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

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

Why was slavery in Brazil & the Caribbean especially brutal but lucrative?

Sugar was profitable but slaves were worked to death

What's the best definition of "Mercantilism"?

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

Which of the following did Europeans bring to the Americas?

Animals like cattle, pigs, and horses

The "casta system" was

a racially based social hierarchy.

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

technologies from other civilizations were diffused & improved upon.

How did Spain acquire its vast colonies in the Americas?

Columbus and the conquistadors claimed and conquered them

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

Smallpox from the Americas widely infected Europeans

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

Brazil & the Caribbean were major African slave destinations

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

Smallpox, measles, & malaria killed 50-90% of Mesoamerican peoples.

Why was Spain's sponsorship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage in 1519 historically SIGNIFICANT?

It was the first circumnavigation of the entire world.

Which event in the 15th C signaled that the Islamic world held the most power?

Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

How did many Native Ams. in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them 2 Catholicism

They blended their old customs into Catholic practices.

One result of the mixture of Europeans, Africans, and native Americans in colonial America was:

A race-based class system dominated by white Europeans

Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?

They were initiated by maritime expansion.

Which is the correct order of classes in the casta system? (from top to bottom)

Peninsulare, Creole,Mestizo,Indio, Negro

Why did Europeans set up trading post empires in Asia, rather than colonizing as in America?

Strong Asian empires limited Europeans' access

Why did many native Americans support France in the French & Indian War?

The French respected native traditions

Why did so many native Americans die from European diseases like smallpox?

since they had no previous exposure, they had no immunity

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

mercantilist joint-stock companies.

In setting "transoceanic interconnections" in motion, Portugal's primary motivation before 1450 was

To get direct access to the lucrative Indian Ocean trade network

Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, & Britain were the first to expand into the New World

They were on the Atlantic coast & were closer to the Americas

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

An understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the expansion of maritime empires from 1450 to 1750?

Global efforts in support of decolonization

Why did Europeans explore the world during this period?

