New world history after 1500s
which of the following was a long term effect of the Atlantic trade on Africa?
American food crops produced more calories per acre than traditional African staples, which partly offset the population loss of the slave trade
In which of the following ways did the Zulu leader, Shaka, resemble Mongol leaders?
Both has the ability to incorporate defeated communities into the state
Which of the following is a difference between Luther's and Calvin's beliefs?
Calvin, unlike Luther, emphasized autonomous religious communities populated by the morally righteous
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, makin the Chinese economy vulnerable to dislocation
Newfound expertise with the compass and astrolabe allowed Portuguese navigators to?
Determine latitude
The English colonial model in the New World differed from that of other European states in that it
Dispossessed native peoples from their lands in order to accommodate a growing English settler population
Which of the following prevented English monarchs such as queen Elizabeth I, from establishing an absolutist regime.
English monarchs were legally required to obtain the consent of Parliament in order to raise funds.
In what way did the Enlightenment affect the religious belief in Europe?
Enlightenment thinkers criticized corrupt church practices and irrational doctrines, weaking clerical authority in some places
Which of the following accurately describes labor on Caribbean sugar plantations?
Enslaved people sometimes dropped dead from exhaustion, working up to sixteen-hour days
Which of the following was a consequence of European states' extraction of wealth from colonies?
European states grew rich enough to wage an almost unceasing wars against one another
Which of the following was a consequence of the fact that European buyers preferred enslaved males?
Gender imbalance in the Americas contributed to the continuation of the transatlantic slave trade.
What was a global effect of the Seven Years' War?
Great Brittan emerged as the worlds strongest power, making it harder for indigenous people to pit European powers against each one another
How did Europe's seaborn commerce in Asia compare with its commerce in the Americas?
In Asia, European merchants did not conquer large areas, and instead served as intermediaries in pre-existing trade networks
How did nationalist thinkers define "the nation"?
In terms of a common language, culture, and history
How did the British change their approach to ruling India after 1857
India came under the British crown's direct control
In what way was the U.S Declaration of independence in Enlightenment document?
It announced that all men were endowed with equal rights
What was Egypt's main significance withing the Ottoman Empire?
It served as the Ottomans' breadbasket, providing Istanbul with the largest stream of any province
What did the battle at Lepanto In 1571 demonstrate?
Only a united European effort could combat the Ottomans advance
The work of which admiral and cartographer provided the foundation for important Ottoman gains in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean?
Piri Reis
Wahhabi Islam was a direct threat to the political power of which of the following?
The Ottoman Empire
Which of the following rationales best explains why the Ottomans failed to vigorously contest the Portuguese presence in the Indian Ocean during the early sixteenth century?
The Ottomans were focused on Conquering the Balkans
Which of the following was an important effect of the ottoman conquest of Syria and Egypt
The conquest enabled Ottoman leaders to treat their Sunni state as the preeminent Muslim empire
What were some of the long-term consequences of the Enlightenment in the West?
The expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking
What was the major reason why European states wanted to prevent their New World colonies from trading with other states?
They wanted to prevent the spread of wealth to states other than their own.
What ideas did Europe Enlightenment thinker hold in common?
They wanted to use universal, objective knowledge to improve their societies.
Why were the Portuguese and other Europeans motivated to find new routes to Asia
They were responding to the conquest of Constantinople and the rise of Ottoman power in the Mediterranean
Which of the following was a major long-term consequence of Columbus's voyages?
Two different and previously separated biomes converged
Why did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels call their theories "scientific" socialism?
because their arguments were rooted in a materialist view of history
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, why did the enslaved Africans who were brough to the Caribbean work for only an average of three years?
death caused by inadequate rations, harsh labor, and mistreatment by enslavers
According to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, history consisted of?
successive forms of exploitative production and rebellions against them.
