Question 1

What best explains the success of the Portuguese in building a maritime empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Guns and seamanship 
B) Gold and faith 
C) Portugal's growing population 
D) Civil war in China 
E) Spanish help 
A) Guns and seamanship 
B) Gold and faith 
C) Portugal's growing population 
D) Civil war in China 
E) Spanish help

Question 2

Which statement applies to the economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) The joint stock company enabled the raising of spectacular sums of capital for world trading ventures. 
B) The early seventeenth century saw a general stagnation in the areas of mining and metallurgy. 
C) Technological innovations improved the lives of peasants dramatically. 
D) The population explosion made for urban growth and more social equality in cities. 
E) An economic depression occurred because of a lack of specie. 
A) The joint stock company enabled the raising of spectacular sums of capital for world trading ventures. 
B) The early seventeenth century saw a general stagnation in the areas of mining and metallurgy. 
C) Technological innovations improved the lives of peasants dramatically. 
D) The population explosion made for urban growth and more social equality in cities. 
E) An economic depression occurred because of a lack of specie.

Question 3

How did European expansion affect China? How did the Chinese view European efforts to control and expand trade?

Accepted Answer

European expansion had a significant imp

Question 4

What role did disease play in facilitating the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas? In your opinion, would these conquests have been possible without epidemics that swept through the Americas in the wake of European settlement?

Accepted Answer

Disease played a significant role in fac

Question 5

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) Venice 
C) Spain 
D) Portugal 
E) England 
A) France 
B) Venice 
C) Spain 
D) Portugal 
E) England

Question 6

Which major European disease caused high rates of mortality among the natives of the New World?

Accepted Answer

A) Syphilis 
B) Yellow fever 
C) Smallpox 
D) Scurvy 
E) Avian flu 
A) Syphilis 
B) Yellow fever 
C) Smallpox 
D) Scurvy 
E) Avian flu

Question 7

How many Africans slaves were shipped to the New World between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

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 8

What statement best describes the impact of the African slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A) It had little impact upon the number of wars in Africa. 
B) It reduced the number of wars in Africa because all the African states united against the European slavers. 
C) It increased the number of wars in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves. 
D) It died out with the discovery of the South Asian Spice Islands. 
E) It was carried out peacefully as wars or violence would reduce the number of slaves and thus profits. 
A) It had little impact upon the number of wars in Africa. 
B) It reduced the number of wars in Africa because all the African states united against the European slavers. 
C) It increased the number of wars in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves. 
D) It died out with the discovery of the South Asian Spice Islands. 
E) It was carried out peacefully as wars or violence would reduce the number of slaves and thus profits.

Question 9

What was the long-term impact of the introduction of potatoes from the America to Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) Inflation in Europe 
B) Population decrease in Europe 
C) Population increase in Europe 
D) Deflation in Europe 
E) Epidemics in Europe 
A) Inflation in Europe 
B) Population decrease in Europe 
C) Population increase in Europe 
D) Deflation in Europe 
E) Epidemics in Europe

Question 10

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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 12

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

Accepted Answer

A) the lush tropical forests of southern India. 
B) the foothills of the Urals in modern-day Russia. 
C) the mountainous region north of the Ganges River Valley. 
D) the islands groups near Sri Lanka. 
E) the Arab Middle East. 
A) the lush tropical forests of southern India. 
B) the foothills of the Urals in modern-day Russia. 
C) the mountainous region north of the Ganges River Valley. 
D) the islands groups near Sri Lanka. 
E) the Arab Middle East.

Question 13

Which nation(s) or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) China and Japan 
B) Africa 
C) North America 
D) South America 
E) India 
A) China and Japan 
B) Africa 
C) North America 
D) South America 
E) India

Question 14

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 15

Which of these factors contributed to the decline of the Ming dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A) Pressure by the English 
B) A series of weak rulers 
C) Pressure by the Dutch 
D) Religious strife 
E) Climate change 
A) Pressure by the English 
B) A series of weak rulers 
C) Pressure by the Dutch 
D) Religious strife 
E) Climate change

Question 16

How were the Spanish able to build, exploit, and govern an empire in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish were able to build, exploit,

Question 17

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 18

Mayan civilization came to include much of

Accepted Answer

A) modern-day Canada. 
B) the Pacific Coast of North America. 
C) the Mississippi Valley. 
D) Central America and southern Mexico. 
E) South America. 
A) modern-day Canada. 
B) the Pacific Coast of North America. 
C) the Mississippi Valley. 
D) Central America and southern Mexico. 
E) South America.

Question 19

What role did private investment and initiative play in the development of European imperialism? Give specific examples.

Accepted Answer

Private investment and initiative played

Question 20

How did the British gain the upper hand in the competition to control Indian trade and commerce?

Accepted Answer

The British gained the upper hand in the

What best explains the success of the Portuguese in building a maritime empire?

Which statement applies to the economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Europe?

How did European expansion affect China? How did the Chinese view European efforts to control and expand trade?

What role did disease play in facilitating the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas? In your opinion, would these conquests have been possible without epidemics that swept through the Americas in the wake of European settlement?

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

Which major European disease caused high rates of mortality among the natives of the New World?

How many Africans slaves were shipped to the New World between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries?

What statement best describes the impact of the African slave trade?

What was the long-term impact of the introduction of potatoes from the America to Europe?

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Which European nation took over the spice trade from Portugal?

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

Which nation(s) or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

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

Which of these factors contributed to the decline of the Ming dynasty?

How were the Spanish able to build, exploit, and govern an empire in the Americas?

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

Mayan civilization came to include much of

What role did private investment and initiative play in the development of European imperialism? Give specific examples.

How did the British gain the upper hand in the competition to control Indian trade and commerce?

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

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 2

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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Exam 2: Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

What best explains the success of the Portuguese in building a maritime empire?

Which statement applies to the economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Europe?

How did European expansion affect China? How did the Chinese view European efforts to control and expand trade?

What role did disease play in facilitating the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas? In your opinion, would these conquests have been possible without epidemics that swept through the Americas in the wake of European settlement?

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

Which major European disease caused high rates of mortality among the natives of the New World?

How many Africans slaves were shipped to the New World between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries?

What statement best describes the impact of the African slave trade?

What was the long-term impact of the introduction of potatoes from the America to Europe?

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Which European nation took over the spice trade from Portugal?

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

Which nation(s) or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

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

Which of these factors contributed to the decline of the Ming dynasty?

How were the Spanish able to build, exploit, and govern an empire in the Americas?

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

Mayan civilization came to include much of

What role did private investment and initiative play in the development of European imperialism? Give specific examples.

How did the British gain the upper hand in the competition to control Indian trade and commerce?

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

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 2

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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