Question 1

Because of the harsh environment, Islam had little impact in West Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

After four voyages to the New World, Columbus finally realized he had discovered a 'New World.'

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

A)  divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between the English and the French. 
B)  divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between Spain and Portugal. 
C)  gave the English the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
D)  gave the French the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
E)  ended the Hundred Years War. 
A)  divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between the English and the French. 
B)  divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between Spain and Portugal. 
C)  gave the English the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
D)  gave the French the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
E)  ended the Hundred Years War. B

Question 4

Dutch colonial efforts were

Accepted Answer

A)  incredibly unsuccessful, as their huge expenditures did not produce a single profitable colony. 
B)  ended by superior Portuguese power in North America before 1700. 
C)  weakened by their principled refusal to take part in the slave trade. 
D)  highly successful in Southeast Asia, and particularly on the island of Java. 
E)  most economically profitable in New Amsterdam. 
A)  incredibly unsuccessful, as their huge expenditures did not produce a single profitable colony. 
B)  ended by superior Portuguese power in North America before 1700. 
C)  weakened by their principled refusal to take part in the slave trade. 
D)  highly successful in Southeast Asia, and particularly on the island of Java. 
E)  most economically profitable in New Amsterdam.

Question 5

Between 1500 and 1800, Southeast Asia experienced its last flowering of traditional culture before the advent of European rule in the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

New religions coming into Southeast Asia

Accepted Answer

A)  included Islam, Shinto and Zoroastrianism. 
B)  were often altered by new converts, who blended traditional beliefs with the new doctrines. 
C)  were only temporarily considered, and then rejected, by the region's peoples. 
D)  included the cult of the goddess Pomona. 
E)  included Judaism. 
A)  included Islam, Shinto and Zoroastrianism. 
B)  were often altered by new converts, who blended traditional beliefs with the new doctrines. 
C)  were only temporarily considered, and then rejected, by the region's peoples. 
D)  included the cult of the goddess Pomona. 
E)  included Judaism.

Question 7

The Spanish prohibited intermarriage of Europeans and indigenous Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Christopher Columbus was of ____ origin.

Accepted Answer

A)  German 
B)  Genoese 
C)  Portuguese 
D)  Spanish 
E)  Chinese 
A)  German 
B)  Genoese 
C)  Portuguese 
D)  Spanish 
E)  Chinese

Question 9

Which product attracted the greatest European interest in Southeast Asia in the period between 1500 and 1800?

Accepted Answer

A)  Opium 
B)  Slaves 
C)  Pepper and other spices 
D)  Rayon 
E)  Ayuthaya 
A)  Opium 
B)  Slaves 
C)  Pepper and other spices 
D)  Rayon 
E)  Ayuthaya

Question 10

The African slave trade

Accepted Answer

A)  was fundamentally altered by the French in the late 1400s. 
B)  involved the forcible movement of millions of African slaves overseas. 
C)  involved the deaths of less than one percent of those leaving West African ports before they arrived at a new home in the Americas. 
D)  began practices never before seen in Africa. 
E)  solved the labor shortage challenge in European agriculture. 
A)  was fundamentally altered by the French in the late 1400s. 
B)  involved the forcible movement of millions of African slaves overseas. 
C)  involved the deaths of less than one percent of those leaving West African ports before they arrived at a new home in the Americas. 
D)  began practices never before seen in Africa. 
E)  solved the labor shortage challenge in European agriculture.

Question 11

There were different forms of slavery in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which statement about European contact with Africa is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most people in the African interior were little influenced by Europeans in the 1500s. 
B)  The Portuguese took over the gold trade from Mwene Metapa in East African. 
C)  The Dutch established a colony at Cape Town to supply its ships headed for the Spice Islands. 
D)  The Boers were responsible for keeping other Europeans away from the Cape of Good Hope. 
E)  England established a colony at Zimbabwe in the late 1600s. 
A)  Most people in the African interior were little influenced by Europeans in the 1500s. 
B)  The Portuguese took over the gold trade from Mwene Metapa in East African. 
C)  The Dutch established a colony at Cape Town to supply its ships headed for the Spice Islands. 
D)  The Boers were responsible for keeping other Europeans away from the Cape of Good Hope. 
E)  England established a colony at Zimbabwe in the late 1600s.

