20 i STEP 2. Determine Your Test Readiness
- In the period between 600 and 1450,
(A) European women gained an increasingly
greater role in political life
(B) African women were confi ned to domestic
roles
(C) the Chinese custom of footbinding began
(D) there were few role distinctions between
women of elite and peasant classes globally - Traders spread both Christianity and Islam to
present-day
(A) South Africa
(B) Indonesia
(C) Japan
(D) North Africa - All of the following were true of the Renais-
sance EXCEPT
(A) it was infl uenced by the Muslim occupa-
tion of Spain.
(B) it resulted from Mediterranean trade during
the Crusades.
(C) it began after the development of regional
states in Europe.
(D) it began in England in the fourteenth
century. - Which was true of the Mongol Empire?
(A) It was characterized by effi cient
administrators.
(B) It did not interfere with Islamic societies.
(C) It caused Eurasian trade routes to move far-
ther north.
(D) It opened up trade relations between Russia
and the West. - Compared to European exploration in the
Indian Ocean, that of the Chinese
(A) used fewer and smaller ships
(B) covered shorter distances
(C) was designed to establish a military
presence
(D) gained strength after the mid-1430s - The key location of Malucca placed it in a posi-
tion to trade in porcelain and silk from China,
and other luxury goods from the Maluccas and
the Philippines. The statement above describes
what region about the year 1500?
(A) The southern tip of Africa
(B) The Malay Peninsula
(C) Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
(D) The Horn of Africa- The plantations of Sicily and the Madeira and
Canary Islands were most like those of
(A) British North America
(B) the Congo
(C) Brazil and the Caribbean
(D) India - Between 1450 and 1750, European voyages of
exploration
(A) were designed to break Italian and Muslim
trade monopolies
(B) were carried out without knowledge of
oceanic conditions
(C) were confi ned to the Atlantic Ocean
(D) opened up trade relations with Polynesian
islanders - The statue below combines modern sculpture
with that of ancient cultures of
(A) Japan
(B) West Africa
(C) India
(D) Mexico - The statue below best represents which of the
following historical processes?
(A) Migration
(B) Syncretism
(C) Cultural diffusion
(D) Global exchange
Statue of Tlaloc