Question 1

As agriculture changed in England

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A) peasants lost their hereditary rights to land and were forced either to rent, work as day laborer or leave. 
B) the principle of primogeniture helped to keep properties intact and profitable. 
C) yeoman became crucial as a class of profitable renters and productive farmers. 
D) wages in cottage industries fell as labor became cheaper. 
E) all of the above 
A) peasants lost their hereditary rights to land and were forced either to rent, work as day laborer or leave. 
B) the principle of primogeniture helped to keep properties intact and profitable. 
C) yeoman became crucial as a class of profitable renters and productive farmers. 
D) wages in cottage industries fell as labor became cheaper. 
E) all of the above E

Question 2

According to the account of the unnamed slave trader in the text, all of the following were common ways for entrance into slavery EXCEPT

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A) capture in war. 
B) sale by countrymen in times of famine or want. 
C) sale of children by parents. 
D) punishment for crime. 
E) none of the above 
A) capture in war. 
B) sale by countrymen in times of famine or want. 
C) sale of children by parents. 
D) punishment for crime. 
E) none of the above C

Question 3

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the elite

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A) continued to participate in popular events. 
B) were active patrons of popular culture. 
C) believed they knew how to control and overcome popular unrest. 
D) supported the expansion of literacy for all and believed learning was positive for the masses. 
E) all of the above 
A) continued to participate in popular events. 
B) were active patrons of popular culture. 
C) believed they knew how to control and overcome popular unrest. 
D) supported the expansion of literacy for all and believed learning was positive for the masses. 
E) all of the above C

Question 4

A key technological development that facilitated Western overseas expansion was the

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A) great-gunned sailing ship 
B) galley 
C) trebuchet 
D) the stirrup 
E) armillary sphere 
A) great-gunned sailing ship 
B) galley 
C) trebuchet 
D) the stirrup 
E) armillary sphere

Question 5

The conquering ethos of the hidalgos class was evident in

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A) its defeat of Granada in 1492. 
B) its expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. 
C) its conquest of large parts of the Americas. 
D) the activities of Cortés and Pizarro. 
E) all of the above 
A) its defeat of Granada in 1492. 
B) its expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. 
C) its conquest of large parts of the Americas. 
D) the activities of Cortés and Pizarro. 
E) all of the above

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What type of incentives prompted the growth of mercantile capitalism?

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The growth of mercantile capitalism was

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 royal hegemony

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Royal hegemony refers to the dominance a

Question 8

The greatest loss of economic potential during this period occurred in

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A) northern Italy. 
B) Spain. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) France. 
E) the Baltic region. 
A) northern Italy. 
B) Spain. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) France. 
E) the Baltic region.

Question 9

Spanish American society

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A) saw the marked decline of the church. 
B) included a privileged elite and the impoverished masses. 
C) was notable for its equality. 
D) was characterized by small landowners. 
E) increasingly privileged native landowners over royal officials . 
A) saw the marked decline of the church. 
B) included a privileged elite and the impoverished masses. 
C) was notable for its equality. 
D) was characterized by small landowners. 
E) increasingly privileged native landowners over royal officials .

Question 10

Mercantilism effectively stimulated economic development by all of the following EXCEPT

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A) drawing wealth into a country through a favorable balance of trade. 
B) subsidizing new industries. 
C) putting the poor to work. 
D) growing foreign markets. 
E) chartering overseas trading companies. 
A) drawing wealth into a country through a favorable balance of trade. 
B) subsidizing new industries. 
C) putting the poor to work. 
D) growing foreign markets. 
E) chartering overseas trading companies.

Question 11

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).   
 Trace the routes of Columbus, Da Gama, and Magellan.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 12

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the following: Europe, the Aztec Empire, the Inca Empire, Africa, India, and China.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 13

Which of the following is a match?

