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WHAP Unit 4 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best CONTEXT for the rise of Maritime Empires?

a)

Vikings reaching the new world increased interaction between the old world and the new.

b)

The fall of the Ming dynasty in China opened up the East to trade with the West.

c)

A power vacuum in the Indian Ocean encouraged Europeans to get involved in Maritime trade.

d)

New navigational technology allowed sea trade and exploration on a greater scale.

2.

The Omani-European rivalry took place in the (a)   Ocean region.

3.

All of the following were new navigational technology that allowed for long distance maritime trade (check all that apply).

a)

Caravel

b)

Magnetic Compass

c)

Lateen Sale

d)

Astrolate

e)

Printing Press

4.

Why did primogeniture laws encourage Europeans to explore?

a)

It said only sons could inherit from their parents, so it encouraged women to go elsewhere.

b)

If you were not the first born son you would not inherit anything, so you had to make your wealth in other ways.

c)

Parents could use this law to exclude any child from inheriting money. This pushed those children to explore.

d)

These laws provided money for young people to explore the new world.

5.

(a)   is the practice of making maps.

6.

Who was the first European monarch to finance exploration?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Bartholomew Diaz

d)

Christopher Columbus

7.

Who was the first explorer to sail around the tip of Africa?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Bartholomew Diaz

d)

Christopher Columbus

8.

Who was the first explorer to sail from Portugal all the way to India?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Bartholomew Diaz

d)

Christopher Columbus

9.

Who was the first explorer to "discovoer" the new world?

a)

Prince Henry the Navigator

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Bartholomew Diaz

d)

Christopher Columbus

10.

Check all of the below that apply: Which of the following are characteristics of many trading post empires?

a)

Did not control huge amounts of land.

b)

Did control large amounts of land.

c)

Used weapons to enforce trade.

d)

Were established by large land based empires.

11.

Many Europeans began exploring in search of what?

a)

Indeginous people to exploit.

b)

Silver in Latin America

c)

The New World

d)

The Northwest Passage from Europe and Asia.

12.

What kind of relationship did the French have with the new world?

a)

Rarely made permenenat settlements. Involved in the fur trade.

b)

Created long term permanent settlements and clashed with natives.

c)

Created long term settlements in Latin America in search of silver.

d)

Had a positive relationship with the natives, but were not involved in any resource trading.

13.

Why was Portugal unable to maintain their large trading post empire?

a)

Their navy was overpowered by the British navy.

b)

The Portuguese abandoned the trading post empire in favor of expanding their territory in Africa.

c)

Their population was too small to support that large network.

d)

They did not charge enough taxes to pay for their trading posts.

14.

Define Mercantilism.

a)

The economic policy that all wealth should be shared between colonies and the mother country.

b)

The economic policy that 1. all trade should benefit the mother country and 2. countries should export more than they import.

c)

The social policy that outlines the social hierarchy of the new world.

d)

The religious idea that there is more than one deity.

15.

The Columbian Exchange was the movement of goods, (a)   , ad people between the old world and the new world.

16.

Native populations in the new world were negatively impacted by which of the following: (check all that apply)

a)

Extermination Camps

b)

Forced Labor

c)

Disease

d)

Ritual Sacrifice by Europeans

17.

Which of the following was the largest migration of a group of people?

a)

the African Diaspora

b)

Muslim Diasporic Communities

c)

Hindu and Muslim populations moving in and out of India.

d)

The movement of British prisoners to Australia.

18.

Many Europeans came to the new world in search os silver, but what crop kickstarted triangular trade?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Tea

c)

Cotton

d)

Sugar

19.

Which dynasty followed the Mongol dynasty in China?

a)

Yuan

b)

Ming

c)

Song

d)

Manchu

20.

What is the name of the first unified Japan?

a)

the Manchurian Shogunate

b)

The Meji Restoraction

c)

the Tokugawa Shogunate

d)

Feudal Japan

21.

What is significant about the African Asante Kingdom?

a)

They grew in influence after building a relationship with Europe.

b)

They were the only African kingdom to resist European influence.

c)

The remained completely isolated in the interior of Africa for centuries.

d)

They made large sums of money selling goods to Europeans for inflated prices.

22.

In the mid-16th c. both Japan and Ming China began what?

a)

Centralizing their governments for the first time.

b)

Encouraging new religions like Christianity.

c)

Opening their borders up to increased trade with Europe.

d)

Isolationist policies towards Europe.

23.

The growth of maritime trade resulted in (a)   between European nations.

24.

Great Britain used which of the following to grow their presence in India?

a)

Heavy taxes

b)

Forced Labor

c)

Armed trading posts

d)

The British East India Company

25.

Which of the following was a major cause of the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France?

a)

Great Britain wanted to push France out of North America.

b)

Great Britain wanted to defend native populations against France.

c)

France was trying to expand their territories in Latin America

d)

Native Americans plotted to turn France and Great Britain against each other

26.

