AP World History Review

1750-1914 Myers

 In what century did the Atlantic slave trade reach its zenith in terms of numbers of Africans exported? A) fifteenth B) sixteenth C) seventeenth D) eighteenth E) fourteenth

And the answer is

D) eighteenth

 In what way did the trans-Saharan slave trade differ from that of the Atlantic slave trade? A) The Atlantic slave trade was carried out almost exclusively by Muslims. B) The trans-Saharan slave trade was carried out in much greater volume than the Atlantic slave trade. C) The trans-Saharan slave trade concentrated on women, but the Atlantic slave trade concentrated on young men. D) The African preference for retaining young male slaves to extend kinship lines implied that primarily women were available to the Atlantic trade, while men converted to Islam were more likely trade objects for the trans-Saharan trade. E) The trans-Saharan slave trade was much more arduous and cruel than the trans-Atlantic trade.

And the answer is

C) The trans-Saharan slave trade concentrated on women, but the Atlantic slave trade concentrated on young men.

 What was the demographic impact of the slave trade on Africa? A) The slave trade exported millions, but the loss was made up as a result of the natural prolificacy of the Africans. B) Population in Africa seems to actually have grown, despite the number of men, women, and children exported to the Americas. C) The slave trade had the impact of skewing the population of central Africa in favor of a disproportional number of women. D) As a result of the slave trade, the population of Africa was only one-third of what it would have been without the export of men and women. E) The African population grew as kingdoms had more slaves.

And the answer is

C) The slave trade had the impact of skewing the population of central Africa in favor of a disproportional number of women.

 How did the British organize the shipment of slaves to the Americas? A) In Britain, unlike elsewhere, the slave trade was carried out by uncontrolled private venture. B) In Britain, the chartered Royal African Company was granted a monopoly over the shipment of slaves to colonies in the Americas. C) The British refused to participate in the slave trade and attempted to intercept shipments of slaves to the Americas beginning in the 1660s. D) The British government directly participated in the slave trade through use of the Royal Navy. E) All merchant marine ships were used for this purpose.

And the answer is

B) In Britain, the chartered Royal African Company was granted a monopoly over the shipment of slaves to colonies in the Americas

 What was the political impact of the presence of Europeans on the African coast? A) States were more likely to form in the savanna regions of Africa. B) Strong centralized states began to form on the coastline in close proximity to the European trade forts. C) West and central African kingdoms just inland from the forts began to redirect their trade and expand their influence. D) State formation in Africa took place on the Indian Ocean coast away from the trade routes established by the Europeans. E) Europeans immediately divided up the entire continent.

And the answer is

C) West and central African kingdoms just inland from the forts began to redirect their trade and expand their influence.

 In what way did the European slave trade enable centralizing states to expand more rapidly? A) Slaves were traded for firearms that allowed expanding states to overpower their neighbors, resulting in more slaves. B) The Europeans rapidly created military alliances and added their armies to those of their slave-trading allies. C) The European slave trade weakened the states of central and western Africa, allowing the centralizing states of eastern Africa to expand without competition. D) The slave trade was restricted to the coasts, leaving the political units of interior Africa free of European interference. E) All slaves were shipped from a central location.

And the answer is

A) Slaves were traded for firearms that allowed expanding states to overpower their neighbors, resulting in more slaves.

 What area of Africa was least affected by the slave trade? A) the savanna and the Sudan B) southern Africa C) central and west Africa D) east Africa E) West Africa

And the answer is

B) southern Africa

 What was the average mortality for slaves shipped to the Americas in the Atlantic slave trade? A) 1015 percent B) 1820 percent C) 2540 percent D) 5565 percent E) less than 10 percent

And the answer is

B) 1820 percent

 The slave voyage to the Americas was referred to as the: A) Atlantic Mistral. B) Ocean Express. C) American Tragedy. D) Middle Passage. E) Rite of Passage.

And the answer is

D) Middle Passage.

