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    Which of the following led Russians to migrate to Siberia?

    Many were fleeing serfdom and religious persecution.
    Many wanted to improve their economic status by acquiring free land from the government.
    Some believed they were taking part in a glorious crusade against polytheistic native Siberians.
    Some wanted to work in the lucrative salt mines.

    Many were fleeing serfdom and religious persecution.

    Which of the following was the most common way that African slaves in the Americas resisted the conditions of their enslavement?

    They formed committees to petition the government for better conditions.
    Hundreds of violent slave revolts broke out across the Caribbean.
    Slaves tried to increase their productivity so that their masters would free them as a reward.
    Thousands of slaves fled to the remote interiors of Brazil or the Caribbean islands.

    Thousands of slaves fled to the remote interiors of Brazil or the Caribbean islands.

    By 1789, which country held the richest sugar colony?

    France
    Portugal
    England
    Spain

    France

    What was a global effect of the Seven Years' War?

    France and Spain both gained new territorial holdings in the Americas.
    Russia completed its annexation of Siberia and controlled lands from the Baltic to the Pacific.
    Great Britain emerged as the world's strongest colonial power, making it harder for indigenous people to pit European powers against one another.
    Indigenous people who sided with the winners, the Dutch and the British, were able to gain favorable concessions including release of people held as forced laborers on plantations and in mines.

    Great Britain emerged as the world's strongest colonial power, making it harder for indigenous people to pit European powers against one another.

    Which of the following undermined both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?

    The inability to placate diverse ethnic groups led to warfare, which undermined their political systems.
    The influx of silver from the Americas created inflation, which undermined their economic autonomy.
    The territorial expansion of Russia took provinces from both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires.
    Religious strife within Islam sapped the government and social systems of both the Ottomans and Mughals.

    The influx of silver from the Americas created inflation, which undermined their economic autonomy.

    During the seventeenth century, rising levels of global commerce increased prosperity in the Ming and Mughal Empires but also led to which of the following?

    Great pandemics
    Widespread famine
    A decline in centralized state control
    The loss of political independence

    A decline in centralized state control

    Which of the following was a consequence of the fact that European buyers preferred male slaves?

    Gender imbalance in the Americas contributed to the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade.
    Polyandry became common in the Americas, monogamy in Africa.
    The population loss in Africa was accentuated by the lack of males.
    Slave-catchers for all African markets targeted men more than they did women.

    Gender imbalance in the Americas contributed to the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade.

    During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what was the average life expectancy of an African slave brought to the Caribbean?

    Six months
    Three years
    Ten years
    Fifteen years

    Three years

    In what way did the Canton system seek to control trade?

    It allowed no official trade between Chinese and
    European merchants.
    It required European traders to have Chinese merchants act as guarantors for their good behavior and payment of fees.
    It required European merchants to check in at Canton before proceeding into China's interior to trade.
    It only allowed Dutch merchants to trade with China.

    It required European traders to have Chinese merchants act as guarantors for their good behavior and payment of fees.

    Which of the following was used by Tokugawa Ieyasu to secure relative peace, which lasted for two centuries after his death?

    He gave more power to the daimyo to control rogue samurai called ronin.
    He declared himself shogun and established a hereditary system of succession.
    He arranged marriages among the children of local authorities to solidify political bonds.
    He kept the population in check to avoid famine and peasant revolts.

    He declared himself shogun and established a hereditary system of succession.

    How did the Asante kingdom use its access to gold to begin its growth and development?

    The Asante used their gold to buy firearms, which they used to raid neighboring communities for captives to be sold as slaves.
    The Asante used their gold to trade across the Saharan caravan routes for salt, which was a necessity of life in the rain forest.
    The Asante used gold to bribe the Europeans to keep them from capturing Asante people as slaves.
    The Asante used gold to finance scholarly and architectural centers like Timbuktu.

    The Asante used their gold to buy firearms, which they used to raid neighboring communities for captives to be sold as slaves.

    What, according to mercantilist thinkers, was the purpose of colonies?

    To encourage international cooperation through free trade
    To enrich the states that had founded them
    To allow merchants to profit by diversifying their economic investments
    To act as laboratories in which new methods of state administration could be tested

    To enrich the states that had founded them

    The Ming Dynasty's administrative and economic difficulties were evidenced by:

    decreased revenues caused by increasing monetization.
    failure to maintain a bureaucracy.
    failure to respond effectively to natural disasters.
    decreased support for foreign trade.

    failure to respond effectively to natural disasters.

    What was an effect of early Ottoman rulers' decision to avoid trade with the outside world?

    The decision promoted increased investment in local Ottoman industries such as silk production.
    The decision led to Ottoman rulers becoming dependent on loans of silver from wealthy merchants.
    The decision led to economic expansion and increased Ottoman tax revenue.
    The decision caused European buyers to look elsewhere to buy wheat, copper, and wool.

    The decision led to Ottoman rulers becoming dependent on loans of silver from wealthy merchants.

    Which of the following was an effect of the enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the seventeenth century?

    Chartered companies increased in number and spread to the countryside.
    Serfdom was imposed on the remaining English peasants.
    Agricultural productivity dropped drastically, leading to famines.
    Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic, markets.

    Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic, markets.

    What was a consequence of Europeans' introducing firearms into North America?

    Native peoples refused to use firearms, clinging to traditional weapons.
    Amerindian groups used the weapons to unite against the European invaders.
    Amerindian groups fought each other as they sought to increase their hunting and trapping ranges.
    Native peoples traded guns for alcohol, which they then bartered for trade goods.

    Amerindian groups fought each other as they sought to increase their hunting and trapping ranges.

    Which of the following strategies contributed to the early success of the Qing dynasty?

    They lightened taxes on the peasants and increased taxes on the gentry.
    They presented themselves as upholders of familial values and traditional Chinese culture.
    They promoted intermarriage between Manchus and the Han.
    They retracted the Ming canton system.

    They presented themselves as upholders of familial values and traditional Chinese culture.

    Which of the following describes events in the Kongo kingdom in the seventeenth century?

    The Portuguese decisively defeated Queen Nzinga, opening the country to Portuguese control.
    Kidnapping became so prevalent that cultivators worked their fields bearing weapons, leaving their children behind in guarded stockades.
    Members of the Kongo royal family united to oppose the Europeans.
    The Kongo kingdom conquered the Asante and traded captured prisoners as slaves.

    Kidnapping became so prevalent that cultivators worked their fields bearing weapons, leaving their children behind in guarded stockades.

    What was the economic philosophy called that assumed that the world's wealth was fixed and one country could only increase its wealth at the expense of another?

