Deck 15: Migration

Question 1

Australia was first colonized by the ________.

A) French
B) British
C) Portuguese
D) Dutch

Answer 1

British

Question 2

The mortality rate among Amerindians from European diseases was as high as ________ percent.

A) 30
B) 50
C) 70
D) 90

Answer 2

90

Question 3

The price revolution of the 1500s was caused by ________.

A) the rise of commercial agriculture
B) rapid printing of paper money
C) an influx of precious metals from the Americas
D) a population boom in Europe

Answer 3

an influx of precious metals from the Americas

Question 4

Akbar's first capital was at ________.

A) Delhi
B) Calicut
C) Agra
D) Isfahan

Question 5

Russian America is roughly the same as today's ________.

A) Canada
B) Oregon and Washington
C) Alaska
D) North American Pacific coast

Question 6

Babur is best known for his ________.

A) introduction of Islam to India
B) foundation of the Mughal Empire
C) conquest of India
D) development of Din-i-Ilahi

Question 7

Indentured servants were usually ________.

A) young women
B) young men
C) families
D) convicts

Question 8

Maryland was originally founded as a refuge for ________.

A) Pilgrims
B) Puritans
C) Catholics
D) Huguenots

Question 9

Pennsylvania was originally a ________ colony.

A) Puritan
B) Dutch
C) mining
D) Quaker

Question 10

Which of these was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453?

A) Anatolia
B) Greece
C) the Balkans
D) Constantinople

Question 11

The Maori were the indigenous inhabitants of ________.

A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Borneo
D) Sri Lanka

Question 12

The Columbian Exchange was the product of ________.

A) the peopling of the Americas
B) natural population increase
C) European conquests
D) the spread of disease among Amerindians

Question 13

Looking at the table "Major trends of the Atlantic slave trade," the Atlantic slave trade reached its peak in what period?

A) 1751-1775
B) 1626-1650
C) 1851-1870
D) 1701-1725

Question 14

The most common crop cultivated in the Caribbean after 1650 was ________.

A) tobacco
B) cotton
C) date palms
D) sugar

Question 15

The Safavids were based in what is today ________.

A) Syria
B) India
C) Iran
D) Turkey

Question 16

Which of these was cultivated in Africa as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

A) wheat
B) barley
C) maize
D) yams

Question 17

About ________ of the European population was killed by the Black Death.

A) one-half
B) one-tenth
C) one-third
D) three-quarters

Question 18

James Cook is a best known as a(n)________.

A) explorer
B) botanist
C) conquistador
D) settler

Question 19

The Qing dynasty was founded by the ________ people.

A) Mongol
B) Han
C) Japanese
D) Manchu

Question 20

Which of these were the warriors who took part in Ottoman conquests?

A) Sufis
B) gazis
C) qadis
D) millets

Question 21

As elsewhere in the Americas,the main cause of Amerindian deaths in Russian America was ________.

A) the loss of lands
B) warfare
C) harsh labor practices
D) European diseases

Question 22

Looking at the map "The African slave trade," which of these accounted for most slaves in the Americas?

A) British North American colonies
B) Brazil
C) Spanish South America
D) the Caribbean

Question 23

Which of these proved most difficult for the Ottomans to conquer?

A) Anatolia
B) Egypt
C) modern Iraq
D) Constantinople

Question 24

The impact of the Columbian Exchange was primarily a result of ________.

A) poor treatment of Amerindians
B) the previous isolation of the Americas
C) warfare
D) intense mining efforts

Question 25

In the map "Eurasian empires,1650," which of these patterns is evident?

A) the expansion of the Ottoman Empire
B) the steady encroachment of the Mughal Empire on the Safavid Empire
C) the constant recreation of empires based in Persia
D) the disappearance of Muslim empires

Question 26

Which of these formed a common motivation for English colonization in North America?

A) the search for precious metals
B) establishment of penal colonies
C) establishing trading posts
D) the search for religious freedom

Question 27

By around 1800,Britain had colonies ________.

A) in the Americas and Africa
B) on both sides of the Atlantic
C) on every habitable continent
D) in North America

Question 28

Delhi was splendidly rebuilt by ________.

