QUESTION 1 1. Which was a role of the Ottoman sultan? to lead day-to-day imperial administration to serve as patriarch of all Turkish families to lead religious rituals as chief priest to rule the empire as an absolute monarch 2 points    QUESTION 2 1. Which was the role of the patriarchal family during the Ming and Qing dynasties? to eliminate the need for local government officials to enforce the rule of law to establish uniformity of practice in Buddhist ceremonies and doctrines to encourage devotion to clan elders who were responsible for social order to bypass the local nobility’s control of social welfare concerns of the populace 2 points    QUESTION 3 1. Which was the purpose of the Floating Worlds? to create separate homelands within the Japanese state for followers of Shintoism and Buddhism to escape from social responsibilities and rigid rules of conduct through urban entertainment to provide ethnic cultural centers and living areas for foreign migrant workers in Japanese cities to establish colonies to provide ready-made markets for industrialized manufactured goods 2 points    QUESTION 4 1. Which was not one of the diverse populations that made up the Ottoman Empire? Orthodox Jews Daoist worshippers Roman Catholics Sunni Muslims 2 points    QUESTION 5 1. Which best describes Japanese social stratification? Elite women were subject to male authority. The middle class was eliminated by Confucian law. Women were allowed control over their property. Examinations allowed class movement. 2 points    QUESTION 6 1. Which was not a characteristic of both the Ottoman and Mughal empires? Arbitrary rule by emperors was based on the steppe tradition. Surplus agricultural production financed the armies. Autocratic authority was wielded by Islamic emperors. New food crops led to rapid population growth. 2 points    QUESTION 7 1. Which best describes the capture of Constantinople in 1453? Portuguese naval forces laid siege around the city’s inner harbor. The Hapsburg emperor’s armies used moveable towers to break the ramparts. Ottoman forces used enormous cannon to knock down the city’s walls. Russian soldiers attacked the weaker eastern walls with superior force. 2 points    QUESTION 8 1. Which best describes cultural patronage in the Islamic empires? Muslim traditional culture was reinforced by eliminating outside foreign influence in art, architecture, and music. Capital cities and royal palaces were beautified to express empires’ imperial majesty and wealth. Western European artists and musicians were brought into the royal courts to introduce more modern art in elite society. Eastern Asian philosophies and stylized calligraphy were imported to secularize education and art. 2 points    QUESTION 9 1. Which describes the political structure of the Mughal Empire? loose system of governance that gave provinces autonomy military force and advanced weaponry used to maintain gunpo ...

1. QUESTION 1
1. Which was a role of the Ottoman sultan?
to lead day-to-day imperial administration
to serve as patriarch of all Turkish families
to lead religious rituals as chief priest
to rule the empire as an absolute monarch
2 points
QUESTION 2
1. Which was the role of the patriarchal family during the Ming
and Qing dynasties?
to eliminate the need for local government officials to enforce
the rule of law
to establish uniformity of practice in Buddhist ceremonies and
doctrines
to encourage devotion to clan elders who were responsible for
social order
to bypass the local nobility’s control of social welfare concerns
of the populace

2. 2 points
QUESTION 3
1. Which was the purpose of the Floating Worlds?
to create separate homelands within the Japanese state for
followers of Shintoism and Buddhism
to escape from social responsibilities and rigid rules of conduct
through urban entertainment
to provide ethnic cultural centers and living areas for foreign
migrant workers in Japanese cities
to establish colonies to provide ready-made markets for
industrialized manufactured goods
2 points
QUESTION 4
1. Which was not one of the diverse populations that made up
the Ottoman Empire?
Orthodox Jews
Daoist worshippers
Roman Catholics
Sunni Muslims

3. 2 points
QUESTION 5
1. Which best describes Japanese social stratification?
Elite women were subject to male authority.
The middle class was eliminated by Confucian law.
Women were allowed control over their property.
Examinations allowed class movement.
2 points
QUESTION 6
1. Which was not a characteristic of both the Ottoman and
Mughal empires?
Arbitrary rule by emperors was based on the steppe tradition.
Surplus agricultural production financed the armies.
Autocratic authority was wielded by Islamic emperors.
New food crops led to rapid population growth.
2 points
QUESTION 7
1. Which best describes the capture of Constantinople in 1453?

4. Portuguese naval forces laid siege around the city’s inner
harbor.
The Hapsburg emperor’s armies used moveable towers to break
the ramparts.
Ottoman forces used enormous cannon to knock down the city’s
walls.
Russian soldiers attacked the weaker eastern walls with superior
force.
2 points
QUESTION 8
1. Which best describes cultural patronage in the Islamic
empires?
Muslim traditional culture was reinforced by eliminating
outside foreign influence in art, architecture, and music.
Capital cities and royal palaces were beautified to express
empires’ imperial majesty and wealth.
Western European artists and musicians were brought into the
royal courts to introduce more modern art in elite society.
Eastern Asian philosophies and stylized calligraphy were
imported to secularize education and art.
2 points

5. QUESTION 9
1. Which describes the political structure of the Mughal
Empire?
loose system of governance that gave provinces autonomy
military force and advanced weaponry used to maintain
gunpowder empire
a feudal system with nobles pledging homage to the Muslim
emperor
absolute authority maintained by forcing thousands to convert
to Islam
2 points
QUESTION 10
1. Which was not a feature of early Ming China?
scroll paintings that depicted scenes on long, vertical rolls of
silk
expansion into the northern border. which brought conflict with
Russia
the Forbidden City, which served as the seat of centralized
government

6. great works of literature and a new form of writing, the novel
2 points
QUESTION 11
1. Which best describes an impact of Christian missionary
efforts in Japan?
The government lessened resistance to foreign ideas and
western modernization.
Christianity was rejected because many converts were not
allowed to become priests or have a leadership role in missions.
The number of followers of Buddhism and Confucianism
lessened among the working class and the peasantry.
Shintoism decreased in political and cultural influence among
all classes of Japanese society.
2 points
QUESTION 12
1. Which was a key feature of the Era of Independent Lords in
Japan?
Merchant class ranks decreased.
The economy was agrarian-based.
Tea and silk exports declined.