    Capitalism
    Absolutism
    Monetarism
    Mercantilism

    Mercantilism

    Which of the following was the most lucrative source of wealth for European planters in the Americas in the seventeenth century?

    Rice
    Corn
    Spices
    Sugar

    sugar

    What was a consequence of the "native learning" movement promoted by some Japanese intellectuals?

    Buddhism was branded a foreign contaminant of Japanese culture.
    Shinto beliefs were incorporated into "Dutch learning."
    Zen monasteries spread across the country.
    Shamanism was suppressed, especially among women.

    Buddhism was branded a foreign contaminant of Japanese culture.

    Which of the following shows the early Mughal Empire's attitude toward the culture of South Asia?

    Islamic traditions dominated artistic and poetic expression.
    Hindu traditions in jurisprudence formed the basis of Mughal law.
    Hindus and Muslims joined to suppress the culture of other ethnic groups in South Asia.
    Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and music.

    Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and music.

    In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what led the Japanese to consider how to control and integrate foreign learning (especially from China and Europe)?

    Foreign powers forced Japan to modernize by adopting "modern" science and culture.
    Before the seventeenth century, Japan had not come into contact with foreign ideas or culture.
    Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the eighteenth century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country.
    Members of middle class idealized foreign culture, leading the shoguns to fear that learning about Enlightenment ideals might lead the merchants to overthrow the emperor.

    Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the eighteenth century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country.

    Which of the following statements best characterizes the effect of attempts to convert both Amerindians and Africans to Christianity during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

    Africans and Amerindians cynically used conversion as a ploy to increase their attractiveness as trade partners.
    Africans and Amerindians became ultra-orthodox, criticizing the behavior of their European missionary teachers.
    Africans and Amerindians completely gave up their previous gods and belief systems.
    Africans and Amerindians used Christianity to supplement their existing beliefs, not replace them.

    Africans and Amerindians used Christianity to supplement their existing beliefs, not replace them.

    Which group of people was consigned to the bottom of Linnaeus's classification of people?

    Pacific peoples
    Amerindians
    East Asians
    Africans

    Africans

    Which of the following did Adam Smith see as a valid reason for creating an economy with less government regulation?

    Free competition encouraged improvements in industrial production.
    He believed that the laws of God did not permit the guilds' imposition of controls on labor.
    He believed that free and fair competition provided the best opportunity to produce wealth.
    Mercantilists advocated rational self-interest, which could not advance the common good

    He believed that free and fair competition provided the best opportunity to produce wealth.

    Which of the following is a similarity between the ways that the rulers of Muslim and Chinese empires used the new wealth circulating in global trade?

    Chinese and Muslim rulers financed pure scientific research.
    Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimes through magnificent architecture and art.
    Chinese and Muslim rulers lowered taxes on their peasant populations.
    Chinese and Muslim rulers established new universities to teach western knowledge.

    Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimes through magnificent architecture and art.

    In what way was the U.S. Declaration of Independence an Enlightenment document?

    It argued for the rise of a meritocracy based on talent, not rank.
    It proposed that democracy was the best form of government.
    It announced that all men were endowed with equal rights.
    It avowed that only a government based on Christian ideals could provide a just society.

    It announced that all men were endowed with equal rights.

    What were some of the broader consequences of the Enlightenment?

    Increased respect for the wisdom of classical and medieval authorities
    The expansion of educational opportunities for rural women
    Increased respect for traditional elites and clerics
    The expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking

    The expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking

    In what way did the Islamic world in the period between 1500 and 1780 change from its earlier pattern of cultural development?

    The Islamic world reunified under a single political authority, the caliphate.
    The Islamic world began a program of overseas expansion.
    The Islamic world lost its ability to make beautiful textiles and other products for trade.
    The Islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires.

    The Islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires.

    Which of the following did Captain Cook and Christopher Columbus have in common?

    Both of them sailed to obtain scientific knowledge as well as empire.
    Both of them were killed by people they met in their travels.
    Both of them returned home with news of gold that could be exploited.
    Both of them changed local ecologies by introducing European flora and fauna to unfamiliar environments.

    Both of them changed local ecologies by introducing European flora and fauna to unfamiliar environments.

    In what way might the transporting of British prisoners to Australia be considered an Enlightenment concept?

    Once their terms of incarceration were completed, all residents in Australia were to have equal rights to life, liberty, and property.
    The costs of incarceration in Britain would go down according to free market principles.
    Prisoners were to be removed from an environment that did not suit them and sent to a new one where they could reform.
    Transportation was a more enlightened form of punishment than hanging.

    Prisoners were to be removed from an environment that did not suit them and sent to a new one where they could reform.

    What types of characteristics did Carolus Linnaeus use to define racial categories?

    Artistic ability and linguistic sophistication
    Form of governance and linguistic sophistication
    Physical appearance and form of governance
    Linguistic sophistication and physical appearance

    Physical appearance and form of governance

    Which of the following was one of the goals of the authors of the Encyclopédie?

    They sought to gather all the knowledge scattered over the face of the earth and to present it in useful form.
    They sought to create a catalog of all of the works of Western authors.
    They wanted to portray all other cultures as being inferior to European culture.
    They wanted to evaluate the world's regions according to their adherence to rational science.

    They sought to gather all the knowledge scattered over the face of the earth and to present it in useful form.

    How did Captain Cook's voyages to Australia reflect Enlightenment ideas?

    They included scientists to describe and classify Australia's fauna, flora, people, and natural features.
    They were ordered to create a free and open market economy in Australia.
    They were instructed to respect the heritage and cultural autonomy of Australia's Aborigines.
    They were organized by a group of intellectual women who wanted to promote scientific knowledge.

    They included scientists to describe and classify Australia's fauna, flora, people, and natural features.

    What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?

    They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge.
    They wanted to encourage European monarchs to rule as enlightened despots.
    They wanted to improve European technical expertise and encourage overseas expansion.
    They wanted to encourage people to become more religious so that they could achieve enlightenment.

    They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge.

    What can historians use as evidence that the ideals of the Enlightenment were not universally accepted?

    Many governments employed censors and punished radical thinkers.
    Riots occurred in university towns against the imposition of secular knowledge in the schools.
    Artisans guilds passed rules against applying Newtonian physics to their crafts.
    Women wrote in their journals that they refused to conduct experiments because they feared a loss of femininity.

    Many governments employed censors and punished radical thinkers.

    How did popular culture in Tokugawa Japan subvert its social order?

    The most popular plays were those that made fun of the shogun.
    It idolized groups such as actors, musicians, and courtesans, who were ordinarily at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
    It argued that people should be able to rise in the social hierarchy through attention to propriety and virtuous behavior.
    It offered women opportunities for independence and autonomy.

