1. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Coffee was often used as a "business lubricant."
B. Coffee houses expanded Muslim social life.
C. Drinking coffee originated in Mecca.
D. The first coffee houses were established in Istanbul.
2. Mansa Musa was the ruler of the African kingdom of
A. Morocco.
B. Ghana.
C. Mali.
D. Egypt
3. _______ maintained that all substance can be reduced to matter and mind.
A. René Descartes
B. Isaac Newton
C. Francis Bacon
D. Galileo
4. In Russia, boyars were
A. Russians of Mongol descent.
B. high-ranking nobles.
C. officers of the Mongol Khan.
D. Muscovite Cossacks
5.The massive uprising of the serfs in 1733 upset the reform goals of
A. Catherine the Great.
B. Peter the Great.
C. Frederick the Great.
D. EmelianPugachev
6.Under the system called the devshirme,
A. sultans produced potential heirs by way of slave-concubines.
B. all property belonged to the Sultan.
C. youths were recruited from Christian families to become slaves.
D. slaves could serve as advisors called viziers
6.With the exception of _______, most societies have engaged in the slave trade.
A. the Australian Aborigines
B. Indonesia
C. the Ottoman Empire
D. Venice
7._______ became the most important industry in the Spanish colonies.
A. Fishing
B. Cattle ranching
C. Agriculture
D. Mining
8. If you were a Jewish person living under the Pale of Settlement established by Catherine the Great, you might well have been required to live in any of the following places, except
A. Denmark
B. Ukraine.
C. Moldava.
D. Latvia
9.After Charles I was executed, Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan, wherein he defended a thesis. Which of these statements best summarizes that thesis?
A. Social order requires a social contract.
B. People are mainly good at heart.
C. Individuals, on their own, must embrace liberal ideals.
D. Monarchies must be overthrown
10. Which of the following were used as a medium of exchange in West Africa?
A. Cowrie shells
B. Grains
C. Kola nuts
D. Salts
11.The Triennial Act, passed by the House of Commons in 1641,
A. legalized the Atlantic triangular trade.
B. extended the effective rule of Parliament for two decades.
C. required the king to convene Parliament every three years.
D. addressed the rebellion in Ireland
12. In 1525, Francis I entered into an alliance with the Ottoman Empire in order to
A. control Mediterranean trade.
B. disempower the Habsburg Empire.
C. challenge Russian power.
D. undermine the Treaty of Augsburg
13. Although the demand for slaves was great, Angolan and Brazilian merchants only permitted a steady trickle of slaves into Brazil because
A. there was anxiety over importing tropical diseases that were rife in West Africa.
B. there was fear of slave revolts.
C. importing too many slaves would reduce their market value.
D. Portuguese Catholics were morally offended by the trade
14. Historians divide the Thirty Years' War into four phases, starting with the Bohemian and ending with French phase. The different phases of the war represented
A. the ascending dominance of the Protestant powers.
B. the ascending dominance of the Catholic powers.
C. dissolved alliances following the Peace of Augsburg.
D. shifting alliances among central European territories
15. Who were the ulama?
A. Sunni religious scholars
B. Sunni mercenaries
C. Shi'a slaves
D. Shi'a bureaucrats
16. Prior to the scientific revolution, who reconciled Aristotle's philosophy with Christian doctrine?
A. Thomas Aquinas
B. Ptolemy
C. The pope
D. The natural philosophers
17. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Swahili cities lost their independence after the arrival of Vasco da Gama.
B. Natives of city-states like Mogadishu enjoyed a high standard of living.
C. The word Swahili means "people of the coast."
D. The prosperity of East African states was based on intensive agriculture.
18. Under Louis XIV, _______ in Versailles.
A. rules of etiquette were ignored
B. women recommended individuals for honors and patronage
C. nobles were seldom required to attend the court
D. Protestants were held in high regard
19. Michel de Montaigne introduced the literary genre called the
A. novel.
B. biography.
C. essay.
D. tract