7. Foreign Christians gained influence.
2 points
QUESTION 13
1. Which describes economic development in sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century China?
permanent overseas exploration and colonization
promotion of exports in tea, silk, and porcelain
foreign merchants allowed to operate through China
investment in new technological innovation
2 points
QUESTION 14
1. Which was not a reason for the deterioration of the Islamic
empires?
long and costly wars
successive crop failures
incompetent rulers
religious tensions
2 points
QUESTION 15

8. 1. Which was a reason for Japanese isolationism?
Japan did not want to rely on the European currency economy.
Japan wanted to eliminate possible foreign control over regional
samurai warlords.
Japan dreaded an influx of Chinese Confucian and Buddhist
dogma.
Japan was wary of the spread of foreign ideas, including
European religious beliefs.
2 points
QUESTION 16
1. Which was a religious policy of the Ottoman Empire?
allowing autonomous religious communities
requiring all religions to conduct rites in Turkish
granting equal rights to believers of all religions
permitting Christians to inherit the imperial throne
2 points
QUESTION 17
1. Which was an accomplishment of Akbar?

9. He created an efficient nationwide bureaucracy and fair tax
code.
He founded the Mughal Empire and dynasty in northern India.
He expanded the Mughal Empire to its greatest extent deep into
India.
He adopted Hinduism and enforced its caste system in the
empire.
2 points
QUESTION 18
1. Which was an economic policy pursued during the Qing
dynasty?
to allow a high volume of imports
to raise rents and interest rates
to encourage foreign trade
to focus on agricultural exports
2 points
QUESTION 19
1. Which was not a factor that helped the Ottoman Empire grow
from a tiny state in northwestern Anatolia?

10. control of a strategic link between Europe and Asia on the
Dardanelles Strait
creation of an army that took advantage of cavalrymen skills
and gunpowder
shrewd wisdom and strategy of its founder, Osman, and his
descendants
increase in Islamic converts willing to form militias to
overthrow Christian rulers
2 points
QUESTION 20
1. Which was an accomplishment of emperor Kangxi of China?
launching China’s first massive overseas exploration under
admiral Zheng He
supporting the pioneering use of paper currency to bolster trade
and commerce
constructing the vast Qing Empire through conquests of Taiwan
and central Asia
fortifying northern borders with Mongolia by assembling the
Great Wall
2 points
QUESTION 21
1. Which describes the role of women in the Ottoman Empire?

11. Women were allowed to own and operate public businesses.
Women were given the right to serve as attorneys in court.
Women served as governesses in elite households.
Women worked actively in the urban real estate market.
2 points
QUESTION 22
1. Which best describes cultural conservatism in the Islamic
empires?
Muslims remained willingly ignorant of European cultural and
technological developments.
Muslim mariners set sail to proselytize and convert foreign
peoples to Islamic principles.
Shiite Muslims forced Sufism out of the empires’ art, music,
literature, and architecture.
Islamic clerics embraced the use of the printing press to spread
Muslim doctrines.
2 points
QUESTION 23
1. Which was not a reason for the decentralization of Japan
during the 1300s and 1400s?

12. Civil war led to the loss of imperial power.
The Chinese invaded from the north.
Local warlords governed as feudal lords.
Puppet emperors ruled the imperial throne.
2 points
QUESTION 24
1. Why did the Qing regime have a policy of limited foreign
contacts?
They feared complete invasion by advanced European armed
forces.
The infrastructure was inadequate to deal with naval and
overland commerce.
They wanted to avoid a demographic shift from the rural
countryside to port cities.
They were suspicious what impact outside influences could have
on Confucian ideals.
2 points
QUESTION 25
1. Which was an economic accomplishment of the Tokugawa

13. regime?
preventing excess population growth
allowing foreign migrants in to work
producing steel weapons for export
exporting opium and tea to Europe
2 points
QUESTION 26
1. Which was an accomplishment of Suleiman the Magnificent?
killing the Persian king and subjugating his people
forcing the Mughal emperor to cede lands to the Turks
sacking Moscow and putting an end to Russian expansion
challenging European vessels through build up of navy
2 points
QUESTION 27
1. Which was not a reason for the decline of the Ottoman
Empire?
conservative Muslim protest and revolt in janissary corps

14. several incompetent rulers interested in personal wealth
frequent military defeat at the hands of the Europeans
destruction of Hindu temples and Buddhist shrines
2 points
QUESTION 28
1. Which was not an event related to the reunification of Japan
from 1560 to 1615?
The shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu completed the full unification of
Japan.
The Kamakura regime was overthrown by the powerful Hojo
family.
Oda Nobunaga conquered the east and was assassinated.
The warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi centralized power from Osaka.
2 points
QUESTION 29
1. Which feature best reveals the influence of Hinduism on
Mughal art?
brilliant domes, arches, and minarets in buildings

15. flying buttresses extending from building exteriors
decorative tiles to adorn mosques and tombs
elaborate ornamentation to balance arched structures
2 points
QUESTION 30
1. Which was not a general economic trend from 1450 to 1750?
Wages rose as shortage of labor forces occurred from outbreaks
of epidemics.
Wealth was measured more by money and commerce than land
ownership.
Protoindustrial modes of production began to appear primarily
in Europe.
The Columbian exchange of new foods altered diets and
agricultural practices.
2 points