    It idolized groups such as actors, musicians, and courtesans, who were ordinarily at the bottom of the social hierarchy.

    What did the Ottomans see as evidence that the Islamic world had a monopoly on truth, enlightenment, and culture?

    Europeans had much less wealth than the Ottomans.
    Nowhere else could the famous tulips of the Tulip Period be grown.
    Ottoman military successes proved God's favor for their culture.
    Ottoman science was more advanced than European science.

    Ottoman military successes proved God's favor for their culture.

    Francis Bacon's method of scientific inquiry asserted which of the following?

    Conducting experiments was the only way that humans could begin to understand the workings of nature.
    Scientific knowledge should be based on the work of traditional authorities, such as Aristotle.
    Only members of the clergy could safely conduct scientific experiments without imperiling their souls.
    The best way to learn was to inquire into the ways that other cultures did scientific research.

    Conducting experiments was the only way that humans could begin to understand the workings of nature.

    Why did Ming China escape the sectarian warfare that ravaged Europe?

    All Chinese people shared one religion, so there was nothing to cause conflict.
    Chinese government was so centralized that regional leaders lacked the ability to fight in defense of their religious beliefs.
    European visitors told Chinese leaders about religious warfare in their homeland, and the Chinese vowed to avoid making the same mistake.
    The Chinese believed it was the emperor, rather than any religious group, that held the mandate of heaven, so no sect was favored over the others.

    The Chinese believed it was the emperor, rather than any religious group, that held the mandate of heaven, so no sect was favored over the others.

    Which of the following statements is supported by John Locke's notion of the tabula rasa?

    All people have an inerasable drive to truck, barter, and exchange.
    There are tables cataloguing innate cultural differences between different ethnic groups.
    The only way to create moral people is through stern rules and harsh punishments.
    People should be free to rise in society according to their talents.

    People should be free to rise in society according to their talents.

    What was the role of the Ottoman tekkes
    schools?

    They taught devotional strategies to prepare students to enter Sufi orders.
    They provided an elite corps of martial artists for the Ottoman army.
    They led persecution of religious minorities such as Jews and Christians.
    They challenged Ottoman rule as insufficiently guided by religious principles.

    They taught devotional strategies to prepare students to enter Sufi orders.

    How did Asante kings use the wealth they acquired from trade?

    They sponsored feasts to allow themselves an opportunity to dine with their subjects.
    They led religious ceremonies, characterized by lavish displays of ornate religious artifacts.
    They showed their link to wealth and power by displaying gold-covered spears, maces, and elephant tails.
    They commissioned the creation of epic poems about the divine origins of the Asantehene.

    They showed their link to wealth and power by displaying gold-covered spears, maces, and elephant tails.

    Which of the following is a reason that Creoles in Spanish and Portuguese colonies were drawn to Enlightenment ideas?

    Enlightenment ideas were popular in Portugal and Spain.
    Creoles wanted to imitate their English counterparts in North America.
    Creoles believed in the equality of all humankind.
    Enlightenment ideas helped to justify their dissatisfaction with colonial rule.

    Enlightenment ideas helped to justify their dissatisfaction with colonial rule.

    Why did the Chinese devote a great deal of attention to astronomy and calendrical science?

    They wanted to decipher the mysteries of the universe and gain greater control over nature.
    They believed that the stability of the kingdom depended on the emperor's ability to calculate correct dates for festivals, court sessions, mourning periods, and agricultural work.
    They needed a clear understanding of the constellations and other celestial features in order to navigate the world's oceans.
    They believed that astronomy was the key to a universal and objective understanding of the natural world.

    They believed that the stability of the kingdom depended on the emperor's ability to calculate correct dates for festivals, court sessions, mourning periods, and agricultural work.

    Which of the following were the most popular books published in Ming China?

    Almanacs and books of astronomical observations
    Medical encyclopedias
    Travel guides
    Study guides for civil service examinations

    Study guides for civil service examinations

    Which of the following is a similarity between indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Americas?

    Both groups were forced to work in silver mines for European owners.
    Both groups had large numbers of people perish from European-introduced disease.
    Both groups believed that the Europeans were gods.
    Both groups were taken as slaves and sent to Europe and Asia.

    Both groups had large numbers of people perish from European-introduced disease.

    Which of the following helps explain the degree of intermarriage between European men and native women in the Americas?

    Amerindians sought to ally themselves with European Christians in order to hasten the conversion process.
    Amerindian women were attempting to repopulate the Americans after the deaths brought by European disease.
    Initially, European colonists were overwhelmingly male.
    European wives died out rapidly in the harsh climates of North America.

    Initially, European colonists were overwhelmingly male.

    How did Europe's cultural exchanges with the Americas and the Pacific compare with its exchanges with China and the Islamic world?

    Unlike cultures in China and the Islamic world, indigenous cultures in the Americas and the Pacific were undermined by contact with Europeans.
    Chinese and Islamic rulers, as well as indigenous leaders in the Americas and Pacific, brought artists from all over the world to glorify their regimes.
    Chinese and Islamic rulers, as well as indigenous leaders in the Americas and Pacific, eagerly supported Christian missionaries.
    Unlike cultures in China and the Islamic world, indigenous cultures in the Americas and the Pacific were eager for trade contact with Europeans.

    Unlike cultures in China and the Islamic world, indigenous cultures in the Americas and the Pacific were undermined by contact with Europeans.

    Which group closed off the studies into European science, history, and geography begun by Ibrahim Muteferrika?

    The devshirme
    The janissaries
    The Sufis
    The ulama

    The ulama

    Which of the following is an important cultural achievement of the Safavids?

    The art of the period reflected the majesty and aloofness of the Safavid shahs.
    The Safavids created a blending of Sunni and Shia poetry.
    The Safavid Empire provided a home for Shiite Islam, and blended it with traditional Persian culture.
    The Safavid capital, Isfahan, was modeled after the Topkapi palace in Istanbul.

    The Safavid Empire provided a home for Shiite Islam, and blended it with traditional Persian culture.

    What type of significant artwork was produced by the Oyo Empire and Benin?

    Detailed paintings of plant life
    Intricate silver jewelry
    Sophisticated bronzes
    Enormous marble palaces and temples

    Sophisticated bronzes

    Which of the following supported the Mughal nobility's lavish lifestyle?

    Tribute from the conquered peoples in central Asia provided the funds for extravagant buildings such as
    the Taj Mahal.
    Foreign trade brought in silver had advanced the money economy, which helped the nobility prosper.
    Confiscatory taxation on farmers funded the Mughal military-based nobility.
    Mughal nobles were entitled to collect a tithe from all non-Muslims.

    Foreign trade brought in silver had advanced the money economy, which helped the nobility prosper.

