Chapter 18 Quiz B with Explanations

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. East African merchants traded what high-demand products for South Asian cloth?

Gold and animal hides correct incorrect

Silver and ivory correct incorrect

Spices and tobacco correct incorrect

Gold and ivory correct incorrect

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. East Africa was visited by which Chinese admiral at the beginning of the fifteenth century?

Deva Raya correct incorrect

Zheng He correct incorrect

Yongle correct incorrect

Akbar correct incorrect

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. What impact did the arrival of the Portuguese have on the East African trade network at the beginning of the sixteenth century?

They disrupted the network by using force to control the trade of certain products correct incorrect

There was little change in the network as the Portuguese were more interested in India than in East Africa. correct incorrect

East Africa began to trade only with Europe rather than with its traditional markets. correct incorrect

They greatly expanded the network by building a system of feitorías, or fortified trading posts, along the coast. correct incorrect

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. While the Mughal Empire in northern India was dominated by Muslim rulers, Vijayanagara's identity was firmly based on

Christianity. correct incorrect

Buddhism. correct incorrect

Hinduism. correct incorrect

Jainism. correct incorrect

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. From whom did the sixteenth-century Vijayanagara ruler Krishna Deva Raya trade with to obtain warhorses for his military?

The Portuguese. correct incorrect

The Ottomans. correct incorrect

The Mughals. correct incorrect

The English. correct incorrect

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. What was the major source of revenue for the state of Vijayanagara in the sixteenth century?

Gold mining correct incorrect

Manufacturing correct incorrect

Cotton textiles correct incorrect

Rice farming correct incorrect

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. What military technology proved to be decisive in the Mughal conquest of northern India in the sixteenth century?

Armored cavalry correct incorrect

Gunpowder weapons correct incorrect

Siege catapults correct incorrect

Lateen-sailed ships correct incorrect

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. The Mughal emperor Humayun lost his throne in 1535 only to get it back twenty years later with the help of

the Ottomans. correct incorrect

the Safavids. correct incorrect

the Portuguese. correct incorrect

Afghan nomads. correct incorrect

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. During the reign of Emperor Jahangir in the seventeenth century, who had effective control over the Mughal government?

Humayun correct incorrect

Mumtaz Mahal correct incorrect

Nur Jahan correct incorrect

Aurangzeb correct incorrect

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. What was the role of zamindars in Mughal government?

They were administrators and tax collectors. correct incorrect

They acted as local judges for the Muslim population. correct incorrect

They were provincial military leaders. correct incorrect

They were local inspectors charged to eliminate corruption. correct incorrect

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. How did the huge influx of silver bullion from international trade affect the Mughal state?

It caused the economy to suffer from severe inflation. correct incorrect

It led to greater state spending on institutions for the poor. correct incorrect

It encouraged the development of modern industry. correct incorrect

It encouraged greater state aggression and court opulence. correct incorrect

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. How was the Mughals' agricultural policy different from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China?

They concentrated on growing New World crops. correct incorrect

They sought to break up large landowners' estates. correct incorrect

They invested far less in infrastructure. correct incorrect

They encouraged forest preservation to avoid soil erosion. correct incorrect

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. What religious group from the Punjab revolted against the Mughal government in 1710?

Buddhists correct incorrect

Sikhs correct incorrect

Jains correct incorrect

Hindus correct incorrect

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. By seizing strategic sites throughout the Indian Ocean trade network, the Portuguese hoped to do what in the sixteenth century?

They sought to control all trade in the Indian Ocean. correct incorrect

They wanted to settle colonies. correct incorrect

They sought to curb all merchant activity except theirs. correct incorrect

They wanted to establish bases to spread Christianity. correct incorrect

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. What was a factor for high death rates among Portuguese sailors on the India voyage between Lisbon and Goa?

Muslim pirates correct incorrect

Poor training of sailors correct incorrect

Dangerous cargoes correct incorrect

Poor sanitation on board ships correct incorrect

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. What was the major goal of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) during the early seventeenth century?

To open up new trade routes to China correct incorrect

To be the major cotton merchants of the Indian Ocean correct incorrect

To gain control over the spice trade from the Portuguese correct incorrect

To gain control of the Mughal Empire correct incorrect

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. While the Dutch focused on controlling the spice trade in Southeast Asia during the seventeenth century, the English established themselves around the Arabian Peninsula and in

Japan. correct incorrect

India. correct incorrect

Java. correct incorrect

Sri Lanka. correct incorrect

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. Which strategically located port city on the Malay Peninsula was captured by the Portuguese in 1511?

Melaka correct incorrect

Gao correct incorrect

Aceh correct incorrect

Calcutta correct incorrect

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. What position did women have in Acehnese society?

Women's positions were very similar to those of India. correct incorrect

Women's roles were carefully defined by class. correct incorrect

Women had significant rights in this matrilineal society. correct incorrect

Women had considerable freedom despite living in a Muslim. correct incorrect