Question 1 of 20
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All of the following statements about Ottoman expansion are true EXCEPT:
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A. their geographical location gave them a definite advantage for expansion.
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B. after taking advantage of Byzantine weakness, they established a base at Gallipoli, and then allied with the Serbs and Bulgars to continue fighting the Byzantine Empire.
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C. after the Kurdish seizure of Constantinople in 1521, Ottoman support of the new Kurdish ruler gave them greater control over Asia Minor.
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D. as they established European settlements, Turkish beys replaced local landlords, and became the only recipients of taxes collected from the Slavic peasant population.
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Question 2 of 20
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Which of the following statements is NOT an accurate characterization of the nature of Ottoman governmental processes?
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A. Originally, Ottoman rule was dominated by tribal law and augmented by Muslim law.
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B. The Ottoman Empire was influenced by Byzantine and Persian rule.
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C. The sultan ruled from the Topkapi with the assistance of the Grand Vezirs, who were primarily the products of the devshirme process.
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D. The government refused to allow any religion to be practiced in the empire except for Islam.
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Question 3 of 20
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Ottoman religious policy:
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A. applied Islamic law to everyone in the empire.
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B. required all Shi’ite Muslims to convert to Sunni Islam.
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C. was more tolerant of Hindu beliefs than the Mughal Dynasty.
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D. placed the members of each religious group under a patriarch or grand rabbi, who served in an intermediary capacity in governmental matters effecting his group.
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Question 4 of 20
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Safavid Iran:
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A. was a purely Persian society.
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B. was strongly influenced by Turkish elements within the society.
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C. adopted Sunni Islam as its state religion.
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D. was a thoroughly egalitarian society.
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Question 5 of 20
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Mughal decline was most probably NOT caused by the:
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A. fall of the Safavid dynasty.
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B. rise in local power and wealth.
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C. return of Muslim strictness after the rule of Shah Jahan ended.
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D. effect of the European presence on the subcontinent.
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Question 6 of 20
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The British presence in India significantly began in 1616 when they:
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A. successfully attacked Puna.
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B. established their first factory at Delhi.
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C. were granted the right to have their own representative at the court in Agra.
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D. forced the Mughals to provide them with light weight textiles.
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Question 7 of 20
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The peasant revolt that brought down the preoccupied Ming Dynasty, and precipitated the ascension to control of the Manchus, was led by the disgruntled postal worker:
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A. Yuan Shi Kai.
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B. Li Zicheng.
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C. Zheng Chenggong.
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D. Koxinga.
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Question 8 of 20
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Question 9 of 20
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Qianlong:
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A. ended civil service corruption by demanding his standards of permanence and by ordering the public executions of a number of corrupt officials.
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B. was the first emperor to have a French concubine given to him by the Japanese emperor.
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C. was a great soldier who was killed in battle in Tibet.
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D. was dissatisfied by Lord Macartney’s behavior in China.
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Question 10 of 20
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Which of the following is accurate regarding of the effects of Qianlong’s trade policy with England?
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A. It showed Lord Macartney that he could not continue to attack the Emperor.
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B. It set the stage for a future of harmonious trade relations between the two powers.
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C. It showed the compromising nature of the Chinese attitude.
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D. It set the stage for a future of Chinese degradation and decline.
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Question 11 of 20
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As manufacturing and commerce began to grow in Ming and Qing China:
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A. the elite retained a preference for agriculture.
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B. industrialization became the preferred area of activity for all Chinese.
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C. Europeans became the predominant force in all areas of Chinese production.
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D. government tax policies favored the industrial sector over the agricultural one.
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Question 12 of 20
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The Japanese who seized Kyoto and spent his last years trying to consolidate his rule was:
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A. Yamato Ryutu.
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B. Iza Shotoku.
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C. Oda Nobunaga.
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D. Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Question 13 of 20
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Hideyoshi expelled missionaries from his domain in 1587 because the missionaries were:
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A. supportive of the emperor rather than the shogun.
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B. selling indulgences.
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C. destroying local Christian religious shrines.
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D. interfering in local Japanese political matters.
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Question 14 of 20
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Newton’s Principia:
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A. placed the earth at the center of the universe.
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B. rejected the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
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C. mathematically disproved the universal law of gravitation.
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D. supplied the new theory of the universe that combined the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
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Question 15 of 20
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Which of the following was NOT one of the positive buzzwords of the Enlightenment?
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A. Reason
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B. Divine revelation
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C. Natural law
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D. Hope
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Question 16 of 20
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Enlightenment advocates of economic liberalism:
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A. urged rulers to guide their societies in rationally determined directions.
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B. were vigorously opposed by Adams Smith.
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C. opposed attempts to establish laissez-faire policies.
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D. believed that individuals should be free to pursue their own economic self-interest.
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Question 17 of 20
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Outside of Europe, the major scenes of battle in the Seven Years War were:
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A. North America and Africa.
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B. Central America and India.
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C. India and North America.
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D. Latin America and Africa.
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Question 18 of 20
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Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the nature of the British Parliament in the latter half of the eighteenth century?
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A. It was primarily composed of civil libertarians who advocated individual rights.
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B. Its role was primarily that of a rubber stamp for the king.
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C. It shared power with the king, gradually gaining the upper hand.
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D. Uniquely, women could become Members of Parliament.
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Question 19 of 20
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Britain decided to end its war against the Americans after a combined American and French force defeated General Cornwallis at:
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A. Cowpens.
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B. Newburgh.
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C. Saratoga.
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D. Yorktown.
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Question 20 of 20
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The military forces raised by the French revolutionary government was:
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A. composed largely of non French mercenaries.
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B. the largest navy ever assembled in Europe up to that point.
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C. unsuccessful on the battlefield although victorious in naval combat.
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D. a true army of the people, whose intensity was the beginning of the concept of total war.
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