1. The Empires described in the quote above built their power mostly directly on
B) The technology of gunpowder
2. The quote accurately describes all of the following empires EXCEPT
A) Han China
3. Sikhism is accurately defined as a region that
D) Originated in India, with a blend of Muslim and Hindu beliefs
4. Which of the following decisions by the Portuguese most directly affected the Arab African cities of the east coast of Africa?
B) To monopolize the Indian Ocean Trade
5. All of the following are common problems that the Muslim Empires of 1450-1750 shared EXCEPT:
A) Sunni-controlled governments whose power was seriously challenged by a Shi’a minority
6. Which of the following European powers established hegemony over the Indian Ocean trade during the 16th Century?
D) Portuguese
7. A dividing line drawn by the Pope to separate Portuguese and Spanish claims was established through the
C) Treaty of Tordesillas
8. by the 16th Century the center of commercial activity for Europeans had shifted from the Mediterranean to the
E) Atlantic Ocean
9. Whose beard is being cut off in the picture above?
C) A Russian Boyar during the reign of Peter the Great
10. What is the main reason that the individual’s beard is being cut off?
A) To make him comply with an official order intended to make his country modernize
11. The successful return of Magellan’s ship Victoria to Spain in 1522 signaled that?
B) Europeans were now positioned to make themselves masters of the oceans
12. The Portuguese were able to assert control over the Indian Ocean trade because
E) Their ships and weapons were military superior to the lightly armed merchant dhows
13. All of the following factors contributed to the success of the Spanish in quickly creating a vast empire in the Americas EXCEPT:
A) The Spanish assembled a large army that quickly overran the Western