Deck 5: Global War and Imperial Reform: 1655-1765

Question 1

John Locke argued that in a state of nature:

A) every individual is a sovereign
B) knowledge is sovereign
C) human beings could live in peace
D) the squirrel and the hawk create a social contract.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

As a result of the "Glorious Revolution," the English monarchs:

A) were given absolute power over the Parliament.
B) received one-third of silver mining revenues from Spanish America.
C) agreed that their powers were limited by a social contract with their subjects.
D) would have their terms limited to ten years.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The term World War Zero used in the text refers to:

A) the English Civil War.
B) the Seven Years War.
C) the Thirty Years War.
D) the Manchu overthrow of the Ming.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following was one result of the Seven Years War?

A) England acquired so much additional territory it could reduce taxes throughout the empire.
B) French victories in Quebec and Pondicherry secured use of the French language in Canada and Vietnam.
C) The French were able to name the Spanish king and take over Spain's overseas possessions.
D) Both England and France doubled their public debt.

Question 5

Which of the following characterize accurately the competitive states of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
I) They all launched overseas expeditions to colonize Africa and Southeast Asia.
II) They all increased the size of their respective military assets.
III) They all became more democratic.
IV) They all adopted schemes to increase revenues for their national treasuries.

A) I and II only
B) II and III only
C) I and III only
D) II and IV only.

Question 6

Prior to World War Zero, European states:

A) engaged in an arms race and regional wars for limited tactical and strategic objectives.
B) tried to broker a peace agreement with the Roman Catholic Church as the arbiter.
C) enjoyed a stable balance of power and little conflict.
D) negotiated a binding agreement about their respective colonial spheres of influence.

Question 7

The Treaty of Allahabad stated that:

A) the British East India Company would engage in fair trade practices with the Dutch in India
B) the Mughal Empire would remain intact after the death of Emperor Aurangzeb
C) the French would share in trade throughout Southeast Asia
D) the British East India Company would acquire the right to collect tax revenue in India.

Question 8

In the early eighteenth century, monarchy in Russia, China, and France could be said to be more in comparison to England.

A) absolutist
B) democratic
C) liberal
D) devout

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true regarding the Qing dynasty of China?

A) The Qing were really Mongolians who invaded China
B) The Qing were able to grow the territories of China to include Tibet
C) The Great Wall of China was shortened as there was no longer a northern threat
D) The Qing diminished Confucianism in favor of Islam

Question 10

Under Peter the Great:

A) Russia followed China's lead in dismantling its navy.
B) the Russian Orthodox Church was suppressed.
C) Stenka Razin led a successful rebellion against the Tsar, which led to many political reforms.
D) The Russian Imperial Code stated that the sovereign's power was absolute.

Question 11

Which of the following was included in the English Bill of Rights?

A) King William and Queen Mary were given exclusive power over taxation.
B) Going to war was made an executive decision with which Parliament could not interfere
C) Individuals could not be subject to cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of the state.
D) Women were given the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

Question 12

The Seven Years' War was an important turning point in:

A) convincing the major Atlantic powers to increasingly militarize their colonies
B) helping the British secure a colonial stronghold in South Asia
C) creating a growing fiscal and political crisis in France
D) all of the above

Question 13

Which of the following authors wrote in support of the theory of royal absolutism?

A) John Locke
B) Stenka Razin
C) Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
D) Zumbi of Palmares

Question 14

The transport of Africans across the Atlantic to western slave markets was known as

A) the Middle Passage
B) the Westward passage
C) the Requirement
D) the mita

Question 15

By the middle of the eighteenth century, the ______________ Empire no longer existed:

A) Qing
B) Ottoman
C) Portuguese
D) Safavid

Question 16

A quilombo is:

A) a South American sugar plantation
B) a form of Russian serfdom
C) a subdivision of property in Spain
D) a Brazilian community led by free peoples of African descent

Question 17

Research suggests that African regions with less effective centralized sovereign states:

A) were the easiest targets for slave traders.
B) gained more resources as Spanish naval power declined.
C) may have been less subject to the depredations of the slave trade.
D) provided the most troops during the Seven Years' War.

Question 18

Social contract theory argues that:

A) states form when people relinquish some freedom in exchange for some protections of persons and property.
B) certain possessions should never be subject to taxation by the sovereign
C) legitimate business transactions must always have a publicly witnessed bill of sale.
D) women can only obtain rights and privileges when then sign a marriage contract.

Question 19

The withdrawal of Spanish settlers from the northern frontier of New Spain (contemporary New Mexico) after 1680:

A) opened a pathway for English settlers to take Utah.
B) redirected the trade routes of the Manila Galleon.
C) resulted from a peace treaty signed with the Pueblo peoples.
D) indirectly transformed the way of life for indigenous peoples of the Great Plains.

Question 20

The Rebellion of the Barrios in 1765 demonstrated that:

A) the wealthy residents of Quito were rebellious than the poor.
B) the wealthy residents of Quito feared popular rebellion more than they disliked imperial tax policy.
C) Ecuador had become the center of South America's independence movement.
D) socio-economic class plays no role in colonial political alliances.

Question 21

What were the long-term trends in political organization from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth century? What kinds of states seem to be thriving? Why?

Question 22

Explicate the points of competition and friction that existed between imperial powers leading up to World War Zero.

Question 23

Examine the role and consequences of trans-Atlantic slavery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.