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Quiz by Hanson Wang, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Hanson Wang
over 9 years ago
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Question 1
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Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433?
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The court eunuchs who rose to power prioritized farming over commerce
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Most of the cultures they encountered reacted with hostility and violence
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the emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources
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Naval forces were redirected to deal with the military threat of the Portuguese
Question 2
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Which of the following reflected the fragmented and competitive political environment in Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
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The Sunni/Shia divide
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Christine de Pizan's City of Ladies
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The Renaissance in Italy and northern Europe
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The Hundred Years' War between England and France
Question 3
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In which empire was a Shia version of Islam made the official religion in the sixteenth century?
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Ottoman Empire
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Mughal Empire
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Song hay Empire
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Safavid Empire
Question 4
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Which of the following was a motivation for European expansion but not for Chinese expansion in the fifteenth century?
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To enroll distant peoples and states in the tribute system
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To gain direct access to the goods and wealth of the Indian Ocean basin
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To eliminate piracy in the Indian Ocean
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To replace the population that had been lost during the Black Death
Question 5
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Which of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion?
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The Aztecs and the Incas
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The Songhay Empire and the Ottoman Empire
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The Mughal Empire and Vijayanagara
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The Safavid Empire and Ethiopia
Question 6
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The Inca and Aztec empires practiced similar gender-based systems in which women and men operated in two separate but equivalent spheres, a system that scholars call?
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gender parallelism
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gender equality
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matriarchy
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patriarchy
Question 7
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Which of the following was the most centralized, unified, and prosperous of the world's major civilizations in the fifteenth century?
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China
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Western Europe
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The Songhay Empire
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The Aztec Empire
Question 8
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Which empire ended the Byzantine Empire and came the closest to conquering Europe?
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Timur's Empire
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Ottoman Empire
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Delhi Sultanate
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Mughal Empire
Question 9
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What did the Aztec Empire require conquered people to do?
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Register marriages
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Pay tribute
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Learn about Aztec culture
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Speak the Aztec language
Question 10
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Which city emerged as a major Muslim port city in the Indian Ocean basin in the fifteenth century?
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Timbuktu
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Samarkand
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Malacca
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Tenochtitlan
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