history ch 16

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25. According to your text, which of the following were closely related?

A. Warfare in West Africa and the economic development of the American Atlantic seaboard

D. Warfare in Western Europe and the economic development of the slave trade in the Arabian Sea

B. Warfare in Latin America and the political development of the Ohio River Valley

E. The spread of Islam and the growth of the slave trade

C. Warfare in Eastern Europe and the political development of the American colonies

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49. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, in 1766, Parliament issued the ___________ Act, which stated that although the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament alone had the sole power to legislate for the colonies.

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27. The ___________ wars originated in a dispute over succession to the throne in the late 17th century and continued into the 18th century.

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3. The 19th-century carving of new empires saw new European settlements in such regions as:

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Belize, Cuba, Chad, and Cambodia

Peru, Argentina, New Guinea, and Albania.

Japan, Vietnam, Laos, and Korea.

Mexico, South America, Canada, and China.

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Algeria.

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17. The ________ system was meant to maintain Spain’s monopoly on trade.

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33. The war over the Austrian succession and the British-Spanish commercial conflict might have remained separate disputes. What united them was...

B. immediate British conquest of the French colonies.

E. a long-standing religious controversy.

C. slow-moving Prussian threat to the Low Countries.

D. lasting Prussian threat to France.

A. role of France.

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32. Maria Theresa’s great achievement was:

A. the defeat of Frederick II.

E. her commitment to the goals of the Enlightenment.

B. the reconquest of Silesia.

C. her granting of additional privileges to the nobility.

D. the preservation of the Habsburg Empire as a major political power.

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26. When newly arrived Africans came to the Americas, which of the following usually did NOT occur?

A. They acquired new work skills.

C. They learned European languages.

D. They went through a process of “seasoning.”

B. They received new names.

E. They were grouped together by ethnicity.

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20. As a result of a scarcity of labor, these nations were the first to quickly turn to the importation of African slaves:

A. Holland and France.

C. Portugal and Holland.

D. Spain and Portugal.

E. England and Scotland.

B. France and Spain.

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31. Frederick II’s invasion of Silesia offset the continental balance of power and:

E. drew England into conflict with Prussia.

C. led to the defeat of the Spanish trade monopoly.

B. shattered the provisions of the Pragmatic Sanction.

A. drew England into a war in North America.

D. sparked the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War.

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23. A vast increase in the number of Africans brought as slaves to the Americas occurred during the 18th century, with most arriving in:

E. Canada or New England.

D. Granada or Peru.

B. the Caribbean or Brazil.

A. the Carolinas or Virginia.

C. Mexico or Florida.

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38. The Seven Years’ War was fought mainly in:

C. South Asia.

B. North America.

A. South America.

E. Africa.

D. Southern Europe.

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A peninsulares refers to a person:

born in the New World.

who owns land in the New World.

born in Spain.

who hopes to strike it rich in the New World.

who owns land in Spain.

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45. The Intolerable Acts did all of the following EXCEPT:

A. raise the tax on tea.

B. close the port of Boston.

E. reorganize the government of Massachusetts.

C. allow troops to be quartered in private homes.

D. remove the trials of royal customs officials to England.

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Under mercantilism, colonies existed to provide markets and natural resources for the industries of the home country, and in turn,
the home country was to:

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protect and administer the colonies.

produce agricultural and manufactured goods to supply the colonies.

generate free trade for the colonies to spur the local economy.

educate and Christianize the colonies.

do little or nothing.

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19. A ___________ is a person of European descent born in the Spanish colonies.

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36. At the outbreak of the French and Indian War, new political alliances formed in Europe and included an alliance between:

E. Spain and Portugal.

B. Great Britain and Austria.

A. Prussia and Austria.

D. France and Austria.

C. France and Great Britain.

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Despite Dutch and Danish possessions, these were the three main rivals during the era of colonization:

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France, Spain, Germany

Great Britain, France, and Spain

Germany, Spain, and France

Great Britain, Germany, and Spain

France, Germany, and Great Britain

19.

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46. His pamphlet “Common Sense” galvanized public opinion in favor of separation from Great Britain:

C. Thomas Jefferson

A. John Locke

B. Thomas Paine

D. Benjamin Franklin

E. Samual Adams

20.

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30. The War of Jenkins’ Ear was fought by England to block incursions on British trade by:

Spain

Portugal

Russia

All of the above

France

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18. To increase the efficiency of tax collection and to end bureaucratic corruption, Charles III introduced the institution of the __________ into the Spanish Empire.

22.

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40. Much credit for Britain’s victory in the Seven Years’ War should go to:

A. Robert Walpole.

C. George II.

E. William Pitt the Elder.

Samual Fox

B. George III.

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43. At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, what two imperial problems did the British government face?

C. How to integrate the French-speaking territories peacefully into British holdings and the costs of maintaining their empire

B. How to protect themselves from the Spanish Empire in North America and the costs of raising revenue to repay war debts

D. The vast expanse of new territory in North America that they had to organize and how to avoid a Spanish attack on their newly conquered land

E. A much-diminished presence in North America and fresh threat from the French

A. The costs of maintaining their empire and the vast expanse of new territory in North America that they had to organize

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42. In January 1756, Britain and Prussia signed the Convention of ____________, a defensive alliance aimed at preventing the entry of foreign troops into the German states.

25.

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A fundamental element in the first two periods of European imperial ventures in the Americas was the presence of ____________.

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26.

