Chapter 14 Quiz

The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the

Production of sugar

Which of the following distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?

Slave status was associated with race

How did the slave trade affect African states?

Some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade

Which of the following is true of slavery in the pre-modern Islamic world?

Some slaves acquired prominent military or political status

What was one main difference between how the British East India Company operated in Mughal India and how the Dutch East India Company operated in what is now Indonesia?

The British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers while the Dutch established control through conquest and colonization

What was one main difference between the Spanish colonization of the Philippines and the Portuguese strongholds in the Indian Ocean basin?

The Spanish converted Filipinos to Christianity while the Portuguese often blended into the local populations

Which describes the role Europeans played in the economy of the early modern era?

They were essentially middlemen funneling American silver to Asia

the map above illustrates which of the following?

predominant areas of origin and destination of African slaves on the 15th through 19th cenutries

all of the following resulted from the growth of Atlantic slave trade in Africa except

the exclusion of Africa from the emerging global market

which of the following is beset concluded about slavery in British North America from the graph above and knowledge of the period?

the increase in the number of slaves reflected a probable increase in the demand for plantation laborers

which of the following developments in the early modern period provided incentives for Europeans to go into the fur trade?

the middle passage

what did the Portuguese do after they established sea routed to the Indian Ocean>

they conquered several strategic port cities

which of the following was an incentive for the Portuguese to find a direct sea route to Asia?

to circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on Indian Ocean trade

Which of the following describes an effect of the European presence in the Indian Ocean on existing Asian commercial networks?

Europeans created a network that became just one among a number of thriving Asian commercial networks

Which of the following describes an effect of the silver trade on Spain?

It enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambitions in Europe and the Americas

Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America?

It generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans

Which of the following was a result of the fur trade in North America in the early modern period?

The dependence of Native Americans on European trade goods

The emergence of Japan as a major source of silver production in the 16th century contributed to

The end of civil war and the unification of Japan

How did the decision by the Chinese state require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy?

The value of silver around the world skyrocketed

How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the early 17th century?

They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch

which of the following describes the experiences of some women in Africa in the early modern era>

a few women had access to political power

which of the following was a major change in global patterns of religious beliefs and practices in the period 1450-1750 ce?

adherents of monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Islam increased both in number and in geographic scope as as result of conquest, trade, and missionary activities

which of the following was long term impact of vasco de gama's voyage to India in 1498?

it led to the integration of European merchants into the Indian Ocean economy

a historian researching the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the period 1600-1800 would find which of the following sources most useful for determining patterns in the points of origin, the destination, and the numbers of slaves involved in the trade?

records of cargoes of Spanish and British ships in the trans-Atlantic trade

the first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in

silver

the transfer which of the following as a part of the Colombian Exchange had the greatest effect on human migration patterns before 1800?

sugarcane

the most common destination in the Americas for West African slaves was

the Carribbean and Brazil

which of the following best illustrates the argument described in the passage above?

Amerindians were killed in large numbers by diseases such as smallpox and measles

Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450 to 1750?

By force of arms