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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
1. The primary purpose of Zhen He’s voyages was
a) To found an overseas empire for China
b) To find a supply of salt for China
c) To enhance China’s prestige and seek tribute-paying alliances
d) To find an ocean route to Europe
2. The first European voyages of discovery and colonization were undertaken by
a) Spain
b) Portugal
c) England
d) Germany
3. The Spanish conquest of the New world was greatly aided by the devastating demographic impact of
a) Malaria
b) Syphilis
c) Smallpox
d) Measles
4. The transatlantic slave trade began largely because of the need for labor to grow
a) Tobacco
b) Sugar
c) Indigo
d) Cotton
5. France’s “Sun King,” the epitome of an absolutist monarch, was
a) Louis XIV
b) Charles I
c) Henry VII
d) Louis IX
6. One of the primary causes of the English Civil War was religious differences, especially those between Charles I and the
a) Huguenots
b) Baptists
c) Puritans
d) Catholics
7. The Glorious Revolution (1688) and the Bill of Rights are considered the origins of the political system known as
a) Absolutism
b) Democracy
c) Socialism
d) Constitutional Monarchy
8. The great advances in Astronomy during the scientific Revolution began with the work of
a) Newton
b) Copernicus
c) Bacon
d) Curie
9. The thinkers and critics who spread the ideas and ideals of the Enlightenment were known as
a) Distopians
b) Diggers
c) Dictionarists
d) Philosophes
10. Adam smith is best known for creating the doctrine of
a) Economic liberalism
b) Socialism
c) Conservatism
d) Social democracy
11. The voyage of enslaved Black Africans to the New World was known as the
a) Dark Voyage
b) Middle Passage
c) Journey of No Return
d) Final Crossing
12. The Ottoman Empire acquired slaves for its civil service and janissary corps through the devshirme system, which operated in
a) East Africa
b) Iraq
c) The Balkans
d) North Africa
13. The state religion of the Safavid Empire was
a) Shi’ism
b) Buddhism
c) Hinduism
d) Sunni Islam
14. The decline of the Mughal Empire began when which emperor abandoned Akbar’s policy of religious toleration?
a) Shah Jahan
b) Babur
c) Aurangzeeb
d) Taj Mogul
15. The foundations of the British Empire in India were laid by a private corporation known as the
a) Pacific Traders
b) South Sea Trading Company
c) East England Tea Company
d) British East India Company
16. Zhu Yuanzhang is known as the founder of the
a) Tang Dynasty
b) Ming Dynasty
c) Ching Dynasty
d) Mongol Dynasty
17. During the Ming Dynasty the Chinese capital was moved to Beijing, where the emperor and his retinue lived in a complex known as the
a) Forbidden City
b) Emperor’s Court
c) Palace of Supreme Harmony
d) Water Lily Castle
18. The Qing Dynasty, the was founded by non-Chinese peoples known as the
a) Mung
b) Tartars
c) Manchus
d) Mongols
19. One of the most effective tools used by the Tokugawa shoguns to control their daimyo was
a) Sakoku
b) The alternate residence system
c) Taking away their samurai
d) The spread of Christianity
20. The main and sometimes sole point of entry for Europeans going to China after 1557 was the Portuguese-built trading post in
a) Edo
b) Saipan
c) Hong Kong
d) Macao
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