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Chapter 15, “The West and the Changing Balance of World Power”

Directions: Part I: Multiple Choice. Choose the best response: 3 Points each.

  1. Where were the two major regional monarchies that were established in Spain soon after 1400?

a)La Rioja and Andalucía

b)Castile and Aragon

c)Aragon and La Rioja

d)Castile and Barcelona

  1. Who were the royals who united these Spanish kingdoms?

a)Elizabeth & Sir Walter Raleigh

b)Elizabeth & Isaac Newton

c)Isabella & Ferdinand

d)Catherine the Great & Peter

  1. What was the main goal of these ambitious monarchs once they united their kingdoms?

a)The wished to extend the right of freedom of religion on their subjects.

b)They wished to introduce the religion of Islam to their subjects.

c)The sought to conquer the remaining Islamic controlled region in the Iberian Peninsula.

d)They sought to conquer the remaining Hindu influenced providences in the Iberian Peninsula.

  1. What was a major result of the 15th century unification of these kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula?

a)Catholics were persecuted and driven out of Spain.

b)English speaking people received more rights than indigenous people.

c)Jews & Muslims were condemned and forcibly removed from Spain.

d)Religious tolerance opened up the Iberian Peninsula for colonization of Buddhists and Confucians.

  1. What was the disease that accounted for the enormous loss of life in the 14th century?

a)Influenzac) Typhus

b)Syphilisd) Bubonic plague

  1. The Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator

a)Invented the astrolabe.

b)Discovered Brazil.

c)Rounded the Cape of Good Hope and eventually sailed to India.

d)Directed a series of expeditions along the African coast and also outward to the Azores.

  1. Which of the following statements concerning theOttoman Empire is most accurate?

a)Turkish rulers did not promote maritime trade as vigorously as had the Arabs.

b)Scientific and philosophical investigation reached the level of innovation that they had enjoyed under the Abbasids

c)The Turks refused to patronize the traditional Persian artist and craftsmen.

d)The Ottomans were more interested in cultural patronage than in military organization.

BONUS EXTRA CREDIT:For extra 3 credit points each: Please describe your understanding of the following words that were used above: You have been given different forms of the word. You need to only describe one of the forms—or the root form.

  1. Innovation (n.) /innovative (adj.)
  1. Patronize (v.) /patronage (n.)
  1. Which Chinese dynasty allowed, or sponsored Zheng He’s international commercial voyages during the 15th century?

a)Chou

b)Ming

c)Han

d)Song

  1. Compare, in 2 ways, Zheng He’s merchant maritime activities with other merchant maritime fleets of the day.(5 points)
  1. What definesethnocentrism? (3 Points)
  1. And what does the book think the problems are with the practice of ethnocentrism? (5 Points)
  1. Choose 1 topic to respond to: 6 points. Please list or bullet your responses.
  1. What was going on in the Americas that foreshadow a possible conquest by Europeans in the late 15th century? Feel free to use more space on extra paper.
  1. What was going on in the Middle Eastern parts of the world that lead to the declining power of these rulers?
  1. Please describe the Italian Renaissance:

a.

b.

c.

  1. what does the word, Renaissance, mean”

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