History 1510 Midterm
What percent of the Amerindian population was killed by Afro-Eurasain diseases during the sixteenth century?
90 percent
Which of the following characterized the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte in France?
A centralized, efficient state
In what way was the principality of Moscow similar to both Japan and China in this period?
All three used territorial expansion and commercial networks to consolidate state power
What was a consequence of the Europeans introducing firearms into North America
Amerindian groups fought each other as they sought to increase their hunting and trapping ranges
The Columbian Exchange led to which of the following?
Both empires suffered from internal weakness and divisions that were exploited by the Spanish
Which of the following is a similarity between indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Americas?
Both groups had large numbers of people perish from European introduced diseases
Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and French Revolutions?
Both introduced republican forms of government
What was a similarity between the Ming and Mughal dynasties?
Both were able to limit European traders to port cities
Which of the following accurately indicates part of the process by which the slave trade was ended in the North Atlantic?
Britain posted a naval squadron off the coast of West Africa to prevent any slave trade north of the equator
Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?
Central Europe's population and economies did not recover for more than a century
Which of the following reflects a difference between China and the Islamic Empires?
China's internal market fueled its growth and culture, instead of the foreign trade that provided wealth to the Islamic Empires.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what led the Japanese to consider how to control and integrate foreign learning especially from China and Europe?
Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the eighteenth century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country.
Which of the following supported the Mughal nobility's lavish lifestyle?
Foreign trade brought in silver and advanced the money economy, which helped the nobility prosper
Under the French model of absolutism, to whom was the king accountable?
God
What led Portuguese traders to explore the coast of Africa in the mid-sixteenth century?
Gold's value rose dramatically during and after the Black Death, and the Portuguese believed that Africa was a source of precious metals
Which of the following shows the early Mughal Empires's attitude toward the culture of South Asia?
Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and music
In what way did Britain's political and social environment contribute to the industrial revolution?
It allowed merchants and industrialists to invest heavily in such inventions as steam power
In what way was the U.S. Declaration of Independence an Enlightenment document?
It announced that all men were endowed with equal rights
Which of the following accurately describes the political revolution against the Spanish monarchy in early nineteenth-century Latin America?
It became a social struggle among Amerindians, slaves, mestizos, and whites
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
What was Egypt's main significance within the Ottoman Empire?
It served as the Ottomans breadbasket
What was the economic philosophy called that assumed that the world's wealth was fixed and one country could only increase its wealth at the expense of another?
Mercantilism
Which areas of the Americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in the sixteenth century?
Mesoamerica and the Andes
What was Europe's main contribution to the Atlantic system?
Military Training
Why was it necessary to continue to import large numbers of African slaves to replenish labor on sugar plantations?
Most of the slaves were men, who suffered high mortality rates due to overwork and poor conditions
What actions did Ottoman officials take to assist the caravan trade transporting goods from China to the Ottoman heartland?
Officials established caravans camps for travelers' refreshment and protection
Which of the following statements is supported by John Lockes notation of the social contract?
People have a right to rebel against corrupted government
in the Ottoman Empire, why did reform attempts, such as the Tanzimat, ultimately fail to produce revolutionary change?
Reform relied too much on the personal whim of rulers
All of the following resulted from the Little Ice Age EXCEPT:
Rice production increased in China
How did the encomienda system work in the Caribbean?
Select Spanish settlers were granted the right to extract a quantity of Indian labor
What type of significant artwork was produced by Oyo Empire and Benin?
Sophisticated bronzes
Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?
The Constitution
For what reason did the Tokugawa shoguns expel all foreign traders except for the Dutch?
The Dutch were Protestants and did not proselytize
Which of the following was a consequence of the political and economic disorder in the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century?
The Mamluks in Egypt asserted political and commercial autonomy
Which of the following beliefs was shared by Luther and Calvin?
The belief that the source of religious knowledge lay in the scriptures
What were some of the broader consequences of the Enlightenment?
The expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking
In what way did the Islamic world in the period between 1500 and 1780 change from its earlier pattern of cultural development?
The islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid Empires
Which of the following is a valid comparison between the American and Saint Domingue Revolutions?
The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily slaves
In the eighteenth century, which of the following was an argument made against the mercantile system?
The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world
Which group closed off the studies into European science, history, and geography by Ibrahim Muteferrika?
The ulama
In early nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did the migration to urban increase s rapidly?
There was a growing demand for factory workers in the cities
How did Captain Cook's voyages to Australia reflect Enlightenment ideas?
They included scientists to describe and classify Australia's fauna, flora, people, and natural features.
Which of the following strategies contributed to the early success of the Qing dynasty?
They presented themselves as upholders of familial values and traditional Chineses culture
What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?
They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge
Which of the following was the most common way that African slaves in the Americans resisted the conditions of their enslavement?
Thousands of slaves fled to the remote interiors of Brazil or the Caribbean islands
In Ming China, where did women find the greatest opportunities to obtain wealth and influence?
healers, consorts, and power brokers
What factor contributed most to Mexico's declaration of independence in 1821?
loss of faith in the Spanish king's ability to rule effectively
Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas?
nationalism and democracy
Which of the following was the most lucrative source of wealth for European planters in the Americas in the seventeenth century?
sugar
Which group closed off the studies into European science, history, and geography begyn by Ibrahim Muteferrika?
the uluma
