Period 2 Progress Check

As described in the second paragraph, the arguments made by the supporters of the opium trade were most similar to the arguments made in the early nineteenth century by supporters of the continued use of

African slave labor on sugar plantations in the Americas

The judge's decision in the case is best understood in the context of colonial authorities' policy of

ensuring that intercommunal conflicts were brought under control before they could disrupt public order

The Spanish actions described in the passage differed from European attempts to promote Christianity in South and East Asia in the period 1450-1750 in that

in South and East Asia, Europeans were unable to subjugate politically the powerful existing states

The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by

increased production of cash crops like sugar

Which of the following best describes Alfred Crosby's argument in the passage above?

Amerindians' long isolation from the rest of the world had placed them at a biological disadvantage.

The spread of new cultural ideas, such as those illustrated by the religious beliefs of Xu Guangxi and Candida Xu, most strongly encouraged some Asian governments in Eurasia in the period 1450-1750 to

limit trade and other contacts with foreigners

Which of the following most directly caused a disruption in the land-based trade of the Safavid empire during the period circa 1500-1750 ?

Conflicts between the Shi'a Safavids and neighboring Sunni empires

The trade illustrated by the map contributed most directly to which of the following?

The Haitian Revolution

Muslim maritime activities in the Indian Ocean would be most disrupted by which of the following sixteenth-century developments?

The arrival of Portuguese and other Europeans

The production of the plaque in Goa is best understood in the immediate context of which of the following?

The development of trading-post empires

The object in Image 2 best illustrates which of the following cultural processes in the period circa 1450-1750?

The development of religious syncretism as cultural traditions spread

The portrait of Emperor Jahangir in Image 1 was most likely a symbolic representation of which of the following?

The expanding power of the Mughal Empire

The historical trend represented by the table is most similar to which of the following?

The impact of the Columbian Exchange on American populations in the sixteenth century

Based on the description of the discovery of silver in Zacatecas in the second paragraph, which of the following conclusions about Mota y Escobar is best supported?

He was critical of the motivations of the Spanish conquistadors.

Bolívar was describing the effects of which of the following economic policies?

Mercantilism

A likely purpose for including the religious figure in the plaque was to show that

Portuguese naval activities in the Indian Ocean region were favored by divine forces

Which of the following most directly contributed to the geographic expansion of Safavid trade during the period from 1450 to 1750, as indicated in the passage?

Safavid exchanges with European trading-post empires in Asia

Which of the following developments in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries most directly helps to explain the presence of the scholars shown in the image of China?

The Protestant Reformation led the Catholic Church to seek new converts outside of Europe.

The ethnic makeup of Zacatecas, as described in the passage, can best be used as evidence of which of the following?

The dependence of colonial economies on coerced labor

Which of the following long-term changes in the period circa 1550-1700 best demonstrates that the actions described by de Estete in the passage failed to fully achieve their goals?

The emergence of syncretic religious practices in the Americas

The economic activities described in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following?

The emergence of the first truly global exchange networks

The activities of Inez de Leyria's father as described in the passage best support which of the following conclusions about the period 1450-1750 C.E.?

The intensification of commercial and diplomatic activity across Eurasia was accompanied by increased missionary activity.

All of the following were significant environmental effects of the trade illustrated on the map EXCEPT

air pollution resulting from the increased exploitation of fossil fuels

A historian might argue that the trade described in the passage reflected a turning point in world history primarily because the opium trade

shifted the pattern of historic European trade imbalances with China

The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by the expansion in the production of

sugar