World Civilizations D.E Chapter 17 & 18

The Scientific Revolution's enthusiasm to classify and "order" nature led to a new practice of grouping people by a. shared history. b. cultural distinctions. c. nationality. d. race. e. political affiliations.

D) race.

The accomplishments of Frederick II included all of the following except a. judicial and bureaucratic reform. b. territorial expansion. c. economic improvements. d. restructuring the Prussian social system. e. his personal example of hard work and modest living.

D) restructuring the Prussian social system.

Slaves in Senegambia a. were rarely treated harshly. b. were considered property. c. could not be resold. d. sometimes enjoyed great power and prestige. e. were protected by written codes of law.

D) sometimes enjoyed great power and prestige.

Between 1500 and 1900, the estimated total number of Africans who were enslaved was a. 12 million. b. 31 million. c. 15 million. d. 22 million. e. 19 million.

A) 12 million.

West African manufactures included all of the following except a. porcelain. b. textiles. c. pottery. d. woven baskets. e. iron implements for agriculture.

A) porcelain.

Typical Senegambian communities were a. small, self-perpetuating agricultural villages. b. supported by fishing. c. highly organized mercantile centers. d. organized around the slave trade. e. nomadic bands of related families.

A) small, self-perpetuating agricultural villages.

Roughly 75 percent of the slaves imported into the Dutch Cape Colony were largely from a. West Africa and Angola. b. India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. c. Swahili-speaking areas. d. the Balkans and Anatolia. e. the interior of eastern Africa.

B) India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar.

In the eighteenth century, the world's greatest slave-trading port was a. Bristol. b. Liverpool. c. Lisbon. d. Charleston, South Carolina. e. London.

B) Liverpool.

The two men generally given credit for creating the modern scientific method were Francis Bacon and a. Johannes Kepler. b. René Descartes. c. Galileo Galilei. d. Nicolaus Copernicus. e. John Locke.

B) René Descartes.

The Pugachev Rebellion of 1773, was a. a noble conspiracy against Frederick the Great. b. an insurrection of the serfs against Catherine the Great. c. a noble plot against Catherine the Great. d. a Croat insurrection against Austrian rule. e. a Polish rebellion against foreign rule in 1795.

B) an insurrection of the serfs against Catherine the Great.

Leo Africanus is best known for his a. expulsion of the Jesuits from Ethiopia. b. descriptions of African society. c. role in the transatlantic slave trade. d. expansion and consolidation of Songhay. e. his establishment of Muslim mosques throughout West Africa.

B) descriptions of African society.

In the eighteenth century, the term public sphere referred to a. the nobility. b. social and economic elites. c. government policies. d. the urban poor. e. the common people.

B). social and economic elites.

Most slaves exported by the Portuguese to Brazil came from a. Swahili. b. Madagascar. c. Angola. d. Ethiopia. e. the Gold Coast.

C) Angola.

To improve the rural economy and lives of the peasants, Empress Maria Theresa A) abolish serfdom B) eliminate Land taxes C) reduced nobles' power over their serfs D) regulated the church more closely E) ordered the adoption of scientific Farming techniques

C) reduced nobles' power over their serfs

Rousseau was more skeptical than earlier Enlightenment philosophers of a. the basic goodness of people. b. masculine supremacy. c. the perils of absolutism. d. the virtues of civilization and rationalism. e. the value of individual freedom.

D) the virtues of civilization and rationalism.

African entrepreneurs financed slave raids because a. they had no regard for human liberty. b. they viewed the rural people as hopelessly inferior. c. it was inexpensive and open to anyone with some capital. d. they made a greater profit selling slaves than using the labor in the domestic economy. e. it enhanced the prestige they enjoyed in their home state.

D) they made a greater profit selling slaves than using the labor in the domestic economy.

The growth of the international scientific community in the seventeenth century was spurred on by a. scientific competition. b. common interests and shared values. c. the making of new discoveries. d. the establishment of national academies of science across Europe. e. All of these

E) All of these

In its last century, ending in 1807, the leading carrier of slaves in the transatlantic trade was a. the Dutch. b. Portugal. c. Spain. d. France. e. England.

E) England.

Catherine the Great's most significant territorial triumph was the a. annexation of Siberia. b. seizure of Silesia. c. conquest of the Caucasus. d. annexation of Turkey. e. partition of Poland.

E) partition of Poland.

Galileo's greatest achievement was his a. synthesis of the new scientific discoveries. b. insistence that only through speculation could genuine progress in science be made. c. postulation that there was no gravitational force in space. d. invention of the telescope. e. refinement of the experimental method.

E) refinement of the experimental method.