Question 1

What are some of the technical developments that facilitated the voyages of exploration of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
In the fif

Question 2

Explain how the most important element in the Columbian exchange was the trade in biological material.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The essay

Question 3

The Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan was aided by what disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Syphilis 
B)  Measles 
C)  Bubonic plague 
D)  Smallpox 
A)  Syphilis 
B)  Measles 
C)  Bubonic plague 
D)  Smallpox

Question 4

Who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Francisco Pizarro 
B)  Hernán Cortés 
C)  Christopher Columbus 
D)  King Charles III 
A)  Francisco Pizarro 
B)  Hernán Cortés 
C)  Christopher Columbus 
D)  King Charles III

Question 5

By the mid-sixteenth century, what empire had established control over eastern Mediterranean routes to trading centers in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and the rest of North Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Safavid 
B)  Spain 
C)  Mali 
D)  Ottoman 
A)  Safavid 
B)  Spain 
C)  Mali 
D)  Ottoman

Question 6

Who was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prince Henry 
B)  Ferdinand Magellan 
C)  Vasco da Gama 
D)  Bartholomew Diaz 
A)  Prince Henry 
B)  Ferdinand Magellan 
C)  Vasco da Gama 
D)  Bartholomew Diaz

Question 7

According to Map 16.1, "The Fifteenth-Century Afroeurasian Trading World," what evidence exists to suggest that Zheng He intended to impose Ming dominance over trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  His route covered an enormous distance. 
B)  His route mimicked those of predominant Indian Ocean trade routes. 
C)  His route showed he sought to trade in a wide variety of goods. 
D)  His route showed he was careful to avoid contact with such maritime powers as the Portuguese. 
A)  His route covered an enormous distance. 
B)  His route mimicked those of predominant Indian Ocean trade routes. 
C)  His route showed he sought to trade in a wide variety of goods. 
D)  His route showed he was careful to avoid contact with such maritime powers as the Portuguese.

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions :
-Inca Empire

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 9

Which of the following is an estimate of the native population of the Americas in 1492?

Accepted Answer

A)  250 million 
B)  100 million 
C)  75 million 
D)  50 million 
A)  250 million 
B)  100 million 
C)  75 million 
D)  50 million

Question 10

With which group did Hernán Cortés establish an alliance?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Aztecs 
B)  The Tlaxcala 
C)  The Taino 
D)  The Inca 
A)  The Aztecs 
B)  The Tlaxcala 
C)  The Taino 
D)  The Inca

Question 11

Bride wealth-the money exchanged at the time of marriage in Southeast Asia-was usually given to whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  The bride 
B)  The couple 
C)  The bride's father 
D)  The groom 
A)  The bride 
B)  The couple 
C)  The bride's father 
D)  The groom

Question 12

What was Ferdinand Magellan sent on a mission to discover in 1519?

Accepted Answer

A)  A direct sea route to Asia 
B)  The source of the Nile 
C)  A direct sea route to the west coast of North America 
D)  The source of Indian wealth 
A)  A direct sea route to Asia 
B)  The source of the Nile 
C)  A direct sea route to the west coast of North America 
D)  The source of Indian wealth

Question 13

Use the following to answer questions :
-Treaty of Tordesillas

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

Spanish viceroys presided over what judicial advisory council?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quinto 
B)  Hacienda 
C)  Encomienda 
D)  Audiencia 
A)  Quinto 
B)  Hacienda 
C)  Encomienda 
D)  Audiencia

Question 15

Which of the following was one of many important factors in encouraging the expeditions of the late fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lack of natural resources in Europe and the need to find alternative sources 
B)  Competition among European monarchs 
C)  An economic crisis in Europe 
D)  Religious disillusionment and frustration with the church 
A)  The lack of natural resources in Europe and the need to find alternative sources 
B)  Competition among European monarchs 
C)  An economic crisis in Europe 
D)  Religious disillusionment and frustration with the church

Question 16

In the sixteenth century, there was a huge increase in the use of enslaved Africans in Brazil in order to produce what crop?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sugar 
B)  Rum 
C)  Cotton 
D)  Tobacco 
A)  Sugar 
B)  Rum 
C)  Cotton 
D)  Tobacco

Question 17

How did the discovery and settlement of the New World contribute to the development of the ideas of race and cultural superiority?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
After cent

Question 18

What commodity from the Americas did the French find most profitable?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves 
B)  Silver 
C)  Furs 
D)  Iron ore 
A)  Slaves 
B)  Silver 
C)  Furs 
D)  Iron ore

Question 19

Even before the discoveries of Columbus, Europeans participated in the world economy through which merchants?

Accepted Answer

A)  French 
B)  German 
C)  English 
D)  Italian 
A)  French 
B)  German 
C)  English 
D)  Italian

Question 20

When Columbus landed on Cuba on October 28, 1492, where did he think he had landed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan 
B)  Malaysia 
C)  China 
D)  India 
A)  Japan 
B)  Malaysia 
C)  China 
D)  India

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

What are some of the technical developments that facilitated the voyages of exploration of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Explain how the most important element in the Columbian exchange was the trade in biological material.

The Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan was aided by what disease?

Who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire?

By the mid-sixteenth century, what empire had established control over eastern Mediterranean routes to trading centers in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and the rest of North Africa?

Who was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope?

According to Map 16.1, "The Fifteenth-Century Afroeurasian Trading World," what evidence exists to suggest that Zheng He intended to impose Ming dominance over trade?

Use the following to answer questions : -Inca Empire

Which of the following is an estimate of the native population of the Americas in 1492?

With which group did Hernán Cortés establish an alliance?

Bride wealth-the money exchanged at the time of marriage in Southeast Asia-was usually given to whom?

What was Ferdinand Magellan sent on a mission to discover in 1519?

Use the following to answer questions : -Treaty of Tordesillas

Spanish viceroys presided over what judicial advisory council?

Which of the following was one of many important factors in encouraging the expeditions of the late fifteenth century?

In the sixteenth century, there was a huge increase in the use of enslaved Africans in Brazil in order to produce what crop?

How did the discovery and settlement of the New World contribute to the development of the ideas of race and cultural superiority?

What commodity from the Americas did the French find most profitable?

Even before the discoveries of Columbus, Europeans participated in the world economy through which merchants?

When Columbus landed on Cuba on October 28, 1492, where did he think he had landed?

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