World Civ. Module 2 sections 2.1-2.21

There are no slaves in the United States of America any more. Select one: True False

False

Reflecting on what this video has told you about modern day slavery, is it possible that there are slaves living today in Michigan? Select one: True False

True

There are more slaves today than at any other time in human history. Select one: True False

True

Which country emerged as the world's strongest colonial power after the Seven Years' War? Select one: a. Great Britain b. France c. Portugal d. Russia e. the Netherlands

a. Great Britain

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) sought to establish a monopoly over the trade in: Select one: a. spices. b. silk. c. slaves. d. tobacco. e. silve

a. spices

One reason that English monarchs did NOT establish an absolutist regime was: Select one: a. they were legally required to obtain the consent of Parliament in order to raise funds. b. England was religiously unified, removing an issue that allowed monarchs to discredit their opponents. c. they opposed elaborate court festivities so often seen in absolutist regimes. d. English monarchs never wanted to centralize their authority. e. they feared that a powerful woman might rule in her own right.

a. they were legally required to obtain the consent of Parliament in order to raise funds.

Which English thinker argued that the individual had "natural rights" to property and liberty, and also that members of a srare had the right disband a government if it failed to protect these rights? a. Thomas Hobbes b. John Locke c. Queen Elizabeth I d. Thomas Paine

b. John Locke

Which of the following is NEVER an accurate description of Caribbean sugar plantations? Select one: a. The owners of the plantations looked to Africa to obtain workers because the native populations had been wiped out in Columbus' wake. b. Plantation managers, eager to have a healthy and productive workforce, provided their slaves with a healthy diet. c. Europeans regarded slaves from Africa as like animals. d. African men, women, and children worked six or seven days a week, for as long as sixteen hours a day. e. African slaves were often worked to death.

b. Plantation managers, eager to have a healthy and productive workforce, provided their slaves with a healthy diet.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the average life expectancy of an African slave brought to the Caribbean was: Select one: a. six months. b. three years. c. ten years. d. fifteen years. e. thirty years.

b. three years.

Mercantilist thinkers believed that the purpose of colonies was: Select one: a. to encourage international cooperation through free trade. b. to enrich their European motherlands. c. to increase the happiness of the settlers in the colonies. d. to act as laboratories in which new methods of administration could be tested. e. to allow merchants to profit by diversifying their economic investments.

b. to enrich their European motherlands.

In the course of ten years, how many people have been rescued from slavery? Select one: a. About 80% b. 1m c. 2000-3000 d. Everyone.

c. 2000-3000

Skinner quotes a US Justice Department statistic concerning how many people are forced ("trafficked") into slavery each year. Roughly how many people are enslaved each year worldwide? Select one: a. Between 3m and 4m b. Around 1000 c. Between 14,000 and 17,000 d. Between 400 and 800

c. Between 14,000 and 17,000

Apart from having slaves living among us, US citizens also "participate" in slavery in what other way? Select one: a. We don't have strong enough borders to keep immigrants out. b. We need to pay a higher minimum wage for agricultural laborers and factory workers c. Consumer goods might have been made with child/slave labor. d. We turn a blind eye to prostitution.

c. Consumer goods might have been made with child/slave labor.

Name at least TWO ways in which slaves are used in the US (and in other parts of the world), according to Skinner. Select one or more: a. Prostitution Correct b. Growing sugarcane c. Domestic Labor d. Automobile manufacture

c. Domestic Labor

A consequence of the increasing wealth of European states was: Select one: a. a growing division between monarchs and merchants. b. an expanding diet that led to a decrease in European tooth decay. c. European states grew rich enough to wage almost unceasing wars against one another. d. a growing conviction that European states should open up their colonial markets to trade with their European rivals. e. a religious fervor that led to increasing attempts at colonization.

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

Why did the Spanish capture of Manila in 1571 inaugurate the first worldwide trade circuit? Select one: a. The Spanish now controlled all of the world's major entrepôt cities. b. The Spanish had become the first people to sail all the way around the world. c. Manila gave the Spanish a base to trade New World silver to China, then Chinese goods to Europe. d. Control of Manila enhanced Spanish power at the expense of the Mughals and Chinese, increasing Spanish control of trade networks. e. The Spanish now had control of a network of ports designed especially to facilitate easy trading by ship.

c. Manila gave the Spanish a base to trade New World silver to China, then Chinese goods to Europe.

Why can't slaves in the United States simply report their condition to the police? Select one: a. They don't know how the US justice system works so they don't realise that what has happened to them is illegal in the US. b. They don't speak English so they can't communicate properly what their proble is. c. They are not US citizens, so they will be deported back to the people in their own country who sold them into slavery who will perhaps punish them. d. They entered the US as an illegal immigrant from places like Mexico and Haiti, and they want to stay here to benefit from the American way of life. If they contact the authorities they will not be able to work here any more and may get kicked out. e. They are generally criminals, so they fear the Police will put them in jail for their crimes.

c. They are not US citizens, so they will be deported back to the people in their own country who sold them into slavery who will perhaps punish them.