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A) Leif Erikson and Mexico 
B) Vasco da Gama and Japan 
C) Cortés and California 
D) Balboa and Peru 
E) Magellan's crew and circumnavigation of the earth 
A) Leif Erikson and Mexico 
B) Vasco da Gama and Japan 
C) Cortés and California 
D) Balboa and Peru 
E) Magellan's crew and circumnavigation of the earth

Question 14

France benefited significantly from commercial and industrial expansion, but it fell behind the English mainly because

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A) continuous wars sapped its economic resources. 
B) guilds remained stronger, and the nobility were more contemptuous of commerce. 
C) as a land power, France had fewer commercial opportunities. 
D) France remained Catholic. 
E) France experienced a bloody civil war between king and the parlements. 
A) continuous wars sapped its economic resources. 
B) guilds remained stronger, and the nobility were more contemptuous of commerce. 
C) as a land power, France had fewer commercial opportunities. 
D) France remained Catholic. 
E) France experienced a bloody civil war between king and the parlements.

Question 15

Expansion was attractive to the centralizing monarchical state because

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A) those who established royal hegemony at home could extend their control overseas. 
B) overseas expansion served as a means of competition among rivals. 
C) gold and silver from abroad could finance royal government at home. 
D) wealth and commerce funded war against rival dynasties abroad. 
E) all of the above 
A) those who established royal hegemony at home could extend their control overseas. 
B) overseas expansion served as a means of competition among rivals. 
C) gold and silver from abroad could finance royal government at home. 
D) wealth and commerce funded war against rival dynasties abroad. 
E) all of the above

Question 16

Prince Henry the Navigator

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A) was a younger son of the Portuguese king. 
B) used the wealth of the crusading order that he headed to finance exploration. 
C) sought to revive the anti-Muslim crusade. 
D) sponsored nautical studies. 
E) all of the above 
A) was a younger son of the Portuguese king. 
B) used the wealth of the crusading order that he headed to finance exploration. 
C) sought to revive the anti-Muslim crusade. 
D) sponsored nautical studies. 
E) all of the above

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 mercantilism

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Mercantilism was an economic theory and

Question 18

The main cause of the price revolution in sixteenth-century Europe, according to the text, was

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A) silver imported from new Spanish conquests in the Americas. 
B) the growing population of Europe. 
C) discovery of new silver mines in Bohemia. 
D) the periodic reappearance of the plague. 
E) the import of Montezuma's gold into Spain. 
A) silver imported from new Spanish conquests in the Americas. 
B) the growing population of Europe. 
C) discovery of new silver mines in Bohemia. 
D) the periodic reappearance of the plague. 
E) the import of Montezuma's gold into Spain.

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What factors caused the early modern witch craze, and what brought it to an end? What do the witch-hunts reveal about early modern society?

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The early modern witch craze was a perio

Question 20

In addition to a desire to expand abroad, Europe overseas expansion was made possible by

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A) the technological advantages Europeans had over Muslim and Eastern civilizations. 
B) the political unity furnished by the Holy Roman Empire. 
C) the religious unity furnished by the papacy. 
D) a sense of desperation caused by the Black Death. 
E) all of the above 
A) the technological advantages Europeans had over Muslim and Eastern civilizations. 
B) the political unity furnished by the Holy Roman Empire. 
C) the religious unity furnished by the papacy. 
D) a sense of desperation caused by the Black Death. 
E) all of the above

Exam 15: European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

As agriculture changed in England

According to the account of the unnamed slave trader in the text, all of the following were common ways for entrance into slavery EXCEPT

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the elite

A key technological development that facilitated Western overseas expansion was the

The conquering ethos of the hidalgos class was evident in

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What type of incentives prompted the growth of mercantile capitalism?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? royal hegemony

The greatest loss of economic potential during this period occurred in

Spanish American society

Mercantilism effectively stimulated economic development by all of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). Trace the routes of Columbus, Da Gama, and Magellan.

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following: Europe, the Aztec Empire, the Inca Empire, Africa, India, and China.

Which of the following is a match?

France benefited significantly from commercial and industrial expansion, but it fell behind the English mainly because

Expansion was attractive to the centralizing monarchical state because

Prince Henry the Navigator

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? mercantilism

The main cause of the price revolution in sixteenth-century Europe, according to the text, was

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What factors caused the early modern witch craze, and what brought it to an end? What do the witch-hunts reveal about early modern society?

In addition to a desire to expand abroad, Europe overseas expansion was made possible by

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