History Review Questions help?

Need help with a COUPLE of multiple choice questions

1. which of the following was an important demographic change that occurred between 1415 and 1750?
a. New navigational inventions made sea travel on the Atlantic Ocean more practical.
b. Native populations in the Americas were decimated by disease contracted from Europeans
c. social mobility increased as new opportunities opened in the Western Hemisphere.
d. Absolute gov. proved to be much less effective than constitutional monarchies
e. the overall population of the African continent decreased significantly because of the slave trade to the Americas.

2. An economic innovation that first developed between 1450 and 1750 was
a. the banking system
reinsurance underwriting
c. paper money
d. gold coins
e. joint-stock companies

3. Which of the following accurately describes European cultural influence in sub Saharan Africa between 1450 and 1750?
a. European culture influence grew substantially during the period
b. European culture influence was felt in only a few areas
c. European culture influence decreased significantly during this period
d. European culture influence grew gradually but steadily, although it did not threaten the influence of Islam
e. European culture influence remained steady, as Islamic cultural influence declined.

4.One reason Zheng He's voyage had only a limited impact on the course of world history is that they
a. made use of few advanced navigational technologies
b. changed trade patterns in the eastern hemisphere

5. Settlement patterns in the Cape Colony were different from those in most of the rest of the sub-Saharan Africa in that Europeans...
a. coexisted on equal footing with natives
b. did not come in very large numbers
c. came as traders only
d. were more interested in gold than slaves
e. moved inland from the coast

6. Which of the following accurately compares the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires?
a. The dominant religion in all three was Sunnui Islam
b. The Mughals had a powerful navy, but the ottomans and safavid did not
c. the 3 empires fought with the empires outside the region, but generally had few quarrels with one another
d. all reached their peak of power in the 16th and 17th centuries, and were declined by 1750
e. The ottomans and Mughals benefited from the large amounts of silver form the new world in the trade networks but the safavids did not

7. In the Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires the social structure allowed women
a. to have no influence over their husbands
b. in the lower classes to move about freely
c. who were wives of rulers to play key political roles
d. of the upper classes to repudiate purdah or seclusion
e. to compete with the men in the business world with relative equality

8. An important move taken by the mughal leader Akbar was to..
a. establish Sufi control of gov
b. ban rajas , or regional leader from the highest positions in the bureaucracy
c. establish the jizra, or head tax, for non Muslims
d. endorse the Hindu practice of sati or suicide of widows
e. encourage intermarriage between mughal aristocracy and the families of the Hindu raj put

9. All of the following were accomplishments of Peter the Great EXCEPT:
a. into of western military technology
b. extension of more freedoms to women
c. appointment of bureaucrats based on merit
d. establishment of long term Russian access to the Black sea
e. construction of new roads and bridges

10.The Jesuit missionaries sought to impress the Chinese emperor's court with European
a. technology
b. textiles and jewelry
c. knowledge and philosophy
d. pottery and silk
e. military might

11.One difference between Ming and Quing rulers of China was that Quing rulers
a. de-emphasized the civil service examinations
b encouraged intermarriage between Manchu and Chinese
c. Decenteralized government controlled
d.. Were considered to be outsiders by Confucian scholars
e. were generally not as well educated

12. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of Quing China and Tokugawa Japan?
a. The quing emperor ruled china: japan did not have an emperor
b. the literacy rates in japan were higher than those in china
c. Tokugawa japan was more tolerant of European missionaries
d. Quing china was less open to trade with other regions
e. Tokugawa Japan's economy was healthier than Quing China's economy

13. In the era from 1450 to 1750 Russia changed significantly through
a. expansion and centralization of government powers
extension of political power to a working parliament
c. modernization of its economic systems by abolishing serfdom
d. reinforcement of the rights of boyars and other aristocrats
e. the establishment of schools that provided education for all

*even answering one will help so much thank you*






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