Unit III (1450-1750)
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
1.
The chart above shows that:
A. Silver tended to “flow” from Asia to Western Europe.
B. Silver exports from Japan exceeded those of the New World.
C. Silver production in the New World decreased from the 16th to the
18th century.
D. China was the final destination for much of the silver produced
from the 16th to the 18th century.
E. Manila was the world’s leading consumer of silver bullion.
D
2. Which reason did not contribute to the
Netherlands becoming an economic success in
the 1600s?
a. rational economic behavior brought about by
Calvinism.
b. the development of more efficient merchant
ships.
c. conveniently located deposits of iron.
d. immigration of Spanish dominion refugees.
e. government policies that promoted trade.
C
3. A comparison of maritime voyages of the Europeans in
the late 15th and 16th centuries with the voyages
China’s Zheng He illustrates:
A.
the larger and more technologically superior fleets
that the Europeans could muster in the 15th century
B. Europeans had a greater capacity for overseas
expansion than the Chinese did at the same time
C. there was more incentive and long-term support
among Europeans for exploration and overseas trade.
D. importance of the support of the scholar-gentry for
maritime voyages in China.
E. impact of nomads on China in terms of creating a
need to find alternative trade routes.
C
4.
Which of the following products had a
significant impact on the Chinese economy
during the Ming era?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Sweet potatoes
Firearms
Clocks
Textile looms
Livestock
A
5. Improvements in ocean travel between 1400
and 1700 included all the following except:
a. the compass.
b. square sail.
c. lateen sail.
d. astrolabe.
e. chronometer.
E
6.
A.
How did the territorial expansion in Spanish
America and Brazil differ from that in the United States
and Canada?
The experiences were identical; land was taken from
natives and given to newcomers
B. In North America, land was not taken, but purchased
from the natives
C. In South America, land was not taken, but purchased
from the natives
D. In North America, land went to small farmers; in
South America it went to large estate owners.
E. In South America, natives retained control of the
land; in North America land was taken from the
natives.
D
7.
A.
B.
C.
What did not motivate early French
settlers in North America?
Profits from the European market for furs
Religious persecution in France
The opportunity to develop sugar
plantations
D. Discoveries of silver and gold
E.
Desire to buy spices from their source.
E
8.
We are crushed to the ground; we lie in ruins.
There is nothing but grief and suffering…
Have you grown weary of your servants?
Are you angry with your servants, O Giver of Life?
This example was most likely stated by
A. a Russian serf
B. a Chinese wife
C. an Aztec warrior
D. a Brahmin
E. a Portuguese trader
C
9. The Dutch established themselves in the East
Indies by
A.
carefully arranging treaties with local tribal
leaders
B.
promising free trade to any interested traders
in the region
C. destroying competitors in order to monopolize
the spice trade
D. destroying pirates in the region and protecting
the security of all
E.
allying with local Chinese merchants
C
10. During the Age of Absolutism (1600s and
1700s), European monarchies sought to
A.
B.
C.
increase human rights for their citizens.
centralize political power in their nations.
develop better relations with Muslim
rulers.
D. encourage the growth of corporate
farmers.
E.
Decentralize power so that it was shared
among the nobles.
B
11. What was the demographic impact of the slave trade on
Africa?
A.
The slave trade exported millions, but the loss was made
up as a result of the natural reproduction of the Africans.
B. Population in Africa seems to have grown at a higher
than average rate.
C. The slave trade had the impact of skewing the population
of central Africa in favor of a disproportional number of
women.
D. As a result of the slave trade, the population of Africa
was only 1/3 of what it would have been without the
export of men & women.
E. Because men were stronger, they tended to avoid capture
and made up a high percentage of central Africa's
population.
C
12.
A.
B.
In the 16th century, the Reformation led to
increasing peace and stability in Europe
religious warfare between Protestants and
Catholics
C. greater support for the Church among all
Christians
D. attacks on Christianity and beliefs in God
E.
widespread secularization
B
Mosque in Istanbul dedicated to Mehmet
St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
13. The Islamic and Catholic centers of worship of the 15th and 16th centuries
suggest all of the following EXCEPT
A. Similar architectural and engineering styles were used by both Europe
and the Ottoman Empire.
