History ch 4 test

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.

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

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

Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his implicit argument that Maya society underwent a dramatic cultural change in the sixteenth century?

-The Maya were converted to Christianity.

Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his claim that the arrival of the Spanish "destroyed our people"?

-The Spanish conquered all Maya towns.

All of the following pieces of evidence in the passage directly support the author's claim that the "pestilence" was "terrible" EXCEPT:

-The disease led to the arrival of Dominican friars.

The actions of the Maroons that forced 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

Which of the following best explains a similar motivation behind the establishment of Portuguese trading posts in Africa and the establishment of Portuguese trading posts in Asia?

-The trading posts in both regions were intended to allow the Portuguese to control access to heavily trafficked maritime routes.

Which of the following best explains the effect of Spanish voyages across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Europe in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

-They greatly increased interest in transoceanic travel and trade in other European countries.

Which of the following best explains a similarity between the earliest English and French voyages across the North Atlantic in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

-They were often launched in the hopes of finding alternative sailing routes to Asia.

Article 4 of the treaty is best explained as evidence of how states in the period 1450-1750 sought to

-suppress resistance to their rule by co-opting local groups

The implicit claim made by the image about a connection between religious devotion and maritime exploration best demonstrates which of the following in the period circa 1450-1750 ?

Increasing global connections expanded the reach of existing religions.

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

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 author's claim that the 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