Question 1

What best describes the inflation of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  It severely hampered commercial expansion.
B)  It caused a shift in industry to urban locales.
C)  It caused a decline in the standard of living for wage earners and those on fixed incomes.
D)  It was caused largely by a declining labor force.
E)  It was the result of too little money in circulation.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

What was the long-term impact of the introduction of potatoes from the America to Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Inflation in Europe
B)  Population decrease in Europe
C)  Population increase in Europe
D)  Deflation in Europe
E)  Epidemics in EuropeF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Which European nation took over the spice trade from Portugal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Venice
B)  England
C)  Spain
D)  France
E)  The Dutch RepublicF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

How did the British gain the upper hand in the competition to control Indian trade and commerce?

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Question 5

What role did disease play in facilitating the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas? In your opinion, would these conquests have been possible without epidemics that swept through the Americas in the wake of European settlement?

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Disease played a significant role in fac...

Question 6

How were the Spanish able to build, exploit, and govern an empire in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish were able to build, exploit,...

Question 7

How many Africans slaves were shipped to the New World between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  One million
B)  Two million
C)  Five million
D)  Ten million
E)  Twenty-five millionF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Which nation(s)  or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  China and Japan
B)  Africa
C)  North America
D)  South America
E)  IndiaF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Mayan civilization came to include much of

Accepted Answer

A)  modern-day Canada.
B)  the Pacific Coast of North America.
C)  the Mississippi Valley.
D)  Central America and southern Mexico.
E)  South America.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

Which of these factors contributed to the decline of the Ming dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pressure by the English
B)  A series of weak rulers
C)  Pressure by the Dutch
D)  Religious strife
E)  Climate changeF) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

How did European expansion affect China? How did the Chinese view European efforts to control and expand trade?

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European expansion had a significant imp...

Question 12

What statement best describes the impact of the African slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had little impact upon the number of wars in Africa.
B)  It reduced the number of wars in Africa because all the African states united against the European slavers.
C)  It increased the number of wars in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves.
D)  It died out with the discovery of the South Asian Spice Islands.
E)  It was carried out peacefully as wars or violence would reduce the number of slaves and thus profits.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 13

What was introduced into the Americas from Europe in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chocolate
B)  Dogs
C)  Potatoes
D)  Horses
E)  CornF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

Accepted Answer

A)  France
B)  Venice
C)  Spain
D)  Portugal
E)  EnglandF) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

Accepted Answer

A)  the lush tropical forests of southern India.
B)  the foothills of the Urals in modern-day Russia.
C)  the mountainous region north of the Ganges River Valley.
D)  the islands groups near Sri Lanka.
E)  the Arab Middle East.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Which statement applies to the economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  The joint stock company enabled the raising of spectacular sums of capital for world trading ventures.
B)  The early seventeenth century saw a general stagnation in the areas of mining and metallurgy.
C)  Technological innovations improved the lives of peasants dramatically.
D)  The population explosion made for urban growth and more social equality in cities.
E)  An economic depression occurred because of a lack of specie.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

What role did private investment and initiative play in the development of European imperialism? Give specific examples.

Accepted Answer

Private investment and initiative played...

Question 19

What best explains the success of the Portuguese in building a maritime empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Guns and seamanship
B)  Gold and faith
C)  Portugal's growing population
D)  Civil war in China
E)  Spanish helpF) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 20

Which major European disease caused high rates of mortality among the natives of the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Syphilis
B)  Yellow fever
C)  Smallpox
D)  Scurvy
E)  Avian fluF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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