 Which of the following statements concerning the political philosophy of the Enlightenment is most accurate? A) Enlightenment philosophers were creatures of the monarchs who were their patrons and supported the powers of the kings. B) Although the Enlightenment philosophers were generally opposed to the authority of the Church, they argued that only monarchy could insure stability for the masses. C) Enlightenment thinkers challenged regimes that did not grant full religious freedom or that insisted on aristocratic privilege. D) Enlightenment intellectuals were the firmest supporters of the Church left in European culture. E) Enlightenment figures supported the national regimes unconditionally.

And the answer is

C) Enlightenment thinkers challenged regimes that did not grant full religious freedom or that insisted on aristocratic privilege.

 In what year did the American colonies set up a new constitutional structure based on Enlightenment principles? A) 1776 B) 1781 C) 1783 D) 1789 E) 1785

And the answer is

D) 1789

 Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution? A) Enlightenment thinkers urging the need to limit the powers of the Catholic Church and the aristocracy B) the Church seeking greater power over the royal government C) the middle class demand for greater political representation D) the peasant desire for freedom from manorialism E) the rising power of the peasants

And the answer is

B) the Church seeking greater power over the royal government

In what year did the French Revolution begin? A) 1789 B) 1791 C) 1795 D) 1798 E) 1792

And the answer is

A) 1789

 Which of the following was a lasting reform passed during the initial, moderate phase of the French Revolution? A) universal male suffrage B) the introduction of Protestantism C) peasants were freed from all traces of manorialism D) universal military conscription E) private education

And the answer is

C) peasants were freed from all traces of manorialism

 On July 14 in the first year of the French Revolution, the storming of what political prison provided a revolutionary symbol? A) Tuileries B) Place des Vosges C) Montpamasse D) Bastille E) Orangerie

And the answer is

D) Bastille

 The final phase of the French Revolution was ushered in by the victory of: A) Maximilien Robespierre. B) Napoleon Bonaparte. C) Auguste Comte. D) Partie Girondin. E) Marquis de Lafayette.

And the answer is

B) Napoleon Bonaparte.

 In what year did a European alliance finally crush the French empire? A) 1809 B) 1811 C) 1815 D) 1822 E) 1848

And the answer is

C) 1815

 Which of the following statements concerning the peace conference at Vienna following the fall of France is most accurate? A) The allies intended to punish France severely in order to make certain that no further revolution was possible. B) Territorial adjustments reached at Vienna kept Europe fairly stable for almost half a century. C) Successful restoration of conservative monarchies and promotion of internal peace was achieved for a century. D) Poland emerged as one of the winners in the territorial realignments that followed the wars. E) The old Holy Roman Empire was virtually untouched.

And the answer is

B) Territorial adjustments reached at Vienna kept Europe fairly stable for almost half a century.

 Which political group listed below would espouse the following statement? The political goals of greatest significance are the establishment of constitutional rule and the extension of the parliamentary franchise to propertied men of the middle class. A) radicals B) socialists C) liberals D) conservatives E) royalists

And the answer is

C) liberals

 Which political group listed below would espouse the following statement? As long as property is controlled by private individuals, inequality will exist. It is the role of the state to manage property for the benefit of all citizens. A) radicals B) socialists C) liberals D) conservatives E) royalists

And the answer is

B) socialists

 In 1820, Greece fought for its independence from: A) Austria-Hungary. B) Poland. C) Italy. D) the Ottoman Empire. E) Russia.

And the answer is

D) the Ottoman Empire.

 Which of the following was NOT a cause of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain? A) natural resources B) strong capital reserves from previous trade C) faith in human progress and in human ability to dominate nature D) the absence of population pressure capable of siphoning off profits E) the existence of a large peasant class

And the answer is

D) the absence of population pressure capable of siphoning off profits

 What was the contribution of American inventors to the Industrial Revolution? A) the invention of the steam engine used in the factory system B) the creation of the first railway system C) the construction of the first steel factory using the puddling system D) the creation of a production system of interchangeable parts E) the inventor of the water wheel

And the answer is

D) the creation of a production system of interchangeable parts

 Middle class women, traditionally active partners to merchants,: A) continued to provide substantial expertise in the direction of business. B) gained new roles in accounting and banking. C) withdrew from formal jobs to new roles in caring for children and the home. D) entered the work force in increasing numbers. E) became merchants themselves.

