Global 10 Midterm Exam - 2018-2019

Based on the map of the world in 1750, one can infer that:

• Native empires dominate the Americas

• Europeans nations expanded their influence around the world

• Islam was the world’s largest religion

• Trade on the Indian Ocean was unimportant

How does the geography of Africa explain the lack of development in the interior of the continent?

• The interior had many natural barriers

• The interior was designated as a free trade zone

• The interior possessed few natural resources

• The interior was unoccupied by people

How does the political situation in Africa explain African involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

• Wars between Muslims and Christians led to instability

• Indian traders sent slaves to the Americas.

• Ottoman sultans wanted a new source of income.

• Europeans exploited Africa’s lack of unity.

Which political philosophy does Bossuet describe?

• Divine right absolutism

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Constitutional democracy

Which individual would have opposed the political philosophy described above?

• Louis XIV

• John Locke

• Peter the Great

• Charles I

The absolute monarchs of Europe in the 17^th and 18^th centuries justified their authority in much the same way as the

• German Nazis who believed in racial superiority

• Roman senators who were elected by citizens of the republic

• Chinese emperors who claimed the mandate of heaven

• Spanish viceroys whose authority came from the king

Historians would use the Great Moghul Jahangir’s letter to James I of England as the reason for the:

• Eventual English domination of India

• War between India and England

• Disagreement between India and England

• French monopoly of Indian trade

The Moghul response to interaction with Europe differed from Japan’s response in that the Japanese:

• Desired more trade with Europeans

• Were welcoming to Europeans

• Closed their ports to Europeans

• Had nothing desired by Europeans

The Open Door Policy is proof of the:

• Strength of the Qing dynasty China

• Weakness of the Qing dynasty China

• Importance of free trade to China

• Ethnocentric values of the Chinese

The perspective of the cartoonist on the Open Door Policy is that the:

• Chinese supported free trade agreements

• United States monopolized Chinese trade

• United States preserved Chinese independence

• Europeans allied against Chinese interests