Question 1

Compare the impact of global economic integration on the Ottoman Empire with its impact on the Mughal Empire. How did each dynasty respond to external economic inputs, and how important were they for the evolution of each empire?

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Question 2

Describe the establishment of the Qing dynasty in China and the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan and compare the ways each asserted its legitimacy and responded to the challenges of global economic integration.

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Question 3

Analyze the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies between 1600 and 1750. In the aggregate, which social groups benefited, and which did not? How did participation in the slave trade contribute to the formation of states, and what were its pitfalls?

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Question 4

The demographic impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was as devastating as the impact of Afro-Eurasian diseases on Amerindians in the sixteenth century.

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Question 5

The Tokugawa shogunate, unlike many other states in the seventeenth century, regulated foreign intrusion and managed to remain free of outside exploitation.

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The Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868) implemented a policy of sakoku (closed country) which severely restricted foreign influence and trade, effectively allowing Japan to maintain its sovereignty and avoid colonization or significant outside exploitation during a period when many other regions were being dominated by European powers.

Question 6

Describe the colonial empires that emerged in North America and the Caribbean between 1600 and 1750. Analyze the factors that shaped a colony's development.

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Question 7

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

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Question 8

Under the absolutist system of King Louis XIV of France, the king could overrule his jurists and proclaim law.

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King Louis XIV of France, ruling as an absolute monarch, held supreme authority, including the power to legislate and make decisions overruling his jurists or any other legal advisors. This was a hallmark of absolutism, where the monarch's word could effectively become law.

Question 9

Which of the following prevented English monarchs, such as Queen Elizabeth I, from establishing an absolutist regime?
A) English monarchs were legally required to obtain the consent of Parliament in order to raise funds.
B) England was religiously unified, removing an issue that allowed monarchs to discredit their opponents.
C) England was composed of several independent duchies, which refused to allow the monarch to have absolute power.
D) English monarchs never wanted to centralize their authority.

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English monarchs needed the consent of Parliament to raise funds, which limited their ability to establish an absolutist regime by ensuring a form of checks and balances.

Question 10

Under the French model of absolutism, to whom was the king accountable?
A) the nobility
B) jurists
C) God
D) the people

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Under the French model of absolutism, the king was considered to be accountable only to God. This concept, known as the divine right of kings, posited that the monarch's authority was derived directly from God, rather than being subject to earthly powers such as the nobility, jurists, or the general populace.

Question 11

In general, English colonists had a much more antagonistic relationship with Indians in North America than did French colonists.

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English colonists often engaged in conflicts and land disputes with Native Americans, aiming to establish permanent settlements and exploit resources. In contrast, French colonists focused more on trade, particularly in fur, and formed alliances with Native American tribes, leading to generally more cooperative relationships.

Question 12

The Mughal dynasty made a successful effort to develop a naval presence in the Indian Ocean to forestall the growing European influence in the region.

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The Mughal dynasty, despite its vast resources and empire, did not significantly focus on developing a strong naval presence to counter European influence in the Indian Ocean. Their primary focus was on land-based empire expansion and administration.

Question 13

Compare the evolution of the English state and its policies with the evolution of the Russian state and its policies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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Question 14

What was a global effect of the Seven Years' War?
A) France and Spain both gained new territorial holdings in the Americas.
B) Russia completed its annexation of Siberia and controlled lands from the Baltic to the Pacific.
C) Great Britain emerged as the world's strongest colonial power, making it harder for indigenous people to pit European powers against one another.
D) 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.

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The Seven Years' War, which ended in 1763, significantly altered the balance of power among European colonial empires. Great Britain emerged as the dominant colonial power, especially in North America and India, at the expense of France and Spain. This shift made it more difficult for indigenous peoples to leverage competition between European powers for their own advantage.

Quiz 13: Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750