Ch. 17-18 Quiz - You are a great test taker!
1.
Sailing in the Indian Ocean was less difficult and dangerous than other places because
a. it was shallow.
b. the monsoon winds were predictable.
c. there was less wind.
d. it isn't an ocean, but rather a large salt water lake.
e. the water was boiling hot like the Atlantic
2. Most High and Mighty Sovereigns,
In the first place, as regards the Island of Espanola: Inasmuch as the number of colonists who desire to go thither
amounts to two thousand, owing to the land being safer and better for farming and trading, and because it will serve
as a place to which they can return and from which they can carry on trade with the neighboring islands:
1. That in the said island there shall be founded three or four towns, situated in the most convenient places. . .
2. That for the better and more speedy colonization of the said island, no one shall have liberty to collect gold in it
except those who have taken out colonists' papers...
4.That there shall be a church, and parish priests or friars to administer the sacraments, to perform divine worship,
and for the conversion of the Indians.
5. That none of the colonists shall go to seek gold without a license from the governor… of the town where he lives;
and that he must first take oath to return to the place whence he sets out, for the purpose of registering faithfully all
the gold he may have found. . . to render account and show the quantity of said gold…
6. That all the gold thus brought in shall be smelted immediately, and stamped with some mark that shall distinguish
each town; and that the portion which belongs to your Highnesses shall be weighed, and given and consigned to each
governor in his own town. . . so that it shall not pass through the hands of only one person. . . and there shall he no
opportunity to conceal the truth.
7. That all gold that may be found without the mark of one of the said towns in the possession of any one who has
once registered in accordance with the above order shall be taken as forfeited, and that the accuser shall have one
portion of it and your Highnesses the other…
Columbus’ Letter to the King and Queen
of Spain, 1494
The passage from Columbus above suggests which of the following?
(A)The Spanish were interested in acquiring as much land as possible in the new world.
(B) The Spanish were interested in the new world for its bullion (precious minerals).
(C) The Spanish were interested in the new world as a place to spread Catholicism.
(D) The Spanish were interested in the new world as a place to engage in the slave trade.
Key Concept 4.3.II.C Theme: Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems.
3.
What two nations began a maritime revolution in the 15th century that profoundly altered the course of
world history?
a. Portugal and Spain
b. Germany and Russia
c. England and France
d. all of these
e. China and Japan
4.
Why didn't the Italian states take a lead in exploring the Atlantic?
a. Italy lacked warm water access and seafaring technology.
b. The ships of the Mediterranean were ill suited to the Atlantic.
c. The trading states of Venice and Genoa preferred a system of alliances with the Muslims.
d. Both b and c
She will endeavor to reform the administration of justice and to invigorate the laws; but her policies will
be based on Machiavellianism; and I should not be surprised if in this field she rivals the king of Prussia. She
will adopt the prejudices of her entourage regarding the superiority of her power and will endeavor to win
respect not by the sincerity and probity [integrity] of her actions but also by an ostentatious display of her
strength. Haughty as she is, she will stubbornly pursue her undertakings and will rarely retrace a false step.
Cunning and falsity appear to be vices in her character; woe to him who puts too much trust in her.
~French diplomat writing home about Catherine the Great, 18th Century
5.
The tone of the diplomat’s letter is:
(A) Scornful
(B) Admiring
(C) Warning
(D) Threatening
KC: 4.3.I Theme: State-Building Expansion and Conflict Skill: Historical Interpretation
6.
Prince Henry of Portugal was known as Henry the Navigator because he
a. devoted his life to promoting exploration.
b. was the first person to round the Cape of Good Hope.
c. designed the compass.
d. discovered America.
e. all of these
7.
The Europeans needed a powerful, maneuverable and quick ship that would take them to the Indian
Ocean and beyond in the 15th and 16th century. Which of these ships did they choose for that duty?
a. caravel
b. junk
c. dhow
d. skiff
8.
The image to the left is entitled “The Portuguese
Armada” by an unknown Portuguese artist from 1507
illustrates innovations in ship design that allowed
Portugal to participate in and disrupt trade. Which of
the following regional trade networks would be affected
by the creation of a trading post empire by Portugal?
a)
b)
c)
d)
9.
Central Asian Silk routes
Eastern Mediterranean sea routes
Routes of Oceania and Polynesia
Indian Ocean Trade routes
The first financial return from the Portuguese voyages came from
a. the slave trade.
b. the spice trade.
c. the gold trade.
d. the silk trade.
e. all of the above.
10.
The rulers of Benin of West Africa limited their contact with the Portuguese by
a. declining offers to receive missionaries.
b. All of these
c. closing the market in male slaves.
d. refusing to accept Catholicism
11.
A big difference between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire was
a. Spanish Empire was mainly a territorial empire while the Portuguese was a trading empire.
b. Spanish Empire was mainly a trading empire while the Portuguese was a territorial empire.
c. the motives of the Portuguese Empire were economic only.
d. the motives of the Spanish were religious only.
e. all of the above.
