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Exam #1
World History Since 1500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The mortality rate for Africans aboard slaving ships was roughly | 10-20% |
| What century is considered the "great age" of the Atlantic Slave trade? | 18th century |
| During the Atlantic Slave trade which of the following places received the most African slaves? | brazil |
| The Trans-Saharan slave trade focused mostly on | slave women to be used as concubines and domestic servants |
| The Atlantic slave trade focused mostly on | moving men to work as agricultural laborers on plantations and in mines |
| Up until about 1650, which nation controlled the Atlantic slave trade? | the portuguese |
| What prevented the Europeans from marching into Africa and capturing slaves themselves? | diseases |
| While the profitability of the slave trade varied, typically profits were | 5-10% |
| Of the three west African kingdoms discussed in the lecture videos, which two became heavily dependent on the slave trade. | Asante, Dahomey |
| While involved in the slave trade, Benin was able to resist European demands for more and more slaves. Why was this? | Benin developed a professional army and new tactics that allowed them to resist the Europeans. |
| In east Africa, in the late 19th century, what percentage of the population were slaves? | 30-50% |
| In contrast to east and west Africa, southern Africa never developed large scale slavery. Why was this? | conflict with tribes, difficulty with landscape |
| While the most common destination for African slaves was South America, almost as many slaves were shipped to | The Caribbean |
| How did the decision by the Chinese state to require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy? | the value of silver around the world skyrocketed |
| How did the slave trade affect African states? | some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade |
| How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the early seventeenth century? | They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch. |
| The emergence of Japan as a major source of silver production in the sixteenth century contributed to | the end of civil war and the unification of Japan |
| The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in | the global silver trade |
| The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the | sugar production |
| What commodity was considered “soft gold” in early modern commerce? | furs |
| What did the Portuguese do after they established sea routes to the Indian Ocean? | use their superior naval technology to conquer several strategic port cities |
| 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 now Indonesia? | the british negotiated treaties with local indian rulers while the Dutch established control through conquest and colonization |
| Which describes the role Europeans played in the economy of the early modern era? | they were essentially middlemen funneling American silver to Asia |
| Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450 to 1750? | by force of arms |
| 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 |
| Which of the following describes an effect of the silver trade on Spain? | it enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambition in Europe |
| Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America? | it generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans |
| 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 |
| Which of the following developments in the early modern period provided incentives for Europeans to go into the fur trade? | the little ice age |
| Which of the following distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history? | slave status was associated with race |
| Which of the following is an example of the effect of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies? | judicial proceedings were manipulated to generate victims for the slave trade |
| Which of the following is true of slavery in the premodern Islamic world? | some slaves acquired prominent military or political status |
| Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade? | in general, European merchants waited on board their ships or in fortified port cities to purchase slaves from African merchants and elites |
| Which of the following was a consequence of the Atlantic slave trade? | the African diaspora |
| Which of the following was a feature of commerce in the Indian Ocean basin when Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498? | small scale merchants traded openly |
| Which of the following was a feature unique to the North American fur trade in the early modern period? | competition between European traders meant that furs were obtained largely through commercial negotiations with the local population |
| Which of the following was an incentive for the Portuguese to find a direct sea route to Asia? | to circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on Indian ocean network |
| Which of the following was a result of the fur trade in North America in the early modern period? | ? |
| Which of the following was established as a Spanish colony in the sixteenth century? | the Philippine islands |
| Wars fought in Europe had little effect on who controlled the slave trade. | false |
| In the 18th century, Great Britain came to dominate the slave trade because of their navy. | true |
| The 4th Crusade reintroduced slavery to Europe. | true |
| Europeans on the coast of Africa obtained their slaves by trade. | true |
| Aboard a slave ship, each slave had around ten square feet of personal space. | false |
| The majority of New World slaves worked as skilled labors in jobs such as blacksmithing, woodworking, and shoe making. | false |
| Sugar plantations were generally safe places for slaves to work. | false |
| The life expectancy of a sugar plantation slave was about 23 years. | true |
| Atlantic Slavery has no connections with previous models of slavery. | false |
| While popular in the New World, the plantation system was invented in ancient Rome. | true |
| The Thirty Years War was ended by which peace treaty? | the treaty of Westphalia |
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