CHAPTER 13 QUIZ

What was a consequence of Europeans' introduction of firearms into North America?

Amerindian groups fought each other as they sought to increase their hunting and trapping ranges.

Which of the following accurately describes the role of silver in early seventeenth-century China?

China increasingly relied on the global trading system for silver, making the Chinese economy vulnerable to dislocation.

Which of the following was a consequence of the increasing wealth of European states?

European states grew rich enough to wage almost unceasing wars against one another

Which of the following describes events in the Kongo kingdom in the seventeenth century?

Kidnapping became so prevalent that cultivators worked their fields bearing weapons, leaving their children behind in guarded stockades.

Which of the following was an effect of the enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the seventeenth century?

Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic, markets.

Which of the following led Russians to migrate to Siberia?

Many were fleeing serfdom and religious persecution

Which of the following helped to destabilize the Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth century?

Military campaigns and a growing population strained the empire's resources.

For what reason did the Tokugawa shoguns expel all foreign traders except for the Dutch?

The Dutch did not proselytize.

For what reason did the Dutch kill or enslave nearly the entire population of the Banda Islands?

The Dutch wanted to buy nutmeg at a low price in the Banda Islands and sell nutmeg at many times that price in Europe.

Why can historians claim that Mughal rulers were victims of their own success?

The combination of prosperity and dependence on local elites for governance allowed the local elites to become more autonomous.

Both the Tokugawa Shogunate and Mughal leaders allowed merchants a great degree of autonomy in conducting foreign trade.

True

In general, English colonists had a much more antagonistic relationship with Indians in North America than did French colonists.

True

Olaudah Equiano observed that the variety of slavery that he observed on his slave ship was much worse than the slavery experienced by African slaves in Africa.

True

The Mughal dynasty made a successful effort to develop a naval presence in the Indian Ocean to forestall the growing European influence in the region.

True

The Thirty Years' War saw the emergence of centralized standing armies, a meritocratic professional officer corps, and the standardized use of gunpowder, cannons, and muskets.

True