WH 2022 Unit 4 Quiz

How did the desire for Indian resources affect Spanish and Portuguese foreign policy during the fifteenth century?

• It prompted them to establish an economic alliance with the Italian city-states of the Mediterranean.

• It persuaded them to support the Crusades to recapture the Holy Land of the Middle East.

• It caused them to seek economic self-sufficiency within their European territories.

• It led them to explore new eastern and western maritime trade routes.

Which statement BEST explains how Marco Polo influenced European voyages of exploration to the Americas?

• His innovations in navigation allowed European ships to make more distant trips.

• His descriptions of the Americas convinced Europeans to establish settlements there.

• His accounts of the wealth in China motivated Europeans to seek trade routes to Asia.

• His religious ideas inspired Europeans to spread Christianity farther around the world.

How did the Ottoman Empire influence Portugal to find a sea route to India?

• by controlling access to direct overland trade routes to Asia

• by providing Europeans with advanced navigational technology

• by creating accurate maps of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

• by forbidding Asian countries from developing merchant fleets

What was an unintended consequence of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?

• Portugal and Spain engaged in military conflict over land rights in the Western Hemisphere for centuries.

• Portuguese and Spanish settlers lived in harmony with indigenous people, while other European nations did not.

• Portuguese became the official language of Brazil, while Spanish was spoken throughout the rest of South America.

• Portugal and Spain prevented other European nations from establishing a dominant presence in the Western Hemisphere.

How did the writings of Bartholomew de las Casas affect Spain’s relationship with its colonies in the mid-sixteenth century?

• They led to a push for reform in the Spanish treatment of indigenous peoples.

• They led to an increase in tensions between the Spanish monarch and native religious leaders.

• They led to a renewed interest in the exploration and colonization of Central and South America.

• They led to a decrease in tribal warfare between indigenous peoples and Spanish colonial settlers.

Which statement BEST explains why the Renaissance first developed in cities like Florence and Venice?

• They had monasteries where ancient works were kept.

• They had universities where scholars studied and taught.

• They were economic centers where people exchanged goods and ideas.

• They were governed by a united kingdom that spent money on the arts.

What was responsible for prompting the transatlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century?

• the labor-intensive nature of cash crop production

• the desire to establish new international trade routes

• the European demand for manufactured goods from the Americas

• the need to maintain equitable trade between Europe and the Americas

Which major factor led to the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947?

• loyalties to colonial governments

• issues concerning economic markets

• differences associated with religious beliefs

• conflicts regarding voting requirements

What caused violence to erupt between the people of Israel and the people of Palestine?

• Western governments supported the creation of a Jewish state within the borders of Palestine.

• The people of Palestine were prohibited from practicing Islam since they were now living in a Jewish state.

• The people of Israel were prohibited from practicing Judaism since they were now living in an Islamic state.

• Western governments created new boundaries within Palestine which gave the people of both nations their own state.

Which of these describes a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• The introduction of the horse to Europe caused an increase in agricultural output.

• The introduction of gunpowder to Europe caused war fatalities to increase in Europe.

• The introduction of smallpox to the Americas caused the Native American population to decrease.

• The introduction of the potato and corn to the Americas caused the life expectancy of Native Americans to increase.