Unit 3 - Global Contact Review Quiz

Why did the Dutch begin to sell firearms to West Africa?

• The Portuguese could not supply enough firearms.

• They wanted to keep up with the other European traders.

• They knew it would lead to an increase in enslaved peoples.

• The pope lifted his ban on firearms sales to non-Christians.

Which source would you use to learn more about the consequences of European attempts to convert Indigenous populations to Christianity?

• a conquistador's journal with entries detailing their peaceful interactions with Indigenous peoples

• an Indigenous mythological text describing their history and beliefs

• an Indigenous group leader's letter conveying concerns about loss of their heritage

• a missionary's letter detailing instructions for how to best convert Indigenous populations

Why might Olaudah Equiano have believed he had a chance to buy his freedom and move to England after he was purchased by Mr. King, a "charitable and humane" Quaker merchant?

• Mr. King promised his freedom, and Olaudah Equiano believed him.

• Quakers tended to be heavily involved in the abolitionist movement.

• Olaudah Equiano was himself a Christian.

• Olaudah Equiano had excellent communication skills in the English language.

Alfonso I reshaped Kongo by

• making Catholicism the state religion and allowing the Portuguese to buy more enslaved people.

• converting to Islam.

• unifying the states of West Africa.

• banning the slave trade in Kongo.

Imagine you investigated the role colonial plantations had on the increase of the African slave trade. Which of the following statements would provide the best findings of your investigation?

• The demand to cultivate plantation land decreased so the African slave trade increased to reduce labor costs.

• The demand for skilled labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.

• The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade.

• The demand for less-intensive labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.

What was implied by mercantilism, which grew with the transatlantic trade route?

• It was implied that the colonists were inferior to their mother country.

• It was implied that Africans were inferior to Europeans.

• It was implied that an African diaspora would occur.

• It was implied that nationalism was an important idea.

Greater amounts of food, crops, livestock, and other commodities traded on the Columbian Exchange caused a major increase in which population?

• Indigenous Americans

• Latin Americans

• Europeans

• South Americans

Which of the following best describes the Commercial Revolution?

• the exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas that resulted from contact between the New World and Old World

• the establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a futures market

• the "discovery" of the New World that prompted European nations to establish territories

• the influx of silver that resulted in economic turmoil for European nations

How is the spread of the potato related to an increase in population in the Old World?

• The potato does not grow easily outside of the Andes. This means that it did not lead to an increase in population in the Old World.

• The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.

• The potato grows easily in warm, comfortable climates. This means that it grew well everywhere except northern Europe, leading to an increase in population.

• The potato does not correlate with an increase in population in the Old World.

Which of the following best suggests why the Portuguese did not try to make as many colonies in Asia as the Spanish did in the Western Hemisphere?

• The Portuguese did not believe in taking things by force.

• The Roman Catholic Church told Europeans not to make colonies.

• The Portuguese saw the people in Asia as their equals.

• Because of their experiences with the Silk Road, the Portuguese knew Asia had many places they wanted to trade with, which was one of their main goals.