Question 1

The first known circumnavigation of the earth is associated with

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A)  Amerigo Vespucci.
B)  Ferdinand Magellan.
C)  John Cabot.
D)  Christopher Columbus.
E)  Vasco da Gama.

Question 2

What was "exchanged" in the Columbian exchange, and who gained the most?

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Question 3

India's Mughal dynasty was

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A)  Hindu in religion.
B)  Buddhist in religion.
C)  Mongol in origin.
D)  successful in expelling the British East India Company.
E)  long native to the Indian subcontinent.

Question 4

Using specific examples, explain what role private investment and initiative played in European expansion.What was the role of state sponsorship and patronage?

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Private investment and initiative played...

Question 5

The Aztec empire, which Cortéz conquered in 1519, was located

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A)  in the Peruvian Andes.
B)  on Cuba.
C)  in central Mexico.
D)  in southern Florida.
E)  on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Question 6

The European nation that took over the spice trade from Portugal was

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A)  Venice.
B)  England.
C)  Spain.
D)  France.
E)  the Dutch Republic.

Question 7

Which empire was described as "an old, crazy, first-rate man of war" but because of incompetent leadership was destined to be "dashed to pieces on the shore"?

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A)  the British Empire
B)  the Spanish Empire
C)  the Chinese Empire
D)  the Russian Empire
E)  the Ottoman Empire

Question 8

The first major Portuguese settlement in India was at Calicut.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why did the slave trade come to rely on the peoples of West Africa, and what were the consequences for all parties involved?

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The slave trade came to rely on the peop...

Question 10

How and why did Portugal and Spain acquire overseas empires? Compare and contrast their motivations and methods for exploration and expansion.

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Portugal and Spain acquired overseas emp...

Question 11

Catholic Christianity failed to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because

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A)  of opposition from Jesuit missionaries.
B)  of opposition from Protestant missionaries.
C)  of opposition by the pope to the practice of ancestor worship.
D)  of the antipathy of the Chinese to all spiritual doctrines.
E)  of the success of Hindu missionaries, who were closer to Chinese Buddhism in tradition.

Question 12

The thirteen colonies in British North America were directly controlled by the British Board of Trade, the Royal Council, and Parliament, with no colonial legislatures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The House of Fugger went bankrupt at the end of the sixteenth century when which of the following defaulted on their loans?

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A)  the pope.
B)  the Habsburgs.
C)  the Venetians.
D)  Bourbons.
E)  the Sicilians.

Question 14

The Italian merchant whose tales of the court of Kublai Khan popularized China in Europe was

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A)  Christopher Columbus.
B)  Amerigo Vespucci.
C)  Marco Polo.
D)  Leonardo Bruni.
E)  John Mandeville.

Question 15

Given its relatively small population and lack of obvious resources, why was the Dutch Republic so successful in establishing a profitable overseas empire?

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The success of the Dutch Republic in est...

Question 16

According to mercantilist theory, the prosperity of a nation depended on a plentiful supply of

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A)  slaves.
B)  colonies.
C)  agricultural surplus.
D)  bullion.
E)  aristocrats.

Question 17

An extensive multiracial society appeared first in

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A)  British North America.
B)  Latin America.
C)  Northern Europe.
D)  Southern Europe.
E)  China.

Question 18

By the end of the seventeenth century,

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A)  international trade was much greater than intra-European trade.
B)  wealth was being transferred back to the New World from Europe in the form of raw materials.
C)  local, regional, and intra-European trade was considerably greater than international trade.
D)  slavery was in decline in both Africa and the New World.
E)  European imperialism had come to an end.

Question 19

The major western rival to the British in India in the seventeenth century was

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A)  Portugal.
B)  France.
C)  Spain.
D)  the Netherlands.
E)  Russia.

Question 20

John Cabot explored the New England coastline under a license from the king of

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A)  France.
B)  Venice.
C)  Spain.
D)  Portugal.
E)  England.

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