POP Quiz 04.15.23

Which event can most likely explain the sudden drop in population of the Americas from 1500 to 1600?

• Arriving Conquistadors often separated themselves from the local populations based on their beliefs of social darwinism and assumption of European superiority.

• Unaware of the dangers, indigenous groups often interacted with migrating Europeans, leding to the contraction of new diseases which they lacked the necessary immunities to combat.

• The majority of indigenous groups such as the remaining Maya, Mexica and Incas were defeated and later massacred at the hands of invading Spanish armies.

• Intertribal disputes contributed to the dwindling population numbers as groups often vied for land which most geographically benefitted their need for resources.

What events between the late 18th and early 19th century likely spurred an increase in people immigrating to the Americas leading to a boast in the overall population?

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade increased with new innovations of the Industrial Revolution such as the Cottin Gin and the Water Wheel.

• The success of various Atlantic Revolutions promised a better livelihood for poorer rural families than those still under monarchial rule especially in Europe and Asia.

• Americas own imperial conquests including in the Phillipines and Cuba resulted in a greater spread of American populous throughout the world.

• The spread of the bubonic plague in many parts of Europe and the Middle East made continued stay in such environments unsuitable for growing families.

What event must contributed to urbanization and the subsequent growth in American populations in the 1800s?

• The Industrial Revolution.

• The American Civil War.

• The Great Migration of African Americans to the North.

• The end of The Great War.

What 'mistakes' is the author most likely aluding to in the first paragraph?

• China's 'Century of Humiliation' following its lose of economic decision-making powers to imperial nations.

• The haste of the 'Great Leap Forward which led to severe food shortages, later famine, and poor quality of industry.

• The Soviet Union's willingness to work with the Allied powers during the second World War.

• China's adoption of Communism instead of Capitalism and Democracy.

Which answer best identifies how Mao Zedong aimed to accomplish his 'Cultural Revolution'?

• Mao emphasized the need to combine traditional beliefs with western modernization in order to become a ruling superpower similar to Britain.

• Mao utilized the rural poor, peasant class, and youth to reinforce his own Maoist beliefs and replace Chinese traditions.

• Mao placed his trust in the "revolutionary elite" of intellectuals and urban workers, but would often have them executed and erased if they failed.

• Mao argued Enlightenment ideas be endorsed along with the teachings of Lenin over the words and actions of Joseph Stalin.

Mao Zedong's summation that Stalin is 70% good and 30% bad could suggest his own admission that...

• Government control of economics is insufficient compared to free market capitalism.

• Lenin would have made a better leader of the Soviet Union.

• Stalin's approachs were equally flawed to his own.

• Mao believed he was much better than Stalin as a leader.

This painting most likely signifies what important development of the 19th and 20th century?

• The use of joint-stock companies endorsed by mother countries to participate in mercantile trade.

• The rise of European imperialism over various Asian and African groups.

• The support of different religious beliefs by the ruling Islamic Gunpowder Empire of the Mughal.

• Resistant Movements by locals against Euoprean occupation.

What contributed to the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny against England's East Indian Company?

• Insufficient pay, lack of promotion, and no representation in parliment to address rising taxes.

• Increased cultural and racial insensitivity by British officers who disregarded important aspects of Hindu and Islamic faith.

• Reinstitution of former "blood" taxation which forced children of various neighboring groups to join the army.

• Cruel treatment to those who did not meet their mandatory quotas for resources mined or collected.

Which answer best summarizes the impact of imperialism had on the British Raj (India) c.1853 - 1947

• New technologies revolutionized India through unity as new transport systems led to greater economic yeilds for local communities.

• While the Mughal maintained political control, their economic decision-making was now directed by foreign "spheres of influence"

• De-industrialization and resource loss, undermined India's economic growth as foreign control weakened India's domestic laws.

• Although adopting western ways helped the country modernize, traditional values were lost or only practiced by a few.

18th century technologies such as the Cotton Gin, Spinning Jenny, and the Flying Shuttle added to what historical development?

• The reduction and eventual abolishment of chattel slavery and indentured servitude, as new machinery reduced the need for physical labor.

• The implementation of manors whose residents lived within and abided by a rigid feudal system based on land-ownership.

• Industrialization as textile production transitioned from being created by hand to new mass producing manufacturing processes using machinery.

• Global conflict as competing industralized nations fought over natural resources and the ever-expanding need for new markets.