Question 1

What was a central feature of Christopher Columbus's character?

Accepted Answer

A)  He held intense nationalist beliefs. 
B)  He was known for his deep religious conviction. 
C)  Rapacious greed is said to have been one of his driving forces. 
D)  He had a Renaissance curiosity that came from a humanist education. 
A)  He held intense nationalist beliefs. 
B)  He was known for his deep religious conviction. 
C)  Rapacious greed is said to have been one of his driving forces. 
D)  He had a Renaissance curiosity that came from a humanist education.

Question 2

Who had the most advanced economy in the world before the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Persia 
B)  China 
C)  Italy 
D)  Indonesia 
A)  Persia 
B)  China 
C)  Italy 
D)  Indonesia

Question 3

What is an astrolabe?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a device used to plot latitude using the sun. 
B)  It was an implement used to locate the earth's position. 
C)  It was a tool meant to plot longitude and was invented by Muslims. 
D)  It was a navigational instrument rejected by Europeans as a pagan device. 
A)  It was a device used to plot latitude using the sun. 
B)  It was an implement used to locate the earth's position. 
C)  It was a tool meant to plot longitude and was invented by Muslims. 
D)  It was a navigational instrument rejected by Europeans as a pagan device.

Question 4

What was the most significant food item introduced from Europe to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wheat 
B)  Meat 
C)  Sugar 
D)  Olive oil 
A)  Wheat 
B)  Meat 
C)  Sugar 
D)  Olive oil

Question 5

What products were transported on the Indian Ocean from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, and who was involved in the trade?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
European e

Question 6

According to Map 16.3, "Seaborne Trading Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," which of the following did not engage in seaborne trade beyond the Indian Ocean?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Portuguese 
B)  The Dutch 
C)  The Arabs 
D)  The Chinese 
A)  The Portuguese 
B)  The Dutch 
C)  The Arabs 
D)  The Chinese

Question 7

What was the impact of European expansion on the indigenous peoples of the Americas, European society, and the new American civilization?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
European e

Question 8

What made Christopher Columbus convinced he had reached Asia? What does this say about his goals?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Because Co

Question 9

Who settled the dispute over Spain and Portugal's competing claims to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A)  King Ferdinand of Spain 
B)  The Holy Roman emperor 
C)  Pedro Álvares Cabral 
D)  Pope Alexander VI 
A)  King Ferdinand of Spain 
B)  The Holy Roman emperor 
C)  Pedro Álvares Cabral 
D)  Pope Alexander VI

Question 10

What event occurred in the Byzantine Empire in the late fifteenth century that limited Europe's access to spices from the East?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Safavid emperor ordered a full-scale invasion of the remaining Byzantine territories. 
B)  Mongolian soldiers raided the Byzantine capital, killing the emperor. 
C)  Venetian merchants took control of the Byzantine portion of the Silk Road. 
D)  Ottoman armies conquered Constantinople and took control of trade routes to the East. 
A)  The Safavid emperor ordered a full-scale invasion of the remaining Byzantine territories. 
B)  Mongolian soldiers raided the Byzantine capital, killing the emperor. 
C)  Venetian merchants took control of the Byzantine portion of the Silk Road. 
D)  Ottoman armies conquered Constantinople and took control of trade routes to the East.

Question 11

What did the encomienda system, established by the Spanish crown, allow Spaniards to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exact tribute and forced labor from the native people on a particular piece of land 
B)  Try to convert the indigenous people in a particular area 
C)  Trade in particular American ports 
D)  Invest in Spanish enterprises in the Americas without having to pay taxes 
A)  Exact tribute and forced labor from the native people on a particular piece of land 
B)  Try to convert the indigenous people in a particular area 
C)  Trade in particular American ports 
D)  Invest in Spanish enterprises in the Americas without having to pay taxes

Question 12

How far west did Zheng He explore in the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Portugal 
B)  Rome 
C)  Egypt 
D)  England 
A)  Portugal 
B)  Rome 
C)  Egypt 
D)  England

