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WHAP Unit 4 (Gimkit/Quizizz)
WHAP Unit 4 (Gimkit/Quizizz)
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1
Hernan Cortes is best known for conquering the Incan Empire.
True
False
2
Which region(s) supplied the most SUGAR to feed the 'sweet tooth' of the world circa 1450-1750 C.E.?
West & Central Africa
Andean South America
Caribbean & Brazil
S & SE Asia
3
Which system was predominantly used in the Americas for agricultural production of sugar, tobacco, & cotton?
Encomienda
Hacienda
Mita
Chattel slavery
4
How are Ana Nzinga's rebellion & Metacom's War similar?
Both were a response to the centralizing of government.
Both were a response to illegal slave trade.
Both were a response to religious oppression.
Both were a response to the expansion of state power.
5
Some African kingdoms (Asante/Kongo) benefitted from relationships with European countries by trading for guns.
False
True
6
Who was the first explorer to sail from Portugal all the way to India?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Diaz
Christopher Columbus
Vasco de Gama
7
What was the demographic impact of the Columbian Exchange on the populations of the Old World?
Drastic increase of East Africans bc of rice
Depopulation bc of migration to the Americas
Increased life expectancy bc of new herbal remedies
Population increase bc of the potato & corn
8
How was racial hierarchy on the North American continent different from racial hierarchy in Spanish Latin America?
Intermarriage amongst diverse groups was LESS common
Native Americans were preferred laborers over other groups
Intermarriage amongst diverse groups was MORE common
Europeans formed a minority of the population
9
What is the best explanation for the demographic trend you see in this chart?
European guns & cannons killed many Mesoamericans.
Mesoamerican chinampas were replaced with European field agriculture.
Smallpox, measles, & malaria killed 90% of Mesoamerican peoples.
There were a large number of migrants from Iberia to Mesoamerica.
10
Why was Portugal unable to maintain their large trading post empire?
Their navy was overpowered by the British navy.
They did not charge enough taxes to pay for their trading posts.
They expanded their territory in Africa
Their population was too small to support that large network.
11
Which region did NOT contribute navigation technologies that 15th century Europeans relied on?
S Asia
E Asia
The Americas
Middle East
12
The triangle of trade where slaves, raw materials and finished good like guns were traded on which ocean?
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Indian
13
Who was the first explorer to sail around the tip of Africa?
Bartholomew Diaz
Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Vasco de Gama
14
The growth of maritime trade resulted in decrease competition between European nations.
True
False
15
This previously Incan labor system relied on indigenous laborers to silver mine
Mita
Encomienda
Hacienda
Chattel slavery
16
Indigenous & African cultures often blended with Christianity to create new forms such as Santeria, Vodun, etc.
False
True
17
Which of the following systems was used by the Spanish to force natives into working in exchange for protection?
Mita
Encomienda
Chattel slavery
Hacienda
18
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world was the
Middle Passage
Columbian Exchange
Treaty of Tordesillas
Triangular Trade
19
Which transfer between hemispheres would have been MOST responsible for the demographic trend you see after 1500?
Chilies, cacao, & tobacco from Americas to Afro-Eurasia
Horses, cattle, & pigs from Afro-Eurasia to Americas
Sugar, bananas, & coffee from Afro-Eurasia to Americas
Maize (corn), potatoes, & beans from Americas to Afro-Eurasia
20
What kind of relationship did the French have with the new world?
Good relationship with natives, but were not involved in resource trading.
Created long term permanent settlements and clashed with natives.
Rarely made permanent settlements. Involved in the fur trade.
Created long term settlements in Latin America in search of silver.
21
Mercantilism is...
eco policy that trade should benefit mother ctry & more exports than import
new social hierarchy system in the New World
eco policy that wealth should be shared btw mother country & colony
22
Who was the first European monarch to finance exploration?
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Diaz
23
The Dutch gained control of Indonesia & maintained control with the usage of joint stock companies.
True
False
24
All of the following are key navigational technologies during this period EXCEPT
Magnetic Compass
Printing Press
Fluyt
Caravel
25
Many Europeans came to the new world in search of silver, but what crop kickstarted triangular trade?
Tobacco
Sugar
Tea
Cotton
26
Many Europeans began exploring in search of what?
The New World
The Northwest Passage from Europe and Asia.
Silver in Latin America
Indigenous people to exploit
27
The Treaty of Tordesillas established colonization opportunities for Spain in the East & Portugal in the West.
True
False
28
To which location was the greatest number of enslaved Africans transported?
Portuguese Brazil
English 13 Colonies
Dutch Indonesia
Spanish Mexico
29
Africa experienced a demographic shift resulting in: 1. more women than men & 2. a population increase
True
False
30
Which of the following is the best CONTEXT for the rise of Maritime Empires?
New navigational technology allowed sea trade/exploration on a larger scale
The fall of the Ming dynasty opened up the East to trade with the West
Vikings reaching the new world increased trade
Limited trade in the Indian Ocean allowed Europeans to take control
31
How did the Unit 4 European Empires MOST differ from earlier land-based empires of Units 1, 2, & 3?
They were the first to try to culturally convert people.
They were the first to transmit diseases between regions.
Merchants were involved for the first time in these empires.
They were built by maritime conquest of regions oceans away
32
Which of the following are characteristics of many trading post empires?
Did not control huge amounts of land
Established by large land based empires
Controlled large chunks of land
33
In the mid-16th c. both Japan and Ming China began what?
Encouraging new religions like Christianity
Centralizing their governments
Opening their borders to drastically increase trade with Europe
Following more isolationist policies
34
The "casta system" was
a type of imperial bureaucracy.
an economic system.
a racially based social hierarchy.
a Latin American card game.
