Question 1

The most famous map projection in history is

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A) the portolani . 
B) Ptolemy's Geography . 
C) that of Gerardus Mercator. 
D) Galileo's The Starry Messenger . 
E) dead-reckoning. 
A) the portolani . 
B) Ptolemy's Geography . 
C) that of Gerardus Mercator. 
D) Galileo's The Starry Messenger . 
E) dead-reckoning.

Question 2

define the following term:
-Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma

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Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador

Question 3

define the following term:
-Robert Clive

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Robert Clive, also known as Clive of Ind

Question 4

In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu

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A) expelled all missionaries. 
B) invited Protestant missionaries to visit. 
C) executed all missionaries. 
D) converted to Catholicism. 
E) invited French Catholic missionaries to stay. 
A) expelled all missionaries. 
B) invited Protestant missionaries to visit. 
C) executed all missionaries. 
D) converted to Catholicism. 
E) invited French Catholic missionaries to stay.

Question 5

Printed editions of Ptolemy's Geography did not become available until 1600, too late to make any significant difference in the efforts of early European explorers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

define the following term:
-The Travels of John Mandeville

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The Travels of John Mandeville is a medi

Question 7

define the following term:
-Ferdinand Magellan

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Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480 – April 27,

Question 8

define the following term:
-"sugar factories"

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Sugar factories play a crucial role in t

Question 9

define the following term:
-the Inca and Pachakuti

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The Inca were a powerful and sophisticat

Question 10

When the Potosí mines in Peru opened in 1545

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A) the price of silver plummeted for two decades. 
B) European migrants flooded into Peru to get jobs in the mines. 
C) the English fought and lost a war to capture the mines. 
D) the cost of precious metals imported into Europe quadrupled. 
E) none of the above. 
A) the price of silver plummeted for two decades. 
B) European migrants flooded into Peru to get jobs in the mines. 
C) the English fought and lost a war to capture the mines. 
D) the cost of precious metals imported into Europe quadrupled. 
E) none of the above.

Question 11

The first European nation to establish formal diplomatic relations with China was

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A) England. 
B) Russia. 
C) the Dutch. 
D) Venice. 
E) Portugal. 
A) England. 
B) Russia. 
C) the Dutch. 
D) Venice. 
E) Portugal.

Question 12

define the following term:
-Afonso de Albuquerque

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Afonso de Albuquerque was a Portuguese n

Question 13

Portugal became the early leader in European expansion through its contacts with all of the following except

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A) India. 
B) Newfoundland. 
C) Bakongo. 
D) Malacca. 
E) the Spice Islands. 
A) India. 
B) Newfoundland. 
C) Bakongo. 
D) Malacca. 
E) the Spice Islands.

Question 14

define the following term:
-Marco Polo

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Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian me

Question 15

define the following term:
-conquistadors

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The conquistadors were Spanish soldiers,

Question 16

define the following term:
-Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa was a Spanish expl

Question 17

define the following term:
-joint-stock trading companies

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Joint-stock trading companies were a sig

Question 18

An extensive multiracial society appeared first in

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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 19

The primary motive for European exploration during the Renaissance was

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A) social, to relieve the population pressure on Europe. 
B) religious, to spread the Gospel. 
C) psychological, the quest for new experiences to transform a dull existence. 
D) military, to provide new bases for an army. 
E) economic, the desire for precious metals and new areas for trade. 
A) social, to relieve the population pressure on Europe. 
B) religious, to spread the Gospel. 
C) psychological, the quest for new experiences to transform a dull existence. 
D) military, to provide new bases for an army. 
E) economic, the desire for precious metals and new areas for trade.

Question 20

define the following term:
-Ming and Qing dynasties

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The Ming and Qing dynasties were two of

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

The most famous map projection in history is

define the following term: -Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma

define the following term: -Robert Clive

In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu

Printed editions of Ptolemy's Geography did not become available until 1600, too late to make any significant difference in the efforts of early European explorers.

define the following term: -The Travels of John Mandeville

define the following term: -Ferdinand Magellan

define the following term: -"sugar factories"

define the following term: -the Inca and Pachakuti

When the Potosí mines in Peru opened in 1545

The first European nation to establish formal diplomatic relations with China was

define the following term: -Afonso de Albuquerque

Portugal became the early leader in European expansion through its contacts with all of the following except

define the following term: -Marco Polo

define the following term: -conquistadors

define the following term: -Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

define the following term: -joint-stock trading companies

An extensive multiracial society appeared first in

The primary motive for European exploration during the Renaissance was

define the following term: -Ming and Qing dynasties

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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