And the answer is

C) withdrew from formal jobs to new roles in caring for children and the home.

 After industrialization a demographic transition occurred to a new system that promoted stable population levels through: A) government-sponsored family planning. B) legal sanctions against illegitimate births. C) low birth and death rates. D) increased mortality due to industrial accidents and environmental pollution. E) better nutrition.

And the answer is

C) low birth and death rates.

Louis Pasteur was responsible for the: A) development of the telegraph. B) discovery of germs. C) creation of the first French department store. D) invention of the birth control pill. E) invention of automobiles.

And the answer is

B) discovery of germs.

 As industrialization spread peasants in Europe improved their conditions by all of the following means EXCEPT: A) forming unions. B) organizing cooperatives. C) specializing in new cash crops. D) seeking more education. E) acquiring new technical skills.

And the answer is

A) forming unions.

 Which of the following statements concerning conservative political strategies after 1850 is most accurate? A) With the destruction of the liberal movement, conservatives felt free to restore the aristocratic bias of absolute monarchy. B) Conservatives began to ally more closely with socialists in order to offset the political advantages gained by liberals during the revolutions of 1848. C) Conservatives ceased to play any role in the political framework of Europe after 1850. D) Conservatives strove to develop a new political consensus with liberals that would grant the appearance of constitutional reform but retain aristocratic privilege. E) Conservatives allied themselves with the middle class to stop the rise of workers.

And the answer is

D) Conservatives strove to develop a new political consensus with liberals that would grant the appearance of constitutional reform but retain aristocratic privilege.

 Who was responsible for managing the unification of Italy? A) Benito Mussolini B) Count Camillo di Cavour C) Georgio Gaspari D) Giovanni Villani E) Antonio Gramsci

And the answer is

B) Count Camillo di Cavour

 What German conservative was responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871? A) Otto von Bismarck B) the Elector of Hanover C) King Joseph II D) Klemens von Metternich E) Helmuth von Moltke

And the answer is

A) Otto von Bismarck

 Which of the following statements could NOT be attributed to the political philosophy of Karl Marx? A) Earlier socialist theories based on utopian schemes were silly and unrealistic. B) In the aftermath of the victory of the proletariat, the state would emerge permanently as a powerful dictatorship. C) History was shaped by the available means of production and who controlled them. D) Revolution of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie was inevitable. E) History is a struggle between owners and laborers.

And the answer is

B) In the aftermath of the victory of the proletariat, the state would emerge permanently as a powerful dictatorship.

 In what nation did socialism produce the strongest political party? A) Britain B) the United States C) France D) Germany E) Austria

And the answer is

D) Germany

 Who proposed evolution in 1859 as the basis of biological development? A) Charles Darwin B) Karl le Blanc C) Louis Pasteur D) Nils Bormann E) Friedrich Nietzsche

And the answer is

A) Charles Darwin

 Britains Australian colonies originated in 1788 as: A) mining expeditions. B) plantation and ranching settlements. C) penal settlements. D) fortified trading ports. E) silver depots.

And the answer is

C) penal settlements.

 Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the Triple Entente? A) Italy B) France C) Germany D) the United States E) Austria-Hungary

And the answer is

D) the United States

 Balkan nationalism initially exacerbated deteriorating relationships between what two powers with interests in the region? A) Britain and France B) Germany and Italy C) Russia and Austria-Hungary D) France and Russia E) Turkey and Greece

And the answer is

C) Russia and Austria-Hungary

 Which of the following was NOT an aspect of imperialism in the period following European industrialization? A) the search for markets for European manufactured products B) the absence of Christian missions C) the establishment of European colonies in the interior of Africa and Asia D) the search for raw materials to feed the machines of Europe E) the need to find profitable investments for excess capital

