Question 1

The Mesoamerica civilization which existed at the time of European exploration was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Maya. 
B)  Inca. 
C)  Toltec. 
D)  Aztec. 
E)  Zapotec. 
A)  Maya. 
B)  Inca. 
C)  Toltec. 
D)  Aztec. 
E)  Zapotec.

Question 2

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Ptolemy's Geography

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Ptolemy's Geography...

Question 4

John Cabot, a Venetian, sailed for

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu

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A)  expelled all missionaries. 
B)  invited Protestant missionaries to visit. 
C)  executed all missionaries. 
D)  converted to Catholicism. 
E)  invited French Catholic missionaries to stay. 
A)  expelled all missionaries. 
B)  invited Protestant missionaries to visit. 
C)  executed all missionaries. 
D)  converted to Catholicism. 
E)  invited French Catholic missionaries to stay.

Question 6

The conquistador who conquered and looted the Inca Empire in 1531 was

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.

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"God, glory, and gold"

Accepted Answer

"God, glory, and gold" is a phrase often

Question 8

The most famous map projection in history is

Accepted Answer

A)  the portolani. 
B)  Ptolemy's Geography. 
C)  that of Gerardus Mercator. 
D)  Galileo's The Starry Messenger. 
E)  dead-reckoning. 
A)  the portolani. 
B)  Ptolemy's Geography. 
C)  that of Gerardus Mercator. 
D)  Galileo's The Starry Messenger. 
E)  dead-reckoning.

Question 9

The first European nation to establish formal diplomatic relations with China was

Accepted Answer

A)  England. 
B)  Russia. 
C)  the Dutch. 
D)  Venice. 
E)  Portugal. 
A)  England. 
B)  Russia. 
C)  the Dutch. 
D)  Venice. 
E)  Portugal.

Question 10

The major western rival to the British in India in the seventeenth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  Portugal. 
B)  France. 
C)  Spain. 
D)  the Netherlands. 
E)  Russia. 
A)  Portugal. 
B)  France. 
C)  Spain. 
D)  the Netherlands. 
E)  Russia.

Question 11

Encomienda were

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

Question 12

An extensive multiracial society appeared first in

Accepted Answer

A)  British North America. 
B)  Latin America. 
C)  Northern Europe. 
D)  Southern Europe. 
E)  China. 
A)  British North America. 
B)  Latin America. 
C)  Northern Europe. 
D)  Southern Europe. 
E)  China.

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Malacca

Accepted Answer

Malacca, also known as Melaka, is a hist

Question 14

Which of the following was given a monopoly over silver, copper, and mercury mines in the Habsburg possessions of central Europe that produced profits in excess of 50 percent per year?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nathan Rothschild 
B)  Jacob Fugger 
C)  Mayer Rothschild 
D)  Jean-Baptiste Colbert 
E)  Alan Greenspan. 
A)  Nathan Rothschild 
B)  Jacob Fugger 
C)  Mayer Rothschild 
D)  Jean-Baptiste Colbert 
E)  Alan Greenspan.

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the asiento

Accepted Answer

The asiento was a contract between Spain

Question 16

Compare and contrast Portuguese and Spanish reasons and methods of exploration and expansion.

Accepted Answer

Portuguese and Spanish exploration and e

Question 17

The development of a Portuguese maritime empire encompassing Malacca and the Malay Peninsula was achieved, in part, through

Accepted Answer

A)  ruthless and murderous attacks on Arab settlers in the region. 
B)  the negotiation of four commercial treaties with Arab traders. 
C)  scrupulous business practices with local residents. 
D)  massive bribery to local Arab overlords. 
E)  peaceful diplomacy between equals. 
A)  ruthless and murderous attacks on Arab settlers in the region. 
B)  the negotiation of four commercial treaties with Arab traders. 
C)  scrupulous business practices with local residents. 
D)  massive bribery to local Arab overlords. 
E)  peaceful diplomacy between equals.

Question 18

The Inca Empire was the great Mesoamerican state when the Spanish arrived in the early sixteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Prince Henry the Navigator

Accepted Answer

Prince Henry the Navigator was a Portugu

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Britain's Navigation Acts

Accepted Answer

The Navigation Acts were a series of law

Exam 14: europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

The Mesoamerica civilization which existed at the time of European exploration was the

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided

IDENTIFICATIONS -Ptolemy's Geography

John Cabot, a Venetian, sailed for

In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu

The conquistador who conquered and looted the Inca Empire in 1531 was

IDENTIFICATIONS -"God, glory, and gold"

The most famous map projection in history is

The first European nation to establish formal diplomatic relations with China was

The major western rival to the British in India in the seventeenth century was

Encomienda were

An extensive multiracial society appeared first in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Malacca

Which of the following was given a monopoly over silver, copper, and mercury mines in the Habsburg possessions of central Europe that produced profits in excess of 50 percent per year?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the asiento

Compare and contrast Portuguese and Spanish reasons and methods of exploration and expansion.

The development of a Portuguese maritime empire encompassing Malacca and the Malay Peninsula was achieved, in part, through

The Inca Empire was the great Mesoamerican state when the Spanish arrived in the early sixteenth century.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Prince Henry the Navigator

IDENTIFICATIONS -Britain's Navigation Acts

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

state Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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 Ii

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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