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1CC3 Rise of Empires Quiz
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1Select the best definition for what Weaver refers to as "a choke point city"
- ACities that were great once but collapsed quickly
- BImportant cities with avenues of communication and trade that endured for centuries
- CImportant cities with huge amounts of natural resources that allowed an empire to flourish
2What best describes the fiscal military state?
- AA state with an enormous military
- BThe ability of people to organize resources for military purposes
- CA state with no other administrative goals other than to form a large, powerful military
3How are globalization and global integration different?
- AGlobalization came before global integration
- BThere is no difference, they are synonymous
- CGlobal integration is slower moving, moved by small sailing ships, animal caravans - it doesn’t have much depth of penetration
4How did Constantinople become a choke point city?
- AThere were no enemies for thousands of miles away from the city
- BIt was a defensive site in a perfect location
- CConstantine paid an enormous sum of money to have a moat dug around it
5What was most significant to the success of the Byzantine Empire?
- AThey had mercenaries, practiced cunning diplomacy, and were equipped with spies
- BThey spread the Greek language throughout their empire
- CMissionaries spread the Christian religion of the Byzantine Empire
6What was the Reconquista?
- AThe beginning of conflict between the Christians and Muslims - it is where myths about conquering developed, where the idea that a subject group must adhere to their faith
- BThe beginning of conflict between the Christians and Jews - it is where myths about conquering developed, where the idea that a subject group must adhere to their faith
- CThe beginning of conflict between the Shia and Sunni - it is where myths about conquering developed, where the idea that a subject group must adhere to their faith
7What is the Pirenne thesis?
- AConquests are based on conjecture
- BIslamic territories cut off Europe and forced trade and artisan development in northern Europe because Muslims cut off supply of papyrus, spices, luxury fabrics, gold coins
- CIslamic territories cut off Europe and forced trade and artisan development in northern Europe because Muslims cut off supply of papyrus, spices, luxury fabrics, gold coins - however this theory has been discounted
8What did the Liber Abaci do?
- ASpread algebra and numbering system to Europe -this allowed from huge leaps in accounting and finance
- BAllowed the mongols to spread and conquer
- CHelped men translate Greek texts into Arabic
9What did NOT contribute to the dissemination of Islam?
- AArab/Islamic people traded over land – networks reached from the far north of Africa to the boundaries of modern China
- BOther empires were exhausted from constant battles, therefore they were weakened and vulnerable
- CHorses and camels allowed people to move quickly – allowed Islam to move quickly
- DArab/ Islamic people had far superior weapons to any other group of people at this time
10Who was Ala ud Din?
- AA common person that was able to create a vast empire
- BA warrior prince that created a small empire and defeated Genghis Khan
- CA warrior prince that created a small empire and was defeated by Genghis Khan
11What is Karkorum?
- AThe capital of the Mongol empire
- BGenghis Khan's weapon of choice
- CA Chinese dynasty
12What was NOT a result of the Black Plague?
- AImprovement of farming techniques + fall in the price of agriculture
- BInflation lead to the peasants being happier
- CSocial change – gave some influence and leverage to skilled labourers and farmers and less power to aristocrats
- DFor the people who survived it meant a new concentration of wealth
13Why is there a wool sack in the house of lords in England?
- AServes as a reminder of the corruption of the wool trade
- BServes of a reminder of the wealth accumulated through the trade of wool
- CIt's comfy to sit on
14Why is it significant that Venice was a thalassocracy?
- AThis meant trade without fear or favour - they controlled the Brenner Pass and thus the Aegean
- BThis meant trade was a lot more dangerous - pirates were a constant threat to Venice
- CThis meant constant quarrels about fishing rights and territories which almost caused a war
15Why did the Star of David appear on an Ottoman war banner?
- AThe ottomans wanted to create a Jewish empire
- BAn indication that the ottomans wanted to declare war on the Jews
- CThe ottomans were open to religious diversity if you paid your taxes
16Who was Charles V?
- AA Hapsburg
- BThe builder of the Holy Roman Empire
- CA man from a great Swiss family
- DAll of these answers are correct
17What happens at the Battle of Lepanto (1571)
- AVenice attacks Ottoman fleets and are defeated
- BVenice attacks Ottoman fleets and are successful in destroying the ottoman fleet
- CVenice attacks Ottoman fleets but the battle ends in a compromise
18What is the Millet System?
