Question 1
Who gained significant influence and power during Japan's medieval period?
A) the bushi class
B) the emperor
C) the peasants
D) the merchants
E) the yuan class
Question 2
In eighteenth-century New England
A) population growth accompanied the expansion of trade.
B) farmers began to produce food for large, distant markets.
C) a large ship-building industry flourished in conjunction with overseas trade.
D) farmers experienced increasing economic uncertainty as they grew more dependent on overseas demand.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
What practice ensured that only the eldest surviving son was eligible for inheritance?
A) execution of younger siblings
B) hari kari
C) harijann
D) primogeniture
E) noblesse oblige
Question 4
Which of the following was an effect of the dynamic transatlantic economy of the eighteenth century?
A) a lessening of the gap between the rich and poor
B) income inequality increased mainly in rural areas
C) the elite and middle classes engaged in new forms of ritual consumption
D) laborers depended less and less on products containing sugar and caffeine as they had no access to them.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 5
Which dynasty combined Chinese culture with its own foreign culture?
A) Huns
B) Mongols
C) Goths
D) Vandals
E) Parthinians
Question 6
Under Spanish law, slavery in colonial New Mexico
A) was encouraged.
B) was illegal.
C) was replaced by a system of indentured servitude.
D) was not practiced in any form.
E) existed in the form of large numbers of African slaves.