Exam 21: The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The long term significance of the military expedition under the command of Robert Clive in 1756-1757 was

What were the reasons for China's expansion and then decline as an economic power during the eighteenth century?

During the eighteenth century,the largest number of slaves was shipped to

By the late eighteenth century,the Spanish Empire

How did the growth of national identity affect relations between European mother countries and their colonies? Why did conflict between empires and their colonies have little impact on trade and the exchange of ideas?

What was the reaction of the Chinese government to the periodic massacres of immigrants in Spanish Manila and Dutch Batavia?

Given that forced labor is inefficient and hard to manage,why was it widely used in the colonial Americas?

What were the causes of decline in the Asian empires,despite their growth and relative political unity?

The most important factor in the British conquest of India during the eighteenth century was the

By what means was the British East India Company able to gain control over territories in India?

Which of the following best describes the state of the Mughal Empire at the end of the reign of the Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707?

Compare how social,economic,and ideological factors interacted in the North and South American independence movements.

What two events caused the Spanish to turn away from the possible measures of reform suggested by the survey of Alessandro Malaspina?

One of the most effective forms of resistance that slaves employed against their masters was

How did the Dutch acquire their empire in the East Indies?

The crop that made the Dutch empire in the East Indies profitable was

Why did trade continue to grow within the European empires,even as rebellions began to break them apart politically?

Once independent from Portugal,in 1822 Brazil became a

By the end of the eighteenth century,the Qianlong emperor of China had an annual surplus income that was probably more than twice that of the Mughal emperors at their height.That surplus was achieved by

In San Antonio,Texas,the Spanish government gave black settlers the right to