Question 1

Which of the following accurately pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World empires they destroyed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pizarro and the Aztecs; de Soto and the Inka. 
B)  Magellan and the Inka; Albuquerque and the Iroquois. 
C)  Cortés and the Aztecs; Pizarro and the Inka. 
D)  de Soto and the Aztecs; Cortés and the Inka. 
E)  de Soto and the Inka; Cortés and the Aztecs. 
A)  Pizarro and the Aztecs; de Soto and the Inka. 
B)  Magellan and the Inka; Albuquerque and the Iroquois. 
C)  Cortés and the Aztecs; Pizarro and the Inka. 
D)  de Soto and the Aztecs; Cortés and the Inka. 
E)  de Soto and the Inka; Cortés and the Aztecs.

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Prince Henry the Navigator

Accepted Answer

Prince Henry the Navigator was a Portugu

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Sufism

Accepted Answer

Sufism, also known as Tasawwuf in the Is

Question 4

As a result of the publications of Bartolomé de Las Casas,

Accepted Answer

A)  Amerindian rights were recognized and respected. 
B)  the encomienda system was established. 
C)  Amerindians were more maltreated than before. 
D)  the Spanish government was more attentive to the needs of the native populations. 
E)  a new route to the Indies was discovered. 
A)  Amerindian rights were recognized and respected. 
B)  the encomienda system was established. 
C)  Amerindians were more maltreated than before. 
D)  the Spanish government was more attentive to the needs of the native populations. 
E)  a new route to the Indies was discovered.

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Gorée

Accepted Answer

Gorée is an island located off the coast

Question 6

Which of the following most accurately depicts life expectancy in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans' chances of living longer improved if they did not go to Africa or the West Indies. 
B)  A European stood a better chance of living much longer in Africa than in the West Indies. 
C)  Africans who survived the voyage from their homeland had a shorter life expectancy in the West Indies than Europeans who went there. 
D)  The slave's voyage from Africa to the New World was unrelated to his or her mortality. 
E)  Africans rarely survived for one year if exposed to the dampness and cold of Europe. 
A)  Europeans' chances of living longer improved if they did not go to Africa or the West Indies. 
B)  A European stood a better chance of living much longer in Africa than in the West Indies. 
C)  Africans who survived the voyage from their homeland had a shorter life expectancy in the West Indies than Europeans who went there. 
D)  The slave's voyage from Africa to the New World was unrelated to his or her mortality. 
E)  Africans rarely survived for one year if exposed to the dampness and cold of Europe.

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-Amerigo Vespucci

Accepted Answer

A: Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explo

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-batik

Accepted Answer

Batik is a traditional textile art form

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-cane culture in America

Accepted Answer

Cane culture in America refers to the cu

Question 10

European links to the rest of the world included the

Accepted Answer

A)  establishment of Viking settlements in the Caribbean during the ninth and tenth centuries. 
B)  trip of the Polo family to East Asia in the late thirteenth century. 
C)  mass immigration of North African Muslims to France and Italy during the fourteenth century. 
D)  Spanish conquest of South Africa in the sixteenth century. 
E)  Dutch seizure of Madagascar in the early sixteenth century. 
A)  establishment of Viking settlements in the Caribbean during the ninth and tenth centuries. 
B)  trip of the Polo family to East Asia in the late thirteenth century. 
C)  mass immigration of North African Muslims to France and Italy during the fourteenth century. 
D)  Spanish conquest of South Africa in the sixteenth century. 
E)  Dutch seizure of Madagascar in the early sixteenth century.

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Leo Africanus

Accepted Answer

Leo Africanus, whose full name was al-Ha

Question 12

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 13

Identify the following terms.
-the Slave Coast

Accepted Answer

The Slave Coast refers to a region of th

Question 14

All of the following were true of the Portuguese foray into overseas trade except that they

Accepted Answer

A)  were unable over time to maintain their position in the Spice Islands. 
B)  employed the standard methods of peaceful competition that existed before they ventured into those new foreign regions. 
C)  gained complete control of the spice trade between the East and Europe for a brief time. 
D)  defeated their competition in the spice trade through the use of overwhelming force until they, in turn, were similarly overwhelmed. 
E)  had an advantage because of Portugal's location on the Atlantic seaboard. 
A)  were unable over time to maintain their position in the Spice Islands. 
B)  employed the standard methods of peaceful competition that existed before they ventured into those new foreign regions. 
C)  gained complete control of the spice trade between the East and Europe for a brief time. 
D)  defeated their competition in the spice trade through the use of overwhelming force until they, in turn, were similarly overwhelmed. 
E)  had an advantage because of Portugal's location on the Atlantic seaboard.

Question 15

Why was it Western Europe rather than China,the Muslim world,or some other non-Western society that effected the globalization era of the sixteenth century? What prevented China and the well-organized Islamic states from achieving an ascendancy?

Accepted Answer

There are several factors that contribut

Question 16

How did technological advancements,the rise of stronger governments,and economic growth cause European societies to become involved in maritime expansion in the 1400s and 1500s? Why then?

Accepted Answer

Technological advancements, the rise of

Question 17

The African slave trade

Accepted Answer

A)  was fundamentally altered by the French in the late 1400s. 
B)  involved the forcible movement of possibly more than twelve million 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 possibly more than twelve million 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 18

There had been no slavery in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The joint-stock English East India Company was founded in 1600 with the aim of developing trade in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

All of the following are true about European contacts with Africa except that

Accepted Answer

A)  most peoples 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 peoples 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.

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

Which of the following accurately pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World empires they destroyed?

Identify the following terms. -Prince Henry the Navigator

Identify the following terms. -Sufism

As a result of the publications of Bartolomé de Las Casas,

Identify the following terms. -Gorée

Which of the following most accurately depicts life expectancy in the sixteenth century?

Identify the following terms. -Amerigo Vespucci

Identify the following terms. -batik

Identify the following terms. -cane culture in America

European links to the rest of the world included the

Identify the following terms. -Leo Africanus

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

Identify the following terms. -the Slave Coast

All of the following were true of the Portuguese foray into overseas trade except that they

Why was it Western Europe rather than China,the Muslim world,or some other non-Western society that effected the globalization era of the sixteenth century? What prevented China and the well-organized Islamic states from achieving an ascendancy?

How did technological advancements,the rise of stronger governments,and economic growth cause European societies to become involved in maritime expansion in the 1400s and 1500s? Why then?

The African slave trade

There had been no slavery in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans.

The joint-stock English East India Company was founded in 1600 with the aim of developing trade in the Americas.

All of the following are true about European contacts with Africa except that

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