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The First Global Age (1450–1770)
Test Description: Global 9 Unit 4
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) One major effect of the European slave trade on Africa was that the slave trade
A
led to rapid decrease in tribal warfare.
B
strengthened the traditional African economic systems.
C
increased the number of trade routes across the Sahara.
D
hastened the decline of African societies.
2) One way in which the civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Mayas were similar is that all
A
encouraged democratic participation in government.
B
established monotheistic religions.
C
developed extensive writing systems.
D
emphasized quality in education.
3) Which statement about the Aztec and Incan civilizations is a fact rather than an opinion?
A
The Incas had a culture that was superior to the Aztec culture.
B
Incan temples and Aztec calendars are the best examples of advanced science and technology.
C
Both the Incas and the Aztecs had large urban areas with governmental and religious buildings.
D
eligion, art, and science were better in Aztec and Incan cities than they were in European cities.
4) One way in which the Mayan, Gupta, and Songhai cultures were similar is that they
A
developed great civilizations without major influence from Western Europe.
B
depended on trade with European nations to remain economically powerful.
C
emerged from nationalist movements of the twentieth century.
D
were destroyed by military forces of European nations.
5) The Incas, the Romans, and the Mongols were similar in that all
A
established industrial economies.
B
extended control over neighboring peoples.
C
developed systems of writing.
D
adopted democratic political systems.
6) Both the encomienda system of agriculture in Latin America and the plantation system in Southeast Asia
A
diminished the power of the military.
B
redistributed the land to the peasants.
C
depended upon forced labor.
D
produced multicrop economies.
7) A major result of the European Age of Exploration was
A
the fall of European national monarchies and the end of the power of the Roman Catholic Church.
B
a long period of peace and prosperity for the nations of Western Europe.
C
the end of regional isolationism and the beginning of a period of European global domination.
D
extensive migration of people from the Western Hemisphere to Africa.
8) An observation that could be made about the Ottoman empire in the 1400s and 1500s is that the empire
A
had control over most of Western Europe.
B
originated in Hungary.
C
was totally landlocked.
D
had a strategic location between Europe and Asia.
9) An advocate of mercantilism would most likely have agreed with the idea that government should
A
encourage manufacturing in its colonies.
B
impose export duties on manufactured goods.
C
raise tariffs on imported goods
D
abandon the policy of colonial expansion.
10) According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be
A
acquired as markets and sources of raw materials.
B
encouraged to develop their own industries.
C
granted independence as soon as possible
D
considered an economic burden to the colonial power.
11) In Latin America during the early period of Spanish colonialism, the deaths of large numbers of native people led to
A
improved health care in the colonies.
B
the importation of slaves from Africa.
C
the removal of most Spanish troops from the Americas.
D
a decline in Spanish immigration to the Americas.
12) In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of
A
universal suffrage.
B
religious toleration.
C
a limited monarchy.
D
a laissez-faire economy.
13) One similarity between the European concept of divine right and the Chinese concept of Mandate of Heaven is the idea that a leader's power
A
comes from a higher power than the ruler himself.
B
can be challenged by his subjects.
C
should be limted.
D
is an inherited right that cannot be taken away.
14) In the 17th and 18th centuries, the theory of divine right was most often used to justify the
A
supreme power of the Catholic Church.
B
establishment of an absolute monarchy.
C
introduction of free trade policies.
D
involvement of the peasants in making political decisions.
15) During the Age of Absolutism (1600s and 1700s), European monarchies sought to
A
centralize political power in their nations.
B
develop better relations with Muslim rulers.
C
increase human rights for their citizens.
D
encourage the growth of corporate farmers.
16) One reason the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec and Inca empires rapidly is that
A
the Aztecs and Incas joined together to fight the Spanish.
B
the Spanish greatly outnumbered the Aztecs and Incas.
C
the Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did.
D
these empires had no standing armies.
17) Westernization of Russia came about largely through the
A
acceptance of the policies of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
B
desire of the United States to seek new markets.
C
efforts of Peter the Great and his successors.
D
invasion of Russia by Sweden.
18) Which outcome was a direct result of the social structure established during European colonization of Latin America?
A
a small but powerful middle class that owned the land and businesses
B
family structure of native peoples was destroyed
C
inequalities of income and power
D
communist governments were formed in most countries
19) A lasting impact of pre-Columbian civilizations of Latin America was that these cultures
A
influenced art and architecture of later societies.
B
developed a complex system of trade with Europe.
C
encouraged social mobility.
D
developed the first representative democracies in Latin America.
20) From the 1500s through the 1700s, Western European imperialism in Africa and Asia resulted mainly in the
A
increase in trade between Asia and the Americas.
B
cooperation of European, African and Asian governments.
C
establishment of European trading sea ports from Africa to Asia.
D
establishment of colonies in the interior.
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