World Civ II Chapter 13 Test

Was a consequence of the fact that European buyers preferred male slaves:

A gender imbalance in the Americas contributed to the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade

Glorious Revolution

Bloodless and peaceful transfer of power in England 1688-1689

Manila

Capital of the Spanish Philippines and a major multicultural trade city

Was a consequence of the 30 yrs war:

Central Europe's populations and economies did not recover for more than a century

Accurately describes the role of silver in the early 17th century China:

China increasingly relied on the global trading system for silver, making the Chinese economy vulnerable to dislocation

Why did European wars expand into global confrontations:

Conflicts overseas colonies and trade routes replaced earlier regional religious and territorial struggles

Manchus

Conquered the Ming and founded Qing dynasty

The English colonial model in the New World differed from that of the other European states in that it:

Dispossessed native peoples from their lands in order to accommodate a growing English settler population

Treaty of Westphalia

Ended Thirty Years War in 1648; granted right to individual rulers within the Holy Roman Empire to choose their own religion-either Protestant or Catholic

Prevented English monarchs, such as Queen Elizabeth I, from establishing an absolutist regime:

English monarchs were legally required to obtain the consent of Parliament in order to raise funds

Was a consequence of the increasing wealth of European states:

European states grew rich enough to wage almost unceasing wars against one another

What role did Europeans play in the 17th and 18th century slave trade in Africa?

Europeans remained in coastal enclaves, depending on indigenous political and trading networks (such as the Kongo and Asante Kingdoms) to bring slaves to them

English Civil War

Fight between two religious groups, ended with the King being beheaded by Parliament

Chartered Companies

Firms that were awarded monopoly trading rights over vast areas by European monarchs.

By 1789, which country held the richest sugar colony?

France

What was a global effect of the 7 Years' War?

Great Britain emerged as the world's strongest colonial power, making it harder for indigenous people to pit European powers against one another

Was used by Tokugawa Ieyasu to secure relative peace, which lasted for two centuries after his death:

He declared himself shogun and established a hereditary system of succession

True

In general, English colonists had much more antagonistic relationship with Indians in North America than did French colonists

In what way did the Canton system seek to control trade?

It required European traders to have Chinese merchants act as guarantors for their good behavior and payment of fees

Was an effect of the enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the 17th century

Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic markets

What led European countries other than Spain and Portugal to turn to cultivation (farming, plantations, etc.) in order to extract wealth from their American colonies?

Little mineral wealth was found in English, French, or Dutch colonies

Led Russians to migrate to Siberia:

Many were fleeting serfdom and religious persecution

Was the economic philosophy called that assumed that world's wealth was fixed and one country could only increase its wealth at the expense of another:

Mercantilism

Tokugawa Shogunate

Military administration who ruled Japan founded by Ieyasu of Edo

Peter the Great

Moved capital to St. Petersburg

Korprulu Reforms

Revitalized the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century through administrative and budget trimming as well as by rebuilding the military

Li Zicheng

Ruler of China; defeated by the Manchus

Accurately describes labor on Caribbean sugar plantations:

Slaves often dropped dead from exhaustion, working up to 16 hour work days

Was the most lucrative source of wealth for European planters in the Americas in the 17th century:

Sugar

For what reason did the Dutch kill or enslave nearly the entire population of the Bandanese Islands:

The Dutch wanted to buy nutmeg at a low price in the Bandanese Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe

For what reason did the Tokugawa shogunate expel all foreign traders except for the Dutch?

The Dutch were Protestants and did not proselytize

False

The Europeans were the first to introduce the concept of slavery to Africa, prior to that their culture had no references to slavery

Was a consequence of the political and economic disorder in the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century:

The Mamluks in Egypt asserted political and commercial autonomy

False

The Mughal dynasty made a successful effort to develop a naval presence in the Indian Ocean to forestall the growing European influence in the region

True

The Tokugawa shogunate, unlike many others states in the 17th century, regulated foreign intrusion and managed to remain free of outside exploitation

Undermined both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires:

The influx of silver from the Americas created inflation, which undermined their economic autonomy

Safavid Empire

The only Shi'ite Muslim empire

Middle Passage

The trans-Atlantic journey from west Africa to the West Indies

A long term affect of the Atlantic trade on Africa:

Traditional holders of power, such as village elders and women, became even more powerful

True

Under the absolutist system of King Louis XIV of France, the king could overrule his jurists and proclaim law