Question 1

In what way was the principality of Moscow similar to both Japan and China in this period?

Accepted Answer

A)  All three controlled diverse populations through strong central government. 
B)  All three used territorial expansion and commercial networks to consolidate state power. 
C)  All three consolidated power through identification with one religion. 
D)  All three granted favorable trade status to the Dutch. 
A)  All three controlled diverse populations through strong central government. 
B)  All three used territorial expansion and commercial networks to consolidate state power. 
C)  All three consolidated power through identification with one religion. 
D)  All three granted favorable trade status to the Dutch.

Question 2

Which of the following was the most common way that African slaves in the Americas resisted the conditions of their enslavement?

Accepted Answer

A)  They formed committees to petition the government for better conditions. 
B)  Hundreds of violent slave revolts broke out across the Caribbean. 
C)  Slaves tried to increase their productivity so that their masters would free them as a reward. 
D)  Thousands of slaves fled to the remote interiors of Brazil or the Caribbean islands. 
A)  They formed committees to petition the government for better conditions. 
B)  Hundreds of violent slave revolts broke out across the Caribbean. 
C)  Slaves tried to increase their productivity so that their masters would free them as a reward. 
D)  Thousands of slaves fled to the remote interiors of Brazil or the Caribbean islands.

Question 3

What, according to mercantilist thinkers, was the purpose of colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  to encourage international cooperation through free trade 
B)  to enrich the states that had founded them 
C)  to allow merchants to profit by diversifying their economic investments 
D)  to act as laboratories in which new methods of state administration could be tested 
A)  to encourage international cooperation through free trade 
B)  to enrich the states that had founded them 
C)  to allow merchants to profit by diversifying their economic investments 
D)  to act as laboratories in which new methods of state administration could be tested

Question 4

Which of the following was used by Tokugawa Ieyasu to secure relative peace, which lasted for two centuries after his death?

Accepted Answer

A)  He gave more power to the daimyo to control rogue samurai called ronin. 
B)  He declared himself shogun and established a hereditary system of succession. 
C)  He arranged marriages among the children of local authorities to solidify political bonds. 
D)  He kept the population in check to avoid famine and peasant revolts. 
A)  He gave more power to the daimyo to control rogue samurai called ronin. 
B)  He declared himself shogun and established a hereditary system of succession. 
C)  He arranged marriages among the children of local authorities to solidify political bonds. 
D)  He kept the population in check to avoid famine and peasant revolts.

Question 5

The demographic impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was as devastating as the impact of Afro-Eurasian diseases on Amerindians in the sixteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What led European countries other than Spain and Portugal to turn to cultivation in order to extract wealth from their American colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The English had a strong tradition of agriculture and few commercial connections. 
B)  Little mineral wealth was found in the English, French, or Dutch colonies. 
C)  The Dutch did not have the right technology to transport heavy cargos across the open ocean, so they turned to farming. 
D)  Other European countries saw the negative impact of mineral wealth on Spain and so rejected it as a source of income. 
A)  The English had a strong tradition of agriculture and few commercial connections. 
B)  Little mineral wealth was found in the English, French, or Dutch colonies. 
C)  The Dutch did not have the right technology to transport heavy cargos across the open ocean, so they turned to farming. 
D)  Other European countries saw the negative impact of mineral wealth on Spain and so rejected it as a source of income.

Question 7

In what way did the Canton system seek to control trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allowed no official trade between Chinese and European merchants. 
B)  It required European traders to have Chinese merchants act as guarantors for their good behavior and payment of fees. 
C)  It required European merchants to check in at Canton before proceeding into China's interior to trade. 
D)  It only allowed Dutch merchants to trade with China. 
A)  It allowed no official trade between Chinese and European merchants. 
B)  It required European traders to have Chinese merchants act as guarantors for their good behavior and payment of fees. 
C)  It required European merchants to check in at Canton before proceeding into China's interior to trade. 
D)  It only allowed Dutch merchants to trade with China.

Question 8

What was the economic philosophy called that assumed that the world's wealth was fixed and one country could only increase its wealth at the expense of another?

