Question 1

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the elite

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A) generally stopped participating in popular events. 
B) became fearful of the masses. 
C) believed that it could change popular culture, ridding it of paganism and disorder. 
D) recruited the state to impose a new puritanism on popular culture. 
E) All of these

Question 2

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-consumerism

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Question 3

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-Explain the changes in the New World resulting from contact with Europe.

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Question 4

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-royal hegemony

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Question 5

Among the business innovations that contributed to the development of modern capitalism were all of the following except

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A) maritime insurance. 
B) joint-stock companies. 
C) the antecedent to the modern check. 
D) the elimination of double-entry bookkeeping. 
E) business techniques developed in southern Europe.

Question 6

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-encomenderos

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Question 7

The main cause of the Price Revolution in sixteenth-century Europe, according to the author, was

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A) silver imported from new Spanish conquests in the Americas. 
B) the growing population of Europe. 
C) discovery of new silver mines in Bohemia. 
D) the periodic reappearance of the plague. 
E) the import of Montezuma's gold into Spain.

Question 8

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-What was popular culture and elite culture? How did their relationship change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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Question 9

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-It has been said that European expansion provided a forward-looking, optimistic outlook for the Old World.Discuss whether you agree or disagree with this statement.

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Question 10

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-enclosure

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Question 11

Between 1500 and 1600, the native population of the New World may have

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A) dropped from 20 million to 2 million. 
B) may have risen slightly due to European immigration. 
C) fluctuated around 15 million. 
D) dropped from 20 million to 12 million. 
E) None of these

Question 12

As agriculture changed in England

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A) peasants lost their hereditary rights to land and were forced either to rent, work as day laborer or leave. 
B) the principle of primogeniture helped to keep properties intact and profitable. 
C) yeoman became crucial as a class of profitable renters and productive farmers. 
D) wages in cottage industries fell as labor became cheaper. 
E) All of these

Question 13

The domestic system of cottage production, as the author called it, did all the following except

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A) offer earnings opportunities for peasants who had been forced off the land. 
B) help industrial capitalism develop. 
C) help to convert the old master-apprentice relationship into an owner-worker relationship. 
D) maintain the quality standards, high pay for producers and good working conditions of the guilds. 
E) tie local production to a larger market.

Question 14

In the seventeenth century, the only region where the majority of the population lived in the cities was

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A) northern Italian cities. 
B) the Netherlands. 
C) France. 
D) England. 
E) the Rhineland.

Question 15

Of the following, who were the earliest slave traders in Africa?

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A) Muslims of the North Africa and the Near East 
B) The Portuguese 
C) The Spanish 
D) The Dutch 
E) The British

Question 16

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-What type of incentives prompted the growth of mercantile capitalism?

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Question 17

The primary motive for the nobility to engage in enclosure was

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A) the desire to convert their manors into profit making businesses tied to the market. 
B) the need to protect environmentally sensitive land from peasant encroachment. 
C) the desire to prevent peasants from leaving the land. 
D) the need to more precisely define boundaries between manors. 
E) to improve record keeping.

Question 18

Which two countries were in the forefront of European commercial expansion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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A) The United Provinces and England 
B) Spain and Portugal 
C) France and Spain 
D) Belgium and Italy 
E) England and France

Question 19

The age of exploration and commercial expansion

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A) created a rudimentary world economy. 
B) contributed to an unprecedented dynamism in European civilization. 
C) set the stage for European domination of most of the globe by 1900. 
D) initially produced an economy largely based on subsistence agriculture, Asian spices, African slaves, and American gold. 
E) All of these

Question 20

The significant expansion of trade and commerce in the early modern period was fueled by

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A) the price revolution. 
B) the growth in population. 
C) higher incomes for merchants, landlords, and some peasants. 
D) the growth of the state. 
E) All of these

Exam 15: European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the elite

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -consumerism

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Explain the changes in the New World resulting from contact with Europe.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -royal hegemony

Among the business innovations that contributed to the development of modern capitalism were all of the following except

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -encomenderos

The main cause of the Price Revolution in sixteenth-century Europe, according to the author, was

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -What was popular culture and elite culture? How did their relationship change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -It has been said that European expansion provided a forward-looking, optimistic outlook for the Old World.Discuss whether you agree or disagree with this statement.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -enclosure

Between 1500 and 1600, the native population of the New World may have

As agriculture changed in England

The domestic system of cottage production, as the author called it, did all the following except

In the seventeenth century, the only region where the majority of the population lived in the cities was

Of the following, who were the earliest slave traders in Africa?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -What type of incentives prompted the growth of mercantile capitalism?

The primary motive for the nobility to engage in enclosure was

Which two countries were in the forefront of European commercial expansion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

The age of exploration and commercial expansion

The significant expansion of trade and commerce in the early modern period was fueled by