And the answer is

B) the absence of Christian missions

 By what time did the shift from pre-industrial to industrial imperialism clearly take place? A) the beginning of the eighteenth century B) the middle of the eighteenth century C) the beginning of the nineteenth century D) the middle of the nineteenth century E) the beginning of the twentieth century

And the answer is

D) the middle of the nineteenth century

 Which of the following statements concerning the management of colonial enterprises by the Dutch and British East India Companies is most accurate? A) The directors of the companies were little interested in the acquisition of colonial territories. B) The directors of the companies made precise plans for the expansion of company administrative control over the governments of indigenous peoples. C) The companies were granted monopolies by governments with the clear expectation that they would conquer new territories for their respective nations. D) The companies were mere figureheads for the active and direct intervention of European nations in the affairs of Asian peoples. E) The companies worked in partnership with indigenous industries.

And the answer is

A) The directors of the companies were little interested in the acquisition of colonial territories.

 Which of the following was the earliest example of a European empire built as a result of independent initiative of company agents? A) Java B) Siam C) India D) Libya E) Macao

And the answer is

A) Java

 In what way was the British East India Companys intrusion into India similar to the Dutch entry into Java? A) the conversion of the Indian elite to Christianity B) the use of mercenaries recruited from among indigenous peoples C) the British removal of all local rulers in the eighteenth century D) the direct intervention of the British government E) effective naval operations

And the answer is

B) the use of mercenaries recruited from among indigenous peoples

 In which of the following ways was the British experience in India different than that of the Dutch in Java? A) the lack of involvement of the British East India Company B) the absence of intervention in local squabbles and succession disputes in India C) the failure to use indigenous peoples in recruited armies D) the existence of a global imperial rivalry with the French E) the support of the British government

And the answer is

D) the existence of a global imperial rivalry with the French

 The territories controlled by the British East India Company expanded concurrently with the collapse of the: A) Safavid dominions. B) Mughal Empire. C) Mauryan territories. D) Raj. E) Maghreb.

And the answer is

B) Mughal Empire.

 Which of the following was NOT a handicap faced by the Indian princes in defending their kingdoms from the British? A) the lack of a sense of national identity in India B) the willingness of Indians to serve in the British armies C) the continued warfare among the Indian princes D) the success of the British in winning many converts to Christianity E) strength of the British military

And the answer is

D) the success of the British in winning many converts to Christianity

 Which of the following statements concerning European interaction with indigenous peoples prior to 1850 is most accurate? A) Social taboos effectively prevented any social interaction between Europeans and indigenous peoples. B) As most of the Europeans were male, social interaction was limited to sexual exploitation of females in brothels or as slaves. C) Mixed marriages between European males and indigenous females became widely accepted, particularly in Java. D) Both European males and females intermarried with indigenous peoples on a common basis. E) In all cases few interactions took place.

And the answer is

C) Mixed marriages between European males and indigenous females became widely accepted, particularly in Java.

 Jeremy Bentham and James Mill were leaders of what philosophical movement that supported social reform in the colonies? A) Sophism B) Scientific Positivism C) Social Darwinism D) Utilitarianism E) Pragmatism

And the answer is

D) Utilitarianism

 Which of the following countries granted citizenship to educated inhabitants of their colonies? A) Britain B) Germany C) Holland D) France E) Spain

And the answer is

D) France

 By 1914 all of Africa had fallen to European colonialists EXCEPT: A) Libya. B) Algeria. C) Egypt. D) Ethiopia. E) South Africa.

And the answer is

D) Ethiopia.

 Which of the following statements most accurately describes the European strategy with respect to the government of tropical dependencies? A) The Europeans exploited longstanding ethnic and cultural divisions between indigenous peoples. B) European colonialism depended on wholesale conversions to Christianity. C) In many cases, the Europeans utilized their military superiority to carry out genocide against African and Asian peoples. D) Colonial rulers tended to favor Muslims at the expense of other minorities in African and Asian colonies because of the level of education of Muslim peoples. E) They were de facto independent nations.