A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Shah Jahan
D) Osman I

Question 29

Which of these best characterizes the impact of the Columbian Exchange?

A) catastrophic but short-lived
B) minimal in most areas
C) significant, but primarily for the Americas
D) both profound and catastrophic

Question 30

In the Americas,slavery was most closely tied to what other activity?

A) mining
B) ranching
C) sugar cultivation
D) manufacturing

Question 31

The Ottoman capital was at ________.

A) Agra
B) Aleppo
C) Constantinople
D) Cairo

Question 32

More than ________ Europeans went to the "New Europes" between 1820 and 1930.

A) fifty million
B) 5 million
C) 500,000
D) 500 million

Question 33

British colonization in the Cape Colony was complicated by________.

A) the region's lack of natural resources
B) previous Dutch claims
C) the colony's inaccessibility
D) Spanish opposition

Question 34

Looking at the map "European settlement in eastern North America," which of these indicates that British claims were better founded than French claims?

A) urbanization throughout British North America
B) the large size of British North America
C) the early foundation of British cities
D) the compactness of British claims

Question 35

A conurbation is composed of ________.

A) suburbs
B) a city and its suburbs
C) more than one city and suburbs
D) a city and its hinterland

Question 36

In Africa,slavery prior to the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade was ________.

A) well developed
B) unknown
C) emerging
D) decreasing

Question 37

The Safavid capital was at ________.

A) Delhi
B) Isfahan
C) Baghdad
D) Karkorum

Question 38

The trans-Atlantic slave trade accounted for about ________ number of African slaves as other regions.

A) three times the
B) half the
C) ten times the
D) the same

Question 39

Russia's New World colony was based primarily on ________.

A) the fur trade
B) farming
C) missionary activity
D) trade with Amerindians

Question 40

Which of these eras saw the most dramatic growth of the Atlantic slave trade?

A) 1500s
B) 1600s
C) 1700s
D) 1800s

Question 41

Looking at the figure "World population totals and distribution," which of these fluctuated most dramatically from 1000 to 2000 as a proportion of world population?

A) Asia
B) Africa
C) the Americas
D) Oceania

Question 42

What were the common elements in the formation and nature of the "New Europes"?

Question 43

The Safavid,Ottoman,and Mughal empires were all ________.

A) Turkic
B) formed from Mongol khanates
C) hegemonic empires
D) Muslim

Question 44

African slaves taken to Muslim lands were more likely to ________ than slaves going to the Americas.

A) have children with their masters
B) be freed
C) do manual labor
D) die young

Question 45

Compare two world regions in the period from 1300 to 1750,considering to what extent they were impacted by global trends.

Question 46

Which of these groups saw the greatest proportional growth in the period between 1000 and 1800?

A) China
B) Africa
C) India
D) Europe

Question 47

In its goals,settlement,and extent,the British American Empire ________ the Spanish American Empire.

A) generally resembled
B) was nearly identical to
C) contrasted strongly with
D) had nothing in common with

Question 48

Which of these was created primarily from religious motives?

A) Mughal Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Safavid Empire
D) Mongol Empire

Question 49

Did urbanization in the period 1300 to 1750 follow earlier patterns?

Question 50

The Mughals perpetuated what Indian pattern?

A) Delhi was India's permanent capital.
B) No one capital dominated.
C) India's capitals were always located in the Indus valley.
D) India's center was generally in the Deccan.

Question 51

Isfahan illustrates which of these patterns?

A) A city that owed its prominence primarily to trade.
B) A city that grew greatly in importance as an imperial capital.
C) A fortress that developed into a city.
D) A historic capital that gave importance to a dynasty that inherited it.

Question 52

Akbar developed Din-i-Ilahi in order to ________.

A) accommodate Buddhism
B) reconcile Muslim-Hindu differences
C) expand his territory
D) privilege some religions at the expense of others

Question 53

By around 1600,the Ottoman Empire covered roughly the same territory as the ________ Empire at its height.

A) Roman
B) Byzantine
C) Macedonian
D) Persian

Question 54

Compare the practice of enslavement in Africa before and after the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Question 55

What were the most important commonalities among the Ottoman,Safavid,and Mughal empires?