APWH Chapters 23-25
Which of the following states developed constitutional states in the seventeenth century
England and the Netherlands
All of the following were reasons for the European interest in finding a maritime trade route EXCEPT
Mongol domination had caused trade along the Silk Roads to stop
The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was
Portugal
"Without doubt there is in these lands a very large quantity of gold . . . And also there are stones, and there are precious pearls and infinite spicery . . . And also here there is probably a great quantity of cotton; and I think that it would sell very well here without taking it to Spain but to the big cities belonging to the Grand [Mongol] Khan" What does the quote above reveal about Columbus?
That his beliefs, both about the resources and location of the Caribbean Islands, were grossly inaccurate
The Portuguese began to show much more interest in Brazil
after the establishment of profitable sugar plantations
The British initially made use of Australia
as a penal colony
The religious struggle in Europe between Catholics and Protestants resulted in
cultural fragmentation into a largely Protestant north and a Catholic south
In Latin America, the conquistadors
eventually lost control to administrators of the Spanish Crown
The Portuguese dominance of trade was dependent on their ability to
force merchant ships to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties
Russian merchants and explorers began their expansion into Siberia in the quest for
furs
In the long term, the Columbian Exchange
increased world population because of the spread of new food crops
The first plentiful labor force for North America was
indentured servants
Spanish colonists who were born in Europe were known as
peninsulares
All of the following were part of Peter the Great's policy of westernization EXCEPT
political liberalization and democratic reforms
The explosion of witch-hunting in the sixteenth century was most probably caused by
tensions between Catholics and Protestants
The most important factor in explaining the Spanish victory over the Aztecs and Incas was
the devastating loss of life caused by smallpox
Henry VII's reformation in England
was much more politically motivated than Luther's reformation