The Dutch killed or enslaved nearly the entire population of the Bandanese Islands in order to: Select one: a. construct a fort that would protect themselves from the Spaniards in Manila. b. get revenge after the traditional chiefs of Banda killed Dutch diplomats. c. buy nutmeg at a low price in the Bandanese Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe. d. convince the inhabitants of the Maluku islands to sell their cloves only to the Dutch. e. create a colony for Dutch expatriates to create a new Netherlands.

c. buy nutmeg at a low price in the Bandanese Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe.

Which of the following best describes the initial relationship that developed between French colonists and Native Americans? Select one: a. enslavement and forced Indian participation in the fur trade b. wars that displaced native peoples from their homelands c. cooperation and French dependence on Indian knowledge d. devastation of Indian peoples by a fresh round of epidemic diseases e. French-English alliance against Native Americans

c. cooperation and French dependence on Indian knowledge

What advantage did the English East India Company's royal charter provide? Select one: a. more legitimacy than other European traders at the Mughal court b. a subsidy from the English crown c. exclusive rights to import East Indian goods into England d. immunity from prosecution for piracy e. the right to leave coastal enclaves and trade in the Chinese interior

c. exclusive rights to import East Indian goods into England

Access to what natural resource allowed the Asante kingdom to begin its growth and development? Select one: a. slaves b. iron c. gold d. hardwoods e. ivory

c. gold

The Atlantic system included a complex trade network among: Select one: a. India, Africa, and China. b. the Americas, Asia, and Africa. c. Asia, Europe, and Africa. d. Europe, Africa, and the Americas. e. Europe, Africa, and India.

d. Europe, Africa, and the Americas

During the sixteenth century, what impact did the European presence in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea have on Asian dynasties? Select one: a. It undermined their control of territory and people. b. It led rulers to behave more like European monarchs. c. None—their presence was so minimal that it made no impact. d. It enhanced their wealth and might. e. It encouraged militarization of empires and more warfare.

d. It enhanced their wealth and might.

Skinner defines slavery as being forced into a situation where you get "No pay beyond subsistence". Use a dictionary if necessary to work out the best way of explaining this term Select one: a. It means people only get money if they do the job well b. It means people are left to starve to death c. It means people only get a job if they can show they are strong enough d. It means people only get the basics that they need to live, but no wages

d. It means people only get the basics that they need to live, but no wages

The English colonial model in the New World differed from other European states in that it: Select one: a. depended on enslaving Indians to mine silver. b. depended on peaceful relationships and cooperative trade with Indians. c. resulted from a desire to find a water route to Asia. d. depended on dispossessing Indians from their lands in order to accommodate a growing English settler population hungry for farmlands. e. the English colonial model did not differ from other European states.

d. depended on dispossessing Indians from their lands in order to accommodate a growing English settler population hungry for farmlands.

The economic philosophy that assumed that the world's wealth was fixed and one country could only increase its wealth at the expense of another was known as _______. Select one: a. capitalism b. absolutism c. monetarism d. mercantilism e. laissez-faire

d. mercantilism

. What was Europe's contribution to the Atlantic system? Select one: a. labor b. land c. raw materials d. military power and technology e. religious toleration

d. military power and technology

Which product emerged with silver as one of the most valuable exports from the Americas? Select one: a. tobacco b. exotic woods c. squash d. sugar e. cotton

d. sugar

The enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the seventeenth century resulted in: Select one: a. the growth of chartered companies. b. the imposition of serfdom on English peasants. c. a decline in agricultural productivity. d. the commercialization of agriculture. e. a renaissance in peasant agricultural practices.

d. the commercialization of agriculture.

What role did Europeans play in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century slave trade in Africa? Select one: a. They traveled through the continent, capturing and enslaving people. b. They introduced the idea of slavery to Africa for the first time. c. They sent massive European armies to invade African states, seizing prisoners as slaves. d. They took a deep interest in the political happenings in the African interior. e. They depended on indigenous political and trading networks that brought slaves to the coasts.

e

Under the French model of absolutism, to whom was the king accountable? Select one: a. the nobility b. the clergy c. the queen d. the people e. God

e. God

How did Dutch merchants contribute to the development of European commerce? Select one: a. They invented mercantilism. b. They hired mercenaries to attack other countries' shipping. c. They encouraged the monetization of European economies by importing large quantities of silver and gold. d. They raised the cost of shipping in order to gain a profit. e. They established a stock exchange, a banking system, and a system for insuring cargoes.

e. They established a stock exchange, a banking system, and a system for insuring cargoes.

Who is most likely to end up in slavery, according to Skinner (he calls it "the largest single pool" from which slaves are drawn) Select one: a. Haitians b. Africans c. Young men d. Mexicans e. Very poor people

e. Very poor people

The French empire in seventeenth-century North America profited from which commodity? Select one: a. silver b. tobacco c. gold d. indigo e. furs

e. furs