WHAP Exam Review Unit 4 1450-1750 CE

The practice of foot binding

The chief Spanish royal administrators in the Americas were

The Ottoman Empire

The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was

What factors led to the European witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries?

The center of Islamic learning in West Africa was

Which fortified city in southern Africa dominated the gold trade until the late 15th century?

Which empire was inspired by status as an Islamic outpost on the border of the Christian world?

The word ghazi refers to

Islam and Christianity usually spread into sub-Saharan Africa

The power of the viceroys was checked by reviews conducted by 

Both the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment

Enlightenment thought

Which was not one of the main inspirations for European exploration?

The vast majority of slaves

Which of the following was not an action of the Manchus after conquering China?

Which was not an advantage that the English and Dutch had over the Portuguese?

In both Spanish and Portuguese colonies

In 1505 all the Swahili city-states were subdued by

The Protestant Reformation

Most Enlightenment philosophers believed 

In North America, the Europeans initially found a profitable commodity when they bartered for

According to Confucian tradition, the most honorable class was

By 1750, all parts of the world participated in a global trade network except

The Portuguese began to show much more interest in Brazil after

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

The phrase "Son of Heaven" refers to the

As part of the slave trade, the Europeans usually picked up slaves in Africa in return for

In order to take part in the global trade network, Russian merchants went to Serbia for

The conquistadors

System by which unfinished materials were delivered to rural households for production 

Compared to the Spanish Empire, that of the Portuguese

Historians searching for the earliest models of European plantation slavery would need to study

With Africa, the slave trade

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires all originally came from

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires were all

The Columbian Exchange

Sikhism was a syncretic combination of 

The trans-Atlantic slave trade

When the Portuguese first became involved in the slave trade

Plantations created a high demand for

The Netherlands established colonial interests in all of the following areas EXCEPT

European explorations

The European conflict that served as an example of a destructive war was

Akbar's answer to the religious diversity and tension of India was to

Sugar plantations

The Protestant and Catholic reformation were alike in their

In general, the German princes accepted Martin Luther's ideas because of the 

Which of the following states developed constitutional governments in the 17th century?

The term "mestizo" refers to

The most important factor in explaining the Spanish victory over the Aztecs and Incas was the

Compared to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, that of eastern Africa

One of the results of the peace brought by the Tokugawa period was

In early 18th century, the political system where citizens enjoyed greatest amount of self-rule

The nation-state

The English and French engaged in rivalries over territory in

Under Spanish rule, the native population of a colony

As a result of hemispheric trade between 1450 and 1750

Mercantilism

What were the foundations of the Enlightenment?

The first European colony in sub-Saharan Africa was

How did Europeans like Mateo Ricci seek to impress the Chinese?

African kingdoms in the period from 1450 to 1750

The steppe tradition that caused the greatest problem for the Islamic empires was the

Which factor was not one of the reasons for the decline of the Islamic empires?

Central to the belief of Twelver Shiism was the idea that

Both the Russian Empire and Ming China

Ferdinand Magellan established an important trade route between Mexico and

All of the following describe the Scientific Revolution EXCEPT that 

The region with the greatest number of colonial and commercial competitors was

The African slave trade