Conley Unit 4 Review (Remote)

Question 1

The "casta system" was

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a racially based social hierarchy.

Question 2

Which of the following ENVIRONMENTAL innovations was UNIQUE to the challenges of sailing in the Indian Ocean?

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An understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns

Question 3

The empire from Unit 3 that MOST threatened European culture & economy, spurring Portugal et al to explore, was

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the Ottomans

Question 4

All of the following are true of the effects of the slave trade IN Africa. Which was a SOCIAL consequence?

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More men were taken as slaves causing imbalances in gender and families.

Question 5

What is a TRUE social cause of Latin American 'Castas'?

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European men married Native or African women, creating mixed families

Question 6

What invention MOST helped Maritime Empires move from their home countries to their colonies between 1450-1750?

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The caravel

Question 7

Portugal was the 1st to create a "transoceanic interconnection" of trading posts between the

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Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean

Question 8

Economically, what was the driving motivation for the voyages of exploration shown on this map?

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desire to find a new trade routes and acquire gold and silver.

Question 9

Which region DID NOT contribute navigation technologies that 15th century Europeans relied on?

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The Americas

Question 10

What was Portugal's main ECONOMIC motivation to sponsor voyages BEFORE 1492?

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To get direct access to the lucrative Indian Ocean trade network

Question 11

This cross from mid-16th century central Mexico would have been carved in the context of

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Aztecs trying to preserve culture despite Spanish conquest.

Question 12

SLAVES forcibly taken to work on the plantations of the maritime empires came mostly from

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West and Central Africa

Question 13

Below is an image of a follower of "Taki Onqoy". What would he have believed?

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It was his duty to fight attempts to convert him

Question 14

Look carefully at the source lines. This could BEST be used to prove that the immediate effect of exploration was to____

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increase European interest in transoceanic travel and trade.

Question 15

All of these civilizations participated in Unit 2 Trans-Saharan trade. How did their trade CHANGE in 1450-1750?

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They captured slaves for export contributing to a 'diaspora' to Americas.

Question 16

Why did the vast majority of Latin America become Catholic after 1492?

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Spanish & Portuguese priests were aided by imperial rule

Question 17

This image of Lisbon, Portugal's port and Royal Palace and Royal Court could be used by a historian to prove that

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empires used art and architecture to reinforce their rule, just like land-based empires, maritime empires used guns & cannons, maritime empires created a new economic elite who'd made $ from trade, navigation & innovations in ship designs were critical to maritime empires

Question 18

What is the best explanation for the demographic trend you see in this chart?

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Smallpox, measles, & malaria killed 90% of Mesoamerican peoples.

Question 19

Our Lady of Guadalupe (1746) MOSTLY reflects a syncretic blending of

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Catholic Christianity and Native American culture

Question 20

Why did Columbus never carry cash?

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Not funny. Didn't laugh., Stop. Just stop., I'm dying!, Funniest joke EVER!

Question 21

What's the best definition of "Mercantilism"?

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An economic system controlling merchants for the benefit of the state.

Question 22

Which of the following WAS NOT part of the Columbian Exchange?

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Smallpox from the Americas widely infected Europeans

Question 23

This map of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade could BEST be used to demonstrate that

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Plantations in Brazil & the Caribbean needed a large number of slaves.

Question 24

The BEST explanation for Europe's ability to make breakthroughs in navigation technologies would be that...

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technologies from other civilizations were diffused & improved upon.

Question 25

This system of early state-sponsored Spanish colonization that relied on coerced Native labor was called

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encomienda

Question 26

Which is an accurate definition of the Columbian Exchange?

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The exchange of new plants, animals, & diseases between hemispheres.

Question 27

Which region(s) supplied the most SUGAR to feed the 'sweet tooth' of the world circa 1450-1750 C.E.?

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The Caribbean & Brazil

Question 28

Which region(s) supplied the most COTTON, SPICES, & SILK to the world market circa 1450-1750 C.E.?

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South & Southeast Asia

Question 29

What was a unique innovation of The Netherlands and England to unit 4 economics?

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mercantilist joint-stock companies.

Question 30

This image shows 6 years in the nearly 400 year Atlantic slave trade. What was NOT an effect of this trade?

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Fossil fuel burning increased to power steam engines for labor.

Question 31

Look carefully at the circled images. These symbols could BEST be used to prove the_______motivation of exploration.

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God (cultural)

Question 32

All of the following statements are true. Which one could you prove with the CULTURAL evidence from the Casta painting?

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Maritime empires used syncretic religions to legitimize their rule.

Question 33

What was NOT a reason for Unit 4 European maritime exploration and empire building?

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Europe wanted to rely on the Ottoman Empire for its trade.

Question 34

Which transfer between hemispheres would have been MOST responsible for the demographic trend you see after 1500 C.E.?

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Maize (corn), potatoes, & beans from Americas to Afro-Eurasia

Question 35

The Spanish discovered that they could get Asian luxury products in exchange for the SILVER they were mining in

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Andean South America

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