HISTORY OF WORLD SOCIETIES 11TH EDITION
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY
VERIFIED
◉ What caused the fall of the Ming Dynasty in China?
Answer: Fiscal Crisis
◉ What resulted from the Mexica/Aztec Empire?
Answer: Advanced mathematics, astronomical and engineering
technology.
◉ Where was the Mexica/Aztec Empire?
Answer: Modern Mexico and Central America
◉ Inca Empire
Answer: Empire in Peru. conquered by Pizarro, who began an
empire for the Spanish in 1535
◉ Viceroyalties
Answer: The name for the four administrative units of Spanish
possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La
Plata.
,◉ How did Cortez set out to conquer the Aztecs?
Answer: He made allies with the Aztecs enemies.
◉ What did the Spanish leave behind?
Answer: Smallpox
◉ What were the conquistadors looking for?
Answer: Gold and Glory.
◉ Who was Pizarro?
Answer: Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in Peru
◉ What were the first two countries to get involved in maritime
exploration?
Answer: Portugal and Spain.
◉ What was the importance of silver for the World Economy
between 1500-1700?
Answer: It contributed to the invention of the Global trade system.
◉ Ottomans
, Answer: Turkish empire based in Anatolia(modern day Turkey)
◉ The Safavids
Answer: A Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia (Iran and parts
of Iraq)
◉ The Mughals
Answer: muslim rulers over india, combined Hindu and Muslim,
brought India to the peak of its political empire, had a single
government with a common culture
◉ What did all three of the Islamic Empire preside over?
Answer: an extraordinary artistic and intellectual flowering in
everything from carpet making and book illustration to architecture
and gardening, from geography and astronomy to medicine.
◉ Which Islamic Empire(s) supported the Sunni tradition?
Answer: The Ottoman and Mughal
◉ Which Islamic Empire(s) supported the Shi'a tradition?
Answer: The Safavids
◉ Taj Mahal
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY
VERIFIED
◉ What caused the fall of the Ming Dynasty in China?
Answer: Fiscal Crisis
◉ What resulted from the Mexica/Aztec Empire?
Answer: Advanced mathematics, astronomical and engineering
technology.
◉ Where was the Mexica/Aztec Empire?
Answer: Modern Mexico and Central America
◉ Inca Empire
Answer: Empire in Peru. conquered by Pizarro, who began an
empire for the Spanish in 1535
◉ Viceroyalties
Answer: The name for the four administrative units of Spanish
possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La
Plata.
,◉ How did Cortez set out to conquer the Aztecs?
Answer: He made allies with the Aztecs enemies.
◉ What did the Spanish leave behind?
Answer: Smallpox
◉ What were the conquistadors looking for?
Answer: Gold and Glory.
◉ Who was Pizarro?
Answer: Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in Peru
◉ What were the first two countries to get involved in maritime
exploration?
Answer: Portugal and Spain.
◉ What was the importance of silver for the World Economy
between 1500-1700?
Answer: It contributed to the invention of the Global trade system.
◉ Ottomans
, Answer: Turkish empire based in Anatolia(modern day Turkey)
◉ The Safavids
Answer: A Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia (Iran and parts
of Iraq)
◉ The Mughals
Answer: muslim rulers over india, combined Hindu and Muslim,
brought India to the peak of its political empire, had a single
government with a common culture
◉ What did all three of the Islamic Empire preside over?
Answer: an extraordinary artistic and intellectual flowering in
everything from carpet making and book illustration to architecture
and gardening, from geography and astronomy to medicine.
◉ Which Islamic Empire(s) supported the Sunni tradition?
Answer: The Ottoman and Mughal
◉ Which Islamic Empire(s) supported the Shi'a tradition?
Answer: The Safavids
◉ Taj Mahal
