World History Test 2 MCQ

Why did Silk Road and Trans-Sahara trade decline after 1450?

How did the Columbian exchange effect Europe?

Who funded European colonies?

What was the most important factor in the development of new long-distance commercial patterns in 17th & 18th centuries

Both the Chinese and Aztec Empires

economic system based on the accumulation of gold/silver and a favorable balance of trade

Colonial Merchantilism is the economic system where colonies have complete economic freedom to control themselves.

Which trade routes ran across North Africa?

With the new trade route in the Atlantic ocean... What happens to the Indian ocean trade?

Cultural diffusion is:

How did the Ottomans' control of trade routes and merchandise affect Europeans?

List the Spanish American racial hierarchy from lowest to highest

The Mughal Empire conquered _______ using gunpowder.

Under the system of Merchantilism, what role do one's colonies serve for the mother country

Why would African leaders be willing to sell fellow Africans into European Slavery?

Which area of the world supplied the most manufactured goods between 1500-1700?

Which celebrations are a combination of beliefs of indigenous and Christianim?

What similarity existed between the Ottoman Empire and China governments in 1450-1750?

The combination of Christianity with local indigenous animist beliefs is an example of

Christianity was unable to spread in Asia the same way it spread in the Americas because

What was the biggest result of the Columbian Exchange upon China?

What effect had the creation of sugar plantations in the Americas and Caribbean?

Which process contributed to the emergence of syncretic and new religions in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

This non-European invention helped facilitate exploration from 1450-1750

The explicit goal of Portuguese explorers was to:

What gave the Ottomans an advantage over other empires such as the Byzantines?

A negative effect of the Columbian Exchange on Native Americans was

How did the spread of Islam affect Indian Ocean commerce?

This created a vast global network of exchange

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is an example of syncretism, or