And the answer is

A) The Europeans exploited longstanding ethnic and cultural divisions between indigenous peoples.

 Hawaii was effectively opened to the West through the voyages of: A) Magellan. B) Captain James Cook. C) Henry Hudson. D) Admiral Farragut. E) Francis Drake.

And the answer is

B) Captain James Cook.

 Why were the Portuguese unwilling to exchange bullion for products within the Asian commercial system? A) The doctrine of mercantilism equated possession of bullion with power and argued against negative trade balances. B) They had none. C) There was little merchandise that the Portuguese considered of value in the Asian trade network. D) All of Portuguese bullion was exchanged for slaves in the African commercial system. E) They were sending bullion to England to pay for weapons.

And the answer is

A) The doctrine of mercantilism equated possession of bullion with power and argued against negative trade balances.

 Why did the Portuguese believe they could successfully enter the Asian sea trading by force? A) The Asian empires lacked navies. B) There was little military force in any of the Muslim or Asian empires. C) The Portuguese realized that their armies were more numerous than those of the Asian opponents. D) The Portuguese had fewer ships, but they were more maneuverable and better armed than those of their Asian opponents. E) The European trade zones were easily dominated by force.

And the answer is

D) The Portuguese had fewer ships, but they were more maneuverable and better armed than those of their Asian opponents.

 The Portuguese won a major sea battle over a combined fleet of Egyptian and Indian vessels in 1509 at: A) Malacca. B) Diu. C) Samarkand. D) Batavia. E) Jidda.

And the answer is

B) Diu.

 Which of the following was NOT a fortified trading port established by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century? A) Batavia B) Ormuz C) Malacca D) Goa E) Pegu

And the answer is

A) Batavia

 What trade did the Portuguese intend to monopolize within the Asian trading network? A) slaves B) ivory C) spices D) cotton textiles E) lumber

And the answer is

C) spices

 How successful was the Portuguese monopoly on Asian products? A) For some decades they were able to maintain a complete monopoly over Asian products shipped to Europe. B) Though they managed to monopolize some spices grown in limited locales, the Portuguese lacked the manpower and ships to sustain a monopoly. C) The Portuguese were unable to achieve control over any Asian products due to competition from the Chinese commercial navy. D) The Portuguese monopoly was rigidly enforced over Asian products for almost two centuries. E) Other European trade powers were frozen out of the market.

And the answer is

B) Though they managed to monopolize some spices grown in limited locales, the Portuguese lacked the manpower and ships to sustain a monopoly.

 Who succeeded the Portuguese as the most successful European entrant into the Asian sea trading network? A) England B) Italy C) Spain D) Holland E) Germany

And the answer is

D) Holland

 Where was the chief Dutch trading fortress and port in Southeast Asia? A) Ormuz B) Goa C) Batavia D) Darsan E) Manila

And the answer is

C) Batavia

 How did the Dutch commercial strategy within the Asian trade network differ from that of the Portuguese? A) The Dutch lacked a substantial navy, and could not use warships to maintain their commercial advantage. B) The Dutch did not make use of fortified towns and factories. C) The Dutch were more systematic in their monopoly control of a limited number of specific spices. D) The Dutch were more humane in their treatment of island peoples who cultivated the spices. E) The Dutch were more interested in establishing permanent settlements.

And the answer is

C) The Dutch were more systematic in their monopoly control of a limited number of specific spices.

 In what way did the Dutch and English participation within the Asian sea trading network change by the middle decades of the seventeenth century? A) For both the Dutch and the English, peaceful commerce came to be more profitable than forcible control and monopolies were aimed at European rather than Asian rivals. B) Both northern European nations abandoned the commerce in spices in favor of cotton and silk textiles. C) Unlike the Portuguese arid Spanish, the northern European nations undertook wholesale conversion to Protestantism of the inhabitants of the spice islands. D) As allies, the Dutch and English were able to establish a naval supremacy in Asia sufficient to monopolize all trade within the Asian sea trading network. E) Military expansion enabled greater commercial control.