Question 13

The first European nation to gain control of Southeast Asia's spice trade was the Netherlands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which statement about European forays into the New World is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christopher Columbus never sailed into Chesapeake Bay. 
B)  John Cabot explored the coast of New England on a voyage sponsored by Henry VII. 
C)  Christopher Columbus explored along the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. 
D)  Pedro Cabral discovered South America by accident. 
E)  Vespucci's many published letters describing the geography of the New World caused people to call the area America. 
A)  Christopher Columbus never sailed into Chesapeake Bay. 
B)  John Cabot explored the coast of New England on a voyage sponsored by Henry VII. 
C)  Christopher Columbus explored along the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. 
D)  Pedro Cabral discovered South America by accident. 
E)  Vespucci's many published letters describing the geography of the New World caused people to call the area America.

Question 15

What was the most important reason for the massive growth of the African slave trade in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The need to supply the mines of Peru with an abundant labor force 
B)  The desire to develop the tobacco plantations of the New World 
C)  The intense labor needs created by the development of sugar growing in the New World 
D)  The enormous growth in the African birth rate 
E)  The European ability to obtain slaves in many West African areas 
A)  The need to supply the mines of Peru with an abundant labor force 
B)  The desire to develop the tobacco plantations of the New World 
C)  The intense labor needs created by the development of sugar growing in the New World 
D)  The enormous growth in the African birth rate 
E)  The European ability to obtain slaves in many West African areas

Question 16

Which city was a major commercial center on the trade route through Sahara in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexandria 
B)  Kilwa 
C)  Timbuktu 
D)  Dakar 
E)  Niger 
A)  Alexandria 
B)  Kilwa 
C)  Timbuktu 
D)  Dakar 
E)  Niger

Question 17

By the end of the seventeenth century, most European states abandoned their trading stations in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ayuthaya 
B)  Vietnam 
C)  Burma 
D)  Thailand 
E)  Indonesia 
A)  Ayuthaya 
B)  Vietnam 
C)  Burma 
D)  Thailand 
E)  Indonesia

Question 18

By the early 1400s, a growing percentage of the Asian spice trade was being transported

Accepted Answer

A)  by camel caravans across Arabia. 
B)  in European ships, particularly Dutch and Portuguese. 
C)  in Muslim ships from India and the Middle East. 
D)  in Chinese ships as evidenced by the voyages of Zheng He. 
E)  across the Silk Road from China. 
A)  by camel caravans across Arabia. 
B)  in European ships, particularly Dutch and Portuguese. 
C)  in Muslim ships from India and the Middle East. 
D)  in Chinese ships as evidenced by the voyages of Zheng He. 
E)  across the Silk Road from China.

Question 19

What was one of the earliest West African states to become Muslim?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Zanj 
B)  Zimbabwe 
C)  Axum 
D)  Mali 
E)  Kush 
A)  The Zanj 
B)  Zimbabwe 
C)  Axum 
D)  Mali 
E)  Kush

Question 20

In Spain's New World Empire,

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish colonials were much less harsh toward American natives than the law allowed. 
B)  the encomienda policies insured only a 2 percent profit per year to each Spanish investor. 
C)  the number of natives on the island of Hispaniola increased between 1493 and 1570. 
D)  the king was determined to convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity. 
E)  the native Americans eagerly and consistently embraced Spanish colonial policies. 
A)  Spanish colonials were much less harsh toward American natives than the law allowed. 
B)  the encomienda policies insured only a 2 percent profit per year to each Spanish investor. 
C)  the number of natives on the island of Hispaniola increased between 1493 and 1570. 
D)  the king was determined to convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity. 
E)  the native Americans eagerly and consistently embraced Spanish colonial policies.

Exam 14: New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Because of the harsh environment, Islam had little impact in West Africa.

After four voyages to the New World, Columbus finally realized he had discovered a 'New World.'

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Dutch colonial efforts were

Between 1500 and 1800, Southeast Asia experienced its last flowering of traditional culture before the advent of European rule in the nineteenth century.

New religions coming into Southeast Asia

The Spanish prohibited intermarriage of Europeans and indigenous Americans.

Christopher Columbus was of ____ origin.

Which product attracted the greatest European interest in Southeast Asia in the period between 1500 and 1800?

The African slave trade

There were different forms of slavery in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans.

Which statement about European contact with Africa is FALSE?

The first European nation to gain control of Southeast Asia's spice trade was the Netherlands.

Which statement about European forays into the New World is FALSE?

What was the most important reason for the massive growth of the African slave trade in the sixteenth century?

Which city was a major commercial center on the trade route through Sahara in the sixteenth century?

By the end of the seventeenth century, most European states abandoned their trading stations in ________.

By the early 1400s, a growing percentage of the Asian spice trade was being transported

What was one of the earliest West African states to become Muslim?

In Spain's New World Empire,

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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