Question 1

After unifying Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the title of shogun.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was the encomienda?

Accepted Answer

A) A Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor 
B) A system of Spanish officials who supervised local industries 
C) The taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government 
D) A hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower 
E) The mission schools set up to educate the Indians 
A) A Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor 
B) A system of Spanish officials who supervised local industries 
C) The taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government 
D) A hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower 
E) The mission schools set up to educate the Indians

Question 3

Why did the mainland states of Southeast Asia have better success in resisting European encroachment than did the Spice Islands and Malay states?

Accepted Answer

A) They had greater natural resources desired by the Europeans. 
B) They were more politically cohesive with strong monarchies. 
C) Their existence was not known to the Europeans. 
D) They were Christians, and the Europeans never bothered their fellow Christians. 
E) They were allied to China, which gave them military support against the Europeans. 
A) They had greater natural resources desired by the Europeans. 
B) They were more politically cohesive with strong monarchies. 
C) Their existence was not known to the Europeans. 
D) They were Christians, and the Europeans never bothered their fellow Christians. 
E) They were allied to China, which gave them military support against the Europeans.

Question 4

Which city was the financial center of seventeenth-century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) Paris 
B) London 
C) Rome 
D) Vienna 
E) Amsterdam 
A) Paris 
B) London 
C) Rome 
D) Vienna 
E) Amsterdam

Question 5

Which statement best describes European trade and expansion by the end of the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) International trade was much greater than intra-European trade. 
B) Wealth was being transferred back to the New World from Europe in the form of raw materials. 
C) Local, regional, and intra-European trade was considerably greater than international trade. 
D) Slavery was in decline in both Africa and the New World. 
E) European imperialism had come to an end. 
A) International trade was much greater than intra-European trade. 
B) Wealth was being transferred back to the New World from Europe in the form of raw materials. 
C) Local, regional, and intra-European trade was considerably greater than international trade. 
D) Slavery was in decline in both Africa and the New World. 
E) European imperialism had come to an end.

Question 6

Why did Catholic Christianity fail to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) Opposition from Jesuit missionaries 
B) Opposition from Protestant missionaries 
C) Disagreement among religious orders and suppression by Chinese authorities 
D) Chinese anti-religious attitudes 
E) Competition from Hindu missionaries 
A) Opposition from Jesuit missionaries 
B) Opposition from Protestant missionaries 
C) Disagreement among religious orders and suppression by Chinese authorities 
D) Chinese anti-religious attitudes 
E) Competition from Hindu missionaries

Question 7

What was the main provision of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

What motives were behind European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

The motives behind European expansion in

Question 9

In what part of Southeast Asia did the Spanish establish themselves?

Accepted Answer

A) Siam 
B) The Philippines 
C) Vietnam 
D) Java 
E) Cambodia 
A) Siam 
B) The Philippines 
C) Vietnam 
D) Java 
E) Cambodia

Question 10

Where was the kingdom of Prester John supposed to have been located?

Accepted Answer

A) Africa 
B) East Asia 
C) South America 
D) North America 
E) Southeast Asia 
A) Africa 
B) East Asia 
C) South America 
D) North America 
E) Southeast Asia

Question 11

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which conquistador conquered and looted the Inca Empire in 1531?

Accepted Answer

A) Cortez 
B) De Soto 
C) Coronado 
D) De las Casas 
E) Pizarro 
A) Cortez 
B) De Soto 
C) Coronado 
D) De las Casas 
E) Pizarro

After unifying Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the title of shogun.

What was the encomienda?

Why did the mainland states of Southeast Asia have better success in resisting European encroachment than did the Spice Islands and Malay states?

Which city was the financial center of seventeenth-century Europe?

Which statement best describes European trade and expansion by the end of the seventeenth century?

Why did Catholic Christianity fail to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

What was the main provision of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

What motives were behind European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

In what part of Southeast Asia did the Spanish establish themselves?

Where was the kingdom of Prester John supposed to have been located?

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

Which conquistador conquered and looted the Inca Empire in 1531?

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

After unifying Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the title of shogun.

What was the encomienda?

Why did the mainland states of Southeast Asia have better success in resisting European encroachment than did the Spice Islands and Malay states?

Which city was the financial center of seventeenth-century Europe?

Which statement best describes European trade and expansion by the end of the seventeenth century?

Why did Catholic Christianity fail to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

What was the main provision of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

What motives were behind European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

In what part of Southeast Asia did the Spanish establish themselves?

Where was the kingdom of Prester John supposed to have been located?

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

Which conquistador conquered and looted the Inca Empire in 1531?

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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