And the answer is

A) For both the Dutch and the English, peaceful commerce came to be more profitable than forcible control and monopolies were aimed at European rather than Asian rivals.

 What treaty in 1757 reduced the Javanese princes to vassals of the Dutch East India Company? A) Treaty of Luzon B) Treaty of Suharta C) Treaty of Gijanti D) Treaty of Suhong E) Treaty of Nanking

And the answer is

C) Treaty of Gijanti

 What area of the Philippines were the Spanish NOT able to conquer? A) Luzon B) Suhong C) Java D) Mindanao E) Leyte

And the answer is

D) Mindanao

 Among which of the following groups did Roman Catholic missionaries enjoy some success? A) the animists of the southern Philippines B) Hindu brahmans C) the Chinese D) outcaste groups in Indian coastal regions E) Buddhists

And the answer is

D) outcaste groups in Indian coastal regions

 What Jesuit missionary was responsible for creating the strategy of converting Hindu elites as a means of achieving mass conversions? A) Francis Xavier B) Robert di Nobili C) Matteo Ricci D) Adam Schall E) Padre Kino

And the answer is

B) Robert di Nobili

 In what sense was the Spanish conversion of the Filipinos similar to their experience in the Americas? A) All Christian tenets were taught in the language of the indigenous peoples. B) Filipino conversion to Christianity was predicated on political equality with the Spanish conquerors. C) Like the Amerindians, the Filipinos brand of Christianity represented a creative blend of earlier beliefs and practices with Christianity. D) Few Filipinos were converted to Christianity. E) Filipinos were easily converted to Protestant faiths.

And the answer is

C) Like the Amerindians, the Filipinos brand of Christianity represented a creative blend of earlier beliefs and practices with Christianity.

 Which of the following was NOT a European contribution to the Asian sea trading network? A) the addition of new routes, including the link to Europe around the Cape of Good Hope B) the introduction of sea warfare into the Asian trade network C) the establishment of new trading centers such as Goa, Calcutta, and Batavia D) the establishment of an exchange of new crops and diseases similar to the Columbian Exchange with the Americas E) A global flow of silver

And the answer is

D) the establishment of an exchange of new crops and diseases similar to the Columbian Exchange with the Americas

The first Ming emperor of China was: A) Yunglo. B) Hongwu. C) Kangxi. D) Zhenghe. E) Chong Zhao.

And the answer is

B) Hongwu.

 Which of the following reforms was NOT introduced by the first Ming emperor? A) The position of the scholar-gentry within the bureaucracy was restored. B) State subsidies for imperial academies and regional colleges were re-instituted. C) Family influence in the selection of men to the Chinese bureaucracy was eliminated. D) The civil service examination system was reinstated. E) The position of chief minister was abolished.

And the answer is

C) Family influence in the selection of men to the Chinese bureaucracy was eliminated.

 Which of the following was a reform instituted by the first Ming emperor to reduce court factionalism and the power of the scholar-gentry? A) A chief minister was appointed from the royal family to oversee all work of the imperial bureaucracy. B) Corrupt or incompetent members of the bureaucracy were punished by being beaten on the bare buttocks. C) Imperial wives could only come from specified noble families of good repute. D) Eunuchs were expelled from the royal household. E) Exams were more complex.

And the answer is

B) Corrupt or incompetent members of the bureaucracy were punished by being beaten on the bare buttocks.

 Which of the following statements concerning Ming reforms in favor of the peasantry is most accurate? A) The early Ming emperors were completely uninterested in the plight of the peasantry. B) The first Ming emperor attempted to increase the forced labor demands on the peasantry in order to restore the Chinese economy following the expulsion of the Mongols. C) Despite some attempts to improve economic conditions for the peasantry, the growing power of the rural landlords led to increased tenancy and landless laborers. D) The Ming reforms resulted in a reduction in the authority of the local landlords and the establishment of small farming operations throughout China. E) Peasants were made exempt from all taxation.

