Question 1

The number of Africans sold into captivity in the Atlantic slave trade far exceeded that in the Muslim slave trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

After 1570, why was Japan supplanted as the primary source of silver for China?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Spanish discovered new sources of silver in the Philippines, which was closer to China than Japan was. 
B)  The Japanese closed their doors to all external trade, in order to avoid European domination. 
C)  The Spanish took control of the Philippines and used it as a conduit for silver from their colonies in the Americas. 
D)  Japanese silver was mined out, leaving them with little to trade internationally. 
A)  The Spanish discovered new sources of silver in the Philippines, which was closer to China than Japan was. 
B)  The Japanese closed their doors to all external trade, in order to avoid European domination. 
C)  The Spanish took control of the Philippines and used it as a conduit for silver from their colonies in the Americas. 
D)  Japanese silver was mined out, leaving them with little to trade internationally. C

Question 3

Which of the following was a way in which the spread of Protestant beliefs contributed to protracted warfare in Europe between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some Protestants requested support from the Ottoman Turks, asking them to attack the eastern sections of the Holy Roman Empire. 
B)  Common people took up arms to defend their religious beliefs and practices instead of leaving warfare to professional soldiers. 
C)  The growth of Calvinism led the Lutheran Church to call for a new crusade against unbelievers. 
D)  Some Spanish princes used Protestant beliefs as a way to challenge the authority of the Habsburg emperors. 
A)  Some Protestants requested support from the Ottoman Turks, asking them to attack the eastern sections of the Holy Roman Empire. 
B)  Common people took up arms to defend their religious beliefs and practices instead of leaving warfare to professional soldiers. 
C)  The growth of Calvinism led the Lutheran Church to call for a new crusade against unbelievers. 
D)  Some Spanish princes used Protestant beliefs as a way to challenge the authority of the Habsburg emperors. B

Question 4

What differentiated Chinese merchants from Islamic traders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese merchants were almost nonexistent because of Ming prohibitions on trade. 
B)  Chinese merchants were not profit-driven and contributed their earnings to the emperor. 
C)  Islamic traders had more autonomy as they were not subject to any central authority. 
D)  Islamic traders were unwilling to engage with non-Muslim merchants. 
A)  Chinese merchants were almost nonexistent because of Ming prohibitions on trade. 
B)  Chinese merchants were not profit-driven and contributed their earnings to the emperor. 
C)  Islamic traders had more autonomy as they were not subject to any central authority. 
D)  Islamic traders were unwilling to engage with non-Muslim merchants.

Question 5

Following the Council of Trent, the Cistercians sent missionaries to the Americas, India, Japan, and China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What did the Battle at Lepanto in 1571 demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Ottomans' seapower was backward when compared to that of Europeans. 
B)  Ottoman control in Southeast Europe had ended. 
C)  Only a united European effort could combat the Ottomans' advance. 
D)  The Protestant Reformation had not greatly undermined European unity. 
A)  The Ottomans' seapower was backward when compared to that of Europeans. 
B)  Ottoman control in Southeast Europe had ended. 
C)  Only a united European effort could combat the Ottomans' advance. 
D)  The Protestant Reformation had not greatly undermined European unity.

Question 7

Which of the following were the primary methods and goals of early Portuguese expansion into the Indian Ocean?

Accepted Answer

A)  mass migration and the production of commodities for export 
B)  strategic checkpoints and extraction of bribes for passage from merchants headed east 
C)  direct rule and proselytism of native populations around the Indian Ocean 
D)  violent seizure of land and resettlement of domestic convict populations 
A)  mass migration and the production of commodities for export 
B)  strategic checkpoints and extraction of bribes for passage from merchants headed east 
C)  direct rule and proselytism of native populations around the Indian Ocean 
D)  violent seizure of land and resettlement of domestic convict populations

Question 8

Which of the following sparked Martin Luther's challenge to the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  Luther believed that true knowledge of God came through meditation. 
B)  Luther wanted German cathedrals to rival those of Rome in their grandeur. 
C)  Luther was disgusted with corrupt church practices such as the selling of indulgences. 
D)  Luther was shocked by what he experienced as an itinerant monk. 
A)  Luther believed that true knowledge of God came through meditation. 
B)  Luther wanted German cathedrals to rival those of Rome in their grandeur. 
C)  Luther was disgusted with corrupt church practices such as the selling of indulgences. 
D)  Luther was shocked by what he experienced as an itinerant monk.