They sought direct routes to the riches of the East

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

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

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1
All of the following are true of the effects of the slave trade IN Africa. Which was a SOCIAL consequence?
More men were taken as slaves causing imbalances in gender and families.
The population of Africa stagnated even as Eurasia's rapidly grew.
Missionaries brought Christianity into Western and Central Africa.
Some states increased in power because they profited from the trade.
2
Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing & wasn't willing to recognize the offspring
British North America
The Caribbean
Spanish America
colonial Brazil
3
Which region(s) supplied the most SUGAR to feed the 'sweet tooth' of the world circa 1450-1750 C.E.?
The Caribbean & Brazil
South & Southeast Asia
Andean South America
West and Central Africa
4
Why was slavery in Brazil & the Caribbean especially brutal but lucrative?
Rum made slave overseers violent & sadistic
Horrific voodoo rituals were performed on slaves
Sugar was profitable but slaves were worked to death
Work in the cotton and tobacco fields was backbreaking
5
What's the best definition of "Mercantilism"?
An economic system of simple barter in basic commodities between merchants.
An economic system controlling merchants for the benefit of the state.
An economic system where governments promote free trade between merchants.
An economic system that equally distributed the profits of merchant trade.
6
Which region(s) supplied the most COTTON, SPICES, & SILK to the world market circa 1450-1750 C.E.?
Andean South America
West and Central Africa
South & Southeast Asia
The Caribbean & Brazil
7
Which of the following did Europeans bring to the Americas?
Syphilis
Animals like cattle, pigs, and horses
Crops like maize and tomatoes
Advanced pottery techniques
8
This system of early state-sponsored Spanish colonization that relied on coerced Native labor was called
chattel slavery
mit'a
indentured servitude
encomienda
9
The "casta system" was
a racially based social hierarchy.
an economic system.
a type of imperial bureaucracy.
a Latin American card game.
10
The BEST explanation for Europe's ability to make breakthroughs in navigation technologies would be that…
technologies from other civilizations were diffused & improved upon.
all navigation technologies were invented independently in Europe.
they came to them as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
Marco Polo's book had everything Europeans needed to travel Silk Roads.
11
How did Spain acquire its vast colonies in the Americas?
The Aztecs and Incas willingly submitted to Spanish rule
Spain quickly occupied a land with few native inhabitants
Columbus and the conquistadors claimed and conquered them
Spain defeated England and France in the Seven Years War
12
Which of the following WAS NOT part of the Columbian Exchange?
Food of the Americas was transported and grown in Eurasia
Smallpox from the Americas widely infected Europeans
African religious and food culture came to the Americas
Eurasian animals were transported and raised in Americas
13
This map of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade could BEST be used to demonstrate that
Europeans were invading Africa to capture slaves
Brazil & the Caribbean were major African slave destinations
The Ottoman Empire never used African slaves
East Africa was the main source for slaves to the Americas
14
What is the best explanation for the demographic trend you see in this chart?
Mesoamerican chinampas were replaced with European field agriculture.
Smallpox, measles, & malaria killed 50-90% of Mesoamerican peoples.
There were a large number of migrants from Iberia to Mesoamerica.
European guns & cannons killed many Mesoamericans.
15
The empire from Unit 3 that MOST threatened European culture & economy, spurring Portugal et al to explore, was
the Safavids
the Mughals
the Manchu Qing
the Ottomans
16
Why was Spain's sponsorship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage in 1519 historically SIGNIFICANT?
It was the first circumnavigation of the entire world.
It was the first time a European state sponsored a transoceanic voyage.
It was the first exchange of plants and animals between hemispheres.
It was the first time Europeans reached the Western Hemisphere.
17
Which event in the 15th C signaled that the Islamic world held the most power?
The reconquista and it aftermath
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Janissaires
Treaty of Tordesilla
18
How did many Native Ams. in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them 2 Catholicism
They blended their old customs into Catholic practices.
They rejected Catholicism completely & maintained their local culture.
They abandoned their old religions & embraced Catholicism entirely.
They only pretended to be Catholic when Europeans were around.
19
One result of the mixture of Europeans, Africans, and native Americans in colonial America was:
A race-based class system dominated by white Europeans
A society in which all races were treated equally
A culture dominated by African and native American tradition
A growing demand for democracy
20
Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?
They were created by merchants
They spread diseases to conquered peoples.
They were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples
They were initiated by maritime expansion.
21
Which is the correct order of classes in the casta system? (from top to bottom)
Indio, Creole, Peninsulare, Negro, Mestizo
Peninsulare, Creole,Mestizo,Indio, Negro
Peninsulare, Mesitzo,Creole, Negro, Indio
Creole, Mestizo, Peninsulare, Negro, Indio
22
Why did Europeans set up trading post empires in Asia, rather than colonizing as in America?
The Portuguese kept other Europeans out
Strong Asian empires limited Europeans' access
Asia had few products that interested Europeans
Asia was much harder to reach than the Americas
23
Why did many native Americans support France in the French & Indian War?
British fur traders took all the good pelts from the natives
The British were terrible farmers
French farmers shared their crops with the natives
The French respected native traditions
24
Which nation sponsored Da Gama's voyage and claimed the sea route around Africa to India?
Portugal
England
Spain
The Netherlands
25
All the following resulted from the trade routes shown EXCEPT:
Prosperity for Africa
Multicultural societies in the Americas
Better diet worldwide
Great wealth for Europe
26
Which of the following was an INTERNAL challenge to state power?
The Pueblo Revolt
The Fronde
Resistance by enslaved people in the Americas
Ana Nzinga's Rebellion
27
Which of the following policies reflects mercantilist thinking
Encourages free trade
Discouraging exports
Accumulating precious metals
Using slave labor
28
Why did so many native Americans die from European diseases like smallpox?
The natives were infected by their domestic animals
Natives suffered from poor diet and overwork
since they had no previous exposure, they had no immunity
Europeans deliberately infected the natives
29
What was a unique innovation of The Netherlands and England to unit 4 economics?
caravels using lateen sails.
mercantilist joint-stock companies.
colonies in the Americas.
silver-backed currencies.
30
In setting "transoceanic interconnections" in motion, Portugal's primary motivation before 1450 was
To establish new bases on the land-based silk routes
To find a mythical African Christian King named Prestor John
To get African slaves to work on Brazilian sugar plantations
To get direct access to the lucrative Indian Ocean trade network
31
Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, & Britain were the first to expand into the New World
They believed in ancient legends of a lost world across the ocean.
Their land lacked iron, which drove them to search for deposits.
They were on the Atlantic coast & were closer to the Americas
They had a long tradition of exploring distant lands by boat.
32
Which of the following environmental innovations was UNIQUE to the challenges of sailing in the Indian Ocean?
Learning about magnetic poles & latitude to create the astrolabe & compass
Applying paper technology to maritime maps
An understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns
Creating ways that lateen sails could move with square sails.
33
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the expansion of maritime empires from 1450 to 1750?
Increased influence and power of joint-stock companies
Political fragmentation in Africa
Indigenous resistance to foreign powers
Global efforts in support of decolonization
34
Why did Europeans explore the world during this period?
To launch a Crusade against the Muslims by sea
To prove the Vikings had reached North America
To expand scientific knowledge
They sought direct routes to the riches of the East
35
What important new crops did native Americans give the world?
Wheat and sugar
Rice and barley
Tea and coffee
Maize and potatoes
36
What was NOT a reason for Unit 4 European maritime exploration and empire building?
Europe wanted to diffuse Christianity to new territories & peoples.
Europe wanted more luxury products like spices, silk, porcelain, etc.
European monarchs competed with rivals to gain status & wealth.
Europe wanted to rely on the Ottoman Empire for its trade.

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