Chapter 18

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Which of the following best characterizes the regions to which slaves were carried from Africa to America?

About 90% of slaves were transported to Brazil or the Caribbean, with only 3% brought to North America

Within the family, the oiperation of the loom:

was considered a man's job, reserved for the male head of household

In the 18th century, the biggest increase in British foreign trade was with:

This one is B too B) the British colonial empire

The leadership of the Dutch poeple in farming ethodology can be attributed primarily to:

the necssity to provide for a densely opulated country

With the development of Spanish colonial society, by the 18th century :

C) The colonial elite came to believe that their circumstances gave them different interests and characteristics then those is Spain

Who prvided labor force fpr Britians's initail colonisation of Australia?

Connvicted prisoners

The English Navigation Acts mandated that all English imports and exports be transported English ships, and they also:

Gave British merchants a virtual monopoly on trade with British colonies

At the center of Adam Smith's arguments in the wealth of nations was the belief that:

The pursuit of self-interest in competitive markets would improve the living conditions of citizens

Why did European slave traders in frica adopt the "shore methos" of trading in the 18th century?

The shore method permitted Europeans of to move easily along the coast, obtaining slaves at various slave markets and then departing quickly for the Americas.

The rural putting-out system had the foll,owing competitive advantages except:

The workers had to purchase the raw material themselves, saving the merchant capital expenses

Which of the following best describes the role of women in guilds in the 18th century?

This one is B guys B) Both legal and illegal work in guilds became more accesssible to women

Population growth in Europe in the 18th century:

occured in all regions

The idea of the industrious revolution is best understood as a result of:

poor families choosing to reduce leisure time and production of goods for household consumption in order to earn wages to be used to but consumer goods.

Christianity in colonial societies in the Americas:

took on distinctive characteristics through a complex process of cultural exchange that made Christianity more comprehensible to indigenous peoples.

Why did the Dutch fail to maintain their dominance in Asia?

The Dutch East India Company failed to diverify its trade to meet changng consumption patterns in Europe

Which of the following best describes the open-field system of the Middle Ages?

The land was divided into long, narrow strips that were not inclosed by fences or hedges

What was the staus of the Jews on European colonies in the 18th century?

This one is E E) Jews faces numerous political and economic forms of descrimination but werte considered to be white Europeans and thus could not be enslaves

The Englishman Jethro Tull:

Sought to criticically analyze farming methods and develop better methods about farming through empirical research.

How did the problem of food shortages change in the 18th cebtury?

The considerable road and canal building of the eighteenth contury permitted food to be more eassily transported to regions with local crop failure and famine.

Which of the following correctly characterizes the transformation of the English and Scottish Countryside in the enclosure era?

The elimination of common rights and access to land turned small peasant farmers into landless wage earners.


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