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism 
B)  absolutism 
C)  monetarism 
D)  mercantilism 
A)  capitalism 
B)  absolutism 
C)  monetarism 
D)  mercantilism

Question 9

Under the absolutist system of King Louis XIV of France, the king could overrule his jurists and proclaim law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the colonial empires that emerged in North America and the Caribbean between 1600 and 1750. Analyze the factors that shaped a colony's development.

Accepted Answer

Although many European countries control

Question 11

Which of the following accurately describes labor on Caribbean sugar plantations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves often dropped dead from exhaustion, working up to 16-hour days. 
B)  Plantation managers, in order to have a healthy and productive workforce, provided their slaves with an adequate diet. 
C)  Indentured Europeans and convicts provided the bulk of plantation labor. 
D)  Family groups provided stability for Caribbean slave populations. 
A)  Slaves often dropped dead from exhaustion, working up to 16-hour days. 
B)  Plantation managers, in order to have a healthy and productive workforce, provided their slaves with an adequate diet. 
C)  Indentured Europeans and convicts provided the bulk of plantation labor. 
D)  Family groups provided stability for Caribbean slave populations.

Question 12

Which of the following helped to destabilize the Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mughal invaders took over large amounts of Ottoman territory in the eastern part of the empire. 
B)  The Ottomans lacked the initiative to make needed administrative reforms. 
C)  The Ottoman population was declining due to diseases from the Americas, leaving it too weak to resist foreign encroachment. 
D)  Military campaigns and a growing population strained the empire's resources. 
A)  Mughal invaders took over large amounts of Ottoman territory in the eastern part of the empire. 
B)  The Ottomans lacked the initiative to make needed administrative reforms. 
C)  The Ottoman population was declining due to diseases from the Americas, leaving it too weak to resist foreign encroachment. 
D)  Military campaigns and a growing population strained the empire's resources.

Question 13

For what reason did the Dutch kill or enslave nearly the entire population of the Bandanese Islands?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Dutch wanted to construct a fort to protect themselves from the Spaniards in Manila. 
B)  The Dutch wanted revenge after the traditional chiefs of Banda killed Dutch diplomats. 
C)  The Dutch wanted to buy nutmeg at a low price in the Bandanese Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe. 
D)  The Dutch wanted to intimidate the inhabitants of the nearby Maluku islands to sell their silk only to the Dutch. 
A)  The Dutch wanted to construct a fort to protect themselves from the Spaniards in Manila. 
B)  The Dutch wanted revenge after the traditional chiefs of Banda killed Dutch diplomats. 
C)  The Dutch wanted to buy nutmeg at a low price in the Bandanese Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe. 
D)  The Dutch wanted to intimidate the inhabitants of the nearby Maluku islands to sell their silk only to the Dutch.

Question 14

The Ming dynasty's administrative and economic difficulties were evidenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  decreased revenues caused by increasing monetization. 
B)  failure to maintain a bureaucracy. 
C)  failure to respond effectively to natural disasters. 
D)  decreased support for foreign trade. 
A)  decreased revenues caused by increasing monetization. 
B)  failure to maintain a bureaucracy. 
C)  failure to respond effectively to natural disasters. 
D)  decreased support for foreign trade.

Question 15

Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protestant states triumphed in central and eastern Europe, replacing the Austrian Habsburgs. 
B)  Central Europe's populations and economies did not recover for more than a century. 
C)  The German economy prospered as it was a center for manufacturing new weapons such as cannons. 
D)  Russia emerged as a great European power in the power vacuum that followed the Treaty of Westphalia. 
A)  Protestant states triumphed in central and eastern Europe, replacing the Austrian Habsburgs. 
B)  Central Europe's populations and economies did not recover for more than a century. 
C)  The German economy prospered as it was a center for manufacturing new weapons such as cannons. 
D)  Russia emerged as a great European power in the power vacuum that followed the Treaty of Westphalia.

Question 16

The Tokugawa shogunate, unlike many other states in the seventeenth century, regulated foreign intrusion and managed to remain free of outside exploitation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following was an effect of the enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chartered companies increased in number and spread to the countryside. 
B)  Serfdom was imposed on the remaining English peasants. 
C)  Agricultural productivity dropped drastically, leading to famines. 
D)  Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic, markets. 
A)  Chartered companies increased in number and spread to the countryside. 
B)  Serfdom was imposed on the remaining English peasants. 
C)  Agricultural productivity dropped drastically, leading to famines. 
D)  Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic, markets.