B. Use of geometric design was a common feature
C. Islam produced monumental forms while the Catholic Church preferred
modest, humble structures.
D. Both borrowed from classical using arches and domes.
E. Both represent demonstrations of power and influence in their societies.
A
14. Why did an increasing number of countries
in Europe function more like nation-states
beginning in the 1600s?
A.
B.
C.
Feudalism became more widespread.
Politics began to decentralize.
State institutions, especially bureaucracies,
central banks, and armed forces, strengthened.
D. Populations became more heterogeneous.
E. none of the above
C
15. Which of the following was NOT true regarding
disease in the New World?
A.
B.
C.
The Natives lacked immunities
Caused a severe decline in native population
The diseases picked up by the Europeans in the
New World were equally as devastating
D. They undermined the natives ability to resist
settlement
E. Some diseases arrived in settlements before
the Europeans themselves arrived.
C
16. Spain's principal reason for colonization in
the New World was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
economic profit
conversion of Native Americans
scientific curiosity
strategic advantage
desire of Spanish to settle new lands
A
17. Why didn’t the Italian states take a lead in
exploring the Atlantic?
A.
Italy lacked warm water access and seafaring
technology.
B. Their division into many city/states made it
difficult for them to agree on one set course of
action
C. The trading states of Venice and Genoa
preferred its system of alliances with the
Muslims.
D. Fear of the earth being flat
E. Weren't concerned with profit as other regions
C
18. “In time of peace I can give you as complete
satisfaction as anyone else in architecture, in the
construction of buildings both public and private, and
in the conducting of water from place to place…Also, I
can execute sculpture in marble, bronze or clay, and
also painting, in which my work will stand comparison
with that of anyone else, whoever he may be.”
Who was most likely to have said this?
A. Donatello
B. Michelangelo
C. Hans Holbein
D. Raphael
E. Leonardo
B
19. Westernization of Russia came about
largely through the
A. efforts of Peter the Great and his successors.
B. invasion of Russia by Sweden.
C. desire of the United States to seek new
markets.
D. invasion of Russia by the Mongols.
E. acceptance of the policies of the Eastern
Orthodox Church.
A
20. An observation that could be made about
the Ottoman Empire in the 1400s and 1500s is
that the empire
A. had control over the Indian sub-continent.
B. originated in Hungary.
C. had a strategic location between Europe and
Asia.
D. was totally landlocked.
E. had control over most of Western Europe.
C
21. A lasting impact of Latin American preColumbian civilizations was that these cultures
A. influenced art and architecture of later societies.
B. created a unified culture that resisted European
rule.
C. encouraged social mobility.
D. developed a complex system of trade with
Europe.
E. developed the first representative democracies in
Latin America.
A
22. According to the theory of mercantilism,
colonies should be
A. acquired as markets and sources of raw
materials.
B. considered an economic burden to the
colonial power.
C. allowed to trade freely with other powers.
D. granted independence as soon as possible.
E. encouraged to develop their own industries.
A
23. Which of the following represents a
similarity between the Ottomans and the
Safavids?
A) Both recruited regiments from slave boys.
B) Each empire extended their territories into
eastern Europe.
C) Both empires lacked substantial non-Muslim
minorities.
D) Both empires had their geographical origins
in Anatolia.
E) Leaders of both empires wrote in Persian.
D
24. “It is certain that, when the money rattles in the
chest, avarice and may be increased, but the
effect of intercession of the Church depends on
the will of God alone…”
Who was most likely to have said this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Martin Luther
Mohammed
Pope Gregory
St. Benedict
Suleiman the Magnificent
A
25. The correct sequence of events is:
a. The Enlightenment, Reformation, Scientific
Revolution and Industrial Revolution.
b. The Reformation, Scientific Revolution,
Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution.
c. The Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution,
Scientific Revolution and Reformation.
d. The Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment,
Reformation, and Industrial Revolution.
e. The Industrial Revolution, Reformation, Scientific
Revolution, and Enlightenment.
B
26. Which of the following was NOT a part of the
triangular trade system?
A.
