Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-the Gold Coast

Accepted Answer

The Gold Coast is a vibrant city located

Question 2

The European power that emerged triumphant in the Indonesian archipelago, and took over virtually the entire region by the end of the eighteenth century, was

Accepted Answer

A) Spain. 
B) France. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) Britain. 
E) Portugal. 
A) Spain. 
B) France. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) Britain. 
E) Portugal.

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

​Military conflict between the English and Spanish during The War of Jenkin's Ear was because of

Accepted Answer

A) ​intensified competition for overseas resources. 
B) ​control of trade routes in the Indian Maritime Network. 
C) ​English settlement in the mid-Atlantic states 
D) ​Spanish refusal to vacate St.Augustine, Florida. 
E) ​English hijacking of Spanish galleons. 
A) ​intensified competition for overseas resources. 
B) ​control of trade routes in the Indian Maritime Network. 
C) ​English settlement in the mid-Atlantic states 
D) ​Spanish refusal to vacate St.Augustine, Florida. 
E) ​English hijacking of Spanish galleons.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

The Cape of Good Hope was rounded in 1487 by

Accepted Answer

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 8

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 9

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

A) divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between the English and the French. 
B) divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between Spain and Portugal. 
C) gave the English the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
D) gave the French the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
E) ended the Hundred Years' War. 
A) divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between the English and the French. 
B) divided the "new" areas discovered by Europeans between Spain and Portugal. 
C) gave the English the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
D) gave the French the eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope. 
E) ended the Hundred Years' War.

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Vasco da Gama

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer

Question 11

How did the arrival of Islam change the previously Buddhist and Hindu societies of Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

The arrival of Islam had a significant i

Question 12

As a result of European expansion into Africa,

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A) the Mwene Metapa was entirely eliminated by the Portuguese. 
B) the economic conditions of the continent were unaltered. 
C) North African political regimes were toppled by French forces. 
D) internal conflict among native African groups was intensified. 
E) most Africans became wealthier. 
A) the Mwene Metapa was entirely eliminated by the Portuguese. 
B) the economic conditions of the continent were unaltered. 
C) North African political regimes were toppled by French forces. 
D) internal conflict among native African groups was intensified. 
E) most Africans became wealthier.

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT an advantage held by the Spanish in conquering the "New World?"

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A) Competition from the Dutch 
B) Superior weapons 
C) better organization. 
D) A desire to spread Christianity. 
E) Personal determination. 
A) Competition from the Dutch 
B) Superior weapons 
C) better organization. 
D) A desire to spread Christianity. 
E) Personal determination.

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Leo Africanus

Accepted Answer

Leo Africanus, whose full name was al-Ha

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Sufism

Accepted Answer

Sufism, also known as Tasawwuf in the Is

Question 16

Compare and contrast slavery in Africa before the sixteenth century to African slavery after the arrival of the Europeans. What are the continuities, if any, and what are the differences?

Accepted Answer

Before the sixteenth century, slavery in

Question 17

What were the different approaches used for expansion of trade in the Americas and Southeast Asia, if you compare the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish? Why did the English have less success than the others?

Accepted Answer

The Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish each

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-sternpost rudder, compass, and astrolabe

Accepted Answer

The terms "sternpost rudder," "compass,"

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-Francisco Pizarro

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquist

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Hispaniola

Accepted Answer

Hispaniola is an island in the Caribbean

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

Identify the following terms. -the Gold Coast

The European power that emerged triumphant in the Indonesian archipelago, and took over virtually the entire region by the end of the eighteenth century, was

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

​Military conflict between the English and Spanish during The War of Jenkin's Ear was because of

The VOC

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

The Cape of Good Hope was rounded in 1487 by

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

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Identify the following terms. -Vasco da Gama

How did the arrival of Islam change the previously Buddhist and Hindu societies of Southeast Asia?

As a result of European expansion into Africa,

Which of the following was NOT an advantage held by the Spanish in conquering the "New World?"

Identify the following terms. -Leo Africanus

Identify the following terms. -Sufism

Compare and contrast slavery in Africa before the sixteenth century to African slavery after the arrival of the Europeans. What are the continuities, if any, and what are the differences?

What were the different approaches used for expansion of trade in the Americas and Southeast Asia, if you compare the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish? Why did the English have less success than the others?

Identify the following terms. -sternpost rudder, compass, and astrolabe

Identify the following terms. -Francisco Pizarro

Identify the following terms. -Hispaniola

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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Military conflict between the English and Spanish during The War of Jenkin's Ear was because of

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