Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450

Chapter 14 Summative Quiz

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1. What was one main difference between the Spanish colonization of the Philippines and the Portuguese strongholds in the Indian Ocean Basin?

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

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

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

The Portuguese made little use of their naval superiority in establishing their strongholds, but the Spanish did.

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2. 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 today Indonesia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Through economic competition

By ending China’s tribute system

By force of arms

By establishing diplomatic relations

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

the isolation of Japan.

deforestation, soil erosion, and flooding.

the end of civil war and the unification of Japan.

Japan’s rise as an empire by the seventeenth century.

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

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

They were essentially middlemen funneling American silver to Asia.

They established and enforced a new international system of trade.

They dominated the global trade in textiles.

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

The enslavement of Native Americans to support the fur trade

The dependence of Native Americans on European trade goods

The removal of Native Americans in the interior to reservations

The monopoly of the fur trade by Russian hunters and trappers

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

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

The local population became dependent on European trade goods.

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

Some animal species were hunted to near extinction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children of slaves were considered free persons.

Most slaves were women and children.

Most slaves were Slavic-speaking peoples.

Slave status was associated with race.

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11. The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the

expansion of Russia into Siberia.

production of sugar.

discovery of silver in Bolivia.

closure of Japanese ports to European merchants.

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12. Which of the following describes the experiences of some women in Africa in the early modern era?

A few women had access to political power.

Most women married multiple husbands.

Women controlled the trade in wild rice and maple syrup.

Some women gained prestige as ritual specialists.