His ch 17

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, armies affected population growth in all of the following ways except?

A large number of individuals were killed on the battlefield

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

About 90 percent of slaves were transported to Brazil or the Caribbean with only three percent brought to North America

Which of the following correctly characterize 18th century colonial trade in Europe?

In England, the mercantilist system achieved remarkable success as British trade with its colonies grew substantially

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

Jews faces numerous political and economic forms of discrimination but were considered to be white Europeans and thus couldn't be enslaved

In Africa, the slave trade primarily resulted in

More wars and likely fewer people

Which of the following best characterizes the condition of the peasant in western Europe in the 18th century

Peasants were generally free from serfdom and owned land that they could pass on to their children

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

Poor families choosing to reduce leisure time and the production of goods for household consumption in order to earn wages to be used to buy consumer goods

According to recent scholarship, during the eighteenth century the guild system

Remained flexible as masters adopted new technologies and circumvented impractical rules

The Englishman Jethro Tull?

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

Between 1650 and 1760, what crucial component of the global economy was established when nations developed?

The Atlantic economy

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

The Dutch east India company failed to diversify its trade to meet changing consumption patterns in Europe

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

The colonial elite came to believe that their circumstances gave them different interests and characteristics from those in Spain

In England, the mercantilist system achieved remarkable success as British trade with its colonies grew substantially

The diverted men and money from Europe to the American theater

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

Work in the guilds became more accessible to women, Both legal and illegal

The spinning of thread for the loom

required the work of several spinners for each loom, which led merchants to employ the wives and daughters of agricultural workers at terribly low wages.

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

The British colonial empire

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 enclosed by fences or hedges

From 1701-1763, what was at stake in the warfare between great Britain and France?

The position as European leading maritime power with the ability to claim profits from Europe's overseas expansion

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 living conditions of citizens

Why did European salve traders in Africa adopt the "shore method" of trading in the 18th century?

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

Merchant capitalists complained bitterly about?

Their inability to directly supervise and direct the work of rural laborers

Christianity in colonial societies in the Americas?

Took on distinctive characteristics through a complex process of cultural exchange that made Christianity more comprehensive to indigenous peoples

Within the family, the operation of the loom

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

Among the laboring classes, guild masters?

Were a small minority of the population who jealously regarded their membership

The rural putting-out system had all of the following competitive advantages except?

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