02-10-25

Question 1

All of the following describe the Atlantic slave system except

Answer 1

the first instance of contact between African and European civilizations.

Question 2

According to mercantilist theory, a national economy could only grow if the home country

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and its colonies were to trade exclusively with each other ,were to forge a trade-tight system of national commerce,imposed navigation laws and tariffs on its colonies.

d.
All of these answers are correct.

Question 3

Conquistadores are best described as

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Spanish adventurers who sought to gain wealth and glory for themselves.

Question 4

Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs?

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A.
European diseases decimated native American tribes.

b.
The Spanish military technology was superior.

c.
There were insurrections among Aztec subject peoples.

d.
All of these answers are correct.
The answer is D

Question 5

Francisco Pizarro was able to conquer the Incas because

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he deceived, captured, and killed the Inca emperor.

Question 6

Bartolomé de Las Casas believed that

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conquest was not necessary for the conversion of Native Americans.

Question 7

Besides the introduction of diseases, the Columbian Exchange affected the people of the Americas by

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a.
increasing the sources of protein in their diet.

b.
introducing animals that could be used for transportation and warfare.

c.
introducing crops that could most efficiently be cultivated by slave labor.

d.
All of these answers are correct.
The answer is D

Question 8

According to an un-named friar, a mita was a

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method of forced labor exacted from the native peoples

Question 9

The responsibility of the Casa de Contratación was to

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regulate trade with the New World

Question 10

The economies of the Spanish colonies in Latin America were dominated by

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mining and ranching.

Question 11

The repartimiento

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required adult male Indians to devote a particular number of days of labor annually to Spanish economic enterprises.

Question 12

The encomienda was a

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grant awarding colonists the right to the labor of Native Americans.

Question 13

The flota system was

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an attempt to regulate Spanish trade in the New World.

Question 14

The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

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divided the empires of Spain and Portugal.

Question 15

Most of the African slaves taken to the New World went to

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sugar plantations in Brazil and the Caribbean.

Question 16

English colonies in North America were different from Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America because they

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were more suspicious of royal power and enjoyed more self-government.

Question 17

The English founded colonies in North America for all of the following reasons except the desire

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to convert Native Americans.

Question 18

Slavery

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a.
became prominent in sub-Saharan Africa only in the 16th century.

b.
was limited to European traders in sub-Saharan Africa.

c.
was not practiced by Islamic states in North Africa.

d.
None of these answers are correct.
ANSWER IS D

Question 19

The occidental slave trade of the Europeans particularly disrupted

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West and Central Africa.

Question 20

The relationship between slave-trading and the general development of trade within Africa was

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unknown to present historians, though the slave trade detracted from economic development overall.

Question 21

The Chinese response to Jesuit priests who attempted to introduce science into their societies was

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general indifference

Question 22

The fundamental similarity between Chinese and Japanese culture in the nineteenth century was based on

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Confucianism

Question 23

Under the Ming dynasty, Chinese population

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grew significantly

Question 24

China’s third commercial revolution was based primarily on

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a.
a surge of population.

b.
the importation of silver.

c.
the relaxation of government controls.

d.
All of these answers are correct.
D IS THE ANSWER

Question 25

In Ming-Qing times, government was characterized by

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an increasingly well-funded and extensive bureaucracy

Question 26

Confucianism in imperial China advocated the idea that

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the state is identified with the family.

Question 27

The Manchu desire to maintain themselves as an ethnically separate elite group can be seen in all of the following policies except the

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movement of the capital from Mukden to Beijing.

Question 28

The mandarins were

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powerful bureaucrats

Question 29

The Ming-Qing foreign policy can best be described as

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aggressive

Question 30

All of the following were economic innovations during the third commercial revolution in China except the

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creation of a national economic system

Question 31

The chief threat to the Ming dynasty were the

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Mongols

Question 32

Zheng He's experiences showed the

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lack of interest in maritime exploration by the Chinese

Question 33

The Japanese Warring States era ended with the

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national unification under the Tokugawa shoguns

Question 34

Vermillion-seal trade" refers to trade

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officially sanctioned by the Japanese ruler.

Question 35

All of the following are reasons Christianity was more accepted in Japan than in China except

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the similar roles played by Japanese and Christian holy figures.

Question 36

Under the Tokugawa, all of the following methods were used to control and to stabilize society except

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the elimination of domains

Question 37

The Chinese influence on Japan, Korea, and Vietnam included all of the following except

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the use of the Chinese alphabet and language

Question 38

The Vietnamese used all of the following Chinese techniques to build their government except

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Legalist principles of law and order.

Question 39

The Nguyen dynasty in 19th century Vietnam

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rejected French influence and adopted elements of Chinese governance.

Question 40

Vietnam's Le Thanh Tong weakened the nobility by

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holding civil service examinations for the selection of officials.

Question 41

Which of the following is true about Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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A.Many states consolidated themselves into stronger, more aggressive political units. b. The economies took their first steps toward industrialization. c. Food supplies stabilized, and population increased. d. All of these answers are correct. ANSWER IS D

Question 42

The Puritans were

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Calvinists who wanted to purify the Anglican church.

Question 43

Parliament readily supported the monarchy of Charles II because of their

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dissatisfaction with Cromwell's Puritan republic

Question 44

Politically, the Glorious Revolution replaced

Answer 44

James II with William and Mary.

Question 45

After his invasion in 1688, William of Orange recognized a Bill of Rights that accomplished all of the following except

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allowing for full religious toleration in England and its empire

Question 46

Which phrase best sums up the spirit of Louis XIV's government?

Answer 46

I am the state"

Question 47

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV led to all of the following except

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the end of the French wars of religion.

Question 48

The French state turned absolutist for all of the following reasons except

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the relative homogeneity of the population in terms of religion and language.

Question 49

A major goal of Peter the Great's reforms was to

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increase the military power of Russia.

Question 50

The German landowning nobility of Prussia was known as the

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Junkers.

Question 51

The ancien regime refers to

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social, economic, and political relationships in France before 1789.

Question 52

Probably the most striking feature of the Old Regime was the

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contrast in the lives and experiences of people in different social ranks.

Question 53

The concept of "family economy" maintained that

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the household was the fundamental unit of production and consumption

Question 54

The innovations that drove the agricultural revolution seem to have originated with

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landlords, whose earnings had increased because their products were valuable to a growing population.

Question 55

The Industrial Revolution started in Britain for all of the following reasons except

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taxation was not especially heavy.

Question 56

The steam engine made possible the

Answer 56

industrialization of many areas of production.

Question 57

In what ways did colonies contribute to the process of industrialization in Britain?

Answer 57

They furnished raw materials for manufacturers and provided a market for British manufactured goods.

Question 58

Henry Cort's rolling mill

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produced iron bars, rails, and other forms from molten metal.

Question 59

Which of the following statements best explains the growing tension between the aristocracy and the middle class?

Answer 59

The aristocracy refused to share power with the middle class.

Question 60

During the early modern period, urban Jews were confined to areas called

Answer 60

ghettos