The so-called Middle Passage that brought
slaves to the Americas
B. Colonial raw materials that went directly to
Asia
C. European manufactured goods that went to
Africa
D. Slaves traded for raw materials in the Americas
E. Raw materials sent back to Europe from the
Americas
B
27. The order of emergence for these African
empires is:
a. Ghana, Songhay, Mali, the Kongo
b. Kongo, Ghana, Mali, the Songhay
c. Ghana, Songhay, Mali, the Kongo
d. Mali, Songhay, Ghana, the Kongo
e. Ghana, Mali, Songhay, the Kongo
E
28. The Magna Carta (1215) and the Bill of
Rights (1689) determined the English right to:
a. a limited monarchy.
b. religious toleration.
c. a laissez faire economy.
d. universal suffrage.
e. divine right of kings.
A
29. “…since this law is the highest, the noblest, the
most sacred, and especially the most suitable to
have kings reign absolutely over the people…”
This quotation is an example of
A. Constitutionalism
B. Socialism
C. Monarchism
D. Absolutism
E. Democracy
D
30. Which of the following represents an impact
of the Mongol control of Russia?
A. urbanization
B. increasing significance of Roman Catholicism
C. mass conversion from Eastern Orthodoxy to
Islam
D. rise of Moscow’s power
E. closer links with the West
D
31. What most aided Hernan Cortes in his conquest
of the Aztec Empire?
A. Popular belief that Montezuma was Quetzalcoatl
returned to earth
B. The decayed state of the Aztec capital of
Tenochtitlan
C. Belief that the spread of smallpox was due to
supernatural forces
D. Resentment towards the Aztecs by many
Amerindians
E. The large size of Cortes’ army
D
32. The chief positive European contribution to
the Americas as part of the "Columbian
Exchange" was
A) bullion.
B) disease.
C) large domesticated animals.
D) slavery.
E) high-calorie plants that provided new sources
of nutrition.
C
33. The initiative for Western exploration came
first from the kingdom of
A) England.
B) Spain.
C) France.
D) Sicily.
E) Portugal.
E
34. In Latin America during the early period of
Spanish colonialism, the deaths of large numbers
of native people led to
A. a decline in Spanish immigration to the Americas.
B. the removal of most Spanish troops from the
Americas.
C. a decline in Spanish immigration to the interior of
the Americas
D. the importation of slaves from Africa.
E. improved health care in the colonies.
D
35. Africans trading slaves with Europeans most
often preferred to receive in return
A. beads and blankets.
B. rum and horses.
C. gold and ivory.
D. porcelain and silks.
E. guns and textiles.
E
36. One of the most significant impacts of
sugarcane production on global economies
was
A. Widespread deterioration in diet and
nutrition.
B. The increased demand for slave labor
C. Increased demand for tea and coffee
D. Increased demand for other luxury goods,
such as porcelain
E. All of the above.
B
37. How was Japan reunified by 1615?
(A)The emperor reasserted his power.
(B) It was forced to unify against outside
invaders from Europe.
(C) Its politicians settled their disputes for
largely economic reasons.
(D) Three politician-warlords used both force
and diplomacy to reunite the country.
(E) none of the above
D
38. Which statement describes an impact that the
Columbian Exchange had on the lives of Europeans?
A.
The transfer of Africans to Europe supported the
developments that led to the Industrial Revolution.
B. New diseases were brought to Europe and resulted
in massive deaths caused by a plague.
C. Native Americans immigrated to Europe and
competed with Europeans for jobs.
D. Cross-cultural contacts between South America and
Asia declined.
E. The transfer of new products and ideas encouraged
economic growth.
E
39. A change to the cultural and economic well
being of the Amerindian culture of North
America brought by Europeans was:
a. the introduction of weaving.
b. the introduction of sugar and tobacco
growing.
c. the introduction of horses.
d. the introduction of farming and herding.
e. the introduction of mining for precious
metals.
C
40. During the 18th century, European wars became
increasingly mercantilist. That means
A.
merchants became soldiers and fought against
each other
B. countries fought each other as they pursued
colonies and control of trade routes.
C. economic warfare took place at the negotiating
table, not on the battlefield
D. state funding for wars depended on the
support of merchants
E. wars were fought between rival trading
companies rather than between states
B