Question 1

The necessary improvements in which three areas are regarded as essential elements in the Age of Exploration?

Accepted Answer

A) Navigation, ship style, and capitalism. 
B) Religious ferver, industrialism, and staple crops. 
C) Three field crop rotation, navigational abilities, and cartography. 
D) Navigation, shipbuilding, and weaponry. 
E) Banking, joint stock companies, and navigation. 
A) Navigation, ship style, and capitalism. 
B) Religious ferver, industrialism, and staple crops. 
C) Three field crop rotation, navigational abilities, and cartography. 
D) Navigation, shipbuilding, and weaponry. 
E) Banking, joint stock companies, and navigation.

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Malacca

Accepted Answer

Malacca, also known as Melaka, is a hist

Question 3

One of the earliest West African states to become Muslim was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-"God, glory, and gold"

Accepted Answer

"God, glory, and gold" is a phrase often

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-portolani

Accepted Answer

Portolani were medieval navigational cha

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-the Slave Coast

Accepted Answer

The Slave Coast refers to a region of th

Question 7

How, and to what extent, did the arrival of Europeans influence the scope and conduct of the spice trade?

Accepted Answer

The arrival of Europeans had a significa

Question 8

The first Europeans to settle in Southern Africa were the

Accepted Answer

A) ​Greeks 
B) ​Dutch 
C) ​Portuguese 
D) ​Spanish 
E) ​English 
A) ​Greeks 
B) ​Dutch 
C) ​Portuguese 
D) ​Spanish 
E) ​English

Question 9

In Spain's New World Empire,

Accepted Answer

A) Spanish colonials, following the lead of Bartolomé de Las Casas, were much less harsh toward the American natives than the Spanish government urged them to be. 
B) the encomienda policies insured only a 2 percent profit per year to each Spanish investor. 
C) the number of natives on the island of Hispaniola was increased from 300 to 100,000 between 1493 and 1570. 
D) the king was determined to convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity. 
E) the native Americans eagerly and consistently embraced Spanish colonial policies. 
A) Spanish colonials, following the lead of Bartolomé de Las Casas, were much less harsh toward the American natives than the Spanish government urged them to be. 
B) the encomienda policies insured only a 2 percent profit per year to each Spanish investor. 
C) the number of natives on the island of Hispaniola was increased from 300 to 100,000 between 1493 and 1570. 
D) the king was determined to convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity. 
E) the native Americans eagerly and consistently embraced Spanish colonial policies.

Question 10

The primary motives of European expansion were "God, glory, and gold."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Because of the harsh environment, Islam had little impact in West Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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 13

How did Spanish methods of dealing with their new territories in America affect the native populations there? Discuss and elaborate on the role of Bartolomé de la Casas in alleviating the aggressive policies of the Spanish toward the native populations

Accepted Answer

The Spanish methods of dealing with thei

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-caravels

Accepted Answer

Caravels are a type of small, highly man

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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.

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-cane culture in America

Accepted Answer

Cane culture in America refers to the cu

Question 18

Portuguese control of the spice trade was ended by

Accepted Answer

A) Muslim attacks from Delhi. 
B) the circumnavigating voyage of Balboa. 
C) the establishment of the British and Dutch East India Companies. 
D) rival Hindu merchants from the Ganges plain. 
E) a new outbreak of the Black Death. 
A) Muslim attacks from Delhi. 
B) the circumnavigating voyage of Balboa. 
C) the establishment of the British and Dutch East India Companies. 
D) rival Hindu merchants from the Ganges plain. 
E) a new outbreak of the Black Death.

Question 19

Between 1500 and 1800, Southeast Asia experienced its last flowering of traditional culture before the advent of European rule in the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Pedro Cabral

Accepted Answer

Pedro Álvares Cabral (c. 1467 or 1468 –

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

The necessary improvements in which three areas are regarded as essential elements in the Age of Exploration?

Identify the following terms. -Malacca

One of the earliest West African states to become Muslim was

Identify the following terms. -"God, glory, and gold"

Identify the following terms. -portolani

Identify the following terms. -the Slave Coast

How, and to what extent, did the arrival of Europeans influence the scope and conduct of the spice trade?

The first Europeans to settle in Southern Africa were the

In Spain's New World Empire,

The primary motives of European expansion were "God, glory, and gold."

Because of the harsh environment, Islam had little impact in West Africa.

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

How did Spanish methods of dealing with their new territories in America affect the native populations there? Discuss and elaborate on the role of Bartolomé de la Casas in alleviating the aggressive policies of the Spanish toward the native populations

Identify the following terms. -caravels

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

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

Identify the following terms. -cane culture in America

Portuguese control of the spice trade was ended by

Between 1500 and 1800, Southeast Asia experienced its last flowering of traditional culture before the advent of European rule in the nineteenth century.

Identify the following terms. -Pedro Cabral

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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