WHAP Review The Early Modern Era 1450-1750

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Which of the following was a major similarity among European colonial empires in the Americas in the period 1450–1750? Widespread religious tolerance and diversity, Encouragement of the development of industrial manufacturing in their territories, Enslavement of African peoples and subjugation of Amerindians, Settlement of millions of Europeans in each of their colonial territories

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Enslavement of African peoples and subjugation of Amerindians

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Which of the following consequences of the Columbian Exchange most affected Amerindians in the sixteenth century? Diseases caused pandemics.

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Diseases caused pandemics.

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The Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire before 1700 C.E. shared which of the following characteristics? Both empires were able to expand without meeting strong resistance. Both empires formally restricted foreign trade. Both empires were ruled by a single religious official. Both empires were religiously and culturally diverse.

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Both empires were religiously and culturally diverse.

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An important reason for China’s rapid population increase in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was: the introduction of new crops from the Americas, the end of the bubonic plague in Asia, the widespread adoption of the European three-field system, unprecedented immigration from the Mughal and Ottoman empires.

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the introduction of new crops from the Americas

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Which of the following would be the most useful source of evidence for research about the profits of Portuguese and British slave traders in the period 1600–1800? Options: Portuguese and British tax records, Narratives of slaves transported to the Americas, European slave traders’ account books, Journals of African slave traders

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European slave traders’ account books

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Which of the following statements is true about both the Mughal and Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century? Options: In both empires the majority of the people were Muslims., Both empires had powerful navies that engaged European navies., Both empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies., Both empires gave little monetary support to artistic and cultural endeavors.

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Both empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies.

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Which of the following about Afro-Eurasian trade is supported by the map above? The states of the Middle East did not participate in the Indian Ocean trading system. The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersections of major trading routes. The Delhi Sultanate relied primarily on sea routes to participate in the silk trade across Asia. The Islamic states of West Africa maintained close commercial ties with eastern Europe.

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The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersections of major trading routes.

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In contrast to initial industrialization, the second Industrial Revolution in the last half of the nineteenth century was particularly associated with the mass production of which of the following? Textiles, iron, and coal, Textiles, automobiles, and plastics, Airplanes, ships, and radios, Electricity, steel, and chemicals

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Electricity, steel, and chemicals

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The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by

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increased production of cash crops like sugar

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In recent decades, many world historians have challenged the commonly held view that Europeans controlled the largest share of world trade in the seventeenth through the eighteenth centuries. Which of the following evidence from the period would best support this historical reinterpretation? Options: Prices for Chinese goods were much higher in Europe than in China., European trading companies often backed their long-distance trading ventures with the threat of military force., Asian trading companies dominated trade in the Indian Ocean region., European merchants transported only a fraction of the goods shipped globally.

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European merchants transported only a fraction of the goods shipped globally.