Period 2 APWH

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In the context of the period 1450–1750, why did the Qing government employ the scholars shown in the image? Options: States sought to recruit foreign experts to industrialize their economies. States sought to legitimize their rule by recruiting foreigners from prestigious universities. States sought to centralize their rule by including foreigners whose positions were dependent on the state to serve in the bureaucracy. States sought to recruit foreigners who could help factions within the state bureaucracies solve their differences.

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States sought to centralize their rule by including foreigners whose positions were dependent on the state to serve in the bureaucracy.

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Which of the following developments in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries most directly helps to explain the presence of the scholars shown in the image of China? Options: The Inquisition led to the expulsion of enemies of the Catholic Church from Europe., The Protestant Reformation led the Catholic Church to seek new converts outside of Europe., The wars of religion led many to question the role of religion in European society., The expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe led many to leave their homes as refugees.

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The Protestant Reformation led the Catholic Church to seek new converts outside of Europe.

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Which is the most likely reason that rulers during the seventeenth century built elaborate palaces such as the one at Versailles, France, shown above?

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To demonstrate their wealth and power

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All of the following resulted from the growth of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa EXCEPT: the shift in trade focus from Saharan routes to the coast, destabilization of local African societies, increased violence through widespread use of firearms

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the exclusion of Africa from the emerging global market

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A historian interpreting the views expressed in the passage would likely explain that those views were most strongly influenced by Protestant desires to

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reform Christian society by adhering more closely to Biblical teachings

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A historian could best explain the arguments made in the passage regarding the pope and the clergy in the context of Protestant claims that the Catholic Church.

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had become corrupted by power

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Which of the following describes the most important cause of the demographic changes associated with the Columbian Exchange? Options: The spread of New World diseases to Afro-Eurasia and environmental damage in the Americas, The introduction of New World food crops to Afro-Eurasia and the spread of epidemic diseases to the Americas, Environmental degradation in Afro-Eurasia and the spread of Afro-Eurasian food crops to the Americas, European settlement in the Americas and the forced migration of Native Americans to Afro-Eurasia

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The introduction of New World food crops to Afro-Eurasia and the spread of epidemic diseases to the Americas

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The Columbian Exchange involved which of the following new connections in the era 1450–1750? European food to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere diseases to Europe; African population to Europe, Western Hemisphere technology to Africa; African food to Europe; European population to the Western Hemisphere, European technology to Africa; Western Hemisphere population to Africa; African food to the Western Hemisphere, African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemisphere

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African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemisphere

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Which of the following was an important continuity from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing dynasty in the seventeenth century?
The ongoing assimilation of Manchu cultural traditions by the imperial elite,
Maintenance of the Silk Roads to promote cultural exchanges with the Middle East,
The use of the examination system and other Confucian bureaucratic practices,
Financial support for maritime expeditions similar to those led by Zheng He

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The use of the examination system and other Confucian bureaucratic practices

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Which of the following was a major change in transregional trade patterns from 1500 to 1700?
- Japanese fleets gained control over most Pacific Ocean trade routes.
- European manufactured goods came to dominate trans-Saharan trade.
- Europeans created joint stock companies to engage in overseas trade.
- Silk Road trade routes came under the control of Mongol rulers.

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Europeans created joint stock companies to engage in overseas trade.