The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 12: Faith, Fortune, and Fame

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The main object from the East of European cravings was
A)silks.
B)fine carpets and pottery.
C)jewelry.
D)spices.
2
Prester John was a ________ who ignited the imaginations of Europeans.
A)Muslim king
B)European explorer
C)Christian king
D)cyclops
3
One of the errors of Ptolemy's map was
A)a grave underestimation of the size of the earth.
B)a grave underestimation of the amount of landmass.
C)an overestimation of the size of the earth.
D)a misrepresentation of the directions in which prevailing winds blew.
4
The astrolabe allowed sailors to
A)estimate distances.
B)determine their latitude.
C)determine their position in the Southern Hemisphere.
D)determine their position in the Northern Hemisphere.
5
As the Portuguese explored the coast of Africa and the East,
A)they established trading posts.
B)they bought slaves to trade for spices.
C)they established a monopoly on trade.
D)they skirmished with natives.
6
Explorers following Columbus discovered
A)gold and spices on other Caribbean islands.
B)the Cape Verde Islands.
C)the Straits of Magellan.
D)a new continent.
7
When the Dutch came to the Spice Islands, they
A)used ships like the Portuguese caravel.
B)signed treaties with the natives.
C)expelled the Portuguese.
D)joined forces with the Portuguese.
8
Agriculture spread more slowly in the Americas because
A)Amerindians were inferior.
B)the different latitudes and growing seasons impeded its spread.
C)Amerindian societies continued to depend upon hunting.
D)the main crops, maize and potatoes, required too much labor.
9
Which of the following was a weakness that both the Aztec and Incan empires shared and that made them vulnerable to European conquest?
A)no wheel
B)no beasts of burden
C)magnificent cities
D)internal strife
10
Cabeza de Vaca was impressed by the Southwest Amerindians'
A)technological skills.
B)generosity and hospitality.
C)agriculture.
D)rituals of human sacrifice.
11
Atahualpa's fatal mistake with the Spanish was
A)presenting them with an Indian interpreter.
B)accepting gifts from the conquerors.
C)exposing himself and his people to Old World germs.
D)underestimating the Spanish.
12
After the Europeans arrived in the New World, disease and ________ were the primary causes of death among Amerindians.
A)overwork
B)human sacrifice
C)famine
D)suicide
13
What was the impact of the slave trade on the kingdom of the Congo?
A)an economic depression
B)a weakened monarchy
C)a profitable royal monopoly
D)war with the Dahomey kingdom
14
The Virgin Mary commanded Juan Diego to
A)convert to Christianity.
B)build a leper colony.
C)translate religious texts into his native language.
D)build a church in her honor.
15
The price revolution could roughly be characterized as
A)the flood of precious metals from the New World.
B)inflation.
C)a response to population growth.
D)a tremendous increase in prices resulting from a variety of factors.
16
The joint-stock company allowed
A)capitalists to control fluctuations in demand.
B)capitalists to set prices.
C)modest investors participation in commercial ventures.
D)medieval institutions to persevere in the new era.
17
Mercantilist policies favored
A)the new merchant class.
B)government functionaries.
C)the state.
D)individual capitalists.
18
The commercial revolution
A)brought more women into the work force.
B)relegated women to the home and domestic duties.
C)opened the trades and guilds to female labor.
D)caused mercantilist governments to freeze wages for women.
19
The word "privateer" implied that
A)the raider was a criminal or escaped slave.
B)the raider was a corsair.
C)the raider had a formal commission from a ruler.
D)the raider was acting on his/her own.
20
The stimulant that made the greatest impact on European society was
A)the tomato.
B)chocolate.
C)tobacco.
D)coffee.
21
The Mercator map represented a breakthrough for navigation because it
A)allowed sailors to map a straight course.
B)placed Europe in the center of the world.
C)made India smaller and divided Asia.
D)offered a more proportionally correct picture of the world.
22
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Christian missionaries traveled throughout the world seeking to convert non-Christian populations. This missionary movement
A)refused to acknowledge the validity of local cultures.
B)was most successful in Japan.
C)led to the formal ordination of non-Europeans into the priesthood in Mexico around 1600.
D)valued the salvation of Native Americans over that of African slaves.
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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