- AThe ottoman arrangement for dealing with Jews and Christians through their religious leaders
- BGenoas merchants pioneer shipping trade
- CPortuguese mariners discover the Atlantic islands and begin conquest of Guanche’s and set up sugar plantations
19What is the significance of "the legacy in the east"
- AThe split between the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church
- BThe re-conquest of Spain and the expulsion of the Jews who did not convert – eventually the expulsion of Muslims
- CThe east contained some of the most powerful empires the world has ever seen
20What was NOT significant/ a part of Spanish conquest in the Americas?
- ASpanish silver mined in South America had a dramatic effect on the money supply in Europe – too much money in circulation
- BThe Spanish introduced European diseases to the indigenous killing large sums of their populations
- CThe Spanish learned a great deal about sustaining crops from the indigenous
- DThe Spaniards adopted some of the administrative practices of the Inca and the Aztec
21What did NOT contribute to the Dutch forming such a successful empire?
- AHigh productivity farming
- BWarhousing
- CBy making few enemies to minimize the risk of war
- DA successful rebellion against the Hapsburg empire
22Why were the VOC against colonialism?
- AThey didn't have enough people to establish colonies
- BIt was inefficient and uneconomical
- CThey were against anything the English were doing
23What was NOT a Chinese invention?
- AInsurance
- BGunpowder
- CPorcelain
24According to "the Diamond Question", why, if China had the elements for long distance navigation and trade, did it not embark on global colonization? Select the most correct answer to this question
- AChina stopped trying
- BThere was a strong belief that the empire already had everything it needed
- CThe Chinese at this time were very inverted
25Peter the Great can be said to have...
- ABrought Russia into deep debt
- BModernized Russia
- CExpanded Russia as little as possible
26Fear of invasion made the Russians want to...
- AExpand
- BMake as many alliances as possible
- CBuild huge fortresses to protect themselves
27What is NOT a European concept of state government?
- AAdministrative bureaucracy
- BTaxation
- CLocal armies
- DBribery
28What was the third phase of the British empire in India?
- AThe period when the company became a real agent trying to fashion a modern state in terms of public works and legal reform
- BNabobs went to India to gain wealth
- CThe trading phase
29The law code in India was based off of...
- AMarxism
- BUtilitarianism
- CThe understanding that everyone was equal under the law
30Was is NOT true about Braudel?
- AHe was opposed to daily news
- BHe felt that by looking back and studying a broader time span, you become aware of strangeness and important changes
- CHe focused on changes of food, climate, and culture instead of focusing on Kings and regimes
- DHe was a Swiss historian
31Which reading/ book does the following passage come from?
"First, the prospective settlement had to be placed where the land and climate were similar to those in some parts of Europe. Europeans and their commensal and parasitic comrades were not good at adapting to truly alien lands and climates, but there were very good at constructing new versions of Europe out of suitable real-estate. Second, the prospective colonies had to be in lands remote from the Old World so that there would be no or few predators or disease organisms adapted to preying on Europeans and their plants and animals".- AVermeer's Hat - Brook
- BEcological Imperialism - Crosby
- CThe Great Land Rush - Weaver
32What reading/ book does this passage come from? Consider the main themes of each reading we have covered and consider the significance.
"Along the threads ran all manners of people and goods, boats and carts, warriors and weapons. So too ran a lot of other things: animals and plants, pathogens and seeds, words and ideas. Movement along the web was not ordered according to anyone's wishes, but it was never random, for the only ways things like plants or ideas could move was by travelling in the company of those who moved, and those who moved did so in relation to needs and fears that followed patterns".- AVermeer's Hat - Brooks
- BGuns, Germs, and Steel - Diamond
- CTaming the Wild Field - Sunderland
33What reading/ book does this passage come from? Consider the main themes of each reading we have covered and consider the significance.
"When they set out to dismember tribal land holdings, colonizers knew that they were assailing customary authority within indigenous communities and understood that they caused dissension. In fact, official policy in New Zealand and the United States leaned towards privatized title both to free land and to promote assimilation".- AWriting Histories - Perude
- BEcological Imperialism - Crosby
- CThe Great Land Rush - Weaver
34Which reading/ book does the following passage come from? Consider the significance of this passage in relation to the main themes of this course.
"From beyond the Dniepr came the first Russian and foreign warriors and farmers to the new Russian steppe. They built homes there and as their power and numbers inevitably increases, they moved farther and farther south, and they did not stop until the Russian Black Wings were unfurled across the shores of the Black and Azov Seas, until the entire steppe from the Danube to Kremenchug became a great and flourishing Russian region".- AVermeer's Hat - Brook
- BTaming the Wild Field - Sunderland
- CThe Great Land Rush - Weaver
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- A practice quiz for the 1CC3 final - focuses on what might appear on the "identify and state significance" section
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