Question 1

What agricultural product did Columbus find on Cuba and bring back to introduce to Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)   Tobacco
B)   Tea
C)   SugarD) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 2

Spain was eclipsed by Holland and England in economic power for all of the following reasons EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Slave revolts
B)   Inflation caused by gold and silver from the Americas
C)   A labor shortage in Spain itself because so many Spaniards went to the AmericasD) All of the above
E) A) and B)

Question 3

All were brought to Europe from the Americas EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Wheat
B)   Tobacco
C)   RubberD) A) and C)
E) None of the above

Question 4

What part of the Americas did Columbus reach first?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cuba
B)   The Bahamas
C)   MexicoD) B) and C)
E) A) and B)

Question 5

To what extent could the Spanish government control faraway colonial administrations like Columbus's, and what problems did that create?

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The Spanish government had limited contr...

Question 6

How did Spain govern its possessions in the Americas?

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Spain governed its possessions in the Am...

Question 7

How could Europeans pay for so many African slaves?

Accepted Answer

The transatlantic slave trade, which las...

Question 8

How did the African slave trade change European perceptions of Africans and lead to the development of racist worldviews?

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The African slave trade changed European...

Question 9

How did slavery produce new cultures, practices, and ideas among the enslaved?

Accepted Answer

Slavery produced new cultures, practices...

Question 10

Who had the largest commercial fleet in the world in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Ottomans
B)   The Dutch
C)   The PortugueseD) All of the above
E) B) and C)

Question 11

The European population of the thirteen English colonies by 1730 numbered which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   10 million
B)   1 million
C)   500,000D) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 12

Describe some modes of resistance practiced by enslaved people in the American colonies.

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Enslaved people in the American colonies...

Question 13

To what extent is the Black Legend based in fact, and to what extent it is simply an attempt by jealous European rivals to discredit Spanish methods?

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The Black Legend is a term used to descr...

Question 14

Describe Inca society before European contact.

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Inca society before European contact was...

Question 15

Voodoo, Santeria, and Candomblé are all which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   African gods worshipped in the Americas
B)   Dialects that developed into new language
C)   Religious systems merging African and Christian beliefsD) All of the above
E) A) and C)

Question 16

Why did colonies in North America eventually economically outcompete those in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

A)   Latin America retained a system of monoculture.
B)   Slavery was more important in North America.
C)   North America was not subject to a mercantile system.D) A) and B)
E) All of the above

Question 17

What are the similarities and differences between experiences of Portuguese colonial rule in Brazil and Spanish colonial rule in the Americas?

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The experiences of Portuguese colonial r...

Question 18

Describe Dutch imperialism in the Americas.

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Dutch imperialism in the Americas began ...

Question 19

Describe Columbus's first impression of the Taino people.

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Christopher Columbus's first impression ...

Question 20

To what extent did the French typically maintain better relations with indigenous peoples? Why was that the case?

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The French typically maintained better r...

Exam 17: Americans, Europeans, Africans, and New Societies in the Americas, 1450-1750

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How did the African slave trade change European perceptions of Africans and lead to the development of racist worldviews?

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The European population of the thirteen English colonies by 1730 numbered which of the following?

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How could Europeans pay for so many African slaves?

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