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Source: "A Rebel Negro armed & on his guard" Engraving by William Blake (1770s). From Gabriel Steadman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negros of Surinam [South America], 1796 Which consequence of the Columbian Exchange most directly led to the event depicted in the image c. 1450 to c. 1750 CE?
Afro-Eurasian sugar was brought by Europeans to the Americas
Source: Thomas the Eparch & Joshua Diplovatatzes. "Account of the Taking of Constantinople" 1453 In the second paragraph, which of the following explains why the Ottoman governor occupied the Hagia Sophia?
As the religious center of Constantinople, occupying it and converting it into a mosque would help to legitimize his rule
Source: The Journey of Ibn Battuta. 1352-1354 Which innovation that encouraged interregional trade explains Ibn Battuta's ability to travel to West Africa c. 1200 and c. 1450?
Caravans
Colonial Trade Pattern, North Atlantic, 18th Century As indicated on the map and due to the rise of plantation economies specializing in labor intensive cash crops, what form of coerced labor was most used in the Americas?
Chattel Slavery
Source: Wujing Zongyao. 1040 to 1044. Traction trebuchet on an early Song Dynasty warship. Trebuchets like this were used to launch the earliest type of explosive bombs. This image can be used as evidence for which of the following c. 1200 to c. 1450?
China's continued tradition of scientifıc and technological innovations.
Source: Mexica/Aztec Tribute list from the Codex Mendoza (1542) What innovations allowed the Mexica/Aztec to support their large population?
Chinampa farming
Source: Thomas Wright. "The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian - Book III" (PDF). Public Library UK. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Marco Polo's reference in the fırst paragraph to the people of Java being "worshippers of idols," most likely refers to the influence of which historical development c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Chinese and Indian merchant communities in Southeast Asia
Source: Wujing Zongyao. 1040 to 1044. Traction trebuchet on an early Song Dynasty warship. Trebuchets like this were used to launch the earliest type of explosive bombs. Which of the following Chinese cultural traditions had the largest impact on neighboring regions in East Asia c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Confucianism
Source: Mexica/Aztec Tribute list from the Codex Mendoza (1542) Which of the following was most responsible for the fall of the Mexica?
Diseases like smallpox that came to America with the Europeans
Source: Thomas the Eparch & Joshua Diplovatatzes. "Account of the Taking of Constantinople" 1453 The passage above best illustrates which historical development in the period c. 1450 to c. 1750?
Empires began to rely on gunpowder weapons to expand their influence.
Source: "A Bridge of Light Between Cultures" by Griselda Alvarez Sesma a Mestiza of Yaqui/Mexica heritage born in Baja California (Mexico). Adjunct professor at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona. 2008 Which coercive labor system most directly led to the belief system described in the passage?
Encomienda
Source: Agriculture at the Middle Ages in Europe (12th-15th century) The whole map above can best be used as evidence of which development c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Europe was largely an agricultural society dependent on free and coerced labor.
Colonial Trade Pattern, North Atlantic, 18th Century The types of trade goods moving between Europe, Africa and the Americas as well as the political relationship between these places best represents which economic system c. 1450 to c. 1750?
Mercantilism
Source: Ibn Al-Wardi, Report of the Pestilence, 1348. Aleppo, Syria Ibn Al-Wardi indicates that he believes the Plague was due to which of the following?
God's punishment for sin
Colonial Trade Pattern, North Atlantic, 18th Century The creation of the new trade route visible on the map in yellow resulted most directly from what new development c. 1450 to c. 1750?
Improved understanding of regional wind and current patterns
Source: Jordanus De Turre, a Spanish Christian, Summa on Leprosy or Treatise on the Signs and Treatments of Lepers c. 1313-1335. In the first passage al-Razi's attitude towards ancient Greek physicians is best used as evidence of which of the following developments c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Islamic scholars preserved and commented on ancient Greek texts
Source: Thomas Wright. "The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian - Book III" (PDF). Public Library UK. Retrieved 25 March 2018. From the passage, what can be determined about the political situation of Java when Marco Polo visited?
