Question 1

Who were criollos?

Accepted Answer

A)  white people born in the Americas 
B)  Amerinds born in Europe 
C)  people of mixed descent born in the Americas 
D)  freed African slaves 
A)  white people born in the Americas 
B)  Amerinds born in Europe 
C)  people of mixed descent born in the Americas 
D)  freed African slaves A

Question 2

What was the goal of the residencia?

Accepted Answer

A)  ensuring that Amerinds adopted Christianity 
B)  making sure that the viceroys ruled in the interests of their governments 
C)  maintaining a flow of profit from the Americas to Iberia 
D)  deciding the fate of captured Indians 
A)  ensuring that Amerinds adopted Christianity 
B)  making sure that the viceroys ruled in the interests of their governments 
C)  maintaining a flow of profit from the Americas to Iberia 
D)  deciding the fate of captured Indians B

Question 3

Spain's two most significant kingdoms during the Reconquista were

Accepted Answer

A)  Andalusia and Asturias. 
B)  Iberia and Portugal. 
C)  Aragon and Castile. 
D)  Catalonia and Valencia. 
A)  Andalusia and Asturias. 
B)  Iberia and Portugal. 
C)  Aragon and Castile. 
D)  Catalonia and Valencia. C

Question 4

Discuss the costs and benefits of the Columbian Exchange.

Accepted Answer

The Columbian Exchange refers to the wid

Question 5

Who named the entire Western hemisphere "America"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Who named the entire Western hemisphere "America"?...

Question 6

Mestizos were people of mixed descent who were considered socially below European-born whites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Bartholomeu Días failed to complete a sea voyage to India because

Accepted Answer

A)  he died of malaria after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. 
B)  he miscalculated the distance and ended up in the New World. 
C)  his sailors insisted on returning home. 
D)  he was attacked by pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. 
A)  he died of malaria after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. 
B)  he miscalculated the distance and ended up in the New World. 
C)  his sailors insisted on returning home. 
D)  he was attacked by pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 8

What led Portuguese nobility to organize expeditions in search of plunder?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were economically weakened after the Black Death. 
B)  They hoped for upward mobility which would lead to an overthrow of the monarch. 
C)  Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the "new world." 
D)  Portugal's status in Europe had declined, and Spain and England had become the major powers. 
A)  They were economically weakened after the Black Death. 
B)  They hoped for upward mobility which would lead to an overthrow of the monarch. 
C)  Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the "new world." 
D)  Portugal's status in Europe had declined, and Spain and England had become the major powers.

Question 9

What plants, essential for European diet and religion, were brought from Europe to America as part of the "Columbian Exchange"?

Accepted Answer

A)  wheat and grapes 
B)  of tobacco and corn 
C)  potatoes and manioc 
D)  potatoes and chocolate 
A)  wheat and grapes 
B)  of tobacco and corn 
C)  potatoes and manioc 
D)  potatoes and chocolate

Question 10

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

A)  divided the world between Spain and Portugal. 
B)  Was a three-way division of the Americas. 
C)  gave all of South America to Spain. 
D)  divided the Americas at the Yucatan Peninsula. 
A)  divided the world between Spain and Portugal. 
B)  Was a three-way division of the Americas. 
C)  gave all of South America to Spain. 
D)  divided the Americas at the Yucatan Peninsula.

Question 11

The two viceroyalties in Spanish America were

Accepted Answer

A)  California and Mexico. 
B)  Louisiana and Peru. 
C)  Peru and New Spain. 
D)  New Spain and Argentina. 
A)  California and Mexico. 
B)  Louisiana and Peru. 
C)  Peru and New Spain. 
D)  New Spain and Argentina.

Question 12

Where was the first Portuguese overseas conquest?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Canaries 
B)  West Africa 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Morocco 
A)  the Canaries 
B)  West Africa 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Morocco

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatans?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was always adversarial, as the colonists immediately attempted to seize the land and force the Powhatans to leave. 
B)  Initially, the relationship was one of mistrust and conflict, but as the Powhatans and the colonists began to work together to farm the land, and they began to plant tobacco to export to England, they worked together to create a lasting cooperative economy. 
C)  Initially, the relationship was friendly, as the Powhatan even provided the colonists with food to help them survive. However, as more settlers arrived, that relationship changed and the colonists eventually seized the land. 
D)  The Jamestown settlers massacred the entire tribe of Powhatans within the first three years of their arrival in the Americas. 
A)  It was always adversarial, as the colonists immediately attempted to seize the land and force the Powhatans to leave. 
B)  Initially, the relationship was one of mistrust and conflict, but as the Powhatans and the colonists began to work together to farm the land, and they began to plant tobacco to export to England, they worked together to create a lasting cooperative economy. 
C)  Initially, the relationship was friendly, as the Powhatan even provided the colonists with food to help them survive. However, as more settlers arrived, that relationship changed and the colonists eventually seized the land. 
D)  The Jamestown settlers massacred the entire tribe of Powhatans within the first three years of their arrival in the Americas.

Question 14

Christian missionaries appealed to their governments to stop persecuting and enslaving African slaves while abuses of Amerinds were ignored.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Evaluate the origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Accepted Answer

The origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 16

How did Cabral land in Brazil during his voyage?

Accepted Answer

He was blo

Question 17

The Jesuits were the least influential of all of the Catholic religious orders in Spanish America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which colony was founded by the Quakers in the 1680s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maryland 
B)  Pennsylvania 
C)  New York 
D)  Virginia 
A)  Maryland 
B)  Pennsylvania 
C)  New York 
D)  Virginia

Question 19

Which of these later became the Iroquois Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Seneca 
B)  the League of Five Nations 
C)  the tribes of the lower Mississippi valley 
D)  the Puebloan peoples 
A)  the Seneca 
B)  the League of Five Nations 
C)  the tribes of the lower Mississippi valley 
D)  the Puebloan peoples

Question 20

What unusual title did Isabella, a woman, insist on being called as ruler of Castile?

Accepted Answer

A)  prince 
B)  king 
C)  pope 
D)  great mother 
A)  prince 
B)  king 
C)  pope 
D)  great mother

Exam 19: Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400-1700

Who were criollos?

What was the goal of the residencia?

Spain's two most significant kingdoms during the Reconquista were

Discuss the costs and benefits of the Columbian Exchange.

Who named the entire Western hemisphere "America"?

Mestizos were people of mixed descent who were considered socially below European-born whites.

Bartholomeu Días failed to complete a sea voyage to India because

What led Portuguese nobility to organize expeditions in search of plunder?

What plants, essential for European diet and religion, were brought from Europe to America as part of the "Columbian Exchange"?

The Treaty of Tordesillas

The two viceroyalties in Spanish America were

Where was the first Portuguese overseas conquest?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatans?

Christian missionaries appealed to their governments to stop persecuting and enslaving African slaves while abuses of Amerinds were ignored.

Evaluate the origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

How did Cabral land in Brazil during his voyage?

The Jesuits were the least influential of all of the Catholic religious orders in Spanish America.

Which colony was founded by the Quakers in the 1680s?

Which of these later became the Iroquois Confederacy?

What unusual title did Isabella, a woman, insist on being called as ruler of Castile?

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