Check all of the below that apply: Which of the following are characteristics of many trading post empires?

Did not control huge amounts of land.

Did control large amounts of land.

Were established by large land based empires.

Many Europeans began exploring in search of what?

The Northwest Passage from Europe and Asia.

What kind of relationship did the French have with the new world?

Rarely made permenenat settlements. Involved in the fur trade.

Created long term permanent settlements and clashed with natives.

Created long term settlements in Latin America in search of silver.

Had a positive relationship with the natives, but were not involved in any resource trading.

Why was Portugal unable to maintain their large trading post empire?

Their population was too small to support that large network.

Their navy was overpowered by the British navy.

The Portuguese abandoned the trading post empire in favor of expanding their territory in Africa.

They did not charge enough taxes to pay for their trading posts.

The economic policy that 1. all trade should benefit the mother country and 2. countries should export more than they import.

The economic policy that all wealth should be shared between colonies and the mother country.

The social policy that outlines the social hierarchy of the new world.

The religious idea that there is more than one deity.

Which of the following was the largest migration of a group of people?

Hindu and Muslim populations moving in and out of India.

The movement of British prisoners to Australia.

What is significant about the African Asante Kingdom?

They grew in influence after building a relationship with Europe.

They were the only African kingdom to resist European influence.

The remained completely isolated in the interior of Africa for centuries.

They made large sums of money selling goods to Europeans for inflated prices.

In the mid-16th c. both Japan and Ming China began what?

Isolationist policies towards Europe.

Centralizing their governments for the first time.

Encouraging new religions like Christianity.

Opening their borders up to increased trade with Europe.

Which of the following was a major cause of the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France?

Great Britain wanted to push France out of North America.

Great Britain wanted to defend native populations against France.

France was trying to expand their territories in Latin America

Native Americans plotted to turn France and Great Britain against each other

which of the following is the best definition of indentured servitude?

People would receive free passage somewhere in exchange for a contracted years of service.

People would exchange work for a set sum of money.

Young women were forced to work for established families in order for a shot at a good marriage.

People were stolen from their home countries and impressed into a foreign army.

Joint-stock companies did all of the following (check all that apply):

Were involved in the politics of some nations and colonies

Invested in foreign exploration and colonization

Provided investors with limited liability

What demographic shift occurs from the Atlantic Slave Trade?

More females than males in Africa

More children than elderly in Africa

More males than females in Africa

Songhai Empire loses power to the Asante Kingdom

The British initially made use of Australia

because of its rich silver mines

because of its extraordinary agricultural abundance

Land based empires often allowed the cultures of conquered people to assimilate into their own. Maritime conquerors often did what?

Allowed native cultures to exist separately from their own.

Encouraged new cultures to take on some aspects of existing cultures.