    Which of the following reflects a difference between China and the Islamic Empires?

    China's internal market fueled its growth and culture, instead of the foreign trade that provided wealth to the Islamic Empires.
    China alone relied on its own traditions for cultural inspiration.
    China had long been a center of learning, but the Islamic Empires relied on outside sources of learning.
    China, unlike the Mughals and Ottomans, ruled over a homogeneous population.

    China's internal market fueled its growth and culture, instead of the foreign trade that provided wealth to the Islamic Empires.

    How did the literary culture of late Ming and early Qing China affect elite women's lives?

    Elite women's success as writers, readers, and editors encouraged them to assume a wider range of social roles.
    Elite women read about the lives of poor women and developed a new sense of female solidarity that crossed class boundaries.
    Elite women were generally able to participate as writers, readers, and editors, despite increasing constraints on their lives.
    Elite women were not encouraged to participate in literary culture, but the most popular books had strong female characters.

    Elite women were generally able to participate as writers, readers, and editors, despite increasing constraints on their lives.

    Which of the following was a way in which the arts were used by artists or their patrons to send a social message between 1500 and 1750?

    Ottoman and Qing rulers used architecture to communicate their wish for a more open relationship with their subjects.
    Intellectuals in Benin used poetry to express their longing for a bygone golden age.
    European women such as Mary Wollstonecraft took up the pen to counter the belief that women could not act as rational beings.
    Mughal painters used styles imported from Europe to communicate their wish for greater cultural blending.

    European women such as Mary Wollstonecraft took up the pen to counter the belief that women could not act as rational beings.

    How did the European missionary presence differ in the Americas from that in East Asia before 1800?

    Missionaries to the Americas were backed up by colonial officials and military power.
    Missionaries to East Asia were more willing to accept the blending of multiple religious traditions.
    Missionaries to the Americas were more successful at impressing their audiences with examples of European cartography.
    Missionaries to the East Asia failed to learn anything about the people they sought to convert.

    Missionaries to the Americas were backed up by colonial officials and military power.

    For what reason did the Chinese take little interest in the maps brought by Matteo Ricci?

    Chinese maps exhibited a higher degree of geometric and mathematical precision.
    The Chinese knew that the earth was round, and ridiculed the flat earth shown in Ricci's maps.
    The Chinese believed that Ricci's maps made China seem an unimportant country on the edge of the world.
    Chinese maps reflected more knowledge of other parts of the world.

    The Chinese believed that Ricci's maps made China seem an unimportant country on the edge of the world.

    What was the political rationale for monarchs such as Louis XIV and Charles II to support scientific academies?

    The crown hoped to gain the support of the women who hosted the salons.
    If the crown was seen to support scientific progress, the great minds of the academies would also be seen to support the crown.
    If the crown supported the academies, the new ideas and technology that were discovered would belong to the crown.
    The crown hoped to gain votes from the growing middle class, who were fascinated by new scientific discoveries.

    If the crown was seen to support scientific progress, the great minds of the academies would also be seen to support the crown.

    Which of the following is often seen as the epitome of the blending of Persian, Islamic, and Indian traditions?

    The palace at Isfahan
    The empire's legal system
    The Taj Mahal
    The peacock throne

    The Taj Mahal

    Which of John Locke's ideas formed the basis of the Declaration of Independence?

    Liberty, equality, and fraternity
    Laissez faire
    A social contract, binding both ruler and ruled
    Universal suffrage

    A social contract, binding both ruler and ruled

    What invention transformed sugar refining, pottery making, and textile making?

    The cotton gin
    The water frame
    The printing press
    The steam engine

    The steam engine

    What was the primary goal of liberal European reformers, such as Lord Macaulay, concerning changes to India's educational and cultural systems?

    To continue the orientalists' respect for India's classical languages, philosophies, and cultures
    To increase education in science and engineering
    To create a class that was Indian in blood but English in taste and culture
    To end the exploitation of India's rural people

    To create a class that was Indian in blood but English in taste and culture

    In the Ottoman Empire, why did reform attempts, such as the Tanzimat, ultimately fail to produce revolutionary change?

    Merchants refused to lend money to the Sultan to finance his reforms.
    Reform relied too much on the personal whim of rulers.
    The clergy promoted change, but the military resisted it.
    Land owners could not hire enough labor to grow crops for export.

    Reform relied too much on the personal whim of rulers.

    What did Europeans mean when they proposed that Africans should engage in "legitimate" trade?

    Africans should stop using mercantilist forms of protectionism, and engage in free trade.
    Africans should only sell slaves to European traders who had been licensed by their home governments.
    Africans should begin to produce goods on an industrial scale for sale in the world market.
    Africans should sell raw materials instead of slaves, and buy manufactured goods from Europe.

    Africans should sell raw materials instead of slaves, and buy manufactured goods from Europe.

    Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas?

    Nationalism and democracy
    Absolutism and capitalism
    Nationalism and mercantilism
    Absolutism and socialism

    Nationalism and democracy

    Which of the following accurately describes a reason cited by the colonists for the North American War of Independence?

    Britain's North American colonies were impoverished and would not be able to prosper as long as Britain retained control.
    Many Amerindians turned to the American revolutionaries to help them resist the aggressive advances of the land-hungry British.
    King George III insisted that colonists help pay for Britain's war with France and for the benefits of being subjects of the British Empire.
    North American colonists did not have local assemblies, which they required to be democratic.

    King George III insisted that colonists help pay for Britain's war with France and for the benefits of being subjects of the British Empire.

    Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

    The Constitution
    The Bill of Rights
    The Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

    The Constitution

    Which of the following accurately describes global trade in the mid-nineteenth century?

    The global trade of luxury goods, such as silk and porcelain, profoundly changed the societies that produced them.
    People increasingly worked to produce goods they could sell in the global market instead of producing subsistence crops.
    Most goods were carried overland by railroad instead of by sea on sailing ships.
    The people in the agricultural hinterlands were largely unaffected by changing global markets.

    People increasingly worked to produce goods they could sell in the global market instead of producing subsistence crops.

    Why did King Pedro separate Brazil from Portuguese rule and declare Brazil to be a constitutional monarchy?

    He did not want Brazil to fall under Napoleon's control.
    He feared an uprising among the local elites.
    Only a monarchy could organize a strong army to protect Brazil from invasion by Simón Bolívar.
    There was a rebellion among Amerindians in the Amazon region, but Portugal refused to send troops.

    He feared an uprising among the local elites.

    Why did King Louis XVI summon the Estates-General into session in 1788?

