Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Songhai

Accepted Answer

The Songhai Empire was a state that domi

Question 2

Compare and contrast the causes and consequences of the voyages of Zhenghe with those of Columbus. Speculate on how history might have be different had Zhenghe successfully navigated the Pacific to the coast of California.

Accepted Answer

The voyages of Zhenghe and Columbus were

Question 3

By the twelfth century, a great center of Islamic learning in West Africa was

Accepted Answer

A) Great Zimbabwe. 
B) Timbuktu. 
C) Mansa Musa. 
D) Niger. 
E) Zanj. 
A) Great Zimbabwe. 
B) Timbuktu. 
C) Mansa Musa. 
D) Niger. 
E) Zanj.

Question 4

The Europeans serving as bureaucrats in the Spanish viceroyalty in America were known as

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A) peninsulares 
B) creoles 
C) mestizos 
D) mulattoes 
E) nahautl 
A) peninsulares 
B) creoles 
C) mestizos 
D) mulattoes 
E) nahautl

Question 5

The first region settled by Portugal within Africa was ​

Accepted Answer

A) Cape Verde 
B) Goa 
C) The Azores 
D) The Gold Coast 
E) Angola 
A) Cape Verde 
B) Goa 
C) The Azores 
D) The Gold Coast 
E) Angola

Question 6

Southeast Asia produced all of the following for export in the 1700s except

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A) ceramics. 
B) spices. 
C) copper. 
D) gold. 
E) steel. 
A) ceramics. 
B) spices. 
C) copper. 
D) gold. 
E) steel.

Question 7

One of the earliest West African states to become Muslim was

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A) the Zanj. 
B) Zimbabwe. 
C) Axum. 
D) Mali. 
E) Kush. 
A) the Zanj. 
B) Zimbabwe. 
C) Axum. 
D) Mali. 
E) Kush.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
sternpost rudder, compass, and astrolabe

Accepted Answer

The terms "sternpost rudder," "compass,"

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Vasco da Gama

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer

Question 10

Historians have generally regarded the voyages of Vasco de Gama as the pivotal point in opening trade with the East. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Hernán Cortés

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés (1485 – December 2, 1547)

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Boers

Accepted Answer

The term "Boers" refers to the descendan

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"Christians and spices"

Accepted Answer

The phrase "Christians and spices" does

Question 14

The VOC

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A) was the sacred ruler of the Khmer. 
B) had ten times more capital than the English East India Company. 
C) was a secret police agency in Burma. 
D) was the "divine light" Javanese monarchs were believed to possess. 
E) the Malayan ruling class. 
A) was the sacred ruler of the Khmer. 
B) had ten times more capital than the English East India Company. 
C) was a secret police agency in Burma. 
D) was the "divine light" Javanese monarchs were believed to possess. 
E) the Malayan ruling class.

Question 15

The Cape of Good Hope was rounded in 1487 by

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A) Abram Voorhies. 
B) Vasco da Gama. 
C) Ferdinand Magellan. 
D) Bartolomeu Dias. 
E) Henry the Navigator. 
A) Abram Voorhies. 
B) Vasco da Gama. 
C) Ferdinand Magellan. 
D) Bartolomeu Dias. 
E) Henry the Navigator.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreeme

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Kilwa, Sofala, and Mombasa

Accepted Answer

Kilwa, Sofala, and Mombasa are historica

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Mwene Mutapa

Accepted Answer

Mwene Mutapa refers to the title of the

Question 19

The first permanent English colony was established in the early seventeenth century at

Accepted Answer

A) Roanoke 
B) Massachussetts Bay 
C) Plymouth Rock 
D) Chesapeake Bay 
E) Jamestown 
A) Roanoke 
B) Massachussetts Bay 
C) Plymouth Rock 
D) Chesapeake Bay 
E) Jamestown

Question 20

Why were the Portuguese not able to maintain a spice monopoly or significant imperial holdings in Southeast Asia, given their initial success?  Explain how they were displaced and succeeded by competing forces from Europe.​

Accepted Answer

The Portuguese were not able to maintain

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Songhai

Compare and contrast the causes and consequences of the voyages of Zhenghe with those of Columbus. Speculate on how history might have be different had Zhenghe successfully navigated the Pacific to the coast of California.

By the twelfth century, a great center of Islamic learning in West Africa was

The Europeans serving as bureaucrats in the Spanish viceroyalty in America were known as

The first region settled by Portugal within Africa was

Southeast Asia produced all of the following for export in the 1700s except

One of the earliest West African states to become Muslim was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. sternpost rudder, compass, and astrolabe

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Vasco da Gama

Historians have generally regarded the voyages of Vasco de Gama as the pivotal point in opening trade with the East.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Hernán Cortés

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Boers

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "Christians and spices"

The VOC

The Cape of Good Hope was rounded in 1487 by

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Treaty of Tordesillas

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Kilwa, Sofala, and Mombasa

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mwene Mutapa

The first permanent English colony was established in the early seventeenth century at

Why were the Portuguese not able to maintain a spice monopoly or significant imperial holdings in Southeast Asia, given their initial success? Explain how they were displaced and succeeded by competing forces from Europe.

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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

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Instructions: Identify the following terms. Songhai

Compare and contrast the causes and consequences of the voyages of Zhenghe with those of Columbus. Speculate on how history might have be different had Zhenghe successfully navigated the Pacific to the coast of California.

By the twelfth century, a great center of Islamic learning in West Africa was

The Europeans serving as bureaucrats in the Spanish viceroyalty in America were known as

The first region settled by Portugal within Africa was ​

Southeast Asia produced all of the following for export in the 1700s except

One of the earliest West African states to become Muslim was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. sternpost rudder, compass, and astrolabe

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Vasco da Gama

Historians have generally regarded the voyages of Vasco de Gama as the pivotal point in opening trade with the East. ​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Hernán Cortés

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Boers

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "Christians and spices"

The VOC

The Cape of Good Hope was rounded in 1487 by

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Treaty of Tordesillas

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Kilwa, Sofala, and Mombasa

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mwene Mutapa

The first permanent English colony was established in the early seventeenth century at

Why were the Portuguese not able to maintain a spice monopoly or significant imperial holdings in Southeast Asia, given their initial success? Explain how they were displaced and succeeded by competing forces from Europe.​

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

Filters

The first region settled by Portugal within Africa was

Historians have generally regarded the voyages of Vasco de Gama as the pivotal point in opening trade with the East.

Why were the Portuguese not able to maintain a spice monopoly or significant imperial holdings in Southeast Asia, given their initial success? Explain how they were displaced and succeeded by competing forces from Europe.