WEEK TWO QUIZ
Due 3-19-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A Ottoman armies
B Chinese armies
C Eurasian trade routes
D Portuguese sailors 2.) Which of the following areas did not come under Ottoman control by the early 15th century?
A Northern India
B The Arab world
C Much of southern and eastern Europe
D Anatolia 3.) Topkapi palace was the political seat of
A Ottoman rulers
B Safavid rulers
C Mughal rulers
D Ming rulers 4.) Zheng He's fleet visited all of the following except
A Western Europe
B India
C Southeast Asia
D East Africa coast 5.) The Ming Dynasty viewed overseas trade as
A An important source of government revenue
B A means of expanding the influence of the emperor
C A potential source of instability
D A means of expanding the reach of Buddhism 6.) In Spain, political centralization of power occurred mainly through
A War
B Dynastic marriage alliances
C Leadership of the church
D Leading role of the rulers of Granada 7.) The group that eventually drove the Mongols from China was
A The Beghards
B The Sikhs
C The Red Turbans
D The Boxers 8.) Janissaries were
A A corp of infantry who owed direct allegiance to the Ottoman ruler
B Conscripted to serve the Ottomans through the devshrime
C Bureaucrats who aided the Ottoman rulers clip the autonomy of local rulers
D all of the above 9.) Europeans dynasties in the 14th century faced all of the following problems in centralizing their power except
A Language diversity
B Powerful nobles
C Few examples of strong states
D Strong religious diversity 10.) Portuguese maritime voyages of exploration differed from the Ming dynasty's in that
A Portuguese armadas were larger
B Resulted in territorial expansion for the Portuguese
C Had no official support from the crown
D Were sponsored exclusively by merchants
11.) Merchants from what region tended to play the role of "brokers" between Europeans and Middle Eastern traders
A Castille
B Aragon
C Portugal
D Italy 12.) Mongol rulers in the Middle East can be credited with
A Founding enduring political institutions
B Patronizing the arts
C Sharing the power with indigenous peoples
D Integrating massive numbers if pastoral people into settled areas
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