    To improve the status of the French peasantry
    To levy new taxes in order to improve his credit
    To discuss new ways in which France could work against British interests
    To create a more egalitarian legal system in France

    To levy new taxes in order to improve his credit

    Why were elite Iberian-Americans initially reluctant to embrace the idea of independence?

    They feared that it might generate revolts among slaves or Amerindians.
    They feared that cooperation among the various colonies of the Spanish empire would undermine their positions of wealth and power.
    They feared that without a strong monarchy, the Catholic Church would gain too much influence.
    They feared that independence would lead peninsulares to return to Europe.

    They feared that it might generate revolts among slaves or Amerindians.

    Which of the following is a consequence of the revolution in Saint Domingue?

    It discouraged the revolutionaries in Latin America.
    President Thomas Jefferson refused to recognize the new nation, worried that its success might inspire similar revolts in the United States.
    Napoleon, having restored slavery in France, waged a successful war that restored French control and slavery on Saint Domingue.
    After defeating the French in Saint Domingue, the revolutionaries offered their assistance to those who wished to rebel in Brazil.

    President Thomas Jefferson refused to recognize the new nation, worried that its success might inspire similar revolts in the United States.

    How did the trade relationship between China and Europe change in the early nineteenth century?

    European rulers and upper classes suddenly developed a taste for Chinese silks, teas, jade, tableware, jewelry, paper, and ceramics.
    Westerners consumed less tea, so the overall amount of trade declined.
    The English colonized China.
    The balance of trade between China and Europe was reversed.

    The balance of trade between China and Europe was reversed.

    Which of the following actions was undertaken by Muhammad Ali to attempt to create the most powerful state in the eastern Mediterranean?

    He used diplomacy, not the army, as the model for modern state-building.
    He sought the advice of the English to reform his government.
    He reduced spending on education so that more time would be spent on agriculture.
    He deepened irrigation canals and constructed a series of dams across the Nile.

    He deepened irrigation canals and constructed a series of dams across the Nile.

    During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, how did India's traditional trade patterns change?

    India turned inward and abandoned the Indian Ocean trade in favor of internal trade.
    The East India Company retreated from Bengal, ending years of lucrative tax collection.
    The East India Company sponsored scholarship to encourage Indians to adopt laissez faire philosophy.
    India became an importer of British goods such as cotton textiles, and an exporter of raw materials.

    India became an importer of British goods such as cotton textiles, and an exporter of raw materials.

    Which of the following was included in 1842 Treaty of Nanjing?

    The British acquired the right to trade at all Chinese ports.
    The British agreed not to export more opium to China.
    The Chinese ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British.
    The Chinese acquired the right to tax the opium being imported.

    The Chinese ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British.

    How did the migration of Qing peasants differ from the migration of workers in Britain?

    Qing peasants migrated to the large coastal cities to take part in trade; British agrarian labor moved to the interior of the island.
    Qing peasants were encouraged by the government to migrate westward to secure the frontiers; British agrarian labor moved to cities for factory jobs.
    British agrarian labor voluntarily moved to newly enclosed lands; the movement of Qing peasants was state sponsored.
    British rural workers moved to work in move profitable agricultural jobs in Australia; the movement of Qing peasants was internal.

    Qing peasants were encouraged by the government to migrate westward to secure the frontiers; British agrarian labor moved to cities for factory jobs.

    Which of the following characterized the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte in France?

    A respect for the authority of other European leaders
    An increase in popular democracy
    A centralized, efficient administration
    A separate legal code for the French colonies and future conquests

    A centralized, efficient administration

    Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and French Revolutions?

    Both introduced republican forms of government.
    Both granted political equality to all people.
    Both avoided written documents, preferring informal agreements on fundamental rights.
    Both emancipated slaves in their territories as part of the revolution.

    Both introduced republican forms of government.

    In the eighteenth century, global trade was stimulated by poor people in Western Europe consuming which of the following products?

    Tea, rum, and beef
    Coffee, chocolate, and vodka
    Coffee, tea, and sugar
    Tea, sugar, and turnips

    Coffee, tea, and sugar

    Which of the following was a consequence of Napoleon's failed attempt to create a French continental empire?

    Nationalism was crushed once and for all, leaving Europe at the mercy of large, multiethnic states ruled by foreign monarchs.
    The huge French army defeated the Ottoman Empire and provided freedom for oppressed minorities in North Africa and the Middle East.
    The reforms of the French Revolution were totally wiped out after Napoleon's defeat and an absolutist monarchy was reinstituted.
    Europe was divided between those who wanted to restore the status quo and those who wanted to create a society based on individual rights and limited government.

    Europe was divided between those who wanted to restore the status quo and those who wanted to create a society based on individual rights and limited government.

    Who benefited most from the revolutions against Spanish rule in the Americas?

    Local military chieftains who formed alliances with land owners
    Simon Bolivar, who went on to found the federation of "Gran Columbia"
    Andean tribes, who were now free from the domination of the peninsulares
    Mestizos, who were able to take control of the new republics from the creole elites

    Local military chieftains who formed alliances with land owners

    In early-nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did migration to urban areas increase so rapidly?

    Cities offered more comfortable and modern housing.
    There was a growing demand for factory workers in the cities.
    Peasants wanted to avoid the rigid work discipline of the rural farms.
    Cities provided free public education to their residents.

    There was a growing demand for factory workers in the cities.

    What effect did the end of the Atlantic slave trade have in Africa?

    People no longer needed states to protect them from slave raiders.
    Former victims of the slave trade began to gain strength and attack their neighbors.
    Expertise in slave trading did not prepare states for success in plantation agriculture.
    Slavery increased within Africa to provide labor for commercial crops such as palm oil and cloves.

    Slavery increased within Africa to provide labor for commercial crops such as palm oil and cloves.

    Which of the following factors helped create the "industrious" revolution?

    Households were moved by revivalist preachers to work harder to avoid time for sinning.
    Because of changing climates, households had to work much longer hours to grow enough food.
    Because of competition with slave and other forms of forced labor, most households had to include their children in laboring to provide enough income to survive.
    Households gave up leisure time to produce more goods for the market in order to buy products produced elsewhere.

    Households gave up leisure time to produce more goods for the market in order to buy products produced elsewhere.

    Which of the following accurately indicates the process by which the slave trade was ended in the North Atlantic?

    The Dutch persuaded the French and other European governments to prohibit the slave trade.
    The United States was the first North Atlantic power to prohibit the slave trade, and others followed its lead.
    Britain posted a naval squadron off the coast of West Africa to prevent any slave trade north of the equator.
    European and American revolutionaries all agreed that free wage labor was inherently more productive than forced labor.

    Britain posted a naval squadron off the coast of West Africa to prevent any slave trade north of the equator.

    Which of the following methods was used by Tsar Nicholas I to maintain absolute rule in Russia?

