Expansion and Colombian Exchange Study Guide
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on...
A large supply of bullion, or gold and silver
Which of the following was an effect of the images shown above?
An increase in long distance voyages by European resulted in colonization
Which of the following was an important continuity in the global economy from 1500 to 1700 C.E.?
Asian societies produced most of the worlds manufactured goods
Which of the following is an implicit argument made by the author in the passage?
Coerced labor systems have allowed a minority of the population of Caribbean colonial societies to reap enormous benefits
Utilizing your knowledge of world history as well as the table above, which of the following is a historically defensible conclusion concerning the long term effects of transoceanic interaction in the period 1450 - 1700?
Crops and foods of New World origin continue to be consumed at high rates in Old World nations
Which of the following resulted from Europe's expansion overseas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
European countries acquiered colonies and dominated trade
Which of the following was a motivating factor for Europeans utilizing the instruments depicted?
Gaining access to Asian markets for spices, pepper and luxury items
Which statement best describes the point of view of the source, Ralph Fitch?
He was hoping to make profits just as the Portuguese were doing
Which of the following represents a significant change in Africa between 1450 C.E. and 1750 C.E.?
Most enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic instead of the Sahara
The contents of the letter are best understood in the context of which of the following aspects of the historical situation in sub Saharan Africa in the early 1600s?
Political, religious, and economic rivalries shaped European colonial polices in Africa
Which of the following would best support the conclusion that the Colombian Exchange involved more profound consequences than did earlier biological exchanges in the world history?
Previous exchanges did not involve the world's two hemispheres
The European monarch who made the greatest use of new maritime technology such as the lateen sail and astrolabe was...
Prince Henry
The point of view expressed by the Dutch West India Co. directors in the letter can be best described as...
Seeking to steer the States General representatives into taking action that would benefit the company financially.
During the period 1450 to 1750, which of the following commodities was most responsible for transforming the global economy?
Silver
The more that European countries expanded in the Americas, the more they increased the...
Slave trade from West Africa
Which is an example of a new disease Europeans were exposed to as a result of interaction with the people of the new world?
Syphilis
The relationships shown above are due to which interaction?
The Columbian Exchange
Which of the following was the most important factor in the development of new long-distance maritime commercial patterens
The European settlement and exploration of natural resources in the Americas
The lateen sail, compass, and astrolabe used in the maritime navigation by the European was FIRST used in...
The Indian Ocean
Which of the following is an example of forced labor for the state during the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.?
The Mita system of Andean cultures
Which of the following describes the most important cause of the demographic changes associated with the Columbian exchange?
The introduction of the New World food crops to Afro-Eurasia and the spread of epidemic diseases to the Americas
A historian would likely utilize this source to determine which of the following?
The relative importance of crops to new regions and effects of the voyages of Spain and Portugal
Which of the following best explains a similar motivation behind the establishment of Portuguese trading posts in Africa and the Establishment of Portuguese trading post in Asia?
The trading post in both regions were intended to allow the Portuguese to control access to heavily trafficked maritime routes
Which of the following describes the effect of skin color, ethnicity, and former slave status in Latin America in the late 19th century?
There continued to be discrimination on the basis of all three factors
Which conclusion about the Portuguese is best supported by the passage above?
They made great profit transporting goods between Asian countries
From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons?
To display power and legitimize their rule
Which of the following provides the historical context for the images?
Trade routes diffused maritime technology to Europe from china and the Arab world.
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be...
Very profitable, since da Gama returned with a valuable cargo of spices
What was the demographic impact of the Columbian Exchange on the populations of the Old World?
a population growth across the old world based on new world crops such as corn and the potato
The reports position on the proposed transfer of Luanda to the Dutch is best understood in light of the authors' goal to...
secure profits from the rapidly expanding trans-Atlantic slave trade
