3.2 Early Modern Empires & 3.4 The Transatlantic Slave Trade

In what political body was there a system called devinshirme that conscripted children from mostly Christian families and trained them to be government workers called janissaries?

• Mughal Empire

• Omani Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Russian Empire

Answer explanation

This massive empire had a complex, strict system in place to keep the power where the sultan wanted it.

Which response best describes China’s development from 1450 to 1750, as compared to earlier and later periods?

• Enhanced defense against the constant threat of European settler colonialism

• Increased inland expansion and far fewer sea-faring expeditions

• Increased investment in trans-oceanic voyages and less inland expansion

• Decreased economic activity as Mongol rule became weaker

Answer explanation

China’s wealth increased greatly during this period simply by looking for new resources in their own, considerable backyard, rather than overseas.

What was created when an existing state such as Spain, Britain and France, traveled by water to establish control of territories far from home?

• A maritime empire

• An imperial rivalry

• A sublime empire

• The Ming dynasty

Answer explanation

This term describes those ambitious, intrusive forces traveling ever further in search of wealth.

A girl born into poverty in 1775 who became a pirate queen.

• Qing Shih

• Suleiman

• Cheng I

• John Sigismund

The main empires that took part in maritime expansion between 1450-1750 were the:

• British, French & Spanish

• British, Chinese, and Spanish

• British, Russians, and Chinese

• Spanish, British, and Ottomans

Land-based empires made it ______ for Europeans to get _____ luxury goods they craved.

• easier, American

• harder, American

• easier, Asian

• harder, Asian

In the 15th and 16th centuries, oceanic travel across the Atlantic and the Pacific created the first truly global _________.

• pandemic

• religion

• network

• extinction

The Great Dying and Atlantic slaving system reversed global population growth.

• True

• False

Land-based empires used __________ and ____________ to great effect.

• constitutions, religion

• bureaucracies, gunpowder

• taxes, reforms

• elections, fear

Oceanic empires imposed racial hierarchies and coerced labor systems to ensure work was completed.

• True

• False