Deck 2: Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

Question 1

Which event reopened the doors between Europe and east Asia in the thirteenth century?

A)The Black Death
B)The Reformation
C)The fall of the Ottomans
D)Muslim conquests
E)Mongol conquests

Answer 1

Mongol conquests

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Answers will vary.

Question 3

How did the Columbia Exchange impact the Americas? What about Europe, Africa, and Asia?

Answer 3

Answers will vary.

Question 4

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

Question 5

Who produced a world map that was essential to European explorers in the late fifteenth century?

A)Aristotle
B)Prince Henry the Navigator
C)Ptolemy
D)Christopher Columbus
E)Hernán Cortés

Question 6

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

Question 7

What motives were behind European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Question 8

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

Question 9

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?

Question 10

What did Vasco da Gama hope to find in India?

A)The fountain of youth
B)Salt
C)Slaves
D)Precious stones
E)Spices

Question 11

Examine the relationship between Japan and Europe from 1600 to approximately 1850.

Question 12

Who was the Italian merchant whose tales of the court of Kublai Khan were popular in medieval Europe?

A)Daniel Defoe
B)Amerigo Vespucci
C)Marco Polo
D)Leonardo Bruni
E)Jacques Cour

Question 13

Compare and contrast mercantilism and capitalism. What are the most important differences between the two economic ideologies?

Question 14

What were the most important long-term effects of European expansion on the peoples of the Americas?

Question 15

What developments helped facilitate European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Question 16

In the early fifteenth century, Portuguese fleets explored the western coast of Africa in search of

A)spices.
B)gold.
C)salt.
D)tobacco.
E)silk.

Question 17

Why did the slave trade come to rely on the peoples of West Africa? What were the consequences for all parties involved?

Question 18

Where was the kingdom of Prester John supposed to have been located?

A)Africa
B)East Asia
C)South America
D)North America
E)Southeast Asia

Question 19

Which Portuguese state leader initiated the European age of exploration?

A)Vasco de Gama
B)Prince Henry the Navigator
C)Bartholomeu Dias
D)Francis Drake
E)Amerigo Vespucci

Question 20

Which sea captain made the first direct voyage from Europe to India?

A)Bartholomeu Dias
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Francis Drake
D)Vasco da Gama
E)Amerigo Vespucci

Question 21

Why were Native Americans not widely used as slaves on sugar plantations?

A)The Church condemned slavery as immoral.
B)They couldn't learn European languages.
C)Their populations were too small due to European diseases.
D)They were viewed as lazy and shiftless and refused to work.
E)They fought back too well and too often to be profitable.

Question 22

Which state was the major western rival to the British in India in the seventeenth century?

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

Question 23

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

A)Guns and seamanship
B)Gold and faith
C)Portugal's growing population
D)Civil war in China
E)Spanish help

Question 24

Which conquistador conquered and looted the Inca Empire in 1531?

A)Cortez
B)De Soto
C)Coronado
D)De las Casas
E)Pizarro

Question 25

When Moctezuma first encountered the Spanish, he believed they were

A)Aztecs in disguise.
B)foreign spies.
C)representatives of a god.
D)Mayans.
E)punishment sent by the devil.

Question 26

Which European nation took over the spice trade from Portugal?

A)Venice
B)England
C)Spain
D)France
E)The Dutch Republic

Question 27

By 1700, the population of central Mexico had fallen from 11 million in 1519 to

A)2.5 million.
B)6.5 million
C)8 million.
D)500,000.
E)250,000.

Question 28

What best exemplified early Spanish exploration of and expansion in the New World?

A)The first circumnavigation of the globe by Amerigo Vespucci
B)The conquest of the Aztec Empire by Cortés
C)The conquest of the Incas by Magellan
D)Pizarro's landing at the Pacific coast of South America in 1530
E)Da Gama's arrival in India in 1498

Question 29

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

A)Syphilis
B)Yellow fever
C)Smallpox
D)Scurvy
E)Avian flu

Question 30

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

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.

Question 31

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

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

Question 32

Which explorer completed the first known circumnavigation of the earth?

A)Amerigo Vespucci
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)John Cabot
D)Christopher Columbus
E)Vasco da Gama

Question 33

The founders of the Mughal Empire came from

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.

Question 34

Mayan civilization came to include much of

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

Question 35

Most slaves taken to Portugal in the second half of the fifteenth century ended up

A)in the galleys on the Portuguese navy.
B)being re-exported to the Americas.
C)working in copper mines.
D)working on plantations.
E)as domestic servants.

Question 36

What was the main provision of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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

Question 37

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

A)One million
B)Two million
C)Five million
D)Ten million
E)Twenty-five million

Question 38

In what part of Southeast Asia did the Spanish establish themselves?

