Question 1

Who was Marco Polo?

Accepted Answer

The best-known long-distance traveler of Mongol times

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A traveler that conquered the Mongol Empire through rebellion

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A traveler that was barely known about

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A traveler that sought support for an invasion of Muslim-held lands

Question 2

Who was Rabban Sauma?

Accepted Answer

A Christian priest who sought support for an invasion of Muslim Lands in 1287

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A Muslim priest that sought the support of Mongols to invade Christian lands

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A Nestorian Christian priest sent by Muslims to conquer Jerusalem

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A traveler that was sent by the Mongols to conquer fishtopia

Question 3

Who was Ibn Battuta?

Accepted Answer

An Islamic scholar and best-known Muslim traveler

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An Christian scholar and best-known Muslim traveler

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A Qadi and best-known Muslim scholar

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An Islamic scholar and least-known Muslim traveler

Question 4

Who was John of Montecorvino?

Accepted Answer

An Italian Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1307

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A Mongolian Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1307

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A French Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1100

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An English Franciscan who became the first archbishop of Khanbaliq in 1237

Question 5

What was the "little ice age?"

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A period of about five hundred years where temperatures declined and caused widespread famine

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A period with no decline of temperature but a ton of ice

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A period of about five years where temperatures declined and caused widespread famine

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A span of barely any years where temperatures rose in the south

Question 6

What was the bubonic plague?

Accepted Answer

A plague that spread through the silk roads and killed about 60 to 70 percent of its victims

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A plague that only spread in Asia and killed many

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A plague that erupted in the Western Hemisphere and ruined agricultural production

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A sickness that caused the worst events for those in the Americas (around 900 B.C.E.)

Question 7

Who was Hongwu?

Accepted Answer

The emperor of China in 1368 who established the Ming dynasty

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The emperor of China in 968 who established the Qing dynasty

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The president of China in 1368 who established the Ming dynasty

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The Chinese ruler of China in 1368 who established the Sui dynasty

Question 8

How long did the Ming dynasty last?

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1368 to 1644

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1368 to 1369

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1360 to 2000

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1368 to 1932

Question 9

Who were the Mandarins?

Accepted Answer

A special class of powerful officials who ensured local officials implemented imperial policy

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A special class of weak officials who ensured local officials implemented imperial policy

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A special class of average officials who never ensured if local officials implemented imperial policy

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An ordinary class of powerful officials who ensured local officials forgot about imperial policy

Question 10

What did the Hundred Years' War consist of?

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The kings of France and England continously sparring

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The kings of France and Italy continously sparring

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The kings of France and Russia continously sparring

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The kings of Portugal and England continously sparring

Question 11

Which explorer is known for circumnavigating the globe?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

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Vasco da Gama

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Christopher Columbus

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James Cook

Question 12

Who was Vitus Bering?

Accepted Answer

A Danish navigator commissioned by Russian officials to seek a northwest passage.

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A Spanish navigator commissioned by Dutch officials to seek a western passage.

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An English sailor commissioned by French officials to seek a southwest passage.

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A Italian compass commissioned by German officials to seek a Eastward passage.

Question 13

Who led three expeditions in the Pacific and came across Polynesian people?

Accepted Answer

Captain James Cook

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Vitus Bering

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Vasco da Gama

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Ferdinand Magellan

Question 14

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

The global diffusion of plants, food, crops, animals, human populations, and disease pathogens after Columbus' initial voyage

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The first trade encounters between Tainos and Spaniards in the Caribbean

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The exchange of goods and resources between Columbia and Venezuela at their establishment

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The local spread of plants, food, crops, animals, human populations, and disease pathogens across the Americas

Question 15

What were Manila galleons?

Accepted Answer

Heavily-armed Spanish ships that carried large cargoes between the Phillipines and Mexico

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Heavily-armed French ships that carried small cargoes between the Caribbean and Mexico

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Heavily-armed English ships that barely carried cargoes between Spain and Peru

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Heavily-armed Italian ships that carried large cargoes between Florence and Columbia

Question 16

Who was a commander of Portuguese forces in the Indian Ocean during the early sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Afonso d' Alboquerque

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Vasco da Gama

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Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Question 17

Who was a commander of Spanish forces in the Philippines by 1565?

Accepted Answer

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

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Afonso d' Alboquerque

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Francisco Pizarro

Question 18

What was Manila?

