Question 1

The triangular trade linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

By 1700, the population of central Mexico had fallen from 11 million in 1519 to

Accepted Answer

A) 2.5 million. 
B) 6.5 million 
C) 8 million. 
D) 500,000. 
E) 250,000. 
A) 2.5 million. 
B) 6.5 million 
C) 8 million. 
D) 500,000. 
E) 250,000.

Question 3

What motives were behind European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

The motives behind European expansion in

Question 4

What were the most important long-term effects of European expansion on the peoples of the Americas?

Accepted Answer

The most important long-term effects of

Question 5

Which European nation took over the spice trade from Portugal?

Accepted Answer

A) Venice 
B) England 
C) Spain 
D) France 
E) The Dutch Republic 
A) Venice 
B) England 
C) Spain 
D) France 
E) The Dutch Republic

Question 6

What best describes the inflation of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) It severely hampered commercial expansion. 
B) It caused a shift in industry to urban locales. 
C) It caused a decline in the standard of living for wage earners and those on fixed incomes. 
D) It was caused largely by a declining labor force. 
E) It was the result of too little money in circulation. 
A) It severely hampered commercial expansion. 
B) It caused a shift in industry to urban locales. 
C) It caused a decline in the standard of living for wage earners and those on fixed incomes. 
D) It was caused largely by a declining labor force. 
E) It was the result of too little money in circulation.

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-triangular trade

Accepted Answer

The triangular trade was a historical tr

Question 8

How did the Qing government respond to the arrival of European foreigners by sea?

Accepted Answer

A) They opened China to diplomatic and trade opportunities with the Europeans. 
B) They established free trade connections, but no diplomatic relations. 
C) They engaged in trade, but confined European traders to a small island to limit contact. 
D) They refused all overtures to engage in trade. 
E) They allowed Europeans to have full contact and interaction with the Chinese. 
A) They opened China to diplomatic and trade opportunities with the Europeans. 
B) They established free trade connections, but no diplomatic relations. 
C) They engaged in trade, but confined European traders to a small island to limit contact. 
D) They refused all overtures to engage in trade. 
E) They allowed Europeans to have full contact and interaction with the Chinese.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What was the encomienda?

Accepted Answer

A) A Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor 
B) A system of Spanish officials who supervised local industries 
C) The taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government 
D) A hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower 
E) The mission schools set up to educate the Indians 
A) A Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor 
B) A system of Spanish officials who supervised local industries 
C) The taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government 
D) A hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower 
E) The mission schools set up to educate the Indians

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Nagasaki and the Dutch

Accepted Answer

Nagasaki and the Dutch have a long histo

Question 12

Which Portuguese state leader initiated the European age of exploration?

Accepted Answer

A) Vasco de Gama 
B) Prince Henry the Navigator 
C) Bartholomeu Dias 
D) Francis Drake 
E) Amerigo Vespucci 
A) Vasco de Gama 
B) Prince Henry the Navigator 
C) Bartholomeu Dias 
D) Francis Drake 
E) Amerigo Vespucci

Question 13

Where was the kingdom of Prester John supposed to have been located?

Accepted Answer

A) Africa 
B) East Asia 
C) South America 
D) North America 
E) Southeast Asia 
A) Africa 
B) East Asia 
C) South America 
D) North America 
E) Southeast Asia

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador

Question 15

What was introduced into the Americas from Europe in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Chocolate 
B) Dogs 
C) Potatoes 
D) Horses 
E) Corn 
A) Chocolate 
B) Dogs 
C) Potatoes 
D) Horses 
E) Corn

Question 16

Examine the relationship between Japan and Europe from 1600 to approximately 1850.

Accepted Answer

During the period from 1600 to approxima

Question 17

Most slaves taken to Portugal in the second half of the fifteenth century ended up

Accepted Answer

A) in the galleys on the Portuguese navy. 
B) being re-exported to the Americas. 
C) working in copper mines. 
D) working on plantations. 
E) as domestic servants. 
A) in the galleys on the Portuguese navy. 
B) being re-exported to the Americas. 
C) working in copper mines. 
D) working on plantations. 
E) as domestic servants.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-the Aztecs and Tenochtitlán

Accepted Answer

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilizat

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-John Cabot

Accepted Answer

John Cabot, born Giovanni Caboto, was an

Question 20

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The triangular trade linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

By 1700, the population of central Mexico had fallen from 11 million in 1519 to

What motives were behind European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

What were the most important long-term effects of European expansion on the peoples of the Americas?

Which European nation took over the spice trade from Portugal?

What best describes the inflation of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

Please define the following key terms. -triangular trade

How did the Qing government respond to the arrival of European foreigners by sea?

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

What was the encomienda?

Please define the following key terms. -Nagasaki and the Dutch

Which Portuguese state leader initiated the European age of exploration?

Where was the kingdom of Prester John supposed to have been located?

Please define the following key terms. -Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma

What was introduced into the Americas from Europe in the sixteenth century?

Examine the relationship between Japan and Europe from 1600 to approximately 1850.

Most slaves taken to Portugal in the second half of the fifteenth century ended up

Please define the following key terms. -the Aztecs and Tenochtitlán

Please define the following key terms. -John Cabot

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

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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