A)Siam
B)The Philippines
C)Vietnam
D)Java
E)Cambodia

Question 39

What was the encomienda?

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

Question 40

Why did the mainland states of Southeast Asia have better success in resisting European encroachment than did the Spice Islands and Malay states?

A)They had greater natural resources desired by the Europeans.
B)They were more politically cohesive with strong monarchies.
C)Their existence was not known to the Europeans.
D)They were Christians, and the Europeans never bothered their fellow Christians.
E)They were allied to China, which gave them military support against the Europeans.

Question 41

Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America located?

A)Massachusetts Bay
B)Plymouth
C)New York
D)Jamestown
E)Quebec

Question 42

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

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.

Question 43

According to mercantilists, a nation's prosperity depended on

A)maximizing imports.
B)keeping taxes as low as possible.
C)the elimination of restrictions on trade.
D)a large supply of gold and silver.
E)the size of its population.

Question 44

Who were the first to be expelled from Japan by Tokugawa Ieyasu?

A)Catholic missionaries
B)European merchants
C)European soldiers
D)Protestant exiles
E)African slaves

Question 45

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

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

Question 46

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

A)Chocolate
B)Dogs
C)Potatoes
D)Horses
E)Corn

Question 47

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

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

Question 48

How did the Qing government respond to the arrival of European foreigners by sea?

A)They opened China to diplomatic and trade opportunities with the Europeans.
B)They established free trade connections, but no diplomatic relations.
C)They engaged in trade, but confined European traders to a small island to limit contact.
D)They refused all overtures to engage in trade.
E)They allowed Europeans to have full contact and interaction with the Chinese.

Question 49

Which Chinese dynasty replaced the Ming in the seventeenth century and came from Manchuria?

A)Tang
B)Song
C)Yuan
D)Qin
E)Qing

Question 50

Which statement best describes European trade and expansion by the end of the seventeenth century?

A)International trade was much greater than intra-European trade.
B)Wealth was being transferred back to the New World from Europe in the form of raw materials.
C)Local, regional, and intra-European trade was considerably greater than international trade.
D)Slavery was in decline in both Africa and the New World.
E)European imperialism had come to an end.

Question 51

Under pressure from the British, the French in India were eventually restricted to the fort at

A)Calicut.
B)Pondicherry.
C)Delhi.
D)Bombay.
E)Hyderabad.

Question 52

Why did Catholic Christianity fail to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

A)Opposition from Jesuit missionaries
B)Opposition from Protestant missionaries
C)Disagreement among religious orders and suppression by Chinese authorities
D)Chinese anti-religious attitudes
E)Competition from Hindu missionaries

Question 53

Where was the local British population in India's Fort William imprisoned?

A)"Bilious swamp of Madras"
B)"Icy Ajanta caves"
C)"Black Hole of Calcutta"
D)"Red Fort of the Mughals"
E)"Swampy sink of Purdah"

Question 54

In which area did an extensive multiracial society first appear?

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

Question 55

During the Middle Passage,

A)gold and salt from Africa was shipped to Europe.
B)slaves from Africa were shipped to the Americas.
C)manufactured goods from Europe were shipped to Africa.
D)agricultural commodities from the Americas were shipped to Europe.
E)luxury goods from Asia were shipped to Europe.

Question 56

Which city was the financial center of seventeenth-century Europe?

A)Paris
B)London
C)Rome
D)Vienna
E)Amsterdam

Question 57

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

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

Question 58

Which European nation had the first direct contact with China since Marco Polo?

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

Question 59

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

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.

Question 60

Who was most adversely affected by the price revolution?

A)Land owners
B)Wage earners
C)Merchants
D)Clergy
E)Soldiers

Question 61

The decline of the Maya civilization was precipitated by the arrival of the Spanish.

Question 62

What was the West Indies' most important export?

A)Cotton
B)Tobacco
C)Sugar
D)Gold
E)Salt

Question 63

In 1492, knowledgeable Europeans knew that the world was round.

Question 64

The primary motives for European expansion were "God, glory, and gold."

Question 65

The triangular trade linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Question 66

After unifying Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the title of shogun.

Question 67

What was true of French North America?

A)It was run autocratically.
B)It was densely populated.
C)It was a major exporter of grain to Europe.
D)It was run as a republic.
E)It benefitted from massive investments by the French crown.

Question 68

By 1750, the population of British North America had reached about 1.5 million.

Question 69

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

Question 70

Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean usually had no cannons.

Question 71

Mercantilist policy makers sought to establish a favorable balance of trade.

Question 72

The Dutch in Southeast Asia were supplanted by the Portuguese.