MULTIPLE CHOICE SAMPLES

1450-1750

WHERE IN THE NEW WORLD DID SLAVERY LAST THE LONGEST?

A) Haiti B) Brazil C) Cuba D) The United States

WHERE IN THE NEW WORLD DID SLAVERY LAST THE LONGEST?

A) Haiti B) Brazil C) Cuba D) The United States

WHICH FEATURE OF THE EXPANDING RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE PERIOD 1500-1800 WAS NOT A FEATURE OF EXPANDING WESTERN EUROPEAN EMPIRES IN THIS PERIOD?

A) Russia held military dominance over less technologically sophisticated peoples B) Multiple ethnicities fell under the dominance of a single monarch C) Territorial expansion was a major goal D) Expansion was mainly carried out over land and not sea

WHICH FEATURE OF THE EXPANDING RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE PERIOD 1500-1800 WAS NOT A FEATURE OF EXPANDING WESTERN EUROPEAN EMPIRES IN THIS PERIOD?

A) Russia held military dominance over less technologically sophisticated peoples B) Multiple ethnicities fell under the dominance of a single monarch C) Territorial expansion was a major goal D) Expansion was mainly carried out over land and not sea

WHICH IMPULSE FOR THE COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA WAS GENERALLY MISSING FROM THE COLONIZATION OF THE REST OF THE WORLD?

A) Setting up slave plantations B) The search for gold C) Freedom from religious persecution D) Expansion of royal authority

WHICH IMPULSE FOR THE COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA WAS GENERALLY MISSING FROM THE COLONIZATION OF THE REST OF THE WORLD?

A) Setting up slave plantations B) The search for gold C) Freedom from religious persecution D) Expansion of royal authority

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHOICES PLACES LATIN AMERICA’S RACIAL HIERARCHY IN THE PROPER ORDER, FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST?

A) Mestizo/mulatto, Native American/African slave, Peninsular, Creole B) Native American/African slave, mestizo/mulatto, Creole, Peninsular C) Creole, mestizo/mulatto, Peninsular, Native American/African slave D) Native American/African slave, Creole, mestizo/mulatto, Peninsular

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHOICES PLACES LATIN AMERICA’S RACIAL HIERARCHY IN THE PROPER ORDER, FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST?

A) Mestizo/mulatto, Native American/African slave, Peninsular, Creole B) Native American/African slave, mestizo/mulatto, Creole,

Peninsular

C) Creole, mestizo/mulatto, Peninsular, Native American/African slave D) Native American/African slave, Creole, mestizo/mulatto, Peninsular

WHICH GROUP SUFFERED THE GREATEST LOSS OF AUTHORITY AS ABSOLUTE MONARCHY TOOK HOLD IN THE WEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 17 TH CENTURY?

A) Monarchs B) Merchants C) Aristocrats D) Artisans

WHICH GROUP SUFFERED THE GREATEST LOSS OF AUTHORITY AS ABSOLUTE MONARCHY TOOK HOLD IN THE WEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 17 TH CENTURY?

A) Monarchs B) Merchants C) Aristocrats D) Artisans

WHAT WAS THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE ON THE POPULATION OF THE OLD WORLD?

A) Population growth across the Old World based on New World crops such as corn and the potato B) Massive depopulation of Western Europe due to migration to the Americas C) Sharp increase in the West African population to furnish individuals for slave trade D) Sharp decrease in the male population as sailors died at sea

WHAT WAS THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE ON THE POPULATION OF THE OLD WORLD?

A) Population growth across the Old World based on New World crops such as corn and the potato

B) Massive depopulation of Western Europe due to migration to the Americas C) Sharp increase in the West African population to furnish individuals for slave trade D) Sharp decrease in the male population as sailors died at sea

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS DOES NOT BELONG ON A LIST OF ELEMENTS COMMON TO OTTOMAN, SAFAVID, AND MUGHAL DYNASTIES IN THE PERIOD 1450-1750?

A) Were founded by nomadic Turkic peoples B) Were weakened by failed land invasions into Western Europe C) Had difficulty maintaining centralized rule over regions D) Were initially dominated by warrior aristocracies

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS DOES NOT BELONG ON A LIST OF ELEMENTS COMMON TO OTTOMAN, SAFAVID, AND MUGHAL DYNASTIES IN THE PERIOD 1450-1750?

A) Were founded by nomadic Turkic peoples B) Were weakened by failed land invasions into Western

Europe

C) Had difficulty maintaining centralized rule over regions D) Were initially dominated by warrior aristocracies

WHICH CIVILIZATIONS WERE MOST ABLE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ISOLATION IN RELATION TO THE MARITIME WEST IN THE PERIOD 1450-1750?

A) West African B) South Asian C) Mesoamerican D) East Asian

WHICH CIVILIZATIONS WERE MOST ABLE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ISOLATION IN RELATION TO THE MARITIME WEST IN THE PERIOD 1450-1750?

A) West African B) South Asian C) Mesoamerican D) East Asian

WHICH EUROPEAN TRADE PRODUCT MET WITH THE GREATEST DEMAND IN EAST ASIA IN THE PERIOD 1450-1750?

A) Opium B) Bullion C) Mechanical clocks D) Silk

WHICH EUROPEAN TRADE PRODUCT MET WITH THE GREATEST DEMAND IN EAST ASIA IN THE PERIOD 1450-1750?

A) Opium B) Bullion C) Mechanical clocks D) Silk

BY 1750, WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULOUS REGION ON THE GLOBE?

A) Sub-Saharan Africa B) Western Europe C) East Asia D) North and South America

BY 1750, WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULOUS REGION ON THE GLOBE?

A) Sub-Saharan Africa B) Western Europe C) East Asia D) North and South America