Unit 3-4 test retake
All the following statements about Bernier are factually accurate. Which would most increase historians' confidence in the reliability of his account? Responses
He spent several years as an official at the Mughal imperial court.
Which of the following most likely describes the fate of the Golkonda state after 1650 ?
It was conquered by the Mughal Empire.
The contractors described in the passage are an example of which of the following? Responses
New elites recruited to generate increased revenue after imperial conquests
The use of objects such as the one shown in the image best illustrates which of the following historical processes from 1450 to 1750
Some Asian states sought to limit foreign encroachment in their internal affairs
Which of the following best explains the process illustrated in the image? Responses
States used gunpowder weapons to establish large 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? Responses
The development and spread of gunpowder weapons across Eurasia
Which of the following historical developments most strongly contributed to the mapmaker's depiction of West Africa and the southern half of the world in Map 2 ?
Portugal's development of maritime technology and navigational skills
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
Which of the following most directly contributed to the geographic expansion of Safavid trade during the period from 1450 to 1750, as indicated in the passage?
Safavid exchanges with European trading-post empires in Asia
Which of the following factors would contribute most to future revisions of Map 2 ? Responses
Spanish sponsorship of trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific maritime exploration
In the context of the period 1450-1750, which of the following most likely explains why the Qing government employed the scholars shown in the image?
States sought to centralize their rule by including foreigners whose positions were dependent on the state to serve in the bureaucracy.
In which of the following regions between 1450 and 1750 was Christian missionary activity met with the LEAST amount of resistance by non-European states?
The Americas
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 most accurately describes Bernier's main argument concerning Mughal administration? Responses
The Mughal government's practice of tax farming was not an effective means of promoting economic growth.
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? Responses
The Protestant Reformation led the Catholic Church to seek new converts outside of Europe.
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.
he production of the plaque in Goa is best understood in the immediate context of which of the following? Responses
The development of trading-post empires
Which of the following developments in the late fifteenth century could best be used as evidence to support Darwin's argument in the second paragraph regarding a change in patterns of long-distance trade? Responses
The discovery of maritime routes that linked Europe and Asia through the Indian Ocean
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 particular event depicted in the painting was likely important to Golkonda rulers mostly because it Responses
could be used as a symbol of the union between the state's ruling class and the majority of its population
The methods of warfare shown in the image were instrumental in explaining the territorial expansion of all of the following land-based empires EXCEPT Responses
the Aztec (Mexica) Empire
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 ? Responses
It led to deepening rivalries and conflicts as states' military capabilities grew.
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 Shi'a Safavids and neighboring Sunni empires
Based on the location of the painting, it can be inferred that its primary purpose was to Responses
bolster the legitimacy of the Golkonda dynasty by celebrating its past
The actions of peasants, artisans, and merchants discussed in the third paragraph are an example of Responses
resistance against state attempts to collect revenue
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? Responses
He was a Jesuit and based his book on Jesuit missionary reports.
A historian would most likely use Map 1 to research which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750 ? Responses
The ways that European cartography drew on earlier knowledge from the Islamic world and merchant activity in the Mediterranean
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.
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