And the answer is

C) Despite some attempts to improve economic conditions for the peasantry, the growing power of the rural landlords led to increased tenancy and landless laborers.

 Which of the following statements concerning Ming social organization is most accurate? A) The adoption of more Buddhist beliefs began to break down the strict patterns of deference that had been customary in Han and Song China. B) Occupational alternatives for women of all social levels dramatically expanded during the Ming era. C) Among the groups granted almost total freedom from the bonds of social status were the students seeking entry into the scholar-gentry. D) Under the continued influence of neo-Confucian ideology, Ming society remained rigidly stratified with emphasis on deference of youth to elders and women to men. E) Social roles were more flexible than before.

And the answer is

D) Under the continued influence of neoConfucian ideology, Ming society remained rigidly stratified with emphasis on deference of youth to elders and women to men.

 Which of the following reasons is at least in part responsible for the peopling of the Yangtze region in the southern part of China during the Ming era? A) the introduction of crops from the Americas that could be cultivated on inferior soils that did not require irrigation B) the enforced migration of remaining Mongols within the Chinese population to the region of the Yangtze C) the abandonment of rice and millet cultivation in the region in favor of wheat introduced by Portuguese merchants D) the opening of the region to settlement from Siam and Vietnam E) the Song left the area open and neglected

And the answer is

A) the introduction of crops from the Americas that could be cultivated on inferior soils that did not require irrigation

 Where were foreigners permitted to do business in China during the Ming era? A) at any port B) only at the Ming capital at Beijing C) at Macao and Canton D) nowhere E) at Hong Kong

And the answer is

C) at Macao and Canton

 Which of the following statements concerning the Ming economy is most accurate? A) Merchants failed to realize profits from the Ming commercial boom. B) Almost all commercial profits were reinvested in trade. C) The Chinese government did not tax trade, thus did not profit from commercial growth. D) Much merchant wealth was invested in land as a means of social advancement. E) European markets became increasingly important.

And the answer is

D) Much merchant wealth was invested in land as a means of social advancement.

 In terms of literature, what was the chief accomplishment of the Ming era? A) poetry B) narrative history C) the novel D) haiku E) Journalism

And the answer is

C) the novel

 During the reign of what Ming emperor did the Chinese launch commercial expeditions to Southeast Asia, Persia, and Africa? A) Hongwu B) Yunglo C) Chongzhen D) Kangxi E) Zheng He

And the answer is

B) Yunglo

 Why did the Chinese abandon the commercial voyages of the Zhenghe expeditions? A) Many of the ships were lost as a result of poor ship design and inadequate sailing technology. B) The size of the fleets was so limited that they could not compete with the greater capacity of the European voyages. C) There was little of value for the Chinese to import in trade, and the voyages were expensive to carry out. D) The trade with foreign regions produced a negative balance of trade for China that drained bullion from imperial coffers. E) Chinese commerce was not competitive enough.

And the answer is

C) There was little of value for the Chinese to import in trade, and the voyages were expensive to carry out.

 In what way did the Jesuit missionaries maintain their positions at the court of the Ming emperors? A) by converting Yunglo to Christianity B) by maintaining a small but powerful European army in the Chinese capital C) by accepting the support of the scholar-gentry D) by demonstrating knowledge of scientific and technological skills E) by becoming eunuchs

And the answer is

D) by demonstrating knowledge of scientific and technological skills

 What group successfully asserted its control over China following the collapse of the Ming dynasty? A) the Mongols B) the Hsiung-nu C) the Jurchens or Manchus D) the Portuguese E) the Uighurs

And the answer is

C) the Jurchens or Manchus

What dynasty succeeded the Ming in China? A) Han B) Song C) Qing D) Chou E) Manchu

And the answer is

C) Qing

 Which of the following was NOT one of the three military centralizers of Japan? A) Nobunaga B) Hiata Ashikaga C) Hirohito D) Murasaki E) Tojo