It was an independent kingdom due to its distance from large empires.
Source: The Journey of Ibn Battuta. 1352-1354 What effect did the trade described by Ibn Battuta have on the kingdom of Mali?
Mali became a rich and powerful kingdom because it was a center of trade.
Source: Ibn Al-Wardi, Report of the Pestilence, 1348. Aleppo, Syria Which of the following was a social consequence of the Black Plague c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Peasant rebellions as labor shortages led to demands for higher wages and an end to serfdom in Western Europe
Source: "Letter to Safavid Shah Ismail (a Shi'a Muslim) from Ottoman Sultan Selim I (a Sunni Muslim)". 1514, prior to the Battle of Chaldiran. The second paragraph demonstrates which of the following developments in the period c. 1450 to c. 1750?
Political and religious disputes led to rivalries and conflicts between states
Source: Agriculture at the Middle Ages in Europe (12th-15th century) Territories like the one pictured on the map were the result of which historical development from c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Political decentralization following the collapse of the Roman Empire
Source: "Letter to Safavid Shah Ismail (a Shi'a Muslim) from Ottoman Sultan Selim I (a Sunni Muslim)". 1514, prior to the Battle of Chaldiran. A historian would most likely use the first paragraph of this passage as evidence of which of the following?
Rivalries intensified the split within Islam between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims.
Source: Mexica/Aztec Tribute list from the Codex Mendoza (1542) Which of the following explain the Mexica/Aztec use of tribute lists?
Rulers used tribute collection to generate the revenue needed to expand state power.
Source: Jordanus De Turre, a Spanish Christian, Summa on Leprosy or Treatise on the Signs and Treatments of Lepers c. 1313-1335. The passages above could best be used as evidence of which of the following historical developments c. 1200 to c. 1450?
Scholarly and cultural transfers in Muslim and Christian Spain
Source: "A Bridge of Light Between Cultures" by Griselda Alvarez Sesma a Mestiza of Yaqui/Mexica heritage born in Baja California (Mexico). Adjunct professor at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona. 2008 What best explains the author's description of how people view the Virgin de Guadalupe?
She is speaking about her own cultural beliefs
Source: The Kangxi Emperor at the age of 45, painted in 1699 The image of Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi legitimized his rule to his subjects in which of the following ways?
Showing the emperor surrounded by books would appeal to his Confucian subjects who might otherwise see him as a foreign monarch.
Source: "A Rebel Negro armed & on his guard" Engraving by William Blake (1770s). From Gabriel Steadman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negros of Surinam [South America], 1796 The image above supports which development from c. 1450 to c. 1750 CE
Slave resistance challenged existing authorities in the Americas
Source: The Journey of Ibn Battuta. 1352-1354 Ibn Battuta's discussion of slavery best illustrates which continuity from c. 1450 to c. 1750?
Slaveries continued existence within Africa
Source: The Journey of Ibn Battuta. 1352-1354 Connections between Mali and North Africa through trans-saharan trade routes led to what cultural development between c. 1200 and c. 1450?
Sufis &Islamic scholars traveled to Mali converting the elites to Islam and creating a center of scholarship at Timbuktu
Source: "A Bridge of Light Between Cultures" by Griselda Alvarez Sesma a Mestiza of Yaqui/Mexica heritage born in Baja California (Mexico). Adjunct professor at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona. 2008 The passage above best demonstrates which of the following developments from c. 1450 to c. 1750?
Syncretic belief systems and practices due to increased interactions between the newly connected hemispheres
Colonial Trade Pattern, North Atlantic, 18th Century The new trade route in the period c. 1450 to c. 1750, shown in yellow on the map above is referred to as..
The Atlantic System
Source: Ibn Al-Wardi, Report of the Pestilence, 1348. Aleppo, Syria All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which is best supported by Ibn Al-Wardi's argument in the passage?
