Ways of the World Chapter 14 Study Guide

What did the Portuguese do after they established seas routes to the Indian Ocean?

A. They sold European goods at high profits to Asian traders

B. They monopolized the spice trade from Asia to Europe

C. They conquered several strategic port cities

D. They converted Swahili East to Christianity

C. They conquered several strategic port cities

What was one main difference between the Spanish colonization of the Philippines and the Portuguese strongholds in the Indian ocean basin?

A. The Spanish converted Filipinos to Christianity while the Portuguese often blended into the local population

B. The Spanish only established coastal outposts while the Portuguese conquered inland areas

C. The Portuguese killed large numbers of natives. but the Spanish did not use violence to enforce their rule

D. The Portuguese made little use of their naval support in establishing their stronghold, but the Spanish did

A. The Spanish converted Filipinos to Christianity while the Portuguese often blended into the local population

What was one main difference between how the British East India Company operated in Mughal India and how the Dutch East India Company operated in what is now Indonesia?

A. The British ruled directly while the Dutch set up a puppet ruler

B. The British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers while the Dutch established control through conquest and colonization

C. The British had to send half their profits back to the government to London while the Dutch kept all their profits

D. The British shared half its profits with Indian rulers while the Dutch kept all their profits

B. The British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers while the Dutch established control through conquest and colonization

How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the early seventeenth century?

A. They welcomed Europeans for their technological knowledge

B. They protected Christian missionaries and sponsored Christian churches

C. They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch

D. They established regular diplomatic relations with European states

C. They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch

Which of the following describes an effect of the European presence in the Indian Ocean on existing Asian commercial networks?

A. Europeans created a network that became just one among a number of thriving Asian commercial networks

B. Europeans destroyed all Asian commercial networks, forcing Asian merchants to turn to piracy and smuggling

C. Europeans required all non-European merchant vessels to purchase a pass and pay duties of 6 to 10 percent on their cargoes

D. Europeans succeeded in controlling nearly all Asian trade networks, making them masters of the Asian economy

A. Europeans created a network that became just one among a number of thriving Asian commercial networks

The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in?

A. Fur

B. Spices

C. Silk

D. Silver

D. Silver

Which of the following was a result of the fur trade in North America in the early modern period?

A. The enslavement of Native Americans to support the fur trade

B. The dependence of Native Americans on European trade goods

C. The removal of Native Americans in the interior to reservations

D. The monopoly of the fur trade by Russian hunters and trappers

B. The dependence of Native Americans on European trade goods

Which of the following was a feature unique to the North American fur trade in the early modern period?

A. The local population suffered form exposure to European epidemic diseases against which they had no immunity

B. The local population became dependent on European trade goods

C. Competition between European traders meant that furs were obtained largely through commercial negotiations with the local population

D. Some animal species were hunted to near extinction

C. Competition between European traders meant that furs were obtained largely through commercial negotiations with the local population

How did the decision by the Chinese state to require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy?

A. European states also required payment of taxes in silver

B. It set off a decade-long worldwide recession

C. It limited the purchasing power of European states, especially Spain

D. The value of silver around the world skyrocketed

D. The value of silver around the world skyrocketed

Which of the following is true of slavery in the premodern Islamic world?

A. The slave population was predominately male

B. Some slaves acquired prominent military or political status

C. Most slaves worked in large-scale agricultural enterprises

D. All salves came from Africa

B. Some slaves acquired prominent military or political status

Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade?

A. European merchants secured most of their slaves by seizing them in raids along the West African coast

B. European merchants waited on board their ships or in fortified port cities to purchase slaves from African merchants and elites

C. Europeans possessed immunities to the diseases to the region, giving them an advantage in controlling the trade

D. African rulers opposed the slave trade and worked together to suppress it

B. European merchants waited on board their ships or in fortified port cities to purchase slaves from African merchants and elites

The number of slaves shipped from Africa to the Americas peaked in?

A. In the 1500s

B. In the 1600s

C. In the 1700s

D. In the 1800s

C. In the 1700s

Map 14.4 in the textbook shows that the most common destinations in the Americas for West African slaves was

A. British North America and the United States

B. The Caribbean and Brazil

C. Mexico

D. Peru

B. The Caribbean and Brazil

Which of the following distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?

