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Chapters 15-23 Flashcards

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Which of the following was not influential in the Renaissance?

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Industrialization

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One of the reasons that the Chinese did not have overseas empires was

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They did not colonize

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Christopher Columbus hoped to

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Convert the Native peoples to Christianity

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Within a hundred years of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage, millions of Ameridians had died mainly from

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Disease

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The Aztec Altepetl was able to expand because of

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Conquest

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The Inca rulers were determined by

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Combat

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Christopher Columbus was from

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Italy

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The Catholic Reformation was

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An attempt by Catholics to reform Catholicism

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The Portuguese achieved trade by

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Force

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Confucianism stressed

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Strict gender hierarchies

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Which of these countries would Ming China have considered the least civilized?

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Japan

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The largest movement of people at this point in time came from

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Atlantic slave trade

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13
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Who was at the forefront of early modern capitalism?

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The Dutch

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The ultimate basis of Mughal wealth and power was

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Agriculture

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The Portuguese were seeking an oceanic route for trade because

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The Muslims controlled the land routes

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The main source of revenue for the tsars and nobility was

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Agricultural surplus

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The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was

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The slaughter of Huguenots by Catholics

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18
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Janissaries were

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Elite slaves

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19
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Empires that collapsed during this time period include all of the following except

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The Ottoman Empire

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20
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The Ottoman Empire’s form of Islam is classified as

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Sunni

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21
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Iberian Muslims were

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Forced to convert to Christianity but practiced Islam in private

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22
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When Shah Abbas invited European merchants and diplomatic representatives to Isfahan, which country/people group was favored?

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Russia

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23
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Constantinople was seized in 1453 by

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The Ottoman Empire

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Syncretism is

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The mixing of paganism and Christianity

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Cultural and racial mixing were uncommon in New England because
There were equal numbers of European men and women
26
Brazil was Portugal's most important overseas colony because of
Sugar and gold
27
It was ____ that filled the Spanish treasury and transformed the world economy.
Silver
28
All of the following displaced Spain's pre-eminence during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries except for
Portugal
29
By 1641 what percentage of the Huron had been killed by disease?
50%
30
The foundation for Virginia's prosperity was
Tobacco
31
Spain's main goal concerning the New Worlds was
Extract wealth
32
What was the last and largest African Empire?
The Songhai Empire
33
Kimpa Vita preached that
Jesus Christ was an African
34
The Act for the _________ of the Slave Trade passed in the year _____ .
Abolition; 1807
35
The first major country to abolish slavery was
Britain
36
The three areas involved in the triangular trade were:
Africa, America, Europe
37
The Black Seminoles were
Runaway slaves who lived and mixed with the Creek
38
What powerful kingdom or kingdoms emerged in the Great Lakes region?
All of the above (Baganda & Rwanda)
39
What percentage of African slaves who crossed the Atlantic came to British North America?
5%
40
After the fragmentation of the Mughal Empire, who stepped into their place?
Britain
41
Women worked in the area of
Weaving
42
The Qing Dynasty was marked by all of the following except
Religious intelerance
43
What did the engine of Chinese textile production consist of?
Human labor
44
By what standard was Qing China prosperous?
Confucian
45
The Seclusion Edicts
Outlawed Christianity
46
What showed the increasing influence of Europe in Asian affairs?
Russian and British expansion
47
All of the following were the true foundations of Aurangzeb's empire except
Territorial conquest
48
The "moderns" rejected the infallibility of
Both b and c (Classical authority and Christian theology)
49
Enlightenment ideas include all of the following except
Superstition
50
All of the following women were Enlightenment thinkers except for
Montesquieu
51
Studying _______ is characteristic of all cultures.
Plant life
52
Joseph Banks' voyage helped expand
The knowledge of the natural world
53
New South Wales began as a
Penal colony
54
Enlightened despots claimed they brought which of the following to their domains:
Order, harmony, and reason
55
Linnaeus invented which of the following
Both a and b (Binomial nomenclature and Hierarchy classification of living things)
56
How did Tupac Amaru II die?
Execution by the Spanish government
57
What are caudillos and what did they look after?
Dictatorial rulers who looked out for themselves and the military
58
The Constitution of the United States of America grants which of the following powers to the federal government
Taxation and judicial oversight
59
The Bill of Rights established which of the following rights?
None of the above
60
The Third Estate was made up of
The Middle Class
61
The Amerindian uprising of 1780 in the Andes was led by
Tupac Amaru II
62
All of the following factors inhibited a strong sense of "Venezuelan" identity except for
Religious divisions
63
Boukman and Toussaint L'Ouverture were famous for starting revolutions in
Haiti
64
Social Darwinism justified
Social inequality
65
Who unified Italy by conquering Naples and Sicily?
Guiseppe Garibaldi
66
Marx saw history as propelled by
Changes in modes of production
67
What philosophy guided Victorian reform?
Utilitarianism
68
The Industrial Revolution was unleashed by
Improvements in the production of iron
69
Adam Smith argued that ________ was a key to increased productivity.
Division of labor
70
Herzen saw the Emancipation Edits as
A wasted opprotunity for more meaningful reform
71
John Stuart Mill believed that
Both a and b (working men should be able to vote & women should be able to vote)

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