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1
Which of the following is true of the Puritans?
They wanted to establish a hierarchy of bishops and priests.
Their efforts to reform the Church of England were welcomed.
They wished to break from the Church of England.
They were one of two groups of Protestant dissenters who colonized NE
2
Which of the following is true regarding the Atlantic slave trade?
Europeans gained far more wealth than Africans.
Europeans and Africans gained nearly the same amount of wealth.
Europeans gained only slightly more wealth than Africans.
Africans gained far more wealth than Europeans.
3
More than anything else, what improved worldwide life expectancy between 1500 and 1750?
The distribution of inexpensive medicines to combat viral infections.
The discovery of a practical and inexpensive system of water purification
The mass dissemination of New World foods
250 years of relative world peace
4
The first European country to establish trading posts in Asia was
Portugal
England
The Netherlands
Spain
5
The French plantation economies were considered "more diverse" because they also produced
wine and cheese.
coffee and cacao
molasses and rum.
bananas and plantains
6
How did France and England expand their Caribbean holdings?
By using the Atlantic Coast of N America as a base & launching an attack
By defeating the Portuguese.
making alliances with the indigenous tribes of the West Indies.
By attacking older Spanish colonies.
7
The Columbian Exchange caused all of the following except
American foods were introduced to Europe
African diseases were introduced to Europe
European diseases were introduced to the Americas
The population of Native Americans declined
8
Most slaves taken from Africa were
kidnapped.
political opponents.
criminals.
prisoners of war.
9
In the eighteenth century, West Indian plantations were controlled by a plantocracy,
a small number of rich men who owned the land and slaves.
a religious sect of Protestantism.
none of these.
a group of botanists who encouraged the growth of new and exotic plants
10
How did goods typically travel in the Atlantic triangular trade of the 18
th
century?
Raw goods to Africa, slaves to the New World, finished products to Europe
Missionaries to Africa, slaves to New World, finished products to Europe
Guns to Africa, slaves to the New World, raw products to Europe
Raw goods to Africa, slaves to the New World, rum to Europe
11
Which of the following is not true of population loss in Africa as a result of the slave trade?
New foods from Americas helped offset population loss due to slave trade
Even at the peak of the trade, the population of Africa remained large.
Population loss was uniform across all areas of west Africa.
Areas near the Slave Coast lost a disproportionate number of people.
12
One of the significant factors delaying English and French settlement of the Americas was
Lack of participation in the sugar trade.
Their ongoing industrial revolution.
Inferior shipbuilding capabilities.
Involvement in the wars of religion during the Reformation.
13
The "clockwise" network of trade in the Atlantic was the
Robinson Route
Reverse Option Market
Continental Trade Route
Atlantic System
14
Generally, the Atlantic African slave trade was based on a partnership between
Islamic and African elites.
Asian and European elites.
European opportunists and Arab merchants.
European and African elites.
15
During the "sugar boom" from 1650 to 1800, ____ slaves were transported.
1.6 million
7.5 million
800,000
5.5 million
16
The African state most dependent on the slave trade was
Oyo.
Asante.
Kush.
Dahomey.
17
After the discovery of the Americas, how many Africans were transported in the Atlantic slave trade?
800,000
1.6 Million
5.2 Million
200,000
18
Which of the following does NOT describe the Dutch West India Company?
It seized sugar-producing areas in Brazil.
It shipped slaves to Brazil.
It was a private trading company.
It was never very profitable.
19
Which of the following contributed the most to the increase of the Atlantic slave trade?
Sugar plantations
Laissez-faire capitalism
Absolute monarchies
Industrialization
20
On most islands in the West Indies, the percentage of slaves in the population was
75 percent.
55 percent.
90 percent.
35 percent.
21
Plantation slaves were motivated to work hard
because they were rewarded with extra food.
because they were promised freedom.
to earn extra wages.
to escape punishment.
22
The expansion of sugar plantations in the West Indies required
A sharp increase in the African slave trade.
Government consultants to oversee farming.
New fertilizers and seeds.
The creation of new markets among the Amerindians.
23
Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian male slaves was
23 years.
10 years.
50 years.
39 years.
24
Both Muslims and Europeans obtained slaves from sub-Saharan Africa, but
the Islamic trade was much smaller.
Africans refused to deal with Muslim traders.
the European trade was much smaller.
both slave trades ended soon after they began.
25
Chartered companies were
maritime manufacturers of maps and charts.
companies of missionaries and religious societies.
groups of Amerindian investors who pooled money and resources.
private investors with trade monopolies in colonies.
26
Which of the following American crops most quickly became a staple in all of Eurasia?
potato
peanut
tomato
corn (maize)
27
What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas?
Influenza
Smallpox
Cholera
Measles
28
Most slaves died of
abuse.
poor nutrition.
disease.
overwork.
29
Manumission permitted slaves to
purchase or receive their freedom from slavery.
have time off during certain religious holidays.
marry and not have families separated.
sell their surplus produce or goods from their own work.
30
What was the principal cause of mortality aboard Atlantic slave ships?
Execution
Abuse
Disease
Suicide
31
Which was a new disease Europeans were exposed to as a result of interaction with the peoples of the new world?
Smallpox
Syphilis
Measles
Mumps
32
The mother & father are both Creoles living in Latin America when their baby is born. What casta would the child be in?
Mestizo
Creole
Peninsulare
Mulatto
33
Which of the following was a staple crop in 17
th
- to 19
th
-century Europe?
Onion
Potato
Rice
Beef
34
Sugar plantations caused environmental damage through
Over fertilizing the fields.
Supplying power for the mills.
Soil exhaustion and deforestation.
The disposal of used canes.
35
The second leg of the Atlantic Circuit, transporting slaves across the Atlantic to plantation colonies, was known as:
the Middle Passage
the Deadly Voyage
Chains of Sorrow
Involuntary Servitude
36
The cultivation and production of sugar can best be described as
requiring little labor and high amounts of technology.
requiring factory production only.
requiring farm as well as factory production methods.
requiring farm methods only.
37
Mercantilism is
The belief in a completely free-market economy.
A gov't policy that protects trade and demands the accumulation of gold
Another name for capitalism.
The recognition by the state that all individuals have economic rights.
38
The forced migration of enslaved Africans to the Americas in the 17
th
and 18
th
centuries resulted in
Planation-style agriculture in Southern Europe
Declining slave trading in the Middle East
Altered male-to-female ratios in Africa
Lower agricultural yields in the Caribbean and Latin America
39
Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians,
Europeans attempted to outlaw its use in America.
European diseases made the plant extinct.
It was Europeans who began growing the crop on large plantations.
It never became popular in Europe because of its unhealt
40
Which new form of compulsory labor was first introduced by the English in North America?
The mita and encomienda
Indentured Servitude
Amerindian slave labor
Black slave labor
