Chapter 14-15 Test – Flashcards
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Which statement best summarizes Portuguese discoveries?
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They sailed to India by going around the coast of Africa.
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Who controlled trade between Asia and Europe in the 1400s?
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Arabs and Italians
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What critical mistake did Columbus make when he left Spain in 1492?
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He greatly underestimated the Earth's size
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Which statement best describes Ferdinand Magellan?
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The expedition he commanded circled the globe
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What was the Line of Demarcation?
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a line drawn by the pope that divided the non-European world
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For what is King Affonso I known?
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He appealed to Europeans to stop the slave trade
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How did Europeans usually obtain slaves?
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They exchange Europeans goods for slaves
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In the 1400s, the Portuguese established a major presence
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on the coasts of Africa
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The Boers were
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Dutch farmers
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Who was Osei Tutu?
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the powerful king of the Asante
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Which statement describes the Mughal empire before 1700?
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It was larger and richer than any country in Europe
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How did the Dutch East India Company come to dominate Asian trade?
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It had soveriegn powers
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The first European country to gain a foothold in Asia was
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Portugal
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A key link in the Spanish overseas trading empire was
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the Philippines
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As the Mughal empire weakened, who fought for control of India?
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the British and the French
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Unlike China and Korea, Japan at first
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welcomed European traders
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Which statement describes the Qing dynasty?
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It rejected contact with Europeans
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In the early 1600s, Ming China was conquered by
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the Manchus
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Why did Chinese traders demand payment for their goods in gold or silver?
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European trading goods were inferior to Chinese goods.
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In the late 1500s and early 1600s, Korea was invaded by
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both the Manchus and Japan.
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What is an estimate of the number of Africans that probably died in passage to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade?
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2 million
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Widespread inflation struck Europe in the mid-1500s due to the increasing amounts of
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silver and gold from the Americas
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At the top of Spanish colonial society were the
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peninsulares
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The conquistador who added the lands of the present-day countries of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile to the Spanish empire was
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Francisco Pizarro.
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Francisco Pizarro was the conquistador who defeated
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the Inca
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How did the Taino offend the Spanish?
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They did not pay proper respect to Christian symbols
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With whom did Hernan Cortes arrange alliances?
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the enemies of the Aztecs
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What was the attitude of the Spanish towards the Aztecs religion?
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They did not like it and tried to convert the Aztecs to Christianity
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What was one way in which Native Americans resisted the Spanish conquest of South America?
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They preserved many aspects of their own culture.
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The encomienda system was used to
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force Native Americans to work.
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Two social groups that reflected the mixing of population were the
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mestizos and the mulattoes.
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Spanish priest Bartolome de Las Casas
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protested the mistreatment of Native Americans
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An area of South America that was not controlled by the Spanish was the
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Portuguese colony in Brazil
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To the Spanish, gaining land was as important as
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spreading Christianity
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Compared with the French and Spanish colonists, the English colonists
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enjoyed more self-government
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What activity turned around the English colony at Jamestown?
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growing and exporting tobacco
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What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
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It set guidelines for governing the Plymouth colony.
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The most important economic activity in New France was
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for trapping and trading
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What was one result of the French and Indian War?
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It ensured British dominance in North America
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The term floating coffins refers to
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slave ships
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The biggest threat to captives on slave ships was
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disease
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The first European nation to get involved with the slave trade was
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Spain
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On the first leg of the international trade network,
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Europeans transported goods to Africa.
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What was the effect of the Atlantic slave trade?
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It helped colonial economies
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What did cities such as Bristol, England; Nantes, France; and Newport, Rhode Island, have in common?
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They grew prosperous because of the triangular trade
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Colonies were important in the mercantile system because they
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provided natural resources and markets
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One result of the "putting-out" system was the
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weakening of the guild system
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The main goal of tariffs was to
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protect local industries.
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The Columbian Exchange refers to the
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flow around the world of new plants, animals, and people.
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Which was a cause of the global population explosion?
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the dispersal of new crops from the Americas.