And the answer is

B) Hiata Ashikaga

 In what year was the Tokugawa Shogunate founded, marking the re-establishment of central government in Japan? A) 1593 B) 1603 C) 1633 D) 1653 E) 1854

And the answer is

B) 1603

 Why did the earliest of the Japanese military centralizers accept Christian missionaries? A) His wife was a Christian who was able to exert her influence throughout his household. B) The Portuguese supplied a large army to rulers who offered to accept Christianity. C) Christianity was seen as a counterforce to the Buddhist orders that opposed the imposition of central rule. D) Prior to his first military victory, Nobunaga saw a cross in the sky. E) He was intimidated by the military might of the Portuguese.

And the answer is

C) Christianity was seen as a counterforce to the Buddhist orders that opposed the imposition of central rule.

 Which of the following was NOT a policy imposed as a result of Japanese isolation in the seventeenth century? A) Christianity was banned and Christians were persecuted. B) Foreign traders were confined to the island of Deshima in Nagasaki Bay. C) Neo-Confucian philosophy gave way to the influence of thinkers who championed the school of National Learning. D) The Japanese elite abandoned all contact with Western learning and technological advance. E) Western books were banned.

And the answer is

D) The Japanese elite abandoned all contact with Western learning and technological advance.

 Which of the following statements concerning the political philosophy of the Enlightenment is most accurate? A) Enlightenment philosophers were creatures of the monarchs who were their patrons and supported the powers of the kings. B) Although the Enlightenment philosophers were generally opposed to the authority of the Church, they argued that only monarchy could insure stability for the masses. C) Enlightenment thinkers challenged regimes that did not grant full religious freedom or that insisted on aristocratic privilege. D) Enlightenment intellectuals were the firmest supporters of the Church left in European culture. E) Enlightenment figures supported the national regimes unconditionally.

And the answer is

C) Enlightenment thinkers challenged regimes that did not grant full religious freedom or that insisted on aristocratic privilege.

 Which of the following statements is most accurate? A) Western Europe experienced a huge population jump after about 1730. B) Western Europes population was devastated by a series of wars and epidemics at the beginning of the eighteenth century. C) Poverty and poor nutrition led to a stagnation of the European population until 1840. D) The most significant factor in the movement of population in the eighteenth century was the increased mortality among children leading to fewer survivors. E) Womens labor became more important to the economy.

And the answer is

A) Western Europe experienced a huge population jump after about 1730.

 Above all, population pressure in the eighteenth century A) led to wholesale replacement of officeholders among the elite. B) drove many people into the working-class proletariat. C) led the business classes to reduce the number of children in their families. D) caused the middle classes to reduce risk-taking. E) eased from the fourteenth century forward.

And the answer is

B) drove many people into the working-class proletariat.

 Proto-industrialization refers to: A) the strictly agricultural economy that preceded the Industrial Revolution. B) the development of the rural factory system. C) the employment of laborers who worked at home but in a capitalist system dependent on urban merchants. D) the development of systems of transportation and communication necessary for full industrialization. E) early industries which were partly mechanized

And the answer is

C) the employment of laborers who worked at home but in a capitalist system dependent on urban merchants.

 ) Population upheaval and the spread of a propertyless working class working for money led to which of the following developments? A) an increase in the authority of the male heads of households B) a general acceptance of authority, whether domestic or political C) a decline in the percentage of illegitimate births D) the adoption of more urban styles of dress E) lower levels of education

And the answer is

D) the adoption of more urban styles of dress

 Which of the following was NOT a cause of the American Revolution? A) Britains attempts to impose new taxes and trade controls after 1763 B) a desire to overthrow the older colonial leadership C) the British invasion of the Mississippi River Valley D) restriction on free movement into the frontier areas E) trade restrictions on colonial industries.

And the answer is

C) the British invasion of the Mississippi River Valley

 In what year did the American colonies set up a new constitutional structure based on Enlightenment principles? A) 1776 B) 1781 C) 1783 D) 1789 E) 1785

And the answer is

D) 1789