo estates through church donations, Converting daimyo lords away from Buddhism

Finally, in those parts of Ireland outside of the control of English and Scottish settlers,_____________________ remained the predominant religion of the people.

Catholicism

Malacca, a Muslim kingdom on the Asian mainland, controlled a strait through which all trade going to________________from the Indian Ocean had to pass

China

The main Portuguese ally against Muslim rivals in the Indian Ocean was:

Christian Ethiopia

From 1418 to 1450, Korea was ruled by

Emperor Sejong

While the Spanish went west in their explorations, the Portuguese headed south. One of their earliest explorers was Henry the Navigator, who conquered the fortress of Ceuta on the coast of Morocco in the year 1415. Why did Henry seek Portuguese control of West Africa? Check all that apply.

Expansion of Christianity

French

Extractive Economy

Spanish

Extractive Economy (Gold)

True or False: The Chinese Empire was decentralized between imperial China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. True

False

Inca

Human Sacrifice (Limited) Pantheon of god (yes) Importance of the sun god (high)

Aztec

Human sacrifice (Extensive) Pantheon of gods (yes) Importance of the sun god (high)

What Aztec religious practices are discouraged in the excerpt from the play? Check all that apply.

Human sacrifice, Worship of the sun god

The Holy Roman Empire dominated central Europe, encompassing the German-speaking lands as well as parts of Italy and the Low Countries. The supremacy of the Holy Roman Emperor was challenged by what factors? Check all that apply.

Internal rebellion by Protestants seeking self-rule Ottoman invasions of the empire's eastern territories

The social order in Virginia and other southern English colonies rested upon long-established English practice. Sir Walter Raleigh, one of the pioneers of English settlement, treated Amerindians as he had the peasants of___________when he helped establish English colonies there in the sixteenth century.

Ireland

. In Scotland, the official church was reorganized on the principles of the Reformed Christianity propagated by______________from French-speaking Geneva, Switzerland.

John Calvin

The culture of Ming China was predicated on the existence of hierarchy. One of the ways in which hierarchy was expressed was through the imperial bureaucracy. Which elements of the bureaucracy characterized hierarchy? Check all that apply.

Literacy of social elites, Superiority of Confucianism over Buddhism, Competitive examinations

The European empires employed mercantilist economic policies. What were the main characteristics of mercantilism?

Management of trade to benefit the imperial home country

Classic geographer that thought the world was round

Ptolemy

Cassava

New World (North and South America)

Potatoes

New World (North and South America)

Syphilis

New World (North and South America)

Cattle

Old World (Africa and Europe)

Wheat

Old World (Africa and Europe)

Spanish America was divided into viceroyalties, large administrative areas headed by a viceroy, who ruled in the place and with the powers of the king. Which of the viceroyalties does the map show Catalina de Erauso as having visited during her first period of time in the Americas in the early 1600s, before she returned to Europe and met the Pope? Check all that apply.

Peru

While the Portuguese focused on India, the Dutch East India Company focused on

The East Indies

Examine the photograph of the Russian cathedral. The cathedral is in the style of Orthodoxy, the dominant type of Christianity in Russia, which provided much of the basis for legitimacy for the rule of the tsars. As a Christian Orthodox nation, where did Russia draw its religious heritage from?

The Eastern Church of Constantinople

Silver arriving through the Spanish colony of___________stimulated trade throughout East Asia and the Indian Ocean.

The Philippines

While showing continuity from Spain, the new Latin American culture also retained elements of native Amerindian ways. In some cases, a syncretic religious system emerged. Which of the following is the best example of religious syncretism?

The Virgin of Guadalupe

The presence of French fur traders undermined the traditional status of women amongst the Huron, one of the major Amerindian tribes of the Great Lakes region. What were the reasons for this? Check all that apply.

The benefits of fur trapping went to the men. Male chiefs eclipsed matriarchs in influence.

Examine this image of the Spanish army under Hernan Cortes as it advanced on the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. What is the significance of the banner flown above the army? Check all that apply.