Which forced labor systems says that all young men had to work in the silver mines in Peru?

a)

Encomienda System

b)

the Inca Mit'a System

c)

Chattel Slavery

d)

Hacienda System

27.

Which of the following was the system Spain used to FORCE natives into working in agriculture?

a)

Chattel Slavery

b)

Hacienda System

c)

Encomienda System

d)

Inca Mit'a System

28.

Which of the following systems was used by Spanish landowners to coerce natives into working for them in exchange for protection?

a)

Chattel Slavery

b)

Hacienda System

c)

Encomienda System

d)

Inca Mit'a System

29.

What is the name of the system that forced African slaves to the new world?

a)

Chattel slavery

b)

Encomienda System

c)

Hacienda System

d)

Inca Mit'a System

30.

which of the following is the best definition of indentured servitude?

a)

People would exchange work for a set sum of money.

b)

Young women were forced to work for established families in order for a shot at a good marriage.

c)

People were stolen from their home countries and impressed into a foreign army.

d)

People would receive free passage somewhere in exchange for a contracted years of service.

31.

The Commerical Revolution involved many economies shifting to the use of (a)   as a currency.

32.

Joint-stock companies did all of the following (check all that apply):

a)

Were involved in the politics of some nations and colonies

b)

Invested in foreign exploration and colonization

c)

Provided investors with limited liability

d)

Financed trade

33.

What demographic shift occurs from the Atlantic Slave Trade?

a)

More females than males in Africa

b)

More children than elderly in Africa

c)

More males than females in Africa

d)

Songhai Empire loses power to the Asante Kingdom

34.

The triangle of trade where slaves, raw materials and finished good like guns were traded on which ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

35.
The British initially made use of Australia 
a)
because of its rich silver mines 
b)
because of its extraordinary agricultural abundance
c)
as a penal colony
d)
as a tourist retreat.
36.

Which good is Indian most known for producing?

a)

Cotton

b)

Silk

c)

Rug textiles

d)

Sugar

37.

Land based empires often allowed the cultures of conquered people to assimilate into their own. Maritime conquerors often did what?

a)

Allowed native cultures to exist separately from their own.

b)

Created syncretic communities

c)

Eliminated native culture.

d)

Encouraged new cultures to take on some aspects of existing cultures.

38.

Which of the following describes the Fronde rebellion?

a)

An external conflict with Ana Nzinga leading her people against imperial powers.

b)

An external conflict with slaves fighting against the French government.

c)

An internal Russian conflict with serfs rebelling against Catherine the Great.

d)

An internal conflict in France. Nobles fighting against the power of Louis XIV

39.

Which of the following describes the Haitian revolution?

a)

An external conflict with Ana Nzinga leading her people against imperial powers.

b)

An external conflict with slaves fighting against the French government.

c)

An internal Russian conflict with serfs rebelling against Catherine the Great.

d)

An internal conflict in France. Nobles fighting against the power of Louis XIV

40.

Which of the following describes African resistance against Portugal?

a)

An external conflict with Ana Nzinga leading her people against imperial powers.

b)

An external conflict with slaves fighting against the French government.

c)

An internal Russian conflict with serfs rebelling against Catherine the Great.

d)

An internal conflict in France. Nobles fighting against the power of Louis XIV

41.

Which of the following describes Pugachev's Rebellion?

a)

An external conflict with Ana Nzinga leading her people against imperial powers.

b)

An external conflict with slaves fighting against the French government.

c)

An internal Russian conflict with serfs rebelling against Catherine the Great.

d)

An internal conflict in France. Nobles fighting against the power of Louis XIV

42.

Which of the following describes Glorious Revolution?

a)

An external conflict with Ana Nzinga leading her people against imperial powers.

b)

An external conflict with slaves fighting against the French government.

c)

An internal Russian conflict with serfs rebelling against Catherine the Great.

d)

The bloodless revolution where James I (Catholic) was replaced by the Protestant William and Mary in England.

43.

How many points are on the new DBQ rubric?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

10

d)

7

44.

How many times do you have to SOURCE a document to receive both sourcing points?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

45.

How many documents do you have to successfully summarize on the new DBQ rubric?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

46.

How many documents do you have to connect to your thesis in the DBQ to get both analysis points?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

47.

How many pieces of outside evidence do you have to include in the new DBQ?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

48.

Under the Qing dynasty in China, which ethnic group of people were restricted?

a)

Han

b)

Mongol

c)

Manchurian

d)

Japanese

49.

Harem politics led to what?

a)

Corruption in the Mughal Empire

b)

Weak lines of succession in the Ottoman Empire

c)

The fall of the Mongol Empire

d)

Conflict in the Safavid Empire

50.

Your focus for the next few weeks should be practicing what skills?

a)

DBQ Skills

b)

DBQ Skills

c)

DBQ Skills

d)

DBQ Skills but pick this one.