    He claimed that enlightened despotism was the most advanced form of government.
    He attempted to gain the loyalty of the people by abolishing serfdom.
    He expanded the secret police and enforced censorship.
    He bought the loyalty of the Decembrists with gifts of lands and titles.

    He expanded the secret police and enforced censorship.

    How did the idea that "all men were created equal" affect revolutionary American society?

    It led to the argument that everyone should pay the same amount in taxes.
    It encouraged people to overturn social hierarchies and stop deferring to those who claimed higher rank.
    It undermined the belief in the importance of private property.
    It led slave owners to use less force in controlling their slaves, eventually even freeing them.

    It encouraged people to overturn social hierarchies and stop deferring to those who claimed higher rank.

    Which of the following explains why China did not become the epicenter of the industrial revolution?

    The Qing did not foster experimentation or create the links between thinkers and investors.
    The Qing put too much emphasis on overseas trade, draining capital needed to industrialize.
    The Qing believed that science was against the principles of Confucianism.
    The Qing passed protective tariffs to protect local merchants, which stifled trade and innovation.

    The Qing did not foster experimentation or create the links between thinkers and investors.

    Who constituted "the people," according to political arrangements Americans made during the War of Independence?

    Women over 30 years old
    Former slaves who had a trade
    Amerindians who had fought with the colonists
    Propertied white men

    Propertied white men

    What factor contributed most to Mexico's declaration of independence in 1821?

    Calls for redistribution of wealth and property among Amerindians and the poor
    Cooperation between creoles and peninsulares
    Loss of faith in the Spanish king's ability to rule effectively
    Cooperation between Mexican and South American elites

    Loss of faith in the Spanish king's ability to rule effectively

    Which of the following is a valid comparison between the American and the Saint Domingue Revolutions?

    The American colonists wanted only economic freedom, but the people of Saint Domingue were guided by Enlightenment ideas.
    Both revolutions ended in the abolition of slavery and the establishment of representative rule.
    The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily slaves.
    Neither revolution was inspired by the Enlightenment.

    The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily slaves.

    Which of the following accurately describes the political revolution against the Spanish monarchy in early nineteenth-century Latin America?

    It was largely a revolt by Amerindians against poor treatment by the Spanish.
    It depended on support from the United States for its success.
    It was crushed by the colonial elite, who used their Spanish identity to justify their control.
    It became a social struggle among Amerindians, slaves, mestizos, and whites.

    It became a social struggle among Amerindians, slaves, mestizos, and whites.

    The wealth generated by the expansion in trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries led to the emergence of which of the following social groups?

    The bourgeoisie
    The proletariat
    The nobility of the robe
    The yeomanry

    The bourgeoisie

    Where did participation in global trade first begin to have a significant impact on the lives of ordinary people?

    Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean trade network
    European Russia and Siberia
    Northwestern Europe and British North America
    Southern Europe and the Mediterranean

    Northwestern Europe and British North America

    Which of the following was a product of radical French revolutionaries who controlled the French government during the 1790s?

    They established the world's largest army.
    They abolished religion in all forms.
    They created a legal system based on reforming criminals instead of punishing them.
    They declared France to be a constitutional monarchy.

    They established the world's largest army.

    How did the industrial revolution affect Europe's relationships with other parts of the world?

    Europe became more powerful economically by exporting more goods than it imported.
    Europe pulled back from its earlier interest in overseas colonization.
    Europe became more dependent on other parts of the world for financial support.
    Europe became vulnerable to trade embargoes by Asian empires.

    Europe became more powerful economically by exporting more goods than it imported.

    In the eighteenth century, which of the following was an argument made against the mercantile system?

    The mercantile system did not support mining bullion in the Americas.
    The mercantile system promoted free trade between American colonies.
    The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world.
    The mercantile system decreased the power of kings and aristocrats.

    The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world.

    In what way did Britain's political and social environment contribute to the industrial revolution?

    It encouraged women to participate in creating new technology.
    It allowed merchants and industrialists to invest heavily in such inventions as steam power.
    It encouraged land-owning nobility to grow crops for food for the working class population.
    It restricted access to rapidly expanding international and internal markets.

    It allowed merchants and industrialists to invest heavily in such inventions as steam power.

    Viewed collectively, the actions of rebels and dissidents in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reflected which of the following?

    Their dislike of capitalism and colonialism
    Their embrace of Enlightenment ideals and European technology
    The level of bureaucratic organization within their own societies
    The support they received from outside sources such as foreign missionaries

    Their dislike of capitalism and colonialism

    Hong Xiuquan believed that he was:

    an administrative prodigy who could reform Qing governance.
    the heir to the tradition of Muhammad.
    a representative leader of the Chinese peasantry.
    Jesus's younger brother sent to rid the world of evil.

    Jesus's younger brother sent to rid the world of evil.

    How did nationalist thinkers define "the nation"?

    In terms of shared economic interests
    In terms of adherence to the same religion
    In terms of a common language, culture, and history
    In terms of shared family relationships

    In terms of a common language, culture, and history

    Why did small-scale settlements in southern Africa give way to larger states during the early nineteenth century?

    Larger states were better equipped to compete for limited land and resources.
    Larger states were more efficient at gathering goods for trade with Europeans, and benefited from European technologies.
    Larger states were better at utilizing agricultural land, allowing them to relieve population pressure more effectively than smaller settlements.
    Larger states were able to experiment with new leadership styles, ending their dependence on traditional forms of political order.

    Larger states were better equipped to compete for limited land and resources.

    Wahhabi Islam was a direct threat to the political power of which of the following?

    The Napoleonic Empire
    The Ottoman Empire
    The House of Saud
    The British Empire

    The Ottoman Empire

    In what way did the Mayans who followed José María Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

    Both the Mayans and the Chinese were driven by hunger to surrender to work on plantations.
    Both the Mayans and the Chinese were led by ruling elites who sympathized with the plight of the peasants.
    Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends.
    Both the Mayans and the Chinese were able to create enduring semiautonomous states within the larger nation.

    Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends.

    What event sparked the Great Rebellion of 1857?

    British reprisals against peasants who refused to pay their taxes
    The British East India Company issuing IOUs to soldiers in lieu of their salaries
    A rumor that cow and pig fat had been used to grease the cartridges used in soldiers' rifles
    A rumor that the food provided by the British East India Company violated soldiers' religious beliefs

    A rumor that cow and pig fat had been used to grease the cartridges used in soldiers' rifles

    Which of the following was a sharp contrast between millenarian revolts such as the Taiping Rebellion and orthodox institutions?

