WEEK FOUR QUIZ


Due 3-19-2009

Please be sure to check off only one response.


Student's Name


1.) The French empire in North America in the 17th century profited from?

A Slave trade

B Sugar trade

C Fur trade

D Carrying trade


2.) The Mughal dynasty ruler who imposed additional taxes on the [Hindu] peasants was

A Babar

B Akbar

C Aurangzeb

D Kara Mustafa


3.) The Ming emperor known for avoiding any administrative work in the 16th and 17th centuries was

A Aurangzeb

B Li Zicheng

C Zhu Yijun

D None of the above


4.) Regional households in Japan in the 16th century were called

A samurai

B daimyo

C shogunate

D wokou



5.) Which nation's merchants were known as "universal carriers"

A the Netherlands [Dutch]

B France

C Spain

D Portugal


6.) During the 17th and 18th centuries the largest group of immigrants to the Americas came from

A England

B France

C Spain

D Africa


7.) An example of an African kingdom that the slave trade empowered was

A Mali

B the Asante

C Ethopia

D Cape Town



8.) The Dutch trading Company known as the VOC focused its work during the 17th century in

A India

B Southeast Asia

C China

D Africa


9.) An example of a new dynasty that appeared in the 18th century was

A Romanov

B Ming

C Ottoman

D Mughal


10.) The "Canton System"

A Only allowed European merchants to trade in the port of Canton

B Allowed no official trade between China and Europeans

C Limited European traders to the islands of Deshima

D Opened up all of China to Europeans


11.) The Tokogawa shoguns built Edo as

A A trading center

B An administrative center

C A manufacturing center

D A place to house European traders isolated from the general population


12.) The "Closed Country Edict" of Japan in 1635 called for

A ban on opium

B the execution of Japanese who went aboard and returned to Japan

C free trade with the New World

D control of the government




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