Question 1

The formal end of African indigenous slavery occurred between

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A) 1800-1825. 
B) 1860-1874. 
C) 1874-1928. 
D) 1830-1860.

Question 2

Spanish conquest in the Americas during the 15th to 19th centuries resulted in

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A) economic dominance for the home country. 
B) the decimation of Native American civilizations. 
C) the influx of large amounts of gold and silver into Europe. 
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 3

Slavery

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A) became prominent in sub-Saharan Africa only in the 16th century. 
B) was limited to European traders in sub-Saharan Africa. 
C) was not practiced by Islamic states in North Africa. 
D) None of these answers are correct.

Question 4

What were the main reasons for colonial conflict between Britain,Spain,and France in the Americas?

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Question 5

The trading system established by the Casa de Contratación between Spain and its colonies in the New World is best described as one based on

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A) monopolistic commercial regulations. 
B) the principle of free trade and market mechanisms. 
C) a mixture of public and private joint-ventures. 
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 6

Creoles were

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A) people of mixed racial composition. 
B) those born in the New World whose ancestry was European. 
C) slaves from Central America who were sold in Caribbean ports. 
D) those whose status improved due to reforms by Charles III.

Question 7

How did the rise of the Spanish empire in the Americas affect the balance of power in Europe?

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Question 8

According to the four-stage model of European commercial empires, exploration and conquest is followed by trade rivalry, which is followed in turn by

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A) civil war,and finally dictatorship in the colonies. 
B) independence for the colonies,which is followed by revolution in the home country. 
C) formal empires,and finally independence for the colonies. 
D) dictatorship in the home country,which is followed by the creation of formal empires.

Question 9

How did the Spanish organize their empire in the Americas? Was it an economically efficient operation? Why or why not?

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Question 10

The occidental slave trade of the Europeans particularly disrupted

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A) East Africa. 
B) North Africa. 
C) West and Central Africa. 
D) South Africa.

Question 11

The quinto was

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A) a mining guild. 
B) the salt tax placed on all Native Americans. 
C) the Spanish monopoly over silver mining. 
D) the fifth of all mining revenue reserved for the Spanish Crown.

Question 12

What was the primary economic activity for British settlers in the Americas? How did that differ from the activities of French and Spanish colonizers? Were those differences significant for later historical developments?

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Question 13

The largest settlement founded by the French in North America was

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A) New France. 
B) Quebec. 
C) New Amsterdam. 
D) None of these answers are correct.

Question 14

What role did the Catholic Church play in the encounters with Native American civilizations? How did its role compare with that of the Protestant church?

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Question 15

The relationship between slave-trading and the general development of trade within Africa was

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A) the slave trade inevitably detracted from the development of other forms of trade. 
B) unknown to present historians,though the slave trade detracted from economic development overall. 
C) the slave trade inevitably stimulated the development of other forms of trade. 
D) the population increases that resulted from the slave trade probably stimulated trade.

Question 16

What was the Columbian Exchange? In what ways did it influence European conquest and colonization of the Americas?

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Question 17

Francisco Pizarro was able to conquer the Incas because

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A) his army outnumbered the Incas,and his army had superior weapons. 
B) the Incas thought he was a god. 
C) he deceived,captured,and killed the Inca emperor. 
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 18

The English founded colonies in North America for all of the following reasons except the desire

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A) for religious liberty. 
B) to gain riches from farming and trade. 
C) to provide refuge for debtors. 
D) to convert Native Americans.

Question 19

Why were Europeans able to dominate Native American civilizations so completely from the 16th through 18th centuries? Did all Europeans adopt the same approach toward Native Americans during their exploration and colonization of the Americas? If not,how and why did their approaches differ?

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Question 20

The flota system was

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A) the chief method for bringing slaves to Spanish colonies. 
B) an attempt to regulate Spanish trade in the New World. 
C) an extremely efficient method of extracting the wealth of the New World. 
D) used by Spain to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.

Exam 17: Conquest and Exploitation: the Development of the Transatlantic Economy