Chapter 13 - NC

Which of the following was a consequence of the Little Ice Age for Eurasian economies? Soldiers rioted because they were being paid in debased silver coins. Increased rainfall led to large surpluses of export crops, increasing the amount of international trade. Countries that were part of the international trading network saw a decrease in competition. Agrarian uprisings swept Eurasia because starving peasants were not able to pay high taxes.

Agrarian uprisings swept Eurasia because starving peasants were not able to pay high taxes.

Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Atlantic trade on Africa? Traditional holders of power, such as village elders and women, became even more powerful. On top of the population lost to the slave trade, diseases from the Americas decimated the African people. Power struggles between warrior elites decreased as they united to fight the Europeans. American food crops produced more calories per acre than traditional African staples, which partly offset the population loss of the slave trade.

American food crops produced more calories per acre than traditional African staples, which partly offset the population loss of the slave trade.

Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War? Russia emerged as a great European power in the power vacuum that followed the Treaty of Westphalia. Protestant states triumphed in Central and Eastern Europe, replacing the Austrian Habsburgs. The German economy prospered, as it was a center for manufacturing new weapons such as cannons. Central Europe's populations and economies did not recover for more than a century.

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

Which of the following 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. England was religiously unified, removing an issue that allowed monarchs to discredit their opponents. England was composed of several independent duchies, which refused to allow the monarch to have absolute power. English monarchs never wanted to centralize their authority.

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

Both the Tokugawa Shogunate and Mughal leaders allowed merchants a great degree of autonomy in conducting foreign trade. True False

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 False

False

Which of the following was a consequence of the fact that European buyers preferred enslaved males? Slave catchers for all African markets targeted men more than women. Gender imbalance in the Americas contributed to the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade. Enslavers could not engage in sexual relations with enslaved women. Polyandry became common in the Americas, monogamy in Africa.

Gender imbalance in the Americas contributed to the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade.

What was a global effect of the Seven Years' War? Indigenous people who sided with the winners, the Dutch and the British, were able to gain favorable concessions including release of people held as forced laborers on plantations and in mines. Russia completed its annexation of Siberia and controlled lands from the Baltic to the Pacific. France and Spain both gained new territorial holdings in the Americas. Great Britain emerged as the world's strongest colonial power, making it harder for indigenous people to pit European powers against one another.

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

Which of the following 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. He gave more power to the daimyos to control rogue samurai called ronin. He kept the population in check to avoid famine and peasant revolts. He arranged marriages among the children of local authorities to solidify political bonds.

He declared himself shogun and established a hereditary system of succession.

How did European seaborne commerce in Asia compare with its commerce in the Americas? In Asia, European merchants from different nation-states did not compete with each other for access to markets. In Asia, European merchants were much more successful in spreading Christianity. In Asia, European merchants were less dominant and therefore served as intermediaries in long-distance trade. In Asia, European merchants found populations more eager for European goods.

In Asia, European merchants were less dominant and therefore served as intermediaries in long-distance trade.

How did the Asante kingdom use its access to gold to begin its growth and development? The Asante used gold to bribe the Europeans to keep them from capturing Asante people as slaves. The Asante used their gold to trade across the Saharan caravan routes for salt, which was a necessity of life in the rain forest. The Asante used their gold to buy firearms, which they used to raid neighboring communities for captives to be sold as slaves. The Asante used gold to finance scholarly and architectural centers such as Timbuktu.

The Asante used their gold to buy firearms, which they used to raid neighboring communities for captives to be sold as slaves.

For what reason did the Dutch kill or enslave nearly the entire population of the Banda Islands? The Dutch wanted to intimidate the inhabitants of the nearby Maluku islands into selling their silk only to the Dutch. The Dutch wanted to construct a fort to protect themselves from the Spaniards in Manila. The Dutch wanted revenge after the traditional chiefs of Banda killed Dutch diplomats. The Dutch wanted to buy nutmeg at a low price in the Banda Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe.

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

For what reason did the Tokugawa shoguns expel all foreign traders except the Dutch? The Japanese did not have the capacity to collect taxes from dispersed trading companies. The Dutch would not undercut the Japanese economy by importing silver. The Japanese feared that British technology would destabilize Japan. The Dutch were Protestant and did not proselytize.

The Dutch were Protestant and did not proselytize.

What was an effect of early Ottoman rulers' decision to avoid trade with the outside world? The decision left the Ottoman economy not completely autonomous, yet not completely tied to the rise and fall of global silver. The decision promoted increased investment in local Ottoman industries such as silk production. The decision led to economic expansion and increased Ottoman tax revenue. The decision caused European buyers to look elsewhere to buy wheat, copper, and wool.

The decision left the Ottoman economy not completely autonomous, yet not completely tied to the rise and fall of global silver.

Which of the following strategies contributed to the early success of the Qing dynasty? They retracted the Ming canton system. They promoted intermarriage between Manchus and the Han. They presented themselves as upholders of familial values and traditional Chinese culture. They reduced taxes on the peasants and increased taxes on the gentry.

They presented themselves as upholders of familial values and traditional Chinese culture.

What was the major reason why European states wanted to prevent their New World colonies from trading with other states? They wanted to prevent the importation of enslaved people to colonies that had outlawed slavery. They were concerned about intermarriage between people from different states and cultures. They wanted to prevent the spread of wealth to states other than their own. They were concerned that missionaries would convert their colonists to other religions.

They wanted to prevent the spread of wealth to states other than their own.

Climate change produced fierce cold and drought leading to high mortality in the Ottoman Empire. True False

True

Silver, sugar, and enslaved people were considered the primary items responsible for the increase in global trade in the seventeenth century. True False

True

The English colonial model in the New World differed from that of other European states in that it depended on peaceful relationships and trade with native peoples. resulted from a desire to spread Christianity to as many parts of the world as possible. depended on enslaving native peoples to mine silver. dispossessed native peoples from their lands in order to accommodate a growing English settler population.

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

What, according to mercantilist thinkers, was the purpose of colonies? to enrich the states that had founded them to act as laboratories in which new methods of state administration could be tested to allow merchants to profit by diversifying their economic investments to encourage international cooperation through free trade

to enrich the states that had founded them

In general, the slave trade helped shift wealth toward which African social group? warrior elites religious leaders subsistence farmers village elders

warrior elites