The figure is an angel, indicating that the Spanish are on a mission to convert the natives. The figure is an angel, suggesting that the Spanish seek God's blessing for their endeavor.

The most important Inca deities were the Creator, the Creator's child the Sun, and the ________ gods.

Thunder

True or False: The English Civil War resulted, in part, from the identification of King Charles I with the perceived excesses of the Anglican clergy.

True

True or False: The Peace of Westphalia significantly curtailed the authority of the Holy Roman Emperor?

True

As King of France, Louis XIV called for "One King, One Law, One Faith" (Un Roi, Un Loi, Un Foi). Which of the following were elements of Louis's program of absolute monarchy? Check all that apply.

Uniformity of public administration Centralization of Crown authority over the military

The images feature the artist's impressions of the casta system. A system similar to the casta emerged in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. What was the main departure of the Brazilian system from the Spanish casta?

Use of Africans instead of Amerindians for labor

Marco Polo

Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.

In 1524, Franciscan friars arrived in Mexico. What was their goal?

Voluntary conversion of natives to Christianity

By the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire had reached its greatest extent and was on the permanent defensive, but it remained a major land power. Why did it survive when the Safavid Empire fell? Check all that apply.

Weakness of Safavid leadership Stronger Ottoman institutions

The Ottomans and Safavids differed in their adherence to Sunni and Shi'ite Islam, which stemmed from a difference over what interpretation of the Islamic faith?

Who should succeed as caliph after the death of Muhammad

In describing Inca warfare, which of the following is correct?

a. Hand-to-hand combat. b. Cutting off food and water. c. Quilted cotton protection. d. Storming forts. e. ALL OF THESE CHOICES!!!!!!!!!

Which of the following was used in battle by the Mexica?

a. Thick cotton armor. b. Obsidian knives. c. Spears. d. Clubs. e. ALL OF THESE CHOICES.!!!!!!!!

The role of the Catholic missionaries in the Spanish colonies was

a. protecting indigenous peoples.

By 1555, as a result of the religious turmoil in Germany,

b. German princes were allowed to create Lutheran or Catholic states.

When Columbus returned on his second voyage, he discovered that most of the men he had left behind from the first voyage were

b. dead, probably killed by natives.

The Mexica were forced to go to war on a continuous basis because

b. of the need for prisoners to be sacrificed to their gods.

How was the Virgin of Guadeloupe the embodiment of religious syncretism of the time?

c. She had a dark complexion.

Resettlement of the Mughals had transformed Bangladesh from a tropical forested region to one that produced vast amounts of

c. rice.

the Aztec society had important similarities to the relationship between medieval European nobility and

clergy

The importation of ______________ allowed the colonial authorities control over the labor force.

indentured servants

Inca agriculture was based on large farms worked by

kin groups

The population census of the Inca Empire was recorded on quipu which were

knotted strings

Inclusion of the vassals was an element of the Inca success at assimilating conquered peoples, who also were expected to provide______________and to undergo selective resettlement.

labor and military service

The three kingdoms of the British Isles became divided along religious lines over the course of the Reformation. In England, King Henry VIII rebelled against the authority of Rome and established the Church of England, a Protestant church that retained__________of the old Catholic order.

most

The Nahua food supply was primarily corn, beans, and

peppers

The Great Speaker of Tenochtitlan was chosen by a council of warriors, nobles, and

priest

Finally, Virginia's political system was structured so that free, _______________ had political influence.

propertied white men

Commerce was stimulated by coining currency that was good throughout the realm, and by building a________capable of speeding goods to market.

road system

While the Mughal realm was vast, the emperor co-opted local aristocrats by employing them as________________each of whom could keep 10% of the proceeds from their area

tax collectors

Like the Portuguese, the Dutch did not have valuable manufactured goods to trade with Asian partners. How did the Dutch East India Company make a profit? Check all that apply.

the spice and carrying trade