AP Modern World History Chapter 6 Part 1 Test

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

• The government guaranteed safety to 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 experienced a long-held monopoly. of the European trade in Eastern goods?

• Venice

• Lisbon

• Rome

• Constantinople

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 fact that Europeans often had to pay for Asian spices and textiles in cash led to which of the following?

• an intense desire for precious metals

• a European trade surplus

• a lack of desire to trade with Asia

• the closing of the Indian Ocean trade network

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

____________.

• fur

• spices

• silk

• silver

Which of the following was a result of the fur trade in North America in the early modern period?

• the enslavement of Native Americans to support the fur trade

• the dependence of Native Americans on European trade goods

• the removal of Native Americans in the interior to reservations

• the monopoly of the fur trade by Russian hunters and trappers

Which of the following describes a feature of the North American, but not the Russian, fur trade in the early modern period?

• the local population suffered from exposure to European epidemic diseases against which they had no immunity

• the local population became dependent on European trade goods

• competition between European traders meant that furs were obtained largely through commercial negotiations with the local population

• some animal species were hunted to near extinction

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 is true of slavery in the premodern Islamic world?

• slaves were exclusively male because women were not enslaved

• some slaves acquired prominent military or political status

• all slaves worked in large-scale agricultural enterprises

• slaves were treated as a form of dehumanized property