Question 1

One disease that may have originated in the Americas and was passed to the Old World was

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A)  influenza. 
B)  malaria. 
C)  smallpox. 
D)  syphilis.

Question 2

The ecological revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries laid the foundation for all of the following future developments EXCEPT:

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A)  globalization. 
B)  population growth. 
C)  exploitation of resources. 
D)  religious conflict.

Question 3

One negative aspect of the massive land reclamation projects in the Netherlands was that

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A)  more people were attracted to farming, and the population of the cities decreased. 
B)  land values dramatically fell as a result of the large increase in available land. 
C)  large landowners no longer found agriculture profitable. 
D)  smallholders lost access to the sea and had to sell out to large landowners.

Question 4

In the seventeenth century,which of the following was NOT a result of the wave of diseases that struck during that period?

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A)  an increase in dedications by believers to attempt to atone for their sins 
B)  the development of antibiotics 
C)  an increase in cases of tuberculosis 
D)  a decrease in cases of leprosy

Question 5

Explain the unintended consequences of the exchange of goods and diseases for Latin American,European,and Asian societies.Your answer should discuss changes in population,diet,and other aspects of the Columbian Exchange.

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Question 6

As Japan expanded and colonized,they

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A)  treated the Ainu differently from the way that the English treated Scots highlanders and the Gaelic Irish. 
B)  treated the Ainu the same way that the English treated Scots highlanders and the Gaelic Irish. 
C)  had little to do with the Ainu because their numbers were so small. 
D)  had little conflict with the Ainu because so few Japanese migrated.

Question 7

What were the ecological consequences of the global communications revolution?

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Question 8

How did the Spanish colonies differ from those established in North America?

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Question 9

How did imperialism during this period become more efficient in exploiting new types of energy and developing new lands? How was this affected by the communications revolution of this period?

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Question 10

The vast majority of slaves shipped from Western Africa went to

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A)  India. 
B)  North America. 
C)  South America. 
D)  China.

Question 11

At the southern tip of Africa,the Khoi were

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A)  raiders who established a short-lived colony to exploit the gold resources of the area. 
B)  Muslims who destroyed local monasteries to turn back Christian settlements. 
C)  a pastoral people who were successful with livestock. 
D)  farmers pushed out by the Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century.

Question 12

The lasting contribution of Charles Ledger,an adventurer and entrepreneur whose travels ranged from Bolivia and Peru to Australia was:

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A)  to import alpacas to Australia. 
B)  to introduce South American and Australia to double-entry bookkeeping. 
C)  to make possible a cure for malaria by spreading seeds for the tree that produces quinine to European colonies. 
D)  to create a new textile industry for alpaca wool in Algeria.

Exam 17: The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries