MC Test Study Guide #2

Which of the following best explains the relative volume of trade to different destinations as shown on the map?

The increasing demand for labor on cash crop plantations

Which of the following best explains the overall population trend shown in the table?

The spread of epidemic diseases as a result of contact with Westerners

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

What similar view of Doña Marina is portrayed in both images?

She is portrayed as an essential part of negotiations.

Which of the following best explains Europe's ability to gain a greater share of global trade in the early modern period?

Adoption and improvement of maritime technologies by Europeans

Which of the following best illustrates the argument described in the passage above?

Amerindians were killed in large numbers by diseases such as smallpox and measles.

Which of the following best explains why the painting was seen as a challenge to social conventions when it was painted?

Caribbean society was built on racial hierarchies that generally reserved elite status for people of European ancestry.

Based on your knowledge of world history, which of the following technological developments best supports this connection?

Compass

Te passage could best used to explain which of the following developments in the Americas in the period 1500-1750?

Enslaved people and their descendants used violent means to escape oppression and maintain their freedom.

Which of the following conclusions regarding the Ottoman Empire is best supported by the passage?

Ottoman policies sought to limit the activities of some religious groups.

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 the divine forces

Which of the following claims made in the second paragraph would a historian likely cite to demonstrate how European expansion created a truly global economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

The Chinese emperor could build a palace from all the silver that arrives from Peru.

Which of the following most directly led to the arrival of substantial numbers of Africans in the Americas at the time of the painting?

The expansion of the plantation system for growing sugarcane and other crops

The process described by McNeill in the passage is most closely related to which of the following in the same period?

The growth of the transatlantic slave trade

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

The impact of the Colombian Exchange on American populations in the 16th century

The actions of the Maroons that forced the British colonial authorities to conclude a treaty with them are best explained as evidence of reactions against which of the following global trends in the period 1450-1750?

The increasing expansion and centralization of state power

The author's claim that Spanish inhabitants of Manila act as agents for the inhabitants of Mexico can best be described as a reference to which of the following?

The mercantilist trade regulations enforced by Spanish colonial authorities

The material used to create the plaque best reflects which of the following historical situations in the Indian Ocean region in the period 1450-1750?

Trade networks continued to flourish and gave Europeans direct access to precious luxury goods.

The author's position on the religious controversy in the passage can best be described as that of

an impartial observer describing the controversy without taking sides

Based on the location of the painting, it can be inferred that its primary purpose was to

bolster the legitimacy of the Golkonda dynasty by celebrating its past

The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by

increased production of cash crops like sugar