Accepted Answer

The busting hub of Spanish commercial activity.

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A Portuguese vessel used to transport goods and slaves across the Atlantic.

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A type of ship for carrying cargo across the sea.

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A Spanish colony that persecuted smugglers in the Caribbean.

Question 19

Who was Jan Pieterszoon Coen?

Accepted Answer

The architect of Dutch policy in Indonesia

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The first navigator to be able to circumnavigate the globe.

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The first militant leader of French colonies in the Americas

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The conquistador that conquered the Inca Empire

Question 20

What was the Seven Years' War?

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A global conflict also called "the great war for empire"

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A conflict between English colonies and Native American tribes

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A long civil war that led to a complete change of the English parliament

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A war of succession for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire in 1653

Question 21

What was the Catholic Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Efforts to define doctrine and persuade protestants to return to the Roman Church.

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Efforts to define doctrine and persuade protestants to return to the Anglican Church.

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Efforts to define doctrine and persuade protestants to return to the Jewish Church.

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Efforts to define doctrine and persuade protestants to return to the Protestant Church.

Question 22

What was the Council of Trent?

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An assembly of church officials between 1545-1563 to address doctrine and reform.

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An assembly of government officials between 1535-1563 to address doctrine and reform.

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An assembly of kings and protestants between 1525-1561 to address doctrine and reform.

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An assembly of nobles between 1525-1561 to address doctrine and reform.

Question 23

What was the Society of Jesus?

Accepted Answer

An order that rigorously educated missionaries known as Jesuits.

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An order that religiously trained missionaries known as Jewies.

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An order that rigorously trained missionaries known as Catholies.

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An order that ruthlessly trained missionaries known as Jedi that hated sand.

Question 24

Who founded the Society of Jesus?

Accepted Answer

St. Ignatius Loyola in 1540.

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St. Ferdinand Loyola in 1545.

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St. Teresa Loyola in 1520.

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St. Isabel Christi in 1565.

Question 25

What could be noted about witch-hunts in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

Gender played an important role as women were the most convicted witches.

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Violence played an important role as passive people were the most convicted witches.

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Racism played an important role as foreigners were the most convicted witches.

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Feminism played an important role as men were the most convicted witches.

Question 26

What was the Thirty Years' War?

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A massive conflict where the Holy Roman Empire tried to convert Bohemian subjects.

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A disastrous conflict where the Ottoman Empire tried to convert Christian subjects.

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A small conflict where the Holy Roman Empire tried to convert Jewish subjects.

Question 27

What did the Habsburgs rule over?

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The Holy Roman Empire and titles to lands throughout Europe.

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The Prussian Empire and titles to lands throughout Denmark.

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The British Empire and titles to lands throughout Eurasia.

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The Holy Roman Empire and titles to lands throughout the Americas.

Question 28

Who was Emperor Charles V?

Accepted Answer

A king of the Holy Roman Empire who inherited and acquired authority across Europe.

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A rebel leader of the Spanish Empire who inherited the kingdom of France.

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A king of the French Empire who inherited the kingdom of Spain.

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A serf of the Holy Roman Empire who led revolution across Europe.

Question 29

What was the Spanish Inquisition?

Accepted Answer

An order to persecute those who were not Catholic (especially Jews and Muslims).

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An order to persecute those who were not Buddhist (especially Jews and Catholics).

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An order to persecute those who were not Islamic (especially Catholics and Jews).

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An order to persecute those who were not Jewish (especially Catholics and Muslims).

Question 30

What was the English Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A political and religious conflict from 1642 to 1649 that began with opposition to royal taxes.

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An economic and political conflict from 1640 to 1649 that began with opposition to royal inheritence.

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A romantic and social conflict from 1630 to 1650 that began with opposition to arranged marriage.

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A political and religious conflict from 1542 to 1649 that began with opposition to dictatorial power.

Question 31

Who was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire between 1519-1521?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortes

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Christopher Columbus

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Vasco da Gama

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Francisco Pizarro

Question 32

Who was responsible for the fall of the Inca Empire between 1532-1533?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro

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Hernan Cortes

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Vasco da Gama

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James Cook

Question 33

What were peninsulares?