    Millenarian revolts were often led by scholars.
    Millenarian movements were inspired by Confucian, not Daoist, ideals.
    Millenarian movements were supported by militias raised by the gentry.
    Millenarian revolts often had women in leadership roles.

    Millenarian revolts often had women in leadership roles.

    How did the British change their approach to ruling India after 1857?

    The British began to use railroads, roads, and telegraph lines to link the region together.
    India came under the British crown's direct control.
    The British stopped allowing Indians to serve in the British army.
    The British restored control of cotton manufacturing to India.

    India came under the British crown's direct control.

    Why did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels call their theories "scientific" socialism?

    Because their arguments were based in statistical analysis
    Because their inspiration came from Newton's grand synthesis of knowledge, the Principia
    Because their arguments were rooted in a materialist view of history
    Because all of their statements had been verified through experimentation

    Because their arguments were rooted in a materialist view of history

    In which of the following ways did the Zuku leader, Shaka, resemble Mongol leaders?

    Both used cavalry and archers as the core of their military forces.
    Both had the ability to incorporate defeated communities into the state.
    Both were known for their ability to tolerate challenges from within their state.
    Both came from peasant roots, rising to positions of authority based on their prowess as warriors.

    Both had the ability to incorporate defeated communities into the state.

    The Taiping Rebellion was a nineteenth-century example of what Chinese tradition?

    Confucian codes of administration
    Rejection of outside influences as inferior to Chinese ideas
    Millenarian peasant revolts
    Violent uprisings by members of ethnic minority groups

    Millenarian peasant revolts

    What was a goal of the Mayans in the Yucatan peninsula when they revolted against the Mexican government
    in 1847?

    They wanted complete cultural autonomy.
    They wanted political independence.
    They wanted to retain the right to own their land individually.
    They wanted political equality with other Mexicans.

    They wanted political equality with other Mexicans.

    From which groups did European nationalist movements draw their greatest number of supporters?

    The middle class and the landless peasants
    The liberal aristocracy and the commercial middle class
    The landed aristocracy and financiers
    The clergy and rural workers

    The liberal aristocracy and the commercial middle class

    What did the groups that led the 1848 revolutions in Europe have in common?

    They shared a desire for independent nations and to overthrow the existing elites.
    They shared a belief in the triumph of the proletariat.
    The groups were all middle class, such as doctors, university professors and students, and lawyers.
    The groups were all working class, such as artisans, printers, and peasants.

    They shared a desire for independent nations and to overthrow the existing elites.

    During the early nineteenth century, which of the following led to a crisis in southern Africa?

    Outbreaks of epidemic disease that depleted the population
    The introduction of opium by the British
    Overpopulation that strained the region's resource base
    Islamic reform movements challenging existing rulers

    Overpopulation that strained the region's resource base

    Why did Charles Fourier consign nasty jobs such as cleaning latrines to adolescents?

    He believed that in the interest of harmony, everyone had to work.
    He believed that all work was ennobling, and the young should be taught this at an early age.
    He believed that adolescents would move on to better jobs after they had proved themselves.
    He believed that adolescents liked to muck about in filth.

    He believed that adolescents liked to muck about in filth.

    The Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa was similar to Hong Xiuquan in which of the following ways?

    Both drew on native as well as Muslim traditions in their preaching.
    Both led rebellions that were ultimately successful.
    Both had religious visions and embraced a strict moral code.
    Both used western astronomy to prove their personal powers.

    Both had religious visions and embraced a strict moral code.

    On what idea could disparate groups of radicals agree?

    Popular sovereignty
    Return to the status quo
    Constitutional monarchy
    Abolishing private property

    Popular sovereignty

    In what way did the peasants show their divergence from the Indian elite in the Great Rebellion of 1857?

    Peasants attacked Hindu princes who were seen as capitulating to Mughal rulers.
    Peasants followed traditional leaders only, not those who had training under the British.
    Peasants attempted to overthrow the Mughal dynasty because it had betrayed the Islamic faith.
    Peasants attacked both Indian and British people and places that represented their oppression.

    Peasants attacked both Indian and British people and places that represented their oppression.

    Which of the following is a similarity between the goals of Hong, the leaders of the Islamic revitalization movements, and Shaka?

    They all proposed a return to the ways of traditional Islam.
    They all sought to restore lost harmony and perceived the present world as unjust.
    They all rejected foreign religious ideas.
    They all believed that lack of harmony was caused by foreign rule.

    They all sought to restore lost harmony and perceived the present world as unjust.

    The leaders of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Islamic revitalization movements sought to reestablish the glory of Islam through which practice?

    Abolishing slavery in all Muslim lands
    Making alliances between Islam and other religious traditions
    Increasing the Islamic presence in world markets
    Establishing new religiously based governments in lands already under Muslim control

    Establishing new religiously based governments in lands already under Muslim control

    Why were women especially drawn to Fourier's proposed reforms?

    Women longed for a way to address the social problems of poverty, prostitution, and the exploitation of workers.
    Women were captivated by Fourier's charismatic speaking style.
    Women were pleased to see the unpleasant jobs spread around to all groups instead of being consigned to women.
    Women longed for a way to return to an idealized country life.

    Women longed for a way to address the social problems of poverty, prostitution, and the exploitation of workers.

    Which of the following was required of Shawnee culture if they were to be able to cooperate with U.S. government officials?

    That men rather than women take over farming
    That they commit to communal life, similar to Fourier's phalanxes
    That men move to urban areas and take jobs for cash payments
    That they abandon their native language

    That men rather than women take over farming

    Which of the following groups was most attracted to Wahhabi Islam?

    People who believed their current version of Islam was too restrictive and needed to compromise with local cultural traditions
    People who felt threatened by new commercial activities and the increasing pace of intellectual change
    People who belonged to Sufi sects and devoted themselves to Muslim saints
    People who supported the power of the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula

    People who felt threatened by new commercial activities and the increasing pace of intellectual change

    Both Usman dan Fodio and Muhammad Ibn abd al-Wahhab drew on which of the following inspirations for Islamic reform?

    The rejection of the corrupting power of wealth in the established Islamic empires
    The similarities between Islam and other Abrahamic religions
    The life of Muhammad and early Islamic practices
    The connections that had emerged between Islam and regional religious traditions

    The life of Muhammad and early Islamic practices

    What was one of the reasons for the collapse of the Taiping Rebellion?

    It failed to attract strong support from the peasants.
    It received from Western powers, which alienated the majority of the Chinese people.
    It failed to attract strong support from the landed gentry and other elite groups.
    Its followers were mainly Manchus, alienating the Han Chinese majority.

    It failed to attract strong support from the landed gentry and other elite groups.

    In Restoration-period Europe, which of the following was a goal of liberal thinkers?

