Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Prince Henry the Navigator

Accepted Answer

Prince Henry the Navigator was a Portugu

Question 2

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 3

The end of the fifteenth century marked the rediscovery of the Western hemisphere by Asia.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-Shwedagon Pagoda

Accepted Answer

The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the

Question 5

Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

A) was an escaped criminal from Munich when he sailed to the Americas. 
B) was of Genoese origin, although he gained fame in the service of the Portuguese king. 
C) was the brother of Hessin Cortes. 
D) converted to Islam on his forty-third birthday. 
E) believed that Asia was larger, and closer to Europe by water, than people then thought. 
A) was an escaped criminal from Munich when he sailed to the Americas. 
B) was of Genoese origin, although he gained fame in the service of the Portuguese king. 
C) was the brother of Hessin Cortes. 
D) converted to Islam on his forty-third birthday. 
E) believed that Asia was larger, and closer to Europe by water, than people then thought.

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreeme

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Buddhist and Islamic kingship models

Accepted Answer

Buddhist and Islamic kingship models ref

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Timbuktu

Accepted Answer

Timbuktu is a city in the West African n

Question 10

The value of precious metals flowing into Europe quadrupled with the Spanish exploitation of​

Accepted Answer

A) ​gold mining in Mexico. 
B) ​the gold found by Pizarro from El Dorado in Columbia. 
C) ​the silver mines at Potosi in Peru. 
D) ​gold found in Rio de la Plata. 
E) ​silver in Guanajuato, Mexico. 
A) ​gold mining in Mexico. 
B) ​the gold found by Pizarro from El Dorado in Columbia. 
C) ​the silver mines at Potosi in Peru. 
D) ​gold found in Rio de la Plata. 
E) ​silver in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Question 11

What geographical advantages did Western Europe have in its encounters with the non-Western world in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? How did the Portuguese lead the way in exploration? What role did Prince Henry the Navigator play? How did imported eastern ideas and innovations spur the Portuguese advance?

Accepted Answer

Western Europe had several geographical

Question 12

What were the main objectives of Prince Henry the Navigator?

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A) Expanding Christianity, obtaining a monopoly on the slave trade, and establishing colonies in Brazil. 
B) Refining the reputation of his school of maritime studies, expanding trade opportunities for Portugal, obtaining personal wealth. 
C) Expanding trade routes for Europe, enriching the Catholic church, and advancing scientific knowledge. 
D) Weaking the Muslim states in Spain and West Africa, advancing Christianity, expanding trade opportunities for Portugal. 
E) Overthrowing Spain, establishing a colonial foothold in Africa, and monopolizing the spice trade from Asia. 
A) Expanding Christianity, obtaining a monopoly on the slave trade, and establishing colonies in Brazil. 
B) Refining the reputation of his school of maritime studies, expanding trade opportunities for Portugal, obtaining personal wealth. 
C) Expanding trade routes for Europe, enriching the Catholic church, and advancing scientific knowledge. 
D) Weaking the Muslim states in Spain and West Africa, advancing Christianity, expanding trade opportunities for Portugal. 
E) Overthrowing Spain, establishing a colonial foothold in Africa, and monopolizing the spice trade from Asia.

Question 13

Western historians customarily regard this as the crucial point in opening the trade routes to the East.

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A) the travels of Marco Polo 
B) the voyages of Vasco de Gama 
C) the discovery of the New World by Columbus 
D) Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe 
E) Prince Henry, the Navigator's establishment of a school for navigators 
A) the travels of Marco Polo 
B) the voyages of Vasco de Gama 
C) the discovery of the New World by Columbus 
D) Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe 
E) Prince Henry, the Navigator's establishment of a school for navigators

Question 14

The major impetus for the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia came in the early fifteenth century with the establishment of this sultanate.

Accepted Answer

A) Malacca. 
B) Tumasik. 
C) Ayuthaya. 
D) Palembang. 
E) Sulawesi. 
A) Malacca. 
B) Tumasik. 
C) Ayuthaya. 
D) Palembang. 
E) Sulawesi.

Question 15

Before the coming of the Europeans, most slaves in Africa were prisoners or war captives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Under the rule of Sonni Ali, which power emerged in West Africa?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Hausa States 
B) ​Songhai 
C) ​Mali 
D) ​Bantu 
E) ​Ghana 
A) ​Hausa States 
B) ​Songhai 
C) ​Mali 
D) ​Bantu 
E) ​Ghana

Question 17

Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) there was a potential for economic gain through increased world trade. 
B) some desired to spread Christianity to other parts of the world. 
C) a spirit of adventure. 
D) fear that Islam would occupy the rest of the world if Christendom did not. 
E) intellectual curiosity. 
A) there was a potential for economic gain through increased world trade. 
B) some desired to spread Christianity to other parts of the world. 
C) a spirit of adventure. 
D) fear that Islam would occupy the rest of the world if Christendom did not. 
E) intellectual curiosity.

Question 18

In spite of their resistance to foreign encroachment, the Portuguese were able to establish trading outposts in all of the following EXCEPT ____.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

The demand for increased slave labor in the sixteenth century was due to the dramatic expansion of

Accepted Answer

A) the Portuguese spice trade. 
B) colonization of the Americas spurring growth of the sugar industry. 
C) with the Ottoman empire's blocade of the Silk Road, dependence on cotton was shifted to the Americas. 
D) the elimination of the Portuguese from east Africa. 
E) the declaration of the Treaty of Tordesillas giving the Portuguese dominion over Africa. 
A) the Portuguese spice trade. 
B) colonization of the Americas spurring growth of the sugar industry. 
C) with the Ottoman empire's blocade of the Silk Road, dependence on cotton was shifted to the Americas. 
D) the elimination of the Portuguese from east Africa. 
E) the declaration of the Treaty of Tordesillas giving the Portuguese dominion over Africa.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Calicut

Accepted Answer

Calicut, also known as Kozhikode, is a c

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

Identify the following terms. -Prince Henry the Navigator

Dutch colonial efforts were

The end of the fifteenth century marked the rediscovery of the Western hemisphere by Asia.​

Identify the following terms. -Shwedagon Pagoda

Christopher Columbus

Identify the following terms. -Treaty of Tordesillas

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

Identify the following terms. -Buddhist and Islamic kingship models

Identify the following terms. -Timbuktu

The value of precious metals flowing into Europe quadrupled with the Spanish exploitation of​

What were the main objectives of Prince Henry the Navigator?

Western historians customarily regard this as the crucial point in opening the trade routes to the East.

The major impetus for the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia came in the early fifteenth century with the establishment of this sultanate.

Before the coming of the Europeans, most slaves in Africa were prisoners or war captives.

Under the rule of Sonni Ali, which power emerged in West Africa?​

Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following except

In spite of their resistance to foreign encroachment, the Portuguese were able to establish trading outposts in all of the following EXCEPT ____.

The demand for increased slave labor in the sixteenth century was due to the dramatic expansion of

Identify the following terms. -Calicut

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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 2

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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The end of the fifteenth century marked the rediscovery of the Western hemisphere by Asia.

The value of precious metals flowing into Europe quadrupled with the Spanish exploitation of

Under the rule of Sonni Ali, which power emerged in West Africa?