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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?
They were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples
They were initiated by maritime expansion
They spread diseases to conquered peoples
They were created by merchants
- 2. Multiple Choice
The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands was_____________
based on commercial agriculture and mining
supported by piracy and smuggling
dependent on the import of African slaves for labor
administered by Spanish missionaries
- 3. Multiple Choice
Some scientists have linked the Little Ice Age that spanned much of the early modern period to the ______________
discovery of Siberia
plantation complex
devshirme
Great Dying
- 4. Multiple Choice
What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?
The British government invested massive funds into building libraries throughout North America
Spanish and Portuguese colonizers thought Native Americans could not be taught to read
The Spanish and Portuguese governments discouraged literacy among the colonial population
Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes a feature of Qing China's policy toward its possessions if central Asia?
a massive migration of Chinese settlers into the area
respect for the different cultures of the region
the imposition of a special tax on Muslims
assimilation of the local populations into Chinese society
- 6. Multiple Choice
How did Chinese and Russian expansion into Central Asia affect the nomadic peoples inhabiting the steppe lands?
they formed a military confederation and won their independence
they abandoned their nomadic lifestyle and enjoyed success as merchants
they were absorbed into Chinese and Russian society and lost their identity
they no longer enjoyed political independence and economic prosperity
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an outcome of the establishment of European empires in the Americas?
a sharp decline in population in Europe and Asia
the spread of smallpox from the Americas to Eurasia
the emergence of an Atlantic world connecting four continents
a shift in the global balance of power in favor of Russia
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did silver from the mines of Mexico and Peru affect international commerce?
it shifted the center of long-distance trade to the Americas
it enabled Europeans to buy Chinese tea,silk, and porcelain
it weakened the effectiveness of merchantilist fiscal policies
it encouraged piracy and smuggling among colonists in North America
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following policies reflects mercantilist thinking?
using slave labor
encouraging free trade
discouraging exports
accumulating precious metals
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a reason Russia expanded beginning in the sixteenth century?
to gain access to gunpowder weapons
to secure its borders from attack
to monopolize the spice trade
to control the Silk Roads
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following policies contributed to the growth of Hindu opposition to Mughal rule by the late seventeenth century?
creation of an imperial cult
construction of the House of Worship
promotion of the practice of sati
reinstatement of the jizya
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following resulted from Russia's westward expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
Russia's monopoly of the fur trade
The conversion of the Russian royal family to Islam
the incorporation of Slavic-speaking Ukrainians and Belorussians into the empire
a program of westernization in Russia
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