Chapter 18 Quiz A with Explanations

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. A majority of the inhabitants of the port towns and cities of East Africa were Muslim and spoke

Arabic. correct incorrect

Portuguese. correct incorrect

Swahili. correct incorrect

Persian. correct incorrect

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. What was an important feature of the Indian Ocean trade network before the arrival of the Portuguese in the late fifteenth century?

It was controlled by a few large trade empires. correct incorrect

Despite valuable cargoes, ships were lightly armed. correct incorrect

A majority of merchants in the network came from China. correct incorrect

It was concentrated on the transportation of bulk goods. correct incorrect

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. What slowed the transportation of gold and ivory from the southern interior of Africa?

Constant warfare over access to resources often disrupted supply. correct incorrect

The African wet season often caused rivers, like the Zambezi, to be impassable. correct incorrect

The presence of the tsetse fly prevented the use of pack animals. correct incorrect

Interior peoples had little motivation to conduct market exchanges. correct incorrect

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. What export from the north Swahili coast was important to some regions of Arabia and the Red Sea?

Lumber correct incorrect

Ivory correct incorrect

Pepper correct incorrect

Gems correct incorrect

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. The capital of the trading state of Vijayanagara was

Mina. correct incorrect

Sofala. correct incorrect

Hampi. correct incorrect

Delhi. correct incorrect

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. Other than agriculture, what was a major source of state revenue for the Vijayanagara state in the sixteenth century?

Diamonds correct incorrect

Gold correct incorrect

Emeralds correct incorrect

Ivory correct incorrect

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. In the early sixteenth century, how was imperial organization in Vijayanagara similar to that of the Aztecs and the Incas?

They were empires based on the use of military force to capture sacrificial victims. correct incorrect

They were tributary empires based on a mixture of military force and religious appeal. correct incorrect

They were commercial empires based solely on revenues garnered from long-distance trade. correct incorrect

They were empires based solely on the use of military force to capture slaves for the international market. correct incorrect

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. What led to the collapse of the Vijayanagara state?

It fell to the combined forces of the Mughal Empire and the Portuguese. correct incorrect

It fell to a nomadic people who sacked the capital and captured the diamond mines. correct incorrect

It collapsed under the weight of royal succession disputes and foreign invasion. correct incorrect

It fell to the armies of the expanding Muslim state based in Melaka. correct incorrect

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. Which Mughal ruler promoted a syncretic religion that emphasized the rule's divine solar radiance?

Babur correct incorrect

Humayun correct incorrect

Shah Jahan correct incorrect

Akbar correct incorrect

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. How was the reign of Aurangzeb in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries different from his predecessors?

He showed much less toleration of non-Muslims. correct incorrect

He favored an even greater integration of Persian culture. correct incorrect

He did not use gunpowder weapons in his army. correct incorrect

He sought greater diplomatic ties with the Portuguese. correct incorrect

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. Mughal decline began in the eighteenth century during the reign of

Aurangzeb correct incorrect

Muhammad correct incorrect

Shivaji correct incorrect

Jahangir correct incorrect

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. What group in India occupied the bottom of the social scale?

Merchants correct incorrect

The Untouchables correct incorrect

Farmers correct incorrect

Non-Muslims correct incorrect

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. What encouraged greater commercial activity and urban growth in Mughal India at the beginning of the seventeenth century?

The arrival of the Portuguese into northern Indian ports correct incorrect

The introduction of American food crops like corn correct incorrect

The government requirement that taxes be paid in coinage correct incorrect

The growth in demand for luxury goods by the Mughal elite correct incorrect

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. Following Vasco da Gama's 1498 voyage to India, why did the Portuguese turn to piracy in the Indian Ocean trade network?

All the other states in the region practiced it. correct incorrect

They sought to exploit their superiority in ship design. correct incorrect

Inspired by the crusading spirit, they attacked all Muslim shipping. correct incorrect

They possessed few items that they could trade for silk and spices. correct incorrect

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. Which Jesuit missionary worked to convert the disadvantaged of the Indian Ocean region?

Francis Xavier correct incorrect

Vasco da Gama correct incorrect

Luiz Vaz de Camões correct incorrect

Matteo Ricci correct incorrect

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. Which European state displaced the Portuguese from their dominance in the Indian Ocean trade network in the seventeent century?

The French correct incorrect

The Dutch correct incorrect

The English correct incorrect

The Spanish correct incorrect

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. The success of European commerce in the Indian Ocean trade network was associated with the steady supply of

soldiers. correct incorrect

European manufactured goods. correct incorrect

American silver. correct incorrect

merchant-missionaries. correct incorrect

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. The Sultanate of Aceh was centered on the island of

Java. correct incorrect

Sri Lanka. correct incorrect

Sumatra. correct incorrect

Timor. correct incorrect

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. During the sixteenth century, Aceh transported what agricultural product to the Mediterranean world?

Cotton correct incorrect

Pepper correct incorrect

Cloves correct incorrect

Tea correct incorrect

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. Kamalat Shah was deposed as the ruler of Aceh in 1699 because

the Dutch had their own candidate for the throne. correct incorrect

the state was captured by a resurgent Melaka. correct incorrect

she was on the losing side of a civil war. correct incorrect

she was declared unfit to rule as sultan. correct incorrect