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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
increased the number of trade routes across the Sahara.
B
strengthened the traditional African economic systems.
C
hastened the decline of African societies.
D
led to rapid decrease in tribal warfare.
2) One way in which the civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Mayas were similar is that all
A
established monotheistic religions.
B
developed extensive writing systems.
C
emphasized quality in education.
D
encouraged democratic participation in government.
3) Which statement about the Aztec and Incan civilizations is a fact rather than an opinion?
A
eligion, art, and science were better in Aztec and Incan cities than they were in European cities.
B
Both the Incas and the Aztecs had large urban areas with governmental and religious buildings.
C
Incan temples and Aztec calendars are the best examples of advanced science and technology.
D
The Incas had a culture that was superior to the Aztec culture.
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
emerged from nationalist movements of the twentieth century.
C
were destroyed by military forces of European nations.
D
depended on trade with European nations to remain economically powerful.
5) The Incas, the Romans, and the Mongols were similar in that all
A
developed systems of writing.
B
adopted democratic political systems.
C
established industrial economies.
D
extended control over neighboring peoples.
6) Both the encomienda system of agriculture in Latin America and the plantation system in Southeast Asia
A
redistributed the land to the peasants.
B
depended upon forced labor.
C
diminished the power of the military.
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
extensive migration of people from the Western Hemisphere to Africa.
C
the end of regional isolationism and the beginning of a period of European global domination.
D
a long period of peace and prosperity for the nations of Western Europe.
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
had a strategic location between Europe and Asia.
C
was totally landlocked.
D
originated in Hungary.
9) An advocate of mercantilism would most likely have agreed with the idea that government should
A
raise tariffs on imported goods
B
abandon the policy of colonial expansion.
C
impose export duties on manufactured goods.
D
encourage manufacturing in its colonies.
10) According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be
A
granted independence as soon as possible
B
acquired as markets and sources of raw materials.
C
encouraged to develop their own industries.
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
a decline in Spanish immigration to the Americas.
B
the importation of slaves from Africa.
C
improved health care in the colonies.
D
the removal of most Spanish troops from the Americas.
12) In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of
A
a laissez-faire economy.
B
religious toleration.
C
a limited monarchy.
D
universal suffrage.
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
should be limted.
B
can be challenged by his subjects.
C
comes from a higher power than the ruler himself.
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
involvement of the peasants in making political decisions.
B
introduction of free trade policies.
C
supreme power of the Catholic Church.
D
establishment of an absolute monarchy.
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 Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did.
B
the Spanish greatly outnumbered the Aztecs and Incas.
C
these empires had no standing armies.
D
the Aztecs and Incas joined together to fight the Spanish.
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
invasion of Russia by Sweden.
D
efforts of Peter the Great and his successors.
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
communist governments were formed in most countries
C
inequalities of income and power
D
family structure of native peoples was destroyed
19) A lasting impact of pre-Columbian civilizations of Latin America was that these cultures
A
developed the first representative democracies in Latin America.
B
encouraged social mobility.
C
influenced art and architecture of later societies.
D
developed a complex system of trade with Europe.
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
establishment of European trading sea ports from Africa to Asia.
C
establishment of colonies in the interior.
D
cooperation of European, African and Asian governments.
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