World History unit 3 and 4

The passage could best be used to explain which of the following developments in the Americas in the period 1500-1750 ?

Enslaved peoples and their descendants used violent means to escape oppression and maintain their freedom.

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.

The activities of the state described in the passage are consistent with which of the following Song dynasty policies

Increasing state investment in economic development, such as improving the Grand Canal

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 claims that Barkey makes in the passage appears to contradict most directly her assertion in the first sentence of the first paragraph?

Non-Muslims were second-class citizens who endured prejudice.

The ability of Portuguese merchants and explorers to communicate with the local population of Canton was most likely an effect of which of the following?

Portuguese merchants had established trading posts in southern China.

A likely purpose for including the religious figure in the plaque was to show that

Portuguese naval activities in the Indian Ocean region were favored by divine forces

The illustrated history was prepared for the Mughal emperor Akbar in the late sixteenth century.Which of the following best explains the process illustrated in the image

States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires

The existence of a sugar mill in the Mexican town in the passage indicates that the region of Mexico in which the lawsuit took place as part of which of the following?

The Atlantic Trade System

The portrait of Emperor Jahangir in Image 2 is best seen as evidence of which of the following?

The Mughals' toleration of different religious traditions within their state

Which of the following most directly strengthened Sunni religious scholars' role as official interpreters of Islamic doctrine within the Ottoman Empire, as suggested by the passage?

The Ottoman Empire's rivalry with the Safavid Empire

All of the following statements about the Ottoman Empire in the period 1450-1750 are factually accurate. Which would most strongly support Barkey's claim regarding the Ottoman state and toleration in the passage?

The Ottoman army increasingly relied on the contributions of the Janissary corps, which was mostly composed of soldiers of non-Turkic origin.

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.

The economic activities described in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following?

The beginning of the process of industrialization

A historian could best use the passage as evidence for which of the following?

The creation of a new political and economic elite in the immediate aftermath of the European conquest

Based on the chart and your knowledge of world history, which of the following most directly enabled the Dutch to establish and enforce a monopoly on the Southeast Asian clove trade in the seventeenth century?

The development of powerful joint-stock commercial companies

The object in Image 2 best illustrates which of the following cultural processes in the period circa 1450-1750?

The development of religious syncretism as cultural traditions spread.

The production of the plaque in Goa is best understood in the immediate context of which of the following?

The development of trading-post empires

Which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750 would a historian most likely cite to support Barkey's claim regarding the Ottoman Empire and its predecessors and contemporaries in the first sentence of the second paragraph?

The establishment of racial categories of social hierarchy under the casta system in Spanish colonies in the Americas

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 actions of the Maroons that forced British colonial authorities to conclude a treaty with them are best explained as evidence of reactions against which of the following global trends in the period 1450-1750?

The increasing expansion and centralization of state power

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.

For the period circa 1580-1650, which of the following most directly caused the price fluctuations shown in the chart?a

The intensification of competition among European states over the control of profitable maritime trade routes

Based on the passage, it could be inferred that the high prices of firewood in seventeenth-century Zacatecas were a result of which of the following processes?

The introduction of European practices of resource extraction

The sermon delivered by Vieira is best seen as evidence for which of the following?

The mixing of African and European cultures in the Americas

On a global scale, which of the following most directly led to the expansion of the trade between Europe and Asia in the time period reflected in the chart?

The shifting balance of trade as a result of the circulation of American silver goods to Asia

Outside of the Ottoman Empire, Sufis contributed most directly to which of the following during the period before 1750?

The spread of Islam to new locations on the margins of the Muslim world, such as southeast Asia

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 material used to create the plaque best reflects which of the following historical situations in the Indian Ocean region in the period 1450-1750 ?

Trade networks continued to flourish and gave Europeans direct access to precious luxury goods.

Vieira's assertion that Solomon and the Queen of Sheba had a son diverges from the traditional Hebrew account. Which of the following best explains Vieira's choice to tell this version of the story?

Vieira wished to tailor his sermon to appeal to Brazil's ethnically and racially diverse population.

The dispute described in the court case is most directly an effect of which of the following processes in colonial American societies?

b. The formation of new identities as part of the restructuring of social hierarchies

The Portuguese presence in southern China as described in the passage was most directly enabled by which of the following?

d. Technological developments in cartography and navigation

All of the following pieces of evidence in the passage directly support the author's claim that the "pestilence" was "terrible" EXCEPT:

d. The disease led to the arrival of Dominican friars.

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

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

Article 4 of the treaty is best explained as evidence of how states in the period 1450-1750 sought to...?

suppress resistance to their rule by co-opting local groups

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

Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his implicit argument that Maya society underwent a dramatic cultural change in the sixteenth century?

the Maya were converted to Christianity

Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his claim that the arrival of the Spanish "destroyed our people"?

the spanish conquered all Maya towns