4.5, 4.6, & 4.7 Flashcard

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What trading advantage did the Dutch have over other countries?

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Dutch ships were faster and lighter

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Which of the following correctly describes triangular trade? Raw goods went from North America, manufactured goods went from Europe, enslaved people went from Africa.

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Raw goods went from North America, manufactured goods went from Europe, enslaved people went from Africa.

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Why is there a lack of information about indigenous people of the Americas today?

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Conquistadors burned native books

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Which of the following long-term changes in the period circa 1550–1700 best demonstrates that the actions described by de Estete in the passage failed to fully achieve their goals?
- The development of a global economy based on Spanish exports of Andean silver
- American foods becoming staple crops in Eurasia
- The emergence of syncretic religious practices in the Americas
- The growing Spanish dependence on coerced labor in the Americas

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The emergence of syncretic religious practices in the Americas

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In the period 1500 to 1750, the population of the Portuguese colony of Brazil grew rapidly and became predominantly African. Which of the following best explains these demographic changes? The adoption of indigenous food crops by African migrants, Portuguese loss of colonial holdings in the Indian Ocean, The rapid natural increase of Brazil’s early slave population, The increase in global demand for cash crops such as sugar

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The increase in global demand for cash crops such as sugar

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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? Options: Increasing global connections expanded the reach of existing religions., Church authorities argued that religious diversity should be respected and protected., The intensification of cross-cultural interactions resulted in the development of syncretic religions., Religious motivations for European exploration and colonization were secondary to economic motivations.

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Increasing global connections expanded the reach of existing religions.

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For the period circa 1650–1790, the differences between clove prices in Southeast Asia and those in Amsterdam best support which of the following conclusions?
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Imperialism economically benefited those Asians who collaborated with the Europeans and harmed those Asians who resisted European control.
Imperialism led directly to the articulation of anticolonial ideologies based on Enlightenment principles.
Imperialism was undertaken mostly to prevent the expansion of rival European powers and resulted in the colonization of areas of no direct economic interest to Europeans.
Imperialism economically benefited European merchants and governments while leading to the economic decline or stagnation of Asian producers.

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Imperialism economically benefited European merchants and governments while leading to the economic decline or stagnation of Asian producers.

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Ana Nzinga was a…

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Ruler of Ndongo

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The Cossacks lived in which country?

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Russia

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What was the Maratha Empire in India upset at the spread of?

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The Spread of Persian Art, Culture and Islam