12. Who sailed around Africa and reached India first?
a. Columbus
b. Bartolomeu Dias
c. Vasco de Gama
d. Ferdinand Magellan
13. Which sentence best describes the Portuguese relationship with Africans?
a. Some Africans welcomed the Europeans as potential allies, others viewed them as rivals or
enemies.
b. Nearly all Africans viewed the Europeans as rulers.
c. It never really developed after a few initial visits.
d. The Portugese quickly took over complete political control of the area.
e. It was tight like two homies chillin’ in a crib
Ac. Both a. and c.
Ad. Both d. and e.
True (a.) or False (b.)
14. After Columbus found a new route to “India”, Portugal and Spain agreed to split the world between them
and the Treaty of Tordesillas was negotiated in which lands east of the line would be Portugal’s and lands west
of the line would be Spanish.
15. The Spanish were able to erect a vast land empire in the Americas very quickly – which of the following is
NOT a reason why.
a. the long isolation from the rest of humanity made the Americas vulnerable to new diseases.
b. Spain had superior military technology such as canons, horses, and armor.
c. Spain’s previous “successful” pattern of conquest had already been established in the Spanish
conquest of Grenada.
d. Spain broke the large Aztec and Inca empires into smaller groups never actually being
outnumbered in any one battle.
16.
The economic prosperity of the papacy allowed the popes to
a. build larger armies to fight the Ottoman Empire.
b. build hospitals to aid plague victims.
c. make large donations to the poor of Russia.
d. build magnificent new cathedrals, such as Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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17.
The movement that began with the rejection of the Pope's authority and ended with different religious
denominations in Western Europe was
a. the Peasant Movement.
b. the Catholic Reformation.
c. the Protestant Reformation.
d. the Orthodox Reformation.
e. a long journey that began with a single step.
18.
As merchants profits increased and governments collected more taxes in the 1500’s, funding for the
visual and performing arts increased even more which resulted in:
a. The Enlightenment period
b. the Renaissance
c. Spanish Inquisition
d. Increased deforestation
e. new navigational equipment and shipping practices
19.
Constitutionalism was a theory of government that
a. elected rulers with absolute power.
b. only allowed for Houses of Parliament.
c. did not allow a monarchy.
d. specified limits to rulers' power.
e. relied on the constitutionality of constitutional law and constitutional precedent in a constitutional kind
of way.
20.
Map by German Cartographer Martin Waldseemuller, 1507
Which of the following is the BEST explanation for the difference in the two maps above?
(A) Unification of German kingdoms allowed a unified state to sponsor voyages that ventured further around the
world compared with previous Italian expeditions.
(B) The Invention of the printing press allowed German cartographers to create the world’s first paper maps.
(C) By building on knowledge from the classical, Islamic, and Asian worlds, European cartographers
constructed new maps reflecting new discoveries by explorers.
(D) Admiral Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty undertook several voyages in the Indian Ocean which were
documented and shared with European cartographers.
21.
How did European rulers pay their large war expenses?
a. All of these
b. By making alliances with the rising commercial elites and protecting markets overseas
c. By warring only with countries with large treasuries
d. By enforcing high taxes on Jews and Muslims
22.
In the seventeenth century, what newly unified state was the world's greatest trading nation?
a. Italy
b. France
c. England
d. Netherlands
e. Spain
23.
Unlike other places in the world, marriage patterns in early modern Europe often involved
a. marrying older and having smaller families.
b. marrying younger and having larger families.
c. a high rate of infant mortality.
d. a freer choice of one's marriage partner instead of an arranged marriage.
e. both b. and c.
ab. Both a. and d.
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Source A:
“326,733 ½ lb. (pounds) of Malacca pepper; 52 chests of Korean and Japanese porcelain; 660 lb.
of Japanese copper; 241 pieces of fine Japanese lacquer work; 603 bales of Persian silks; 1,155
lb. of raw Chinese silk; 199,800 lb. of unrefined sugar.”
--Dutch East India Company, Amsterdam Customs Manifest, June 27, 1634
Source B:
“For never any country traded so much and consumed so little; They are the great masters of
Asian spices and of the Persian silks; but wear plain woolens, and feed upon their own fish and
roots…in short, they furnish infinite luxury, which they never practice, and traffic in pleasures
which they never taste.”
-- Sir William Temple, On Trade of the Dutch Republic, 1670
24. Based on both of the above sources, what would be the best inference a historian could make about the way
the Dutch East India Company changed the Netherlands over time?
A) The Netherlands came to view the people of Asia as their social equals.
(B) The Dutch grew richer because of a positive balance of trade with Asian markets.
(C) The Dutch King gradually assumed total control over the government of the Netherlands.
D) The religion of the Netherlands became more accepting of foreign belief systems.
25.
