Question 1

The decline of the Maya civilization was precipitated by the arrival of the Spanish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In which area did an extensive multiracial society first appear?

Accepted Answer

A) British North America 
B) Latin America 
C) Northern Europe 
D) Southern Europe 
E) China 
A) British North America 
B) Latin America 
C) Northern Europe 
D) Southern Europe 
E) China

Question 3

Who was the Italian merchant whose tales of the court of Kublai Khan were popular in medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) Daniel Defoe 
B) Amerigo Vespucci 
C) Marco Polo 
D) Leonardo Bruni 
E) Jacques Cour 
A) Daniel Defoe 
B) Amerigo Vespucci 
C) Marco Polo 
D) Leonardo Bruni 
E) Jacques Cour

Question 4

What role did private investment and initiative play in the development of European imperialism? Give specific examples.

Accepted Answer

Private investment and initiative played

Question 5

Which nation(s) or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) China and Japan 
B) Africa 
C) North America 
D) South America 
E) India 
A) China and Japan 
B) Africa 
C) North America 
D) South America 
E) India

Question 6

Why were Native Americans not widely used as slaves on sugar plantations?

Accepted Answer

A) The Church condemned slavery as immoral. 
B) They couldn't learn European languages. 
C) Their populations were too small due to European diseases. 
D) They were viewed as lazy and shiftless and refused to work. 
E) They fought back too well and too often to be profitable. 
A) The Church condemned slavery as immoral. 
B) They couldn't learn European languages. 
C) Their populations were too small due to European diseases. 
D) They were viewed as lazy and shiftless and refused to work. 
E) They fought back too well and too often to be profitable.

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-mestizos and mulattoes

Accepted Answer

Mestizos and mulattoes are both terms us

Question 8

Why did the mainland states of Southeast Asia have better success in resisting European encroachment than did the Spice Islands and Malay states?

Accepted Answer

A) They had greater natural resources desired by the Europeans. 
B) They were more politically cohesive with strong monarchies. 
C) Their existence was not known to the Europeans. 
D) They were Christians, and the Europeans never bothered their fellow Christians. 
E) They were allied to China, which gave them military support against the Europeans. 
A) They had greater natural resources desired by the Europeans. 
B) They were more politically cohesive with strong monarchies. 
C) Their existence was not known to the Europeans. 
D) They were Christians, and the Europeans never bothered their fellow Christians. 
E) They were allied to China, which gave them military support against the Europeans.

Question 9

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

Accepted Answer

A) the lush tropical forests of southern India. 
B) the foothills of the Urals in modern-day Russia. 
C) the mountainous region north of the Ganges River Valley. 
D) the islands groups near Sri Lanka. 
E) the Arab Middle East. 
A) the lush tropical forests of southern India. 
B) the foothills of the Urals in modern-day Russia. 
C) the mountainous region north of the Ganges River Valley. 
D) the islands groups near Sri Lanka. 
E) the Arab Middle East.

Question 10

Which statement applies to the economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) The joint stock company enabled the raising of spectacular sums of capital for world trading ventures. 
B) The early seventeenth century saw a general stagnation in the areas of mining and metallurgy. 
C) Technological innovations improved the lives of peasants dramatically. 
D) The population explosion made for urban growth and more social equality in cities. 
E) An economic depression occurred because of a lack of specie. 
A) The joint stock company enabled the raising of spectacular sums of capital for world trading ventures. 
B) The early seventeenth century saw a general stagnation in the areas of mining and metallurgy. 
C) Technological innovations improved the lives of peasants dramatically. 
D) The population explosion made for urban growth and more social equality in cities. 
E) An economic depression occurred because of a lack of specie.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-conquistadors

Accepted Answer

The conquistadors were Spanish soldiers,

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-inflation

Accepted Answer

Inflation refers to the general increase

Question 13

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Batavia

Accepted Answer

Batavia was the name of the capital city

Question 15

What statement best describes the impact of the African slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A) It had little impact upon the number of wars in Africa. 
B) It reduced the number of wars in Africa because all the African states united against the European slavers. 
C) It increased the number of wars in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves. 
D) It died out with the discovery of the South Asian Spice Islands. 
E) It was carried out peacefully as wars or violence would reduce the number of slaves and thus profits. 
A) It had little impact upon the number of wars in Africa. 
B) It reduced the number of wars in Africa because all the African states united against the European slavers. 
C) It increased the number of wars in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves. 
D) It died out with the discovery of the South Asian Spice Islands. 
E) It was carried out peacefully as wars or violence would reduce the number of slaves and thus profits.

Question 16

Which Chinese dynasty replaced the Ming in the seventeenth century and came from Manchuria?

Accepted Answer

A) Tang 
B) Song 
C) Yuan 
D) Qin 
E) Qing 
A) Tang 
B) Song 
C) Yuan 
D) Qin 
E) Qing

Question 17

According to mercantilists, a nation's prosperity depended on

Accepted Answer

A) maximizing imports. 
B) keeping taxes as low as possible. 
C) the elimination of restrictions on trade. 
D) a large supply of gold and silver. 
E) the size of its population. 
A) maximizing imports. 
B) keeping taxes as low as possible. 
C) the elimination of restrictions on trade. 
D) a large supply of gold and silver. 
E) the size of its population.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-British East India Company

Accepted Answer

The British East India Company, formally

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Goa

Accepted Answer

Goa is a state located on the southweste

Question 20

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) Venice 
C) Spain 
D) Portugal 
E) England 
A) France 
B) Venice 
C) Spain 
D) Portugal 
E) England

Exam 14: Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

The decline of the Maya civilization was precipitated by the arrival of the Spanish.

In which area did an extensive multiracial society first appear?

Who was the Italian merchant whose tales of the court of Kublai Khan were popular in medieval Europe?

What role did private investment and initiative play in the development of European imperialism? Give specific examples.

Which nation(s) or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

Why were Native Americans not widely used as slaves on sugar plantations?

Please define the following key terms. -mestizos and mulattoes

Why did the mainland states of Southeast Asia have better success in resisting European encroachment than did the Spice Islands and Malay states?

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

Which statement applies to the economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Europe?

Please define the following key terms. -conquistadors

Please define the following key terms. -inflation

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Please define the following key terms. -Batavia

What statement best describes the impact of the African slave trade?

Which Chinese dynasty replaced the Ming in the seventeenth century and came from Manchuria?

According to mercantilists, a nation's prosperity depended on

Please define the following key terms. -British East India Company

Please define the following key terms. -Goa

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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