history midterm

weehee i love capitalism

**True or False:** There was evidence that there was a slave trade between Muslims and Sub-Saharan Africans

True

**True or False:** English colonies were more likely to be supported with private investment than a Spanish Colony

True

**True or False:** The Portuguese ‘trading post empire’ allowed the Portuguese to control trade without managing land or people

True

**True or False:** The Columbian Exchange didn’t give new commodities to people who were isolated

False

Peace of Westphalia established a __

system of sovereign and equal European States

Last emperor of the Inca Empire?

Atahualpa

**True or False:** European exploration was driven by the study of foreign people and their land

False

**True or False**: From 1500 to 1750 gender ratios were so out of balance in some African populations that polygamy were accepted in these areas

True

What does Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism have in common?

Missionary efforts

What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?

Keep northern invaders out of China

Ensure Ming protected from Mongol Empire

1770’s was a time period marked by

Enlightenment ideas

Once the Tokugawa Shogunate was established, samurai and daimyo were encouraged to take jobs in what area of Japanese society?

Bureacrats or scholars

What religion was popularized in the Ming and Qing dynasties?

Confucianism

Ptolemaic universe believed what about the Earth in the Universe?

Motionless Earth surrounded by 9 hollow spheres

Who is considered the first and most important early capitalist thinker Adam Smith, Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson?

Adam Smith

**True or False**: English colonies were more likely to be supported with private investment than a Spanish colony

True

**True or False:** Did the Battle of Chaldiran between the Ottoman and Safavid empires lead to total Safavid defeat and Ottoman occupation of Safavid territory?

False

Describe the Atlantic triangular trade system

Africa provided slaves

Americas provided agricultural products

Europe provided manufactured goods

Foot binding of the Song dynasty through the Ming and Qing dynasties was seen as what?

A sign of status, usually upper class, since these women did not need to move around as easily

**True or False**: An important shift that took place during the industrial area was a move away from animal power to steam power

True

**True or False**: The study of diplomatic evidence between African and Portuguese leaders would help historians to understand relations the two groups

True

Under what circumstances did German unification and nationalism come into being?

Wars against neighboring countries help the process

Give a reason for the decline of Islamic empires

Weak rulers

problems with heirs to the throne

Cultural conservatism

Tensions between religious groups

What group comprised the largest migrants from 1500 to 1800

Slaves

How did Adam Smith view government led protectionism (tariffs, government oversight)?

Economic laws rejected it

*he was like grr bad*

Qing means what in translation?

Pure

Where did Locke believe sovereignty was vested?

People