Unit 4 Test

1. Which region of the New World saw the initial penetration by European explorers and subjugation of the Native population to slave labor?

• Mesoamerica

• Andean South America

• Caribbean Islands

• Atlantic shoreline of North America

2. Which of the following accompanied the transition from conquest to settlement of the New World?

• Transition from the search of gold to setting up of ranches and sugar plantations

• Increased emigration of Spanish women to the New World

• Disappearance of the majority of the indigenous population through killing and disease

• All of the above

3. Which New World commodity was the greatest value to the Portuguese monarchy in the early phases of the settlement of Brazil?

• Potato

• Tomato

• Silver

• Sugar

4. Which event outside the West contributed to creating an opening for the West to move to the core of global maritime trade network?

• Ming reversal of treasure ship voyages in 1433

• Fall of the Byzantine Empire after the Ottoman sacking of Constantinople in 1453

• Mongol destruction of Abbasid power in 1253

• All of the above

5. Which of the following made the event shown in the image possible?

• Improvements in European cartography and navigation

• The availability of steamships due to the Industrial Revolution

• Access to knowledge from the Chinese acquired through Zheng He’s voyages

• Profits from the slave trade enabling Europeans to invest in voyages

6.  Which most likely explains the motivation of the English monarchy to fund Cabot’s voyage?

• The desire to establish cotton plantations due to industrialization

• The establishment of Portuguese trading posts throughout the Indian Ocean basin

• The need to acquire land for settlement due to rapid population growth

• Spanish sponsorship of the voyages of Columbus and other explorers

7. The object in Image 1 contributed to which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750 CE?

• The creation of the first trade link between Europe and Asia

• The disappearance of previously established trade networks

• The creation of global economy and the rise of mercantilism

• The diffusion of Chinese technology to Europeans as a result of the Crusades

8. The objective in Image 2 best illustrates which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750?

• The diffusion of knowledge from Islamic and Asian Empires to the European navigators

• The development of new syncretic cultural traditions

• The intensification of existing trade networks

• The influence of the Columbian Exchange on technological knowledge

9. When taken together, the two images best support which of the following conclusions?

• Europeans developed entirely new technologies to begin maritime expeditions

• Improved technology enabled Europeans to undertake transoceanic voyages

• European technology in this era was completely adopted from other regions

• Improved technology was the result of new contact between Europeans and the Americas

10. The contrast described in the passage led most directly to which of the following?

• The decline of Amerindian populations due to exposure to European disease

• The growth of African slave trade and the rise of capitalism

• The establishment of European trading posts in the Indian Ocean basin

• The rise of the global silver trade and the establishment of European maritime empires