The Scientific Revolution demonstrated that the workings of the universe could be explained by
a. the will of God.
b. the alignment of the planets.
c. the temperatures in the hemispheres.
d. natural causes.
e. the enlightenment provided by the morning announcements
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26. Many religious and intellectual leaders viewed the new science with suspicion, as shown by
a. the exile of Newton.
b. the execution of Lavoisier.
c. the Church’s condemnation of Galileo.
d. the election of Voltaire.
e. Sherlock Holmes investigation into the “mystery”
27.
The belief that humans could understand social behavior using reason and that philosophe’s could
inspire revolutions was characteristic of
a. the Scientific Revolution.
b. the Renaissance
c. the Industrial Revolution.
d. the Enlightenment.
28.
The writings of John Locke challenged
a. the theory of universal gravitation.
b. the absolute authority of kings.
c. the Edict of Nantes.
d. the idea that society was ruled by rational laws.
29.
29. The map above BEST explains which of the following about global interaction in the transition from the
fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries?
(A) The importance of the silk routes as an engine of global trade declined as Eurasian civilizations sponsored
transoceanic voyages.
(B) Connections between the Eastern and Western hemispheres were established for the first time resulting in
the transfer of foods and crops known as the Columbian exchange.
(C) Eurasian interest in African trading posts as a source of slave laborers for cash crop plantations emerged
and accelerated global migrations.
(D) Previously established regional trading networks in the Indian Ocean were connected in new ways to
emerging Eurasian markets.
30. Which of the following is true of the merchant class during the time period 1450-1750?
A. In Europe, merchants enjoyed prestige and privilege that previously had been enjoyed only by the
nobility.
B. In China, merchants quickly became one of the most respected classes in the social hierarchy.
C. In India, the development of the merchant class undermined the caste system.
D. In Africa, merchants disappeared as the slave trade grew.
31. All of the following were reasons for the European interest in finding a maritime trade route EXCEPT
A) the spread of the bubonic plague made the silk roads more dangerous.
B) Mongol domination had caused trade along the Silk Roads to stop.
C) the high prices charged by Muslim merchants.
D) the demand in Europe for items such as Indian pepper and Chinese ginger.
E) the desire to expand the boundaries of Christianity.
32. “As I know you will be rejoiced at the glorious success that our Lord has given me in my voyage, I write this to tell
you how in thirty-three days I sailed to the Indies with the fleet that the illustrious King and Queen, our
Sovereigns, gave me, where I discovered a great many islands, inhabited by numberless people; and of all I have
taken possession for their Highnesses by proclamation and display of the Royal Standard without opposition….
Another island, I am told, is larger than Hispaniola, where the natives have no hair, and where there is countless
gold; and from them all I bring Indians to testify to this. To speak, in conclusion, only of what has been done
during this hurried voyage, their Highnesses will see that I can give them as much gold as they desire, if they will
give me a little assistance, spices, cotton, as much as their Highnesses may command to be shipped, and mastic
as much as their Highnesses choose to send for, which until now has only been found in Greece, in the isle of
Chios, and the Signoria can get its own price for it; as much lign-aloe as they command to be shipped, and as
many slaves as they choose to send for, all heathens.”
Letter from Christopher Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery (1493)
Based on the passage above, one can assume that Columbus’s primary objective was:
A.
B.
C.
D.
33.
To spread Christianity throughout the world.
To make a profit for the throne.
To gain personal wealth.
To find slaves.
Which of the following contributed to the centralization of European monarchies in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
a. The emergence of talented and able rulers, who governed for long periods of time.
b. Royal authority boosted by limiting the authority of the church.
c. Monarchs promoting national institutions such as standardized languages and political offices.
d. All of the above.
e. All of the above except b.
34.The map represents the maritime empire of the
(A) Portuguese
(B) Spanish
(C) French
(D) British
35.
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement regarding the social class structure in urban
Europe?
a. The contrasts in wealth between the rich and poor were startling.
b. The rich were referred to by the French as the “bourgeoisie.”
c. Wealthy urbanites gained much of their riches from manufacturing, finance, and trade.
d. Rich merchants were often well-connected with the monarchy in a mutually beneficial relationship.
e. the social structure was so multi-tiered that differences were almost indistinquishable (there was little
difference between the classes).
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Connect the people with their accomplishments and/or quotes – not all will be used!:
a. Isaac Newton
b. John Locke
c. Galileo
d. Rousseau
e. Copernicus
ab. Robert Boyle
ac. Voltaire
ad. Montesquieu
36. This man was a satirist and wrote Candide. He also said that “I do not agree with a thing you say, but will
defend to the death your right to say it”.
37. This man believed in the idea that governments corrupted man and that “Man is born free, but everywhere
he is in chains”
38. This man came up with the heliocentric theory that revolutionized science and refuted the ideas of Ptolemy
who stated that the earth was the center of the universe
39. This man influenced the writers of the American constitution when he put forth his theory of separating
governmental powers into three branches in order to maintain “checks” on the balance of power
40. This man said that man was good and that “life, liberty and property” were the natural rights of man