Question 9

Why were the Portuguese and other Europeans motivated to find new routes to Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were responding to the conquest of Constantinople and the rise of Ottoman power in the Mediterranean. 
B)  They were responding to the Black Death, which had made their old trade routes too dangerous to use. 
C)  They needed a new source of gold and silver and believed it could be found in Asia. 
D)  They wanted to establish a closer relationship with the Chinese and learn more about their agricultural techniques. 
A)  They were responding to the conquest of Constantinople and the rise of Ottoman power in the Mediterranean. 
B)  They were responding to the Black Death, which had made their old trade routes too dangerous to use. 
C)  They needed a new source of gold and silver and believed it could be found in Asia. 
D)  They wanted to establish a closer relationship with the Chinese and learn more about their agricultural techniques.

Question 10

What advantage was provided by the English East India Company's royal charter?

Accepted Answer

A)  It gave the English more legitimacy than other European traders at the Mughal court. 
B)  It provided a subsidy from the English crown. 
C)  It gave exclusive rights to import East Indian goods into England. 
D)  It gave the right to leave coastal enclaves and trade in the Chinese interior. 
A)  It gave the English more legitimacy than other European traders at the Mughal court. 
B)  It provided a subsidy from the English crown. 
C)  It gave exclusive rights to import East Indian goods into England. 
D)  It gave the right to leave coastal enclaves and trade in the Chinese interior.

Question 11

The Columbian Exchange led to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Afro-Eurasian farmers became less competitive compared to American farmers. 
B)  Syphilis spread throughout the Western Hemisphere. 
C)  Corn maize) replaced some traditional crops in China and Africa. 
D)  The Afro-Eurasian landscape came to look more like the Americas. 
A)  Afro-Eurasian farmers became less competitive compared to American farmers. 
B)  Syphilis spread throughout the Western Hemisphere. 
C)  Corn maize) replaced some traditional crops in China and Africa. 
D)  The Afro-Eurasian landscape came to look more like the Americas.

Question 12

Which of the following accurately describes Columbus's first impression of the Taino people?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believed that they were childlike primitives. 
B)  He believed that they would not be able to understand Christian doctrine. 
C)  He believed that they could become trade partners with the Spanish. 
D)  He believed that they were ferocious warriors. 
A)  He believed that they were childlike primitives. 
B)  He believed that they would not be able to understand Christian doctrine. 
C)  He believed that they could become trade partners with the Spanish. 
D)  He believed that they were ferocious warriors.

Question 13

What circumstance permitted the English and Dutch to expand their trade in Asia and the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A)  They explored new areas of the Americas and started their own silver mines. 
B)  They found a passage through the Americas to Asia and got rich through trade with China. 
C)  They took advantage of Spain's bankruptcy caused by religious and dynastic wars. 
D)  They received opportunities to trade in the Americas and Asia from the Catholic Church as part of an attempt to achieve rapprochement. 
A)  They explored new areas of the Americas and started their own silver mines. 
B)  They found a passage through the Americas to Asia and got rich through trade with China. 
C)  They took advantage of Spain's bankruptcy caused by religious and dynastic wars. 
D)  They received opportunities to trade in the Americas and Asia from the Catholic Church as part of an attempt to achieve rapprochement.

Question 14

The experience of conquering the Aztec Empire taught the Spanish that effective conquest had to be accomplished quickly, completely destroying indigenous symbols of legitimate authority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What was Egypt's main significance within the Ottoman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  It served as the largest source of recruits for the Ottoman military. 
B)  It provided a geopolitical boundary to prevent the Iberian powers from further expansion. 
C)  It served as the Ottoman's breadbasket. 
D)  It was the Empire's principal center for literary and cultural innovation. 
A)  It served as the largest source of recruits for the Ottoman military. 
B)  It provided a geopolitical boundary to prevent the Iberian powers from further expansion. 
C)  It served as the Ottoman's breadbasket. 
D)  It was the Empire's principal center for literary and cultural innovation.