The Black Plague spread along the Silk Road through cross-cultural contact.
Source: The Kangxi Emperor at the age of 45, painted in 1699 In the treatment of their subjects, the Qing Dynasty practiced which of the following policies to consolidate their power in the period c. 1450 to c. 1750?
The Han Chinese subjects faced prohibitions against moving into Manchuria and limits on their ability to serve in high ranking positions in government.
Source: French King Louis XIV trampling on Heresy by Thomas Gobert, c. 1692 This sculpture was most likely a response to which historical development?
The Protestant Reformation
The Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan 1280 The route of Marco Polo to China, as seen on the map most closely matches which of the following?
The Silk Road
Source: "A Bridge of Light Between Cultures" by Griselda Alvarez Sesma a Mestiza of Yaqui/Mexica heritage born in Baja California (Mexico). Adjunct professor at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona. 2008 What social restructuring took place in the Americas as a result of European conquest?
The adoption of the Casta System limited the opportunities of certain groups politically, economically, and socially.
Source: Jordanus De Turre, a Spanish Christian, Summa on Leprosy or Treatise on the Signs and Treatments of Lepers c. 1313-1335. The passages above most clearly illustrates which of the following c. 1200 to c. 1450?
The effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam
Source: Wujing Zongyao. 1040 to 1044. Traction trebuchet on an early Song Dynasty warship. Trebuchets like this were used to launch the earliest type of explosive bombs. Which element of the image above would have the greatest impact on Afro-Eurasia due to increased cross-cultural interactions in the period c. 1200 to c. 1450?
The explosives carried on the ship
The Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan 1280 All of the following were significant political effects of the rise of the Mongol Empire EXCEPT:
The fall of the Byzantine Empire
Source: Thomas Wright. "The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian - Book III" (PDF). Public Library UK. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Marco Polo's focus when describing Java is evidence of which of the following developments from c. 1200 to c. 1450?
The growing desire for luxury goods across Afro-Eurasia as trade intensified
Source: Agriculture at the Middle Ages in Europe (12th-15th century) The position and size of the church in the map above is evidence of which of the following developments from c. 1200 to c. 1450?
The importance of Christianity in shaping European society.
Source: Thomas Wright. "The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian - Book III" (PDF). Public Library UK. Retrieved 25 March 2018. The passage above clearly illustrates which of the following historical developments c. 1200 to c. 1450?
The increasing number of travelers within Afro-Eurasia who wrote about their travels as trade intensified.
The Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan 1280 The route taken by Marco Polo as shown on the map was made possible by which of the following?
The influence of expanding empires
Source: French King Louis XIV trampling on Heresy by Thomas Gobert, c. 1692 The sculpture of Louis XIV best exemplifies which of the following historical developments c. 1450 to c. 1750?
The king's use of religion and art to legitimize his rule
Source: French King Louis XIV trampling on Heresy by Thomas Gobert, c. 1692 The absolute authority of European kings like Louis XIV would be most challenged by which of the following developments?
The philosophers of the Enlightenment
Source: "Letter to Safavid Shah Ismail (a Shi'a Muslim) from Ottoman Sultan Selim I (a Sunni Muslim)". 1514, prior to the Battle of Chaldiran. The conflict described in the passage is most similar to which of the following developments c. 1450 to c. 1750?
The rivalry between Protestants and Catholics in Europe
The Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan 1280 Which of the following is a similarity of all major trade routes in Eurasia during the era of c. 1200 to c. 1450 CE?
Their reliance on technological innovations
Source: Thomas the Eparch & Joshua Diplovatatzes. "Account of the Taking of Constantinople" 1453 As the Ottomans moved further into Eastern Europe, expanding their empire, how did they gain legitimacy in the eyes of their new subjects in the Balkans?
They were religiously tolerant allowing Christian communities to practice their faith as long as they submitted to Ottoman power