Question 13

Use the following to answer questions :
-bride wealth

Accepted Answer

A) In early modern Southeast Asia, a sum of money the groom paid the bride or her family at the time of marriage. This practice contrasted with the dowry in China, India, and Europe, which the husband controlled. 
B) Spanish for "conqueror"; a Spanish soldier-explorer, such as Hernán Cortés or Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown. 
C) A small, maneuverable, three-masted sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade. 
D) A second-century work translated into Latin around 1410 that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced latitude and longitude markings. 
E) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
F)An alliance between the Mexica people and their conquered allies, with its capital in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), that rose in size and power in the fifteenth century and possessed a sophisticated society and culture, with advanced mathematics, astronomy, and engineering.
G)The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak in the fifteenth century but weakened by civil war at the time of the Spanish arrival.
H)The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
I)A system established by the Portuguese in Brazil in the 1530s, whereby hereditary grants of land were given to nobles and loyal officials who bore the costs of settling and administering their territories.
J)A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of indigenous peoples as laborers and to demand tribute payments from them in exchange for providing food, shelter, and instruction in the Christian faith.
K)The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds.
L)An event organized by Spanish king Charles V in 1550 that pitted defenders of Spanish conquest and forcible conversion against critics of these practices.
M)The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas, an idea propagated by rival European powers. 
A) In early modern Southeast Asia, a sum of money the groom paid the bride or her family at the time of marriage. This practice contrasted with the dowry in China, India, and Europe, which the husband controlled. 
B) Spanish for "conqueror"; a Spanish soldier-explorer, such as Hernán Cortés or Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown. 
C) A small, maneuverable, three-masted sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade. 
D) A second-century work translated into Latin around 1410 that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced latitude and longitude markings. 
E) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
F)An alliance between the Mexica people and their conquered allies, with its capital in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), that rose in size and power in the fifteenth century and possessed a sophisticated society and culture, with advanced mathematics, astronomy, and engineering.
G)The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak in the fifteenth century but weakened by civil war at the time of the Spanish arrival.
H)The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
I)A system established by the Portuguese in Brazil in the 1530s, whereby hereditary grants of land were given to nobles and loyal officials who bore the costs of settling and administering their territories.
J)A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of indigenous peoples as laborers and to demand tribute payments from them in exchange for providing food, shelter, and instruction in the Christian faith.
K)The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds.
L)An event organized by Spanish king Charles V in 1550 that pitted defenders of Spanish conquest and forcible conversion against critics of these practices.
M)The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas, an idea propagated by rival European powers.

Question 14

Where did Italian merchants originally purchase slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Persian Gulf 
B)  The Balkans 
C)  The Nile Valley 
D)  The Strait of Gibraltar 
A)  The Persian Gulf 
B)  The Balkans 
C)  The Nile Valley 
D)  The Strait of Gibraltar

Question 15

Scholars have identified the natives first encountered by Columbus as peoples from what indigenous group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Taino 
B)  Olmec 
C)  Mexica 
D)  Tlaxcalas 
A)  Taino 
B)  Olmec 
C)  Mexica 
D)  Tlaxcalas

Question 16

What happened when Christopher Columbus returned to the island of Hispaniola for a second time?

Accepted Answer

A)  He imported large numbers of African slaves to work on new sugar plantations. 
B)  He forcibly enslaved the indigenous people and subjected them to forced labor. 
C)  He offered the local people self-government. 
D)  He immediately discovered riches for Spain. 
A)  He imported large numbers of African slaves to work on new sugar plantations. 
B)  He forcibly enslaved the indigenous people and subjected them to forced labor. 
C)  He offered the local people self-government. 
D)  He immediately discovered riches for Spain.

Question 17

What were the long-term repercussions for Spain and the Americas of Magellan's voyages in 1519 and 1522?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The most i

Question 18

What did Cortés do upon reaching the city of Tenochtitlan?

Accepted Answer

A)  He demanded the Mexica pay him tribute. 
B)  He proclaimed himself a god. 
C)  He took Moctezuma hostage. 
D)  He claimed the city for Spain. 
A)  He demanded the Mexica pay him tribute. 
B)  He proclaimed himself a god. 
C)  He took Moctezuma hostage. 
D)  He claimed the city for Spain.

