history midterm

What percent of the Amerindian population was killed by Afro-Eurasian diseases during the sixteenth century?

90 percent

In what way was the principality of Moscow similar to both Japan and China in this period?

All three used territorial expansion and commercial networks to consolidate state power.

What was a consequence of the Europeans introducing firearms into North America?

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

Which of the following is a similarity between indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Americas?

Both groups had large numbers of people perish from European introduced disease.

Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and French Revolutions?

Both introduced republican forms of government.

Which of the following reflects a difference between China and the Islamic Empires?

China's internal market fueled its growth and culture, instead of the foreign trade that provided wealth to the Islamic Empires.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what led the Japanese to consider how to control and integrate foreign learning especially from China and Europe?

Foreign powers forced Japan to modernize by adopting modern ́ science and culture.

Which of the following supported the Mughal nobility's lavish lifestyle?

Foreign trade brought in silver and advanced the money economy, which helped the nobility prosper.

Under the French model of absolutism, to whom was the king accountable?

God

What led Portuguese traders to explore the coast of Africa in the mid-sixteenth century?

Gold's value rose dramatically during and after the Black Death, and the Portuguese believed that Africa was a source of precious metals.

What was Egypt's main significance within the Ottoman Empire?

It served as the Ottoman's breadbasket.

Which areas of the Americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in thesixteenth-century?

Mesoamerica and the Andes

Why was it necessary to continue to import large numbers of African slaves to replenish labor onsugar plantations?

Most of the slaves were men, who suffered high mortality rates due to overwork and poor conditions.

What actions did Ottoman officials take to assist the caravan trade transporting goods from China tothe Ottoman heartland?

Officials established caravans camps for travelers' refreshment and protection.

Which of the following statements is supported by John Locke's notion of the social contract ́?

People have a right to rebel against corrupted government.

In the Ottoman Empire, why did reform attempts, such as the Tanzimat, ultimately fail to produce revolutionary change?

Reform relied too much on the personal whim of rulers.

How did the encomienda system work in the Caribbean?

Select Spanish settlers were granted the right to extract a quantity of Indian labor.

Which of the following accurately indicates part of the process by which the slave trade was ended in the North Atlantic?

The Dutch persuaded the French and other European governments to prohibit the slave trade.

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

The Dutch were Protestants and did not proselytize.

In what way did the Islamic world in the period between 1500 and 1780 change from its earlier patternof cultural development?

The Islamic world developed three distinctive cultural traditions centered on the Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid Empires.

Which of the following was a consequence of the political and economic disorder in the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century?

The Mamluks in Egypt asserted political and commercial autonomy.

Which of the following is a valid comparison between the American and the Saint Domingue Revolutions?

The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily slaves.

In the eighteenth century, which of the following was an argument made against the mercantilesystem?

The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world.

In early nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did the migration to urban areas increase so rapidly?

There was a growing demand for factory workers in the cities.

How did Captain Cook's voyages to Australia reflect Enlightenment ideas?

They included scientists to describe and classify Australia's fauna, flora, people, and natural features.

Which of the following strategies contributed to the early success of the Qing dynasty?

They presented themselves as upholders of familial values and traditional Chinese culture.

What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?

They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledg

Which of the following was the most common way that African slaves in the Americas resisted theconditions of their enslavement?

Thousands of slaves fled to the remote interiors of Brazil or the Caribbean islands.

Which of the following characterized the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte in France?

a centralized, efficient state

What factor contributed most to Mexico's declaration of independence in 1821?

cooperation between creoles and peninsulares

In Ming China, where did women find the greatest opportunities to obtain wealth and influence?

healers, consorts, and power brokers

What was Europe's main contribution to the Atlantic system?

military technology

Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas?

nationalism and democracy

The Columbian Exchange led to which of the following?

not..... Both empires lacked knowledge that the Spaniards had landed, giving the Spanish the element of surprise.

All of the following resulted from the Little Ice Age EXCEPT

rice production increased in China.

What type of significant artwork was produced by the Oyo Empire and Benin?

sophisticated bronzes

Which of the following was the most lucrative source of wealth for European planters in the Americas in the seventeenth century?

sugar

What was a similarity between the Ming and the Mughal dynasties?

Both were able to limit European traders to port cities.

Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?

Central Europe's populations and economies did not recover for more than a century.

Which of the following shows the early Mughal Empire's attitude toward the culture of South Asia?

Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and musi

In what way did Britain's political and social environment contribute to the industrial revolution?

It allowed merchants and industrialists to invest heavily in such inventions as steam power.

In what way was the U.S. Declaration of Independence an Enlightenment document?

It announced that all men were endowed with equal rights

Which of the following accurately describes the political revolution against the Spanish monarchy in early nineteenth-century Latin America?

It became a social struggle among Amerindians, slaves, mestizos, and whites.

In what way did the Canton system seek to control trade?

It required European merchants to check in at Canton before proceeding into China's interior to trade.

What was the economic philosophy called that assumed that the world's wealth was fixed and onecountry could only increase its wealth at the expense of another?

mercantilism

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

the Constitution

Which of the following beliefs was shared by Luther and Calvin?

the belief that the source of religious knowledge lay in the Scriptures

What were some of the broader consequences of the Enlightenment?

the expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking

Which group closed off the studies into European science, history, and geography begun by IbrahimMuteferrika?

the ulama

Which group closed off the studies into European science, history, and geography begun by Ibrahim Muteferrika?

the uluma