Accepted Answer

Migrants born in the Iberian peninsula in Europe (at the top of the social hierarchy in Latin America)

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European migrants born in the Americas (at the top of the social hierarchy in Latin America)

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Soldiers born in the Iberian plateau in Europe (at the top of the social hierarchy in Spain)

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Priests born in the Iberian state of France (at the top of the social hierarchy in the Americas)

Question 34

What was the mita system?

Accepted Answer

The Inca practice of requisitioning draft labor for particularly difficult and dangerous chores.

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The Taino practice of requisitioning draft labor for particularly difficult and dangerous chores.

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The Aztec practice of requisitioning draft labor for particularly difficult and dangerous chores.

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The Mayan practice of requisitioning draft labor for particularly difficult and dangerous chores.

Question 35

What were indentured laborers?

Accepted Answer

People who sold a portion of their working lives in exchange for passage across the Atlantic.

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People who bought a slave to work for their entire lives in exchange for a passage to the Americas.

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People who sold a portion of their working lives in exchange for passage across the Pacific.

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People who invested in a portion of their working lives for the price of leaving Europe and heading to the Atlantic.

Question 36

What was an hacienda?

Accepted Answer

A Spanish estate, which produced foodstuffs for its own use as well as for sale to local markets.

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A Peruvian estate, which produced foodstuffs for its own use as well as for sale to local markets.

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A Columbian estate, which produced foodstuffs for its own use as well as for sale to local markets.

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An Incan estate, which produced foodstuffs for its own use as well as for sale to local markets.

Question 37

What was Engenho?

Accepted Answer

the sugar mill; more broadly, a complex of land, labor, buildings, animals, capital, and technical skills.

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the cotton mill; more broadly, a complex of land, labor, buildings, animals, capital, and technical skills.

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the corn mill; more broadly, a complex of land, labor, buildings, animals, capital, and technical skills.

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the salt mill; more broadly, a complex of land, labor, buildings, animals, capital, and technical skills.

Question 38

What did the English colonies of Virginia and Carolina focus on for cultivation?

Accepted Answer

Tobacco

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Rum

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Sugar

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Wheat

Question 39

What was the encomienda system?

Accepted Answer

A system where indigenous people were forced to work in exchange for better health and welfare

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A system where African people were forced to work in exchange for better health and welfare

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A system where American natives (like the Cherokee) were forced to work in exchange for better health and welfare

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A system where Spanish people were forced to work in exchange for better health and welfare

Question 40

What were conquistadores?

Accepted Answer

Spanish conquerors.

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Latin conquerors.

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Venezuelan conquerors.

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Incan conquerors.

Question 41

What replaced Ghana as the preeminent power in the thirteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The Mali Empire

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The Kongolese Empire

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The Incan Empire

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The Ghanaian Empire

Question 42

What replaced the Mali Empire in the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The Songhay Empire

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The Ghanian Empire

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The Aztec Empire

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The Kongolese Empire

Question 43

Who brought the important trading cities of Timbuktu and Jenne under their control?

Accepted Answer

Sunni Ali

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Abu Bakr

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Ismail I

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Bali Habur

Question 44

Who was Nzinga Mbemba?

Accepted Answer

A king known as Afonso I who became a devout Roman Catholic and sought to convert all his people.

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A Tsar known as Peter I who became a devout Orthadox Jew and sought to convert all his people.

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An African king who became a protestant and sought to convert all his people.

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A king known as John I who became a devout Roman Catholic and sought to exile all desenters.

Question 45

Who was Queen Nzinga?

Accepted Answer

A warrior who led the resistance against Portuguese forces for forty years.

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A ruler who stopped the resistance against Dutch forces for a decade.

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A Catholic who grew powerful due to a resistance against French forces for a decade.

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A woman who rose in rank during the resistance against Spanish forces for a decade.

Question 46

What was the Antonian movement?

Accepted Answer

A particularly influential form of Christianity in Kongo that began in 1704.

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A particularly influential form of Protestanism in Kongo that began in 1704.

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A particularly influential form of Buddhism in Kongo that began in 1704.

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A particularly influential form of Judaism in Kongo that began in 1704.

Question 47

What was the Triangle Trade known as?

Accepted Answer

The demand for labor and trade that stimulated a profitable commerce.

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The demand for slaves and gold that generated a ton of commerce for Dutch and French colonies.

