Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreeme

Question 2

By 1660, Massachusetts Bay Colony still had fewer than 20,000 settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was an

Question 4

What accounted for the long-term failure of Native-Americans to stave off European encroachments?

Accepted Answer

There are several factors that accounted

Question 5

Portugal's handicap in its attempt to dominate Southeast Asian trade was that

Accepted Answer

A)  Portugal was too far away. 
B)  the kingdom was too small, lacking a sufficient population to govern an empire. 
C)  it was too religious. 
D)  the Portuguese were satisfied by their control of Brazil, which brought more wealth. 
E)  it was conquered by France and was incorporated into that kingdom for a long period. 
A)  Portugal was too far away. 
B)  the kingdom was too small, lacking a sufficient population to govern an empire. 
C)  it was too religious. 
D)  the Portuguese were satisfied by their control of Brazil, which brought more wealth. 
E)  it was conquered by France and was incorporated into that kingdom for a long period.

Question 6

In order to obtain slaves for sale to Europeans, local African rulers frequently raided defenseless villages in search of unsuspecting victims.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Francisco Pizarro

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquist

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Accepted Answer

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish expl

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bartholomeu Dias

Accepted Answer

Bartholomeu Dias was a Portuguese explor

Question 10

Catholic Christianity failed to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because

Accepted Answer

A)  of opposition from Jesuit missionaries. 
B)  of opposition from Protestant missionaries. 
C)  of opposition by the pope to "ancestor worship." 
D)  the Chinese were just not religious. 
E)  of the success of Hindu missionaries, who were closer to Chinese Buddhism in tradition. 
A)  of opposition from Jesuit missionaries. 
B)  of opposition from Protestant missionaries. 
C)  of opposition by the pope to "ancestor worship." 
D)  the Chinese were just not religious. 
E)  of the success of Hindu missionaries, who were closer to Chinese Buddhism in tradition.

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Dutch East India Company

Accepted Answer

The Dutch East India Company, also known

Question 12

The major critic of the Spanish treatment of the American natives was

Accepted Answer

A)  Bartolome de Las Casas. 
B)  Hernan Cortez. 
C)  Alfonso de Albuquerque. 
D)  Ignatius Loyola. 
E)  Pope Paul III. 
A)  Bartolome de Las Casas. 
B)  Hernan Cortez. 
C)  Alfonso de Albuquerque. 
D)  Ignatius Loyola. 
E)  Pope Paul III.

Question 13

Discuss the Columbian exchange. What was "exchanged" and who gained the most?

Accepted Answer

The Columbian Exchange refers to the wid

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Gerardus Mercator

Accepted Answer

Gerardus Mercator was a renowned Flemish

Question 15

In the 1440s, among the first profits the Portuguese derived from their maritime exploration and returning ships came from the sale of

Accepted Answer

A)  silver. 
B)  copper. 
C)  pepper. 
D)  precious stones. 
E)  African slaves. 
A)  silver. 
B)  copper. 
C)  pepper. 
D)  precious stones. 
E)  African slaves.

Question 16

Spanish commercial power in the Americas reached its apex in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, after fighting off the challenges from Britain and the Netherlands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-inflation

Accepted Answer

Inflation refers to the general increase

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Nagasaki and the Dutch

Accepted Answer

Nagasaki and the Dutch have a long histo

Question 19

The European nation that had the first direct contact with China since Marco Polo was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

The primary motive for European exploration during the Renaissance was

Accepted Answer

A)  social, to relieve the population pressure on Europe. 
B)  religious, to spread the Gospel. 
C)  psychological, the quest for new experiences to transform a dull existence. 
D)  military, to provide new bases for an army. 
E)  economic, the desire for precious metals and new areas for trade. 
A)  social, to relieve the population pressure on Europe. 
B)  religious, to spread the Gospel. 
C)  psychological, the quest for new experiences to transform a dull existence. 
D)  military, to provide new bases for an army. 
E)  economic, the desire for precious metals and new areas for trade.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Treaty of Tordesillas

By 1660, Massachusetts Bay Colony still had fewer than 20,000 settlers.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Christopher Columbus

What accounted for the long-term failure of Native-Americans to stave off European encroachments?

Portugal's handicap in its attempt to dominate Southeast Asian trade was that

In order to obtain slaves for sale to Europeans, local African rulers frequently raided defenseless villages in search of unsuspecting victims.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Francisco Pizarro

IDENTIFICATIONS -Vasco Nunez de Balboa

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bartholomeu Dias

Catholic Christianity failed to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because

IDENTIFICATIONS -Dutch East India Company

The major critic of the Spanish treatment of the American natives was

Discuss the Columbian exchange. What was "exchanged" and who gained the most?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gerardus Mercator

In the 1440s, among the first profits the Portuguese derived from their maritime exploration and returning ships came from the sale of

Spanish commercial power in the Americas reached its apex in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, after fighting off the challenges from Britain and the Netherlands.

IDENTIFICATIONS -inflation

IDENTIFICATIONS -Nagasaki and the Dutch

The European nation that had the first direct contact with China since Marco Polo was

The primary motive for European exploration during the Renaissance was

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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