History test
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 photograph above of a sixteenth-century Mughal mosque in India built by Akbar is an example of which of the following?
Cultural syncretism
All of the following pieces of additional information regarding the events portrayed in Image 2 are factually accurate. Which would be most useful in evaluating the message that the image was intended to convey?
Emperor Aurangzeb was a strong proponent of Sunni Islam, while the rulers of Golconda were supporters of Shiism.
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.
Which of the following most likely describes the fate of the Golkonda state after 1650 ?
It was conquered by the Mughal Empire.
. 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
. 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.
Which of the following is true of both the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire between 1450 and 1750 ?
The rulers of both believed in strictly separating secular and religious concerns.
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
The attitude toward religious practice expressed in Source 2 was most directly apparent in which of the following Spanish policies in the Americas in the period circa 1500-1750 ?
The state sponsorship of Jesuit missions to native populations
. 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
Which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750 could best be used as evidence to modify Darwin's argument in the first paragraph about the establishment of Eurasian empires on "nomadic foundations"?
The establishment of the Safavid Empire
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.
Which of the following most directly caused a disruption in the land-based trade of the Safavid empire during the period circa 1500-1750 ?
conflicts between the Shia Safavid's in neighboring Sunni empires
. Which of the following most strongly contributed to the shift of power from nomadic empires to settled states that Darwin identifies in the second paragraph?
the spread of gunpowder across Eurasia.
1. Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?
In both empires the majority of the people were Muslims.
The passage best illustrates which of the following features of colonial Latin American history?
Christian religious practices were shared by many social groups
Source 2 indicates that all of the following were likely factors contributing to Sikhism's popularity in India EXCEPT:
If offered a set of religious beliefs that combined elements of both Hinduism and Islam.
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