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-Columbian exchange

Accepted Answer

A) In early modern Southeast Asia, a sum of money the groom paid the bride or her family at the time of marriage. This practice contrasted with the dowry in China, India, and Europe, which the husband controlled. 
B) Spanish for "conqueror"; a Spanish soldier-explorer, such as Hernán Cortés or Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown. 
C) A small, maneuverable, three-masted sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade. 
D) A second-century work translated into Latin around 1410 that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced latitude and longitude markings. 
E) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
F)An alliance between the Mexica people and their conquered allies, with its capital in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), that rose in size and power in the fifteenth century and possessed a sophisticated society and culture, with advanced mathematics, astronomy, and engineering.
G)The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak in the fifteenth century but weakened by civil war at the time of the Spanish arrival.
H)The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
I)A system established by the Portuguese in Brazil in the 1530s, whereby hereditary grants of land were given to nobles and loyal officials who bore the costs of settling and administering their territories.
J)A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of indigenous peoples as laborers and to demand tribute payments from them in exchange for providing food, shelter, and instruction in the Christian faith.
K)The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds.
L)An event organized by Spanish king Charles V in 1550 that pitted defenders of Spanish conquest and forcible conversion against critics of these practices.
M)The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas, an idea propagated by rival European powers. 
A) In early modern Southeast Asia, a sum of money the groom paid the bride or her family at the time of marriage. This practice contrasted with the dowry in China, India, and Europe, which the husband controlled. 
B) Spanish for "conqueror"; a Spanish soldier-explorer, such as Hernán Cortés or Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown. 
C) A small, maneuverable, three-masted sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade. 
D) A second-century work translated into Latin around 1410 that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced latitude and longitude markings. 
E) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
F)An alliance between the Mexica people and their conquered allies, with its capital in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), that rose in size and power in the fifteenth century and possessed a sophisticated society and culture, with advanced mathematics, astronomy, and engineering.
G)The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak in the fifteenth century but weakened by civil war at the time of the Spanish arrival.
H)The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
I)A system established by the Portuguese in Brazil in the 1530s, whereby hereditary grants of land were given to nobles and loyal officials who bore the costs of settling and administering their territories.
J)A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of indigenous peoples as laborers and to demand tribute payments from them in exchange for providing food, shelter, and instruction in the Christian faith.
K)The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds.
L)An event organized by Spanish king Charles V in 1550 that pitted defenders of Spanish conquest and forcible conversion against critics of these practices.
M)The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas, an idea propagated by rival European powers.

Question 20

The Spanish crown granted a monopoly of New World traffic to what city?

Accepted Answer

A)  Madrid 
B)  Seville 
C)  Lisbon 
D)  Cordoba 
A)  Madrid 
B)  Seville 
C)  Lisbon 
D)  Cordoba

Exam 16: The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450-1600

What was a central feature of Christopher Columbus's character?

Who had the most advanced economy in the world before the eighteenth century?

What is an astrolabe?

What was the most significant food item introduced from Europe to the New World?

What products were transported on the Indian Ocean from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, and who was involved in the trade?

According to Map 16.3, "Seaborne Trading Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," which of the following did not engage in seaborne trade beyond the Indian Ocean?

What was the impact of European expansion on the indigenous peoples of the Americas, European society, and the new American civilization?

What made Christopher Columbus convinced he had reached Asia? What does this say about his goals?

Who settled the dispute over Spain and Portugal's competing claims to the Americas?

What event occurred in the Byzantine Empire in the late fifteenth century that limited Europe's access to spices from the East?

What did the encomienda system, established by the Spanish crown, allow Spaniards to do?

How far west did Zheng He explore in the fifteenth century?

Use the following to answer questions : -bride wealth

Where did Italian merchants originally purchase slaves?

Scholars have identified the natives first encountered by Columbus as peoples from what indigenous group?

What happened when Christopher Columbus returned to the island of Hispaniola for a second time?

What were the long-term repercussions for Spain and the Americas of Magellan's voyages in 1519 and 1522?

What did Cortés do upon reaching the city of Tenochtitlan?

Use the following to answer questions : -Columbian exchange

The Spanish crown granted a monopoly of New World traffic to what city?

The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 Bce

The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 Ce

Chinas Classical Age, to 221 Bce

The Greek Experience, 3500-30 Bce

The World of Rome, Ca 1000 Bce-400 Ce

East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 Bce-845 Ce

Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250-850

The Islamic World, 600-1400

African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 Bce-1500 Ce

The Americas, 3200 Bce-1500 Ce

Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300-1400

States and Cultures in East Asia, 800-1400

Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800-1450

Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600

The Islamic World Powers, 1300-1800

European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750

New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790

Africa and the World, 1400-1800

Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800

Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1825

The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760-1850

Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815-1914

Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New Imperialism, 1800-1914

Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914

The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810-1917

World War and Revolution, 1914-1929

Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939

The Great Depression and World War Ii, 1929-1945

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The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

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