Question 18

Which of the following undermined both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?

Accepted Answer

A)  The inability to placate diverse ethnic groups led to warfare, which undermined their political systems. 
B)  The influx of silver from the Americas created inflation, which undermined their economic autonomy. 
C)  The territorial expansion of Russia took provinces from both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires. 
D)  Religious strife within Islam sapped the government and social systems of both the Ottomans and Mughals. 
A)  The inability to placate diverse ethnic groups led to warfare, which undermined their political systems. 
B)  The influx of silver from the Americas created inflation, which undermined their economic autonomy. 
C)  The territorial expansion of Russia took provinces from both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires. 
D)  Religious strife within Islam sapped the government and social systems of both the Ottomans and Mughals.

Question 19

What role did Europeans play in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century slave trade in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans relied on the Muslim slave trade in North and East Africa to bring slaves from the interior. 
B)  Europeans introduced the idea of slavery to Africa for the first time, ending centuries of peaceful agriculture and hunting. 
C)  Europeans sent armies armed with firearms to invade the African interior, seizing prisoners as slaves. 
D)  Europeans remained in coastal enclaves, depending on indigenous political and trading networks to bring slaves to them. 
A)  Europeans relied on the Muslim slave trade in North and East Africa to bring slaves from the interior. 
B)  Europeans introduced the idea of slavery to Africa for the first time, ending centuries of peaceful agriculture and hunting. 
C)  Europeans sent armies armed with firearms to invade the African interior, seizing prisoners as slaves. 
D)  Europeans remained in coastal enclaves, depending on indigenous political and trading networks to bring slaves to them.

Question 20

In 1600, what enabled the Dutch East India Company to raise ten times the capital that the English East India Company could raise?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amsterdam had the most efficient money market with the lowest interest rates in the world. 
B)  The Dutch controlled the trade in East Indian spices and used their sale to generate capital. 
C)  The English had not yet developed financial systems such as joint stock companies and banks. 
D)  The Dutch monarchs provided large amounts of capital to the Dutch East India Company. 
A)  Amsterdam had the most efficient money market with the lowest interest rates in the world. 
B)  The Dutch controlled the trade in East Indian spices and used their sale to generate capital. 
C)  The English had not yet developed financial systems such as joint stock companies and banks. 
D)  The Dutch monarchs provided large amounts of capital to the Dutch East India Company.

Exam 13: Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

In what way was the principality of Moscow similar to both Japan and China in this period?

Which of the following was the most common way that African slaves in the Americas resisted the conditions of their enslavement?

What, according to mercantilist thinkers, was the purpose of colonies?

Which of the following was used by Tokugawa Ieyasu to secure relative peace, which lasted for two centuries after his death?

The demographic impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was as devastating as the impact of Afro-Eurasian diseases on Amerindians in the sixteenth century.

What led European countries other than Spain and Portugal to turn to cultivation in order to extract wealth from their American colonies?

In what way did the Canton system seek to control trade?

What was the economic philosophy called that assumed that the world's wealth was fixed and one country could only increase its wealth at the expense of another?

Under the absolutist system of King Louis XIV of France, the king could overrule his jurists and proclaim law.

Describe the colonial empires that emerged in North America and the Caribbean between 1600 and 1750. Analyze the factors that shaped a colony's development.

Which of the following accurately describes labor on Caribbean sugar plantations?

Which of the following helped to destabilize the Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth century?

For what reason did the Dutch kill or enslave nearly the entire population of the Bandanese Islands?

The Ming dynasty's administrative and economic difficulties were evidenced by

Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?

The Tokugawa shogunate, unlike many other states in the seventeenth century, regulated foreign intrusion and managed to remain free of outside exploitation.

Which of the following was an effect of the enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the seventeenth century?

Which of the following undermined both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?

What role did Europeans play in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century slave trade in Africa?

In 1600, what enabled the Dutch East India Company to raise ten times the capital that the English East India Company could raise?

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