whap era 2 exam
The chart above represents the social class structure in
Spanish America
World Economic Theory: The world economic system that developed after 1500 featured unequal relationships between western Europe dominance of world trade. Dependent economies used slave or serf labor to produce cheap foods and minerals for Europe and they imported more expensive European items in turn. Dependent regions had weak governments which made European penetration and slave systems possible. Which of the following would complicate generalizations made from this?
Strong governments in the slave-exporting regions of West Africa ??
The purpose of the ecomienda system was to
supply Europeans with a steady supply of labor
The economies of the southern colonies of colonial British America develop most like colonial economies in ...
the Caribbean and Brazil
The major development between 1450 and 1750 was the rise of...
the first truly global trade network
The term Middle Passage refers to
the journey on slave ships from West Africa to the Americas
As a result of the Macartney mission as well as the failed French, Dutch, and Russian embassies
the nations of Europe began to view China as despotic, self-satisfied, and unrealistic
All of these were gunpowder empires except
Kamakura Japan
Which of the following was an important reason why the Ming Empire weakened and fell by the mid-1600s?
A serious change of climate made southern China too hot to raise rice??
Which of the following provides the most accurate description of the Columbian Exchange?
African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemisphere
All of the following describe major global developments that occurred between 1450 and 1750 EXCEPT
Industrialization spread throughout Europe, changing the pace of work, the prices of goods, and the family unit
Which of the following was not an important feature of Peter the Great's efforts to westernize Russia?
Instituting parliamentary style of government
Which of the following is true of both Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas from 1450 to 1750?
As the plantation system grew, so did the use of slave labor??
Which of the following most accurately describes the treatment of the Chinese by the Manchus?
Chinese men were forced to wear their hair in a queue
Which of the following are the states that dominated the Mediterranean trade during the 16th century?
Italian city-states and the Ottoman Empire
Which of the following contributed most to the emergence of Russia as an expanding Eurasian power in the period between 1450 and 1750?
Its absorption of traditions and technology from the Byzantine Empire and western Europe.
In the period 1550-1750, most of the world's ten largest cities were located in which of the following regions?
East Asia
Which of the following most clearly differentiates the sixteenth century from the previous period in world history?
Extension of sugar production to the Americas
World Economic Theory: The world economic system that developed after 1500 featured unequal relationships between western Europe dominance of world trade. Dependent economies used slave or serf labor to produce cheap foods and minerals for Europe and they imported more expensive European items in turn. Dependent regions had weak governments which made European penetration and slave systems possible. Which of the following is an illustration of this theory?
Latin America exported sugar and silver and imported manufactured items.
Nicolas Copernicus is best known for which scientific accomplishment?
Mathematically proving the heliocentric theory
As the Ottomans dominated much of the Middle East and North Africa during the time period 1450 to 1750, which of the following empires dominated South Asia?
Mughal
Which of the following societies successfully resisted foreign penetration and domination from 1500 to 1850?
The Japanese
During the 18th century, which of the following reigned, but did not rule?
The Japanese emperor
Why did the Tokugawa Shogunate close itself off from Europe?
The Japanese feared that the European influence was a threat to the social hierarchy that existed.
In the 17th century, what newly unified state was the world's greatest trading nation?
The Netherlands
Which of the following was the most important factor in enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?
The Spanish were able to form military alliances with other indigenous peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs.
Which of the following resulted from the arrival of western Europeans in India and China during the time period 1450 to 1750?
The establishment of small European enclaves in India and China
Which of the following changes best justifies the claim that the late 1400's mark the beginning of a new period in world history?
The incorporation of the Americas into a global network of exchange
Why were women more in demand than men in the trans-Saharan slave trade?
The slaves were destined to become concubines in lands that practiced polygamy
The Enlightenment can best be described as
a philosophical movement that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior
A common feature of both Japanese and European feudalism was
a strict social structure
The list below: Louis XIV, Philip II, and Peter the Great, refers to...
absolute monarchs
The Mongols and Ottomans shared all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
administrative expertise
The palace of Versailles is considered an architectural embodiment of
an absolute monarchy
How is capitalism different from mercantilism?
capitalism focuses on free trade and the market forces of supply and demand while mercantilism features state-controlled economic activity
In Western Europe, a major immediate effect of the Reformation was a
decline in religious unity and in the power of the Catholic Church
The Native American population of Mexico in 1492 has been estimated at 25 million; the population in 1608 has been estimated at 1.7 million. This decrease in population was mainly a result of...
diseases introduced by the Spanish
All of the following statements about Japan during the time period 1450 to 1750 are true EXCEPT
foreign trade was restricted by the government
Between 1500 and 1800, Europeans were primarily interested in tropical colonies in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the Caribbean because..
large profits could be made from products like sugar, coffee, and pepper
The Manchus and the Mongols were both
nomadic people who conquered China
During the time period 1450 to 1750, England rose as a dominant power in the Indian Ocean primarily because...
of the use of joint-stock companies, allowing private investors to take risks and benefit from trade in the Indian Ocean
"Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the wares and things of your Kingdoms, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, seize many of our people, freed and exempt men, and they kidnap even nobles and the sons of nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the whites who are in our Kingdoms." The quotation above comes from 1526 letter to a European monarch from a king located ...
on the western coast of Africa
The success of the European powers in penetrating the Asian trading system by 1600 can best be explained by the
opening of rich silver mines in Peru and Mexico
In the West Indies
power resided in the hands of a plantocracy
"Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason... my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will hot recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise." —Martin Luther, Diet of Worms (1517) When Martin Luther said "my conscience is captive to the Word of God," he was referring to his belief in...
the supremacy of the Bible over policies of the Catholic Church
What was the purpose of the Counter-Reformation?
to reorganize and reform the Catholic Church and increase its public appeal
