Question 1

Which of the following was true of the contact between Asia and Europe prior to exploration?

Accepted Answer

A) Europe obtained most of their luxury goods from Asia. 
B) No travel paths existed between Europe and Asia. 
C) Only Muslim groups had traveled to Asia. 
D) Sea paths were never important before. 
E) Europe had little need of Asian goods, they relied on African goods. 
A) Europe obtained most of their luxury goods from Asia. 
B) No travel paths existed between Europe and Asia. 
C) Only Muslim groups had traveled to Asia. 
D) Sea paths were never important before. 
E) Europe had little need of Asian goods, they relied on African goods.

Question 2

Term for identification: Amerigo Vespucci

Accepted Answer

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer

Question 3

What was the primary aim of mercantilism as practiced by the Europeans?

Accepted Answer

A) To secure financial rewards for the entrepreneurs. 
B) To allow the impoverished a chance to rise in society. 
C) To bring maximum income to the royal throne. 
D) To secure a favorable balance of foreign trade. 
E) To develop a wide range of products for export. 
A) To secure financial rewards for the entrepreneurs. 
B) To allow the impoverished a chance to rise in society. 
C) To bring maximum income to the royal throne. 
D) To secure a favorable balance of foreign trade. 
E) To develop a wide range of products for export.

Question 4

Which European explorers led exploration of the western Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

A) Vikings. 
B) Portuguese. 
C) Spanish. 
D) Dutch. 
E) English. 
A) Vikings. 
B) Portuguese. 
C) Spanish. 
D) Dutch. 
E) English.

Question 5

Europeans began to search in earnest for an alternate route to Eastern Asia after

Accepted Answer

A) they read the fabulous tales of Marco Polo. 
B) they became aware of the spices available there. 
C) the city of Constantinople was lost to them as a center of trade. 
D) Muslim conquerors introduced them to Eastern wares. 
E) the Mongol conquest disrupted their overland trade routes. 
A) they read the fabulous tales of Marco Polo. 
B) they became aware of the spices available there. 
C) the city of Constantinople was lost to them as a center of trade. 
D) Muslim conquerors introduced them to Eastern wares. 
E) the Mongol conquest disrupted their overland trade routes.

Question 6

In Brazil, the greatest number of slaves were originally imported for labor in the

Accepted Answer

A) silver mines. 
B) sugarcane fields. 
C) tobacco plantations. 
D) trading stations. 
E) rainforests. 
A) silver mines. 
B) sugarcane fields. 
C) tobacco plantations. 
D) trading stations. 
E) rainforests.

Question 7

Compare the early Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. Why did Spain's efforts prove to be the more substantial?

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discus

Question 8

The most significant food crop arriving in Europe as a consequence of the Columbian Exchange was

Accepted Answer

A) the potato. 
B) the tomato. 
C) maize. 
D) squash. 
E) sugarcane. 
A) the potato. 
B) the tomato. 
C) maize. 
D) squash. 
E) sugarcane.

Question 9

____________________ was the dominant economic philosophy during the Age of Discovery.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the dominant economic philosophy during...

Question 10

What was the affect on local African societies as the slave trade grew?

Accepted Answer

A) The slave system brought Africans together in solidarity against the Europeans. 
B) Some members of the African societies accommodated the commerce in human beings. 
C) The Africans adopted a system of intermarriage with Arabs and Europeans. 
D) The Africans began to copy the plantation system in their societies. 
E) The Europeans convinced the Africans to adopt the concepts of  mercantilism. 
A) The slave system brought Africans together in solidarity against the Europeans. 
B) Some members of the African societies accommodated the commerce in human beings. 
C) The Africans adopted a system of intermarriage with Arabs and Europeans. 
D) The Africans began to copy the plantation system in their societies. 
E) The Europeans convinced the Africans to adopt the concepts of  mercantilism.

Question 11

The first slaves from Africa were introduced to Europe through ____________________ hands.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first slaves from Africa were introduced...

Question 12

Indian silver and gold enabled ____________________ to become Europe's strongest superpower in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Accepted Answer

Question 13

According to the authors, what was probably the most impressive Spanish venture in exploration?

Accepted Answer

A) Columbus's discovery of the New World. 
B) Hernán Cortés's subjugation of the Aztecs. 
C) The exploration of Florida, California, and Arizona. 
D) Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe. 
E) Gaining control of all of Central America. 
A) Columbus's discovery of the New World. 
B) Hernán Cortés's subjugation of the Aztecs. 
C) The exploration of Florida, California, and Arizona. 
D) Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe. 
E) Gaining control of all of Central America.

Question 14

Which group of Europeans reaped the greatest benefit from the gold/silver-induced inflation?

Accepted Answer

A) Some landlords. 
B) The merchants. 
C) All artisans. 
D) The peasants. 
E) The clergy. 
A) Some landlords. 
B) The merchants. 
C) All artisans. 
D) The peasants. 
E) The clergy.

Question 15

Fifteenth and sixteenth century voyages of exploration were facilitated mainly by

Accepted Answer

A) European curiosity about other peoples. 
B) the determination to obtain more farming land for a growing population. 
C) the individual explorers' hopes of enrichment. 
D) the discovery that the Earth was in fact a sphere without "ends." 
E) new technology. 
A) European curiosity about other peoples. 
B) the determination to obtain more farming land for a growing population. 
C) the individual explorers' hopes of enrichment. 
D) the discovery that the Earth was in fact a sphere without "ends." 
E) new technology.

Question 16

Describe the Columbian Exchange in detail. Identify key elements that you believe to be of special significance.

Accepted Answer

Answers would includ

Exam 22: A Larger World Opens

Which of the following was true of the contact between Asia and Europe prior to exploration?

Term for identification: Amerigo Vespucci

What was the primary aim of mercantilism as practiced by the Europeans?

Which European explorers led exploration of the western Atlantic?

Europeans began to search in earnest for an alternate route to Eastern Asia after

In Brazil, the greatest number of slaves were originally imported for labor in the

Compare the early Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. Why did Spain's efforts prove to be the more substantial?

The most significant food crop arriving in Europe as a consequence of the Columbian Exchange was

____________________ was the dominant economic philosophy during the Age of Discovery.

What was the affect on local African societies as the slave trade grew?

The first slaves from Africa were introduced to Europe through ____________________ hands.

Indian silver and gold enabled ____________________ to become Europe's strongest superpower in the 16th and 17th centuries.

According to the authors, what was probably the most impressive Spanish venture in exploration?

Which group of Europeans reaped the greatest benefit from the gold/silver-induced inflation?

Fifteenth and sixteenth century voyages of exploration were facilitated mainly by

Describe the Columbian Exchange in detail. Identify key elements that you believe to be of special significance.

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

Central Asia and Indias Beginnings

New Civilizations and Empires in Western and Central Asia

Ancient China to 221 BCE

The Settlement of the Americas and the Pacific Islands

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800-100 BCE

Rome From City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BCE -800 CE

Iran, India, and Global Trade

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa From Axum to 1400

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

The European Middle Ages, C 800-1500

The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Religious Divisions and Political Consolidation in Europe

The Gunpowder Empires of Western and Southern Asia

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China From the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan and Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The Early Industrial Revolution

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

Advanced Industrial Society

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America From Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and Its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africas Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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