AP Ch14

Which of the following describes the Japanese government’s treatment of Japanese merchants operating in Southeast Asia in the seventeenth century?

• The government guaranteed the safety of the Japanese merchants.

• The government regulated the Japanese merchants in order to tax them.

• The government disavowed any responsibility for the Japanese merchants.

• The government encouraged the Japanese merchants to establish colonies.

Which of the following describes a difference between how the British East India Company operated in Mughal India and how the Dutch East India Company operated in Indonesia in the seventeenth century?

• The British ruled directly over all of India, while the Dutch operated under the authority of local powerful elites.

• The British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers, while the Dutch established control through conquest and colonization.

• The British had to send half their profits back to the government in London, while the Dutch kept all their profits.

• The British assimilated into Indian society, while the Dutch encouraged the local population to become more Dutch.

How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the seventeenth century?

• They welcomed Europeans for their technological expertise and scientific knowledge.

• They protected Christian missionaries and sponsored Christian churches.

• They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch, who were allowed to trade at a single site.

• They established regular diplomatic relations with European states.

The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in?

• fur

• spices

• silk

• silver

How did the decision by the Chinese state to require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy?

• European states required payment of taxes in silver.

• It set off a decade-long worldwide recession.

• It limited the purchasing power of European states.

• The value of silver around the world skyrocketed.

Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade?

• European merchants secured all their slaves by seizing them in raids deep within the interior of Africa.

• European merchants waited on board their ships or in fortified port cities to purchase slaves from African merchants and elites.

• Europeans possessed immunities to the diseases of the region, giving them an advantage in controlling the trade.

• African rulers universally opposed the slave trade on humanitarian grounds and worked together to suppress it.

The number of slaves shipped from Africa to the Americas peaked in the?

• 1500s

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

The most common destination in the Americas for West African slaves was?

• British North America and the United States.

• the Caribbean and Brazil.

• Mexico.

• Peru.

Which of the following distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?

• Children of slaves were considered free.

• Most slaves were women and children.

• Most slaves were Slavic-speaking peoples.

• Slave status was associated with race.

Which of the following was an incentive for the Portuguese to find a direct sea route to Asia?

• To circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on the trade in Eastern goods

• To establish colonies for their growing population and create markets for their goods

• To continue the Crusades in Asia and Pacific Oceania

• To establish a base on the eastern end of the Silk Road