Political Transformations

Chapter 13 Summative Quiz

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1. Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?

They spread diseases to conquered peoples.

They were initiated by maritime expansion.

They were created by merchants.

They were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples.

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2. Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain were the first to expand into the New World?

These lands had a long tradition of distant exploration.

These lands were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas.

These lands believed in ancient legends of a lost world across the ocean.

These lands lacked iron which drove them to search for deposits.

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3. Which of the following motivated Europeans to venture across the Atlantic Ocean?

Their monopoly of oceanic trade in the Indian Ocean

Rivalries between competing European states

An interest in foreign cultures and languages

The spread of the Black Death

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4. Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interracial unions?

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5. The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands was

dependent on the import of African slaves for labor.

based on commercial agriculture and mining.

supported by piracy and smuggling.

administered by Spanish missionaries.

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6. How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries’ efforts to convert them to Catholicism?

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7. How did Chinese and Russian expansion into Central Asia affect the nomadic peoples inhabiting the steppe lands?

Their political independence and economic prosperity ended.

They were absorbed into Chinese and Russian society.

They abandoned their nomadic lifestyles and enjoyed success as merchants.

They formed a military confederation and successfully fought for their independence.

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8. Which of the following was a reason that Russia expanded beginning in the sixteenth century?

To control the Silk Roads

To secure its borders from attack

To gain access to gunpowder weapons

To monopolize the spice trade

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9. Which of the following describes what happened to the native populations of the steppes and Siberia as a consequence of Russian imperial expansion?

Enslavement

Genocide

Resettlement

Assimilation

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10. Which of the following describes a feature of Qing China’s policy towards its possessions in Central Asia?

A massive migration of Chinese settlers into the area

A concerted effort to assimilate the local populations into Chinese society

Respect for the different cultures of the region

The imposition of a special tax on Muslims

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11. The Mughal ruler Akbar favored policies that promoted

a cosmopolitan and hybrid Indian-Persian-Turkic culture.

the forced conversion of Hindus to Islam.

a distinctly Islamic identity.

the removal of non-Muslims from high office.

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12. Which of the following was a result of the Ottoman Empire’s policy towards the Christian population in southeastern Europe?

The majority of the population had converted to Islam by the early sixteenth century.

Christians remained a permanent underclass in Ottoman society.

Christian communities enjoyed considerable autonomy over their own affairs.

Christians who refused to convert migrated to the Americas.