Question 1

What did Columbus discover when he returned to Hispaniola a year later?

Accepted Answer

A)  The natives had become Christian 
B)  The Spaniards had taken on the native's faith 
C)  The natives had destroyed the fort he established 
D)  The Spaniards had all departed to concentrate on Central America

Question 2

It was not until the Tokugawa Shogunate that Japan opened up to Christianity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following most impressed the Portuguese and Spanish in reading Battutah's Rihla (Journey)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Possibilities for expanding their empires 
B)  The fact that peoples of the Far East had advanced cultures 
C)  Possibilities for mission 
D)  Possibilities for trade

Question 4

How did the Japanese route out Christians in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Citizens were required to worship the emperor by offering him incense 
B)  Citizens were given the fidelity oath every year 
C)  Christian citizens were offered land if they renounced Christ 
D)  Citizens had to yearly attest that they were not Christian by stepping on a picture of Christ or the Virgin Mary

Question 5

Slavery was socially sanctioned until the later modern era and was part of Christian society. Consider the examples listed of biblically sanctioned slavery: what difficulties does this present for biblical and theological discourse?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

The Incans believed their leader was the sun god.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How successful was the mission to the Philippines?

Accepted Answer

A)  It became successful only when the Spanish stopped the slave trade 
B)  It was successful early on and continued to be 
C)  It was initially successful, but the faith never took deep roots, which is why the Philippines is mostly Muslim 
D)  It was never successful in any substantive, measurable way

Question 8

Who was Francis Xavier?

Accepted Answer

A)  He became Pope Pius IX, and brought missions to India 
B)  He became the first bishop of India 
C)  He was a Jesuit priest who won vast converts among the Dalits 
D)  He was the first governor of the colony of Goa

Question 9

The Portuguese "discovered" Brazil while sailing to Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Christians in Europe only knew about Asian peoples in the fourteenth century by way of Marco Polo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Colonization and Missions

What did Columbus discover when he returned to Hispaniola a year later?

It was not until the Tokugawa Shogunate that Japan opened up to Christianity.

Which of the following most impressed the Portuguese and Spanish in reading Battutah's Rihla (Journey) ?

How did the Japanese route out Christians in the seventeenth century?

Slavery was socially sanctioned until the later modern era and was part of Christian society. Consider the examples listed of biblically sanctioned slavery: what difficulties does this present for biblical and theological discourse?

The Incans believed their leader was the sun god.

How successful was the mission to the Philippines?

Who was Francis Xavier?

The Portuguese "discovered" Brazil while sailing to Asia.

Christians in Europe only knew about Asian peoples in the fourteenth century by way of Marco Polo.