    Returning to prerevolutionary patterns of political and economic authority
    Supporting individuals' right to speak, think, and act as they chose
    Exporting European innovations to other parts of the world
    Continuing to pursue political reforms without attempting economic reforms

    Supporting individuals' right to speak, think, and act as they chose

    Which of the following groups supported Usman dan Fodio's revolt against the Hausa city-states?

    Ruling elites
    Fulani tribes people
    Igbo merchants
    Hausa women

    Fulani tribes people

    Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, how did the Mayan experience of colonial rule differ from that of other indigenous Mexican peoples?

    A stronger missionary presence meant that more Mayans converted to Christianity.
    The Mayans escaped forced labor recruitment and social disruption because their territory lacked minerals or fertile land.
    Conflict between the Spanish and the Portuguese meant that more Mayans were killed in war.
    The Mayans were less able to participate in trade than other Mexican natives because they lacked port cities.

    The Mayans escaped forced labor recruitment and social disruption because their territory lacked minerals or fertile land.

    How did the outcome of the War of 1812 hasten the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans east of the Mississippi?

    Both the British and the French slaughtered large numbers of Native Americans in the conflict.
    The Shawnee migrated to Canada, leaving the lands south of the Great Lakes free of Native American tribes.
    The British withdrew their support from south of the Great Lakes, leaving the Shawnee at the mercy of land hungry American settlers.
    Other tribes west of the Mississippi who had sided with the Americans supported the removal of the eastern tribes.

    The British withdrew their support from south of the Great Lakes, leaving the Shawnee at the mercy of land hungry American settlers.

    How would life in Fourier's phalanx qualify as a reform of Restoration Europe's economic order?

    All members would work at diverse tasks, for short periods of time.
    All members would receive the same pay for their work.
    All members would learn how to do all of the necessary tasks to keep the phalanx running.
    All members would do what they could, and take what they needed from the community.

    All members would work at diverse tasks, for short periods of time.

    Which of the following was called for in the People's Charter?

    Creating land charters to protect the property rights of small farmers
    Creating charters outlining the rights of workers in mines and mills
    The eight-hour day, weekends off, and safer working conditions in factories
    Annual parliamentary elections, universal male suffrage, and the secret ballot

    Annual parliamentary elections, universal male suffrage, and the secret ballot

    Which of the following contributed to social and political instability in both China and Africa?

    Decreasing opium consumption
    Declining involvement in foreign trade
    Pressure from a growing population
    Increased standards of living among the peasantry

    Pressure from a growing population

    Which of the following characterized the British counterinsurgency effort in India?

    The British bribed rebel leaders to stop the uprising.
    The British responded brutally; villages were destroyed and leaders were tied to cannons and executed.
    The British expended a great deal of effort to preserve Indian lives and property to avoid alienating the population.
    As a gesture of goodwill, the British returned the land that they had previously annexed.

    The British responded brutally; villages were destroyed and leaders were tied to cannons and executed.

    Which of the following nineteenth-century principles derived from the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?

    Mercantilism
    Government by and for property holding citizens
    The emergence of international law
    Monarchical absolutism

    Government by and for property holding citizens

    Which of the following was the most important device used by Mexicans to lure Mayans into plantation labor?

    Debt peonage forced fathers and sons to work for low wages on sugar plantations.
    The imposition of the new caste of "Indians" meant Mayans had few political rights and could be forced into plantation servitude.
    Mexicans lured Mayans with promises of teaching them new agricultural techniques that would enrich Mayan villages.
    Mayans were forced to work on plantations to free their wives and children who had been taken hostage by the plantation owners.

    Debt peonage forced fathers and sons to work for low wages on sugar plantations.

    How did the status of Islam in West Africa change after the establishment of the Sokoto caliphate?

    It changed from a minority religion to the majority religion in the region.
    It changed from an urban religion to the religion of rural pastoralists.
    It changed from a polytheistic religion to a monotheistic religion.
    It changed from a warlike religion to a peaceful religion.

    It changed from a minority religion to the majority religion in the region.

    Which of the following was a common factor in the Shawnee, Maya, and Indian rebellions against colonial control?

    A rejection of traditional cultural and political resources
    Nonviolent resistance against colonial power
    The use of prophecy and charismatic leadership
    Reliance on Christian traditions taught by missionaries

    The use of prophecy and charismatic leadership

    In what way did nineteenth-century nationalist goals prove destructive in the twentieth century?

    Nationalist goals led to class warfare.
    Nationalist goals conflicted with economic modernization.
    The nationalist goals of different groups proved incompatible with one another.
    The nationalist goals of the nineteenth century limited twentieth-century cultural and literary experimentation.

    The nationalist goals of different groups proved incompatible with one another.

    What change did the British East India Company make in its approach to ruling India during the 1840s?

    It ceded its control of India to the British crown.
    It annexed more land and stripped native aristocrats of their privileges.
    It encouraged the Mughal emperor to rule as an absolute monarch.
    It banned the practice of the Hindu religion in India.

    It annexed more land and stripped native aristocrats of their privileges.

    The goals of European reactionaries during the Restoration period included which of the following?

    Secularization of the state
    Curtailment of royal privileges
    Rejection of change
    Reversal of the beginnings of industrialization

    Rejection of change

    The impetus of Mohammad Ibn al-Wahhab's Islamic reform movement was a reaction to which of the following?

    The presence of multiple Islamic empires such as the Mughals and the Ottomans
    The tendency of some Muslims to experiment with European ideas and technologies
    Polytheistic beliefs that had taken root among some Muslims
    Debates among representatives of different religions at the Mughal court

    Polytheistic beliefs that had taken root among some Muslims

    What did Marx and Engels believe would be the outcome of the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

    A victory by the bourgeoisie that would reduce the proletariat to slavery
    A victory by the bourgeoisie that would result in the reinforcement of capitalism and private property, and things would stay as they were
    A victory by the proletariat that would lead to the return of an idealized form of feudalism
    A victory by the proletariat that would result in the destruction of capitalism, the end of private property, and the eventual withering away of the state

    A victory by the proletariat that would result in the destruction of capitalism, the end of private property, and the eventual withering away of the state

    Why did American officials fear Tecumseh's message even more than his brother's?

    Officials feared that Tecumseh's support of the ghost dance would draw away workers for American farms.
    Officials feared that Tecumseh's large army would be able to attack Washington, DC and other eastern cities.
    Officials feared that Christians would begin to convert to the visionary future preached by Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa.
    Officials feared that Tecumseh's attempt to create a confederation of Native American tribes could lead to a nation comparable to that of the Aztecs.

    Officials feared that Tecumseh's attempt to create a confederation of Native American tribes could lead to a nation comparable to that of the Aztecs.

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