Question 1

Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the number of African slaves shipped to the New World is estimated at

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A) one million. 
B) two million. 
C) five million. 
D) ten million. 
E) twenty-five million. 
A) one million. 
B) two million. 
C) five million. 
D) ten million. 
E) twenty-five million.

Question 2

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 3

The development of a Portuguese maritime empire encompassing Malacca and the Malay Peninsula was achieved, in part, through

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A) ruthless and murderous attacks on Arab settlers in the region. 
B) the negotiation of four commercial treaties with Arab traders. 
C) the use of African warriors to defeat the local residents. 
D) massive bribery to local Arab overlords. 
E) peaceful diplomacy between Portuguese and Arab ambassadors. 
A) ruthless and murderous attacks on Arab settlers in the region. 
B) the negotiation of four commercial treaties with Arab traders. 
C) the use of African warriors to defeat the local residents. 
D) massive bribery to local Arab overlords. 
E) peaceful diplomacy between Portuguese and Arab ambassadors.

Question 4

Which empire was described as "an old, crazy, first-rate man of war" but because of incompetent leadership was destined to be "dashed to pieces on the shore"?

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A) the British Empire 
B) the Spanish Empire 
C) the Chinese Empire 
D) the Russian Empire 
E) the Ottoman Empire 
A) the British Empire 
B) the Spanish Empire 
C) the Chinese Empire 
D) the Russian Empire 
E) the Ottoman Empire

Question 5

The first major Portuguese settlement in India was at Calicut.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The sea captain who first made a sea voyage directly from Europe to India was

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A) Bartholomeu Dias. 
B) Ferdinand Magellan. 
C) Francis Drake. 
D) Vasco da Gama. 
E) Amerigo Vespucci. 
A) Bartholomeu Dias. 
B) Ferdinand Magellan. 
C) Francis Drake. 
D) Vasco da Gama. 
E) Amerigo Vespucci.

Question 7

What correlation is there between overseas expansion and economic, social, and political development in Europe?

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The correlation between overseas expansi

Question 8

The Mesoamerica civilization which existed at the time of European exploration was the

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A) Maya. 
B) Inca. 
C) Toltec. 
D) Aztec. 
E) Zapotec. 
A) Maya. 
B) Inca. 
C) Toltec. 
D) Aztec. 
E) Zapotec.

Question 9

How and why did Portugal and Spain acquire overseas empires? Compare and contrast their motivations and methods for exploration and expansion.

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Portugal and Spain acquired overseas emp

Question 10

The Aztec empire, which Cortéz conquered in 1519, was located

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A) in the Peruvian Andes. 
B) on Cuba. 
C) in central Mexico. 
D) in southern Florida. 
E) on the Yucatan Peninsula. 
A) in the Peruvian Andes. 
B) on Cuba. 
C) in central Mexico. 
D) in southern Florida. 
E) on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Question 11

Talk about:
-Afonso de Albuquerque

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Afonso de Albuquerque was a Portuguese n

Question 12

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided

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A) the Spice Islands between Portugal and the Dutch Republic. 
B) South Africa between the English and the Dutch. 
C) the New World between Spain and Portugal. 
D) the North Atlantic between England and France. 
E) the South Pacific between Spain and the Dutch Republic. 
A) the Spice Islands between Portugal and the Dutch Republic. 
B) South Africa between the English and the Dutch. 
C) the New World between Spain and Portugal. 
D) the North Atlantic between England and France. 
E) the South Pacific between Spain and the Dutch Republic.

Question 13

​Jesuit missionaries had their greatest and most enduring success in the conversion of Japan to Christianity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Talk about:
-Francisco Pizarro

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquist

Question 15

Catholic Christianity failed to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because

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A) of opposition from Jesuit missionaries. 
B) of opposition from Protestant missionaries. 
C) of opposition by the pope to the practice of ancestor worship. 
D) of the antipathy of the Chinese to all spiritual doctrines. 
E) of the success of Hindu missionaries, who were closer to Chinese Buddhism in tradition. 
A) of opposition from Jesuit missionaries. 
B) of opposition from Protestant missionaries. 
C) of opposition by the pope to the practice of ancestor worship. 
D) of the antipathy of the Chinese to all spiritual doctrines. 
E) of the success of Hindu missionaries, who were closer to Chinese Buddhism in tradition.

Question 16

Talk about:
-House of Fugger

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The House of Fugger was a prominent Germ

Question 17

In what ways did European expansion and commercialism alter the socioeconomic hierarchy, and how did they challenge older values and structures of authority? Did those alterations impact all of Europe in the same way?

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European expansion and commercialism alt

Question 18

It was not until the 1770s that sentiment in Europe began to build against the slave trade, initially with the Society of Friends.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Talk about:
-inflation

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Inflation refers to the general increase

Question 20

Talk about:
-Marco Polo

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian me

Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the number of African slaves shipped to the New World is estimated at

In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu

The development of a Portuguese maritime empire encompassing Malacca and the Malay Peninsula was achieved, in part, through

Which empire was described as "an old, crazy, first-rate man of war" but because of incompetent leadership was destined to be "dashed to pieces on the shore"?

The first major Portuguese settlement in India was at Calicut.

The sea captain who first made a sea voyage directly from Europe to India was

What correlation is there between overseas expansion and economic, social, and political development in Europe?

The Mesoamerica civilization which existed at the time of European exploration was the

How and why did Portugal and Spain acquire overseas empires? Compare and contrast their motivations and methods for exploration and expansion.

The Aztec empire, which Cortéz conquered in 1519, was located

Talk about: -Afonso de Albuquerque

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided

Jesuit missionaries had their greatest and most enduring success in the conversion of Japan to Christianity.

Talk about: -Francisco Pizarro

Catholic Christianity failed to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because

Talk about: -House of Fugger

In what ways did European expansion and commercialism alter the socioeconomic hierarchy, and how did they challenge older values and structures of authority? Did those alterations impact all of Europe in the same way?

It was not until the 1770s that sentiment in Europe began to build against the slave trade, initially with the Society of Friends.

Talk about: -inflation

Talk about: -Marco Polo

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

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

Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the number of African slaves shipped to the New World is estimated at

In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu

The development of a Portuguese maritime empire encompassing Malacca and the Malay Peninsula was achieved, in part, through

Which empire was described as "an old, crazy, first-rate man of war" but because of incompetent leadership was destined to be "dashed to pieces on the shore"?

The first major Portuguese settlement in India was at Calicut.

The sea captain who first made a sea voyage directly from Europe to India was

What correlation is there between overseas expansion and economic, social, and political development in Europe?

The Mesoamerica civilization which existed at the time of European exploration was the

How and why did Portugal and Spain acquire overseas empires? Compare and contrast their motivations and methods for exploration and expansion.

The Aztec empire, which Cortéz conquered in 1519, was located

Talk about: -Afonso de Albuquerque

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided

​Jesuit missionaries had their greatest and most enduring success in the conversion of Japan to Christianity.

Talk about: -Francisco Pizarro

Catholic Christianity failed to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because

Talk about: -House of Fugger

In what ways did European expansion and commercialism alter the socioeconomic hierarchy, and how did they challenge older values and structures of authority? Did those alterations impact all of Europe in the same way?

It was not until the 1770s that sentiment in Europe began to build against the slave trade, initially with the Society of Friends.

Talk about: -inflation

Talk about: -Marco Polo

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

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Jesuit missionaries had their greatest and most enduring success in the conversion of Japan to Christianity.