Russia and Japan Quick Check
Which of the following best summarizes Russia’s expansion as an empire under Ivan IV in the sixteenth century?
Ivan IV used gunpowder weapons in new ways to take over areas he wanted. ✅
Ivan IV acquired Siberia even though the Cossacks refused to help him.
Ivan IV successfully acquired access to the Baltic Sea through military conquest.
Ivan IV was the first to attempt to expand the Russian territory in every direction.
Investigating the evolution of the Russian Empire’s methods of political control suggests which of the following about political control in general?
Very little change happens over the course of a ruler’s time in power.
Rulers of a country are not the only people with political power in a given state. ✅
Reimagining the ruler’s role and title ensures that no one will take power from that ruler.
Requiring people in a territory to give tribute or pay taxes is not beneficial to a country.
Which of the following most accurately assesses the long-term implications of Ivan IV’s time as ruler of the Russian Empire?
His struggles with the boyars led them to continue to decline in power and status in the years after his rule. ✅
The gentry became increasingly hostile to the tsar, making the tsar’s struggles for power worse.
The role of the tsar did not continue past Ivan IV’s rule, making the title largely ineffective.
The Russian Orthodox Christian Church separated from the tsar and was no longer an important institution.
Which of the following best describes the role the warrior classes played in medieval Japan’s economy?
Warriors served the shogun throughout the country, which meant they purchased goods throughout Japan. ✅
Warriors tried to control the market because it was an important role the shogun gave them.
Warriors made sure that the shogun did not become patrons of guilds.
Warriors stopped trading during the Warring States period because of the fighting.
Which of the following statements best summarizes feudal Japan’s social hierarchy?
Members of the warrior classes tended to hold more political power in feudal Japan. ✅
The emperor was at the head of the social hierarchy because that role had existed for so long.
Merchants ranked highest in the social hierarchy because they became wealthy.
Farmers/peasants were lowest in the social hierarchy because there were not many of them.
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