Question 16

What was a similarity between the Ming and the Mughal dynasties?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both were able to limit European traders to port cities. 
B)  Both prided themselves on restoring indigenous rule after a period of foreign conquest. 
C)  Both faced declining populations due to the arrival of diseases from the Americas. 
D)  Both ruled over homogeneous populations. 
A)  Both were able to limit European traders to port cities. 
B)  Both prided themselves on restoring indigenous rule after a period of foreign conquest. 
C)  Both faced declining populations due to the arrival of diseases from the Americas. 
D)  Both ruled over homogeneous populations.

Question 17

What percent of the Amerindian population was killed by Afro-Eurasian diseases during the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent 
B)  70 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  30 percent 
A)  90 percent 
B)  70 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  30 percent

Question 18

Which areas of the Americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brazil and the Andes 
B)  Mesoamerica and the Andes 
C)  Mesoamerica and Brazil 
D)  the Andes and the Caribbean 
A)  Brazil and the Andes 
B)  Mesoamerica and the Andes 
C)  Mesoamerica and Brazil 
D)  the Andes and the Caribbean

Question 19

In what way did the Spanish capture of Manila in 1571 inaugurate the first worldwide trade circuit?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Spanish now controlled all of the world's major entrepôt cities. 
B)  Manila gave the Spanish a base to trade silver from the Americas to China, and then Chinese goods to Europe. 
C)  The Spanish had become the first people to sail all the way around the world. 
D)  Control of Manila enhanced Spanish power at the expense of the Mughals and Chinese, increasing Spanish control of trade networks. 
A)  The Spanish now controlled all of the world's major entrepôt cities. 
B)  Manila gave the Spanish a base to trade silver from the Americas to China, and then Chinese goods to Europe. 
C)  The Spanish had become the first people to sail all the way around the world. 
D)  Control of Manila enhanced Spanish power at the expense of the Mughals and Chinese, increasing Spanish control of trade networks.

Question 20

Which of the following best explains why the Portuguese dominated the Indian Ocean sea lanes in the early sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Portuguese developed the joint stock company, which allowed them to invest more freely. 
B)  The Portuguese used their superior navigational abilities to travel outside the sight of land. 
C)  The Portuguese mounted small cannons on their vessels to bombard ports and rival ships. 
D)  The Portuguese negotiated an exclusive trade relationship with the Ming for porcelain. 
A)  The Portuguese developed the joint stock company, which allowed them to invest more freely. 
B)  The Portuguese used their superior navigational abilities to travel outside the sight of land. 
C)  The Portuguese mounted small cannons on their vessels to bombard ports and rival ships. 
D)  The Portuguese negotiated an exclusive trade relationship with the Ming for porcelain.

Exam 12: Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

The number of Africans sold into captivity in the Atlantic slave trade far exceeded that in the Muslim slave trade.

After 1570, why was Japan supplanted as the primary source of silver for China?

Which of the following was a way in which the spread of Protestant beliefs contributed to protracted warfare in Europe between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

What differentiated Chinese merchants from Islamic traders?

Following the Council of Trent, the Cistercians sent missionaries to the Americas, India, Japan, and China.

What did the Battle at Lepanto in 1571 demonstrate?

Which of the following were the primary methods and goals of early Portuguese expansion into the Indian Ocean?

Which of the following sparked Martin Luther's challenge to the Catholic Church?

Why were the Portuguese and other Europeans motivated to find new routes to Asia?

What advantage was provided by the English East India Company's royal charter?

The Columbian Exchange led to which of the following?

Which of the following accurately describes Columbus's first impression of the Taino people?

What circumstance permitted the English and Dutch to expand their trade in Asia and the Americas?

The experience of conquering the Aztec Empire taught the Spanish that effective conquest had to be accomplished quickly, completely destroying indigenous symbols of legitimate authority.

What was Egypt's main significance within the Ottoman Empire?

What was a similarity between the Ming and the Mughal dynasties?

What percent of the Amerindian population was killed by Afro-Eurasian diseases during the sixteenth century?

Which areas of the Americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in the sixteenth century?

In what way did the Spanish capture of Manila in 1571 inaugurate the first worldwide trade circuit?

Which of the following best explains why the Portuguese dominated the Indian Ocean sea lanes in the early sixteenth century?

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