WEEK THREE QUIZ
Due 3-19-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A Labor grants given to Spanish conquerors over native groups in the Americas by the Spanish crown
B Men who conquered areas of the Americas
C Men to whom the Spanish crown gave labor grants over conquered indigenous peoples in the Americas
D Catholic missionaries sent the Americas to spread Christianity 2.) The primary city of the Aztecs was
A Cuzco
B Tenochtitlan
C Lake Texcoco
D Tlaxcalan 3.) The Catholic church's efforts to respond to the challenges of the Protestant Reformation was
A The Counter Reformation
B The Doctrine of Infallibility
C The Great Awakening
D The Protestant Reforms 4.) The demand for silver in China was so high in the 16th and 17th centuries because
A Silver was believed to have religious meaning
B Silver was essential to producing silk
C Silver was used as money
D Silver was used in porcelain designs 5.) Which of the following phrases or terms best describes the city of Melaka's rule in the Indian Ocean economy of the 16th century
A A manufacturing center
B An emporium
C A political capital
D A naval port 6.) An example of the Catholic Church's ability to missionize and educate around the world in the 16th century was
A The Inquisition
B The Crusades
C The Society of Jesus [Jesuits]
D The Council of Trent 7.) The Ottoman conquest of this city in 1453 helped spur European exploration of the Atlantic
A Cairo
B Constantinople
C Vienna
D Budapest 8.) The Portuguese pioneered what kind of empire in the 16th century in the Indian Ocean
A Territorial
B Trading port
C Plantations
D Settler colonies 9. ) The largest group of peoples coming to the Americas between 1492 and 1820 were from
A Europe
B Asia
C Africa
D England 10.) Slavery in Africa resulted from
A Religious practices
B The need for human sacrifices
C Labor scarcity
D All the above
11.) In the Atlantic Ocean system, what role did Africa tend to play the role of
A Supplier of minerals
B Supplier of labor
C Supplier of maritime technology
D Supplier of merchants 12.) Increased commerce allowed Mughal leaders in the 16th century to
A Spread the Islamic faith across the Indian subcontinent
B Reform imperial finances
C Sponsor their own voyages of exploration
D Wage an expensive war against the Portuguese
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