Question 1
Over the years, dhimmis in the Ottoman Empire obtained economic success because ________.
A. they used their military service and skills for financial gain
B. they possessed the highest level of commercial skills in the empire
C. they established poll taxes for non-Muslims in the empire
D. their rise in political service through the empire reaped a financial gain
E. they were willing to deal directly with non-Muslims
Question 2
What advice does the Ulama give about modernization and European ideas?
A. The Ulama were open to the ideas from Russia, but they resisted the ideas of the West.
B. The Ulama embraced new ideas and encouraged the Ottoman Empire to look to the West.
C. The Ulama was eager for new technology but they resisted most European ideas.
D. The Ulama advised against modernization and resisted European ideas.
E. The Ulama were broad thinkers and embraced the toleration and scientific advances of the West.
Question 3
The Table of Ranks, published by Peter the Great in 1722, was ________.
A. a table that equated a person's social position with his rank in the bureaucracy or the military
B. a table that equated a person's social position with his lineage among the traditional landed nobility
C. a table that equated a person's social position with his annual income
D. Russia's first income tax
E. an outline of Peter's estimation of the relative power of European nations
Question 4
What did Peter the Great learn about his son that presented a problem for the monarchy?
A. His son was too weak to take over the throne.
B. His son did not want to become king.
C. His son was an incompetent military officer.
D. His son had no heir of his own.
E. His son had entered into a plot to overthrow Peter.
Question 5
The chief feature of eighteenth-century French political life was the ________.
A. lack of leadership on behalf of Louis XIV
B. failure of the nobility to dominate the Parliament
C. protest by the peasantry to gain more influence and representation in Parliament
D. attempt of the nobility to use its authority to limit the power of the monarchy
E. absence of sustained periods of warfare
Question 6
John Law believed that ________
A. halting gold payments in France was absolutely necessary
B. France should abandon its overseas colonies
C. France should dramatically increase its level of taxation
D. the government that governed least governed best
E. an increase in the paper-money supply would stimulate France's economic recovery
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