Question 1

One disease that may have originated in the Americas and was passed to the Old World was

Accepted Answer

A)  influenza. 
B)  malaria. 
C)  smallpox. 
D)  syphilis. 
A)  influenza. 
B)  malaria. 
C)  smallpox. 
D)  syphilis.

Question 2

The ecological revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries laid the foundation for all of the following future developments EXCEPT:

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A)  globalization. 
B)  population growth. 
C)  exploitation of resources. 
D)  religious conflict. 
A)  globalization. 
B)  population growth. 
C)  exploitation of resources. 
D)  religious conflict.

Question 3

One negative aspect of the massive land reclamation projects in the Netherlands was that

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A)  more people were attracted to farming, and the population of the cities decreased. 
B)  land values dramatically fell as a result of the large increase in available land. 
C)  large landowners no longer found agriculture profitable. 
D)  smallholders lost access to the sea and had to sell out to large landowners. 
A)  more people were attracted to farming, and the population of the cities decreased. 
B)  land values dramatically fell as a result of the large increase in available land. 
C)  large landowners no longer found agriculture profitable. 
D)  smallholders lost access to the sea and had to sell out to large landowners.

Question 4

In the seventeenth century,which of the following was NOT a result of the wave of diseases that struck during that period?

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A)  an increase in dedications by believers to attempt to atone for their sins 
B)  the development of antibiotics 
C)  an increase in cases of tuberculosis 
D)  a decrease in cases of leprosy 
A)  an increase in dedications by believers to attempt to atone for their sins 
B)  the development of antibiotics 
C)  an increase in cases of tuberculosis 
D)  a decrease in cases of leprosy

Question 5

Explain the unintended consequences of the exchange of goods and diseases for Latin American,European,and Asian societies.Your answer should discuss changes in population,diet,and other aspects of the Columbian Exchange.

Accepted Answer

The Columbian Exchange, which refers to

Question 6

As Japan expanded and colonized,they

Accepted Answer

A)  treated the Ainu differently from the way that the English treated Scots highlanders and the Gaelic Irish. 
B)  treated the Ainu the same way that the English treated Scots highlanders and the Gaelic Irish. 
C)  had little to do with the Ainu because their numbers were so small. 
D)  had little conflict with the Ainu because so few Japanese migrated. 
A)  treated the Ainu differently from the way that the English treated Scots highlanders and the Gaelic Irish. 
B)  treated the Ainu the same way that the English treated Scots highlanders and the Gaelic Irish. 
C)  had little to do with the Ainu because their numbers were so small. 
D)  had little conflict with the Ainu because so few Japanese migrated.

Question 7

What were the ecological consequences of the global communications revolution?

Accepted Answer

The global communications revolution has

Question 8

How did the Spanish colonies differ from those established in North America?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish colonies differed from those

Question 9

How did imperialism during this period become more efficient in exploiting new types of energy and developing new lands? How was this affected by the communications revolution of this period?

Accepted Answer

During the period of imperialism, advanc

Question 10

The vast majority of slaves shipped from Western Africa went to

Accepted Answer

A)  India. 
B)  North America. 
C)  South America. 
D)  China. 
A)  India. 
B)  North America. 
C)  South America. 
D)  China.

Question 11

At the southern tip of Africa,the Khoi were

Accepted Answer

A)  raiders who established a short-lived colony to exploit the gold resources of the area. 
B)  Muslims who destroyed local monasteries to turn back Christian settlements. 
C)  a pastoral people who were successful with livestock. 
D)  farmers pushed out by the Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century. 
A)  raiders who established a short-lived colony to exploit the gold resources of the area. 
B)  Muslims who destroyed local monasteries to turn back Christian settlements. 
C)  a pastoral people who were successful with livestock. 
D)  farmers pushed out by the Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century.

Question 12

The lasting contribution of Charles Ledger,an adventurer and entrepreneur whose travels ranged from Bolivia and Peru to Australia was:

Accepted Answer

A)  to import alpacas to Australia. 
B)  to introduce South American and Australia to double-entry bookkeeping. 
C)  to make possible a cure for malaria by spreading seeds for the tree that produces quinine to European colonies. 
D)  to create a new textile industry for alpaca wool in Algeria. 
A)  to import alpacas to Australia. 
B)  to introduce South American and Australia to double-entry bookkeeping. 
C)  to make possible a cure for malaria by spreading seeds for the tree that produces quinine to European colonies. 
D)  to create a new textile industry for alpaca wool in Algeria.

Exam 17: The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

One disease that may have originated in the Americas and was passed to the Old World was

The ecological revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries laid the foundation for all of the following future developments EXCEPT:

One negative aspect of the massive land reclamation projects in the Netherlands was that

In the seventeenth century,which of the following was NOT a result of the wave of diseases that struck during that period?

Explain the unintended consequences of the exchange of goods and diseases for Latin American,European,and Asian societies.Your answer should discuss changes in population,diet,and other aspects of the Columbian Exchange.

As Japan expanded and colonized,they

What were the ecological consequences of the global communications revolution?

How did the Spanish colonies differ from those established in North America?

How did imperialism during this period become more efficient in exploiting new types of energy and developing new lands? How was this affected by the communications revolution of this period?

The vast majority of slaves shipped from Western Africa went to

At the southern tip of Africa,the Khoi were

The lasting contribution of Charles Ledger,an adventurer and entrepreneur whose travels ranged from Bolivia and Peru to Australia was:

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A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

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The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

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The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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