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The demand for labor and trade that failed to result in a profitable commerce after 1207.

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The hefty request for labor and trade that led to a triangular loop of colonial exchange for sugar.

Question 48

What was the Middle Passage?

Accepted Answer

the trans-Atlantic journey aboard filthy and crowded slave ships.

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the trans-Pacific journey aboard Manila galleons.

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the journey across the Atlantic that cargo ships used to deliver their goods and services.

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the mid-Atlantic journey that destroyed fleets of ships..

Question 49

Who was Dona Beatriz?

Accepted Answer

An aristrocratic woman who sparked the start of the Antonian movement.

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A queen that sparked the start of the Protestant movement in 1576.

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An idolized saint who inspired the start of the Antonian movement.

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A peasant woman who sparked the start of the Antonian movement.

Question 50

What is the African diaspora?

Accepted Answer

the dispersal of African peoples and their descendants

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the coordinated union of African peoples and their descendants

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the religious movement of African peoples and their descendants after the Age of Exploration

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the collection of African peoples and their descendants

Question 51

Who was the Ming Dynasty founded by?

Accepted Answer

Emperor Hongwu

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Emperor Wanli

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Emperor DyhNo Sor

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Emperor Zheng He

Question 52

Who was the Ming emperor from 1572 to 1620?

Accepted Answer

Wanli

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Kublai Khan

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Zheng He

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Hongwu

Question 53

Who was Nurhaci?

Accepted Answer

A chieftan who unified Manchu tribes into a centralized state.

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A king who unified Aztec tribes into a unified state.

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A Eunuch who unified Taiwaneese tribes into a locked state.

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A warrior who unified Incan tribes into a mixed state.

Question 54

Who was Kangxi?

Accepted Answer

A confucian scholar and enlightened Qing emperor.

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A confucian scholar and enlightened Ming emperor.

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A Buddhist scholar and enlightened Tang emperor.

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An Islamic scholar and enlightened Song emperor.

Question 55

What was the idea of "Son of Heaven"?

Accepted Answer

The Chinese emperor was designated heavenly powers to maintain order on Earth.

Question 56

Who was Qianlong?

Accepted Answer

Kangxi's grandson, whose reign marked the height of the Qing dynasty.

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Kangxi's grandson, whose reign marked the height of the Song dynasty.

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Kangxi's grandson, whose reign marked the height of the Ming dynasty.

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Kublai Khan's grandson, whose reign marked the height of the Qing dynasty.

Question 57

What was filial piety?

Accepted Answer

value implying not only duties of children to parents but also loyalty of subjects to the emperor.

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value implying children of parents must be loyal as subjects to the emperor.

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value implying not only duties of children to knights but also loyalty of subjects to the king.

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value implying only duties of children to parents

Question 58

What did the The Dream of the Red Chamber explore?

Accepted Answer

the dynamics of wealthy scholar-gentry families.

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the dynamics of French families.

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the dynamics of poor peseant families.

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How to rule as a king.

Question 59

What did the The Romance of the Three Kingdoms explore?

Accepted Answer

political intrigue following the collapse of the Han dynasty.

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political intrigue following the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

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political intrigue following the collapse of the Tang dynasty.

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political intrigue following the collapse of the Song dynasty.

Question 60

What did Journey to the West deal with?

Accepted Answer

the seventh-century journey to India of the famous Buddhist monk Xuanzang.

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the seventh-century journey to the Americas of the famous Jewish priest Xuanzang.

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the seventh-century journey to India of the famous Christian missionary.

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the seventh-century journey to India of the famous Buddhist monk Xuiizin.

Question 61

Who was the founder of the Ottoman dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Osman Bey

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Ismail I

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Babur

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Sunni Ali

Question 62

What were gazi?

Accepted Answer

Muslim/Islamic religious warriors

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Christian religious warriors

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Buddhist religious warriors

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Jewish religious warriors

Question 63

What were Devshirme?

Accepted Answer

Slaves obtained from Christian populations.

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Slaves obtained from Buddhist populations.

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Slaves obtained from Muslim populations.

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Slaves obtained from Jewish populations.

Question 64

Why was Mehmed the Conquerer important?

Accepted Answer

He captured Constantinople in 1453.

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He captured the Babylon in 1453.

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He captured the Aztec Empire in 1453.

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He captured the Inca Empire in 1453.

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