A. Children of slaves were considered free persons

B. Most slaves were women and children

C. Most slaves were Slavic-speaking peoples

D. Slave status was associated with race

D. Slave status was associated with race

The emergence of Japan as a major source of silver production in the sixteenth century contributed to?

A. The isolation of Japan

B. Deforestation, soil erosion, and flooding

C. The end of civil war and the unification of Japan

D. Japan's rise as an empire by the seventeenth century

C. The end of civil war and the unification of Japan

Which of the following was an incentive for the Portuguese to find a direct sea route to Asia?

A. To circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on Indian Ocean trade

B. To establish colonies for their growing population and create markets for their goods

C. To continue the Crusades in Asia

D. To establish a base on the eastern end of the Silk Road

A. To circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on Indian Ocean trade

Which of the following was a feature of commerce in the Indian Ocean basin when Vasco de Gama reached India in 1498?

A. Merchants ships were heavily armed

B. The Tokugawa shogunate in Japan regulated all trade in Asia

C. The Chinese navy patrolled the sea lanes

D. Small-scale merchants traded openly

D. Small-scale merchants traded openly

Which of the following was established as a Spanish colony in the sixteenth century?

A. Goa

B. Macao

C. Mombasa

D. The Philippine Islands

D. The Philippine Islands

Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450-1750?

A. Through economic competition

B. By ending China's tribute system

C. By force of arms

D. By establishing diplomatic relations

C. By force of arms

Which describes the role Europeans played in the economy of the early modern era?

A. They controlled the markets of the East to work to their advantage

B. They were essentially middleman funneling American silver to Asia

C. They established and enforced a new international system of trade

D. They dominated the global trade in textiles

B. They were essentially middleman funneling American silver to Asia

Which of the following describes an effect of the silver trade on Spain?

A. It enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambitions in Europe and the Americas

B. It created a market-based economy with state-supported agricultural and industrial enterprises

C. It made the Spanish economy more regionally specialized and highly commercialized

D. It prompted Spanish authorities to launch a successful conservation program

A. It enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambitions in Europe and the Americas

Which of the following developments in the early modern period provided incentives for Europeans to go into the fur trade?

A. The market in textiles

B. The spread of Islam

C. The Middle Passage

D. The Little Ice Age

D. The Little Ice Age

Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America?

A. It fostered the creation of independent, self-sufficient communities

B. It facilitated the assimilation of indigenous peoples into British, Dutch, and French societies

C. It generated warfare among different group of Native Americans

D. It enchanted women's social status because they hunted and trapped animals

C. It generated warfare among different group of Native Americans

What commodity was considered "soft gold" in early modern commerce?

A. Furs

B. Spices

C. Silver

D. Textiles

A. Furs

Which of the following was a consequence of the Atlantic slave trade?

A. The great dying

B. The increase in value of silver

C. The revival of the Silk Roads

D. The African diaspora

D. The African diaspora

The origins of the Atlantic slave were associated with the?

A. Expansion of Russia into Siberia

B. Production of silver

C. Discovery of silver in Bolivia

D. Closure of Japanese ports to European merchants

B. Production of silver

Which of the following in an example of the effect of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies?

A. Frequent slaves revolts caused an environment of fear and insecurity

B. Some European slave catchers assimilated into African society

C. Judicial proceedings were manipulated to generate victims for the slave trade

D. The use of male slaves in urban elite households became commonplace

C. Judicial proceedings were manipulated to generate victims for the slave trade

Which of the following described the experiences of some women in Africa in the early modern era?

A. A few women had access to political power

B. Most women married multiple husbands

C. Women controlled the trade in in wild rice and maple syrup

D. Some women gained prestige as ritual specialists

A. A few women had access to political power

How did the slave trade affect African states?

A. Small-scale kinship-based societies merged to form powerful, centralized states

B. States involved int he slave trade invested their profits in manufacturing industries

C. The Kingdom of Kongo emerged as the most powerful state in West Africa

D. Some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade

D. Some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade

Map 14.1 in the textbook suggests that the European presence in Asia was connected to

A. Conquest

B. Trade

C. Religion

D. Slavery

B. Trade