Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.


1
After 1450 the West
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2
The initiative for Western exploration and conquest came from the kingdom of
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3
The Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator
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4
Vasco da Gama
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5
The first Portuguese fleet to reach India sailed there in
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6
The Portuguese trading port and fortress established in India was
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7
Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European nations in the later 16th century?
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8
The chief positive European contribution to the Americas as part of the "Colombian Exchange" was
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9
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the impact of European conquest on the population of Native Americans?
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10
Whom did the Spanish defeat at the battle of Lepanto?
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11
Which of the following statements accounts for the Spanish failure to hold a position of dominance in world trade?
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12
Where were the nations of the core region of the global trade network located?
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13
Which of the following areas did not have a predominantly coercive labor system?
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14
Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between Asian civilizations and the world commercial network of the 16th and 17th centuries is not accurate?
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15
Which of the following statements concerning the Japanese participation in the global trade network is most accurate?
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16
What was the primary export product of eastern Europe to the West?
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17
Who established the first Spanish colony on the American mainland?
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18
Why was the Portuguese colony of Angola exceptional?
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19
In Asia, significant conversion to Christianity
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20
What impact did the Seven Years' War have on French colonial possessions?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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