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HIS 225  MODULE 1 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
1.	Mercantilism is:
a.	   a system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state based on land 
ownership.
b.	   a system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state based on land 
ownership and silver.
c.	   a system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state based on wealth,
 particularly the gold and silver supply.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1G:Identify the common crises and achievements of 17th century in European states
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2.	The textbook states that the Dutch Empire was built on _______.
a.    silk
b.    slaves
c.    silver
d.    spices
Hint: p. 481
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1I:Explain the rise of the constitutional state in Great Britain and the Netherlands
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3.	The travel of people and goods between the Old and New Worlds led to an exchange of animals, plants, and diseases in a complex process known as:
a.    the transatlantic consumption.
b.    indigenous exchange.
c.    the Columbian exchange.
d.    transatlantic exchange.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
exploration of rise the and LO1C:Describe technology
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4.	The port city of _______ served as a bridge point for the Spanish silver trade with Asia.
a.    Taipei
b.    Kuala Lumpur
c.    Manila
d.    Hong Kong
Hint: p. 483
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1F:Explain causes of European expansion
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5.	The seventeenth century represented a difficult passage between two centuries of dynamism and growth in Europe. On one side lay the sixteenth century's religious enthusiasm and the other brought about interest in:
a.    economic development.
b.    commerce.
c.    renewal of population growth.
d.    economic development, commerce, and population growth.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1E:Identify the changing cultural values and beliefs in Europe and the New World
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6.	Junkers are:
a.    an executive branch of government in the Netherlands to settle governmental disputes.
b.    the nobility of Prussia's sole reluctance to consolidate the Prussian state.
d.	   the nobility of Brandenburg and Prussia, who were reluctant allies of Frederick William in his 
consolidation of the Prussian state.
d.    Prussianized Germans who emigrated from central and western Germany.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1H:Discuss the contrast between Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe in the 16th and 17th 
centuries
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7.	Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, which he christened:
a.    San Salvador prior to leaving it on October 10, 1494.
b.    San Salvador prior leaving in 1494.
c.    San Salvador on October 12, 1493.
d.    San Salvador on August 12, 1493.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1B:Identify European voyages of discoveries
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8.	The Mexica Empire:
a.    was also known as the Aztec Empire.
b.    was advanced in cartography and botany.
c.    was a complex Mexican and Spanish civilization.
d.    is also known as the Mayan Empire.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1G:Identify the common crises and achievements of 17th century in European states
	1
9.	A _______ is a small, manueverable, three-mast sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century.
a.    Lancha
b.    La Guira
c.    Caravel
d.    Na Nau
Hint:pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1A:Discuss the Afro-Eurasian trade world before Columbus
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10.	Puritans were:
a.    fifteenth- and sixteenth-century reformers within the Church of England.
b.    a movement to retain Roman Catholic customs some wanted to changed.
c.    sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Puritan reformers within the Church of England.
d.    people who wanted to reform their belief in predestination.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1F:Explain causes of European expansion
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11.	The Indian Ocean was the center of the Afro-Eurasian trade world, ringed by Cosmopolitan commercial cities such as:
a.    Mombasa in Africa, Calicut in India, and Malacca in Southeast Asia.
b.    Southeast Asia, Portugal, and India.
c.    Mombasa in Africa, Spain, Portugal, and Calicut in India.
d.    Mombasa and Congo in Africa, Calicut in India, and Malacca in Southeast Asia.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
exploration of rise the and LO1C:Describe technology
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12.	To settle competing claims to the Atlantic discoveries, Spain and Portugal turned to Pope Alexander VI. This resulted in a treaty agreement giving Spain everything to the west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic, and Portugal everything to the east. This is called the_________.
a.    Twelve Year Truce
b.    Treaty of Badajoz
c.    Treaty of Tordesillas
d.    Peace of Westphalia
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1F:Explain causes of European expansion
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13.	___________ is a system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery.
a.    Encomienda system
b.    Forced labor system
c.    Valongo trade
d.    Indian labor system
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1G:Identify the common crises and achievements of 17th century in European states
	1
14.	The Austrian Habsburg Ferdinand II took landholdings from the _________ and gave them to _________.
a.    Catholic nobles; Protestant nobles
b.    Protestant nobles; Catholic nobles
c.    nobles; the people
d.    the people; the state
Hint: p. 502
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1G:Identify the common crises and achievements of 17th century in European states
	1
15.	Ptolemy's Geography:
a.    introduced the idea of latitude and longitude position accurately.
b.    improved Renaissance cartography.
c.    was used to study map for wars.
d.    revised maps from the Byzantine on longitudinal positions.
Hint:pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
exploration of rise the and LO1C:Describe technology
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16.	______ were mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
a.    Stamp Acts
b.   The English Trade Acts
c.   The English Exchange Laws
d.    Navigation Acts
Hint: p. 519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1J:Define colonialism in America
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17.	The term Republican defines:
a.	   a form of government in which there is no monarch, and power rests in the hands of the people 
and elected representatives.
b.    reformed monarchism.
c.    representative government ruled by the wishes of all its citizens.
d.    a form of government in which power rests in the hands of a mob rule.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1I:Explain the rise of the constitutional state in Great Britain and the Netherlands
	1
18.	More surprising than the defeat of the Mexicans was the fall of the _________ Empire, which was a remote empire in Peru isolated from other indigenous cultures.
a.    Arana
b.    Mayan
c.    Inca
d.    None of the choices apply.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1G:Identify the common crises and achievements of 17th century in European states
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19.	Boyars are:
a.    low ranking Russian officials.
b.    a special legislative branch of the Russian government.
c.    the highest-ranking members of the Russian nobility.
d.    the lowest ranking members of the Russian nobility.
Hint:pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1E:Identify the changing cultural values and beliefs in Europe and the New World
	1
20.	A Stadholder is:
a.	   the executive officer in each of the United Provinces of the Netherlands; the position often
held by statesmen.
b.	   the executive officer in each of the United Provinces of the Netherlands; the position often
Held by the princes of Orange.
c.    the executive officer in each of the United Provinces of the Netherlands; the position often held
 by the princes of the Friesland.
c.	   the executive officer in each of the United Provinces of the Netherlands; the position often 
held by the princes of Drenthe and Orange.
Hint: pp. 462-478 and 494-519
SLO1:Discuss the impact of global contact and growth in society during the period 1400-1750.
LO1G:Identify the common crises and achievements of 17th century in European states
	1
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