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The heart of the 18th-century colonial rivalry in the Americas lay in:

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middle West.

the West Indies.

the lower Saint Lawrence River valley.

upper New England.

the Ohio River valley.

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Which of the following factors allowed European nations to exert influence and dominance over much of the world?

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Pure cultural superiority

Longer-term experience with trade and colonization

All of these answers

Technological supremacy related to naval power and gunpowder

Religious convictions and the spread of Christianity to new colonies

28.

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47. Benjamin Franklin gained assistance against Britain from:

B. Holland and Spain.

A. Germany and Holland.

E. Holland and Spain.

D. France and Germany.

C. Spain and France.

29.

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22. Black slaves had the fewest legal protections in:

C. Dutch areas.

A. British areas.

D. Spanish areas.

E. Portuguese areas.

B. French areas.

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11. By the end of the 17th century, Spain, Holland, and ________ ruled all of South America.

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16. Until the mid-18th century, the primary purpose of the Spanish Empire was to supply Spain with the precious ____________ mined in the New World.

32.

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41. When Prussia’s King Frederick II seized the Austrian province of ________, it upset Europe’s balance of power.

33.

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24. Colonial trade in the transatlantic world followed roughly a geographic:

B. triangle.

E. pentagon.

C. square.

A. circle.

D. rectangle.

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______________ is the practice whereby governments heavily regulated trade and commerce in hope of
increasing national wealth.

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39. From the British victory in the French and Indian War, Great Britain became not only a European power, but also a world power

D. the beginning of the Cold War.

B. World War I.

C. World War II.

A. the worldwide depression in the 1930s.

E. the late 1870s.

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The 19th-century empires were based on formally _________ labor, though they still involved much harsh treatment of non-white indigenous populations.

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37.

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50. The ______________ Movement was a popular attempt to establish an extra-legal institution to reform the government in Great Britain.

38.

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21. The first slaves traded, dating to the early 16th century, in the transatlantic economy landed on:

A. North America in Spanish Florida.

D. the coast of Dutch Guiana.

C. the West Indies and South America.

E. North America in Canada.

B. North America in the British Virginia.

39.

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35. The French and Indian War formally erupted in the summer of:

1755

A. 1745.

1760

1789

B. 1750.

40.

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34. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, resulted in which of the following?

C. France renewed Britain’s privilege from the Treaty of Utrecht

E. A much-weakened Prussia.

B. Spain’s defeat in North America

A. Prussia retained Silesia

D. The end of British power in southeast Asia

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Mercantilist thinkers assumed that:

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a stable economy was one that maintained its wealth, not allowing it to grow or decline.

none of these answers.

gold and silver had little real value.

rapid growth every fiscal year was possible and necessary.

only modest levels of economic growth were possible.

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48. All of the following are true of the American Revolution EXCEPT:

D. it did not give rise to a new set of elites.

B. it did not grant political equality.

E. it immediately resulted in the creation of a new-world superpower.

C. it did not result in political rights for women.

A. it did not end slavery.

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28. Newly arrived Africans were subjected to a process known as ___________, during which they were prepared for the laborious discipline of slavery and made to understand that they were no longer free.

44.

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Since the Renaissance, European contact with the rest of the world has gone through four stages. Those stages are:
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. exploration, conquest, and settlement or commercial expansion; 2. the creation of formal empires in Africa and Asia and new areas of settlement; 3. extensive treaty-making and efforts to retain colonial control; and 4. decolonization.

1. exploration, conquest, and settlement or commercial expansion; 2. the creation of formal empires in Africa and Asia and new areas of settlement; 3. colonial trade rivalry between Spain, France, and Great Britain; and 4. decolonization.

1. intense trade rivalry between Spain, France, and Great Britain; 2. exploration, conquest, and settlement or commercial expansion; 3. the creation of formal empires in Africa and Asia and new areas of settlement; and 4. decolonization.

1. exploration, conquest, and settlement or commercial expansion; 2. colonial trade rivalry between Spain, France, and Great Britain; 3. the creation of formal empires in Africa and Asia and new areas of settlement; and 4. decolonization.

. exploration, conquest, and settlement or commercial expansion; 2. colonization; 3. decolonization; 4. globalization.

45.

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Despite government attempts to tax and regulate trade, the 18th century became the “golden age of ________.”

46.

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37. He boasted of having won America on the plains of Germany:

A. Francis Hayman

B. Robert Clive

E. Richard Walpole

D. James Wolfe

C. William Pitt

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If comparing Spain and England’s colonial rule, one can equate the imperial reforms of Charles III to the:

E. granting of charters by the British crown in the 17th century.

C. British laws governing the colonies of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

A. British government’s action prior to the Seven Years’ War.

B. new colonial measures the British government undertook after 1763.

D. rule of King George III after the American Revolution.

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29. What two areas were often the conflict of great powers and wars in the mid-18th century?

B. The African coast and access to the Mediterranean Sea

A. China and the access to the Mediterranean Sea

E. China and Africa

C. The overseas empires and central and eastern Europe

D. The overseas empires and western Europe

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The first phase of European contact with the rest of the world came to a close by:

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the end of the 17th century.

the end of the 18th century.

the end of the 16th century.

the end of the 19th century.

the end of the 15th century.

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44. The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to:

D. assuage the fears of the British government that the American colonies were getting too wealthy.

C. punish the unruly North American colonists.

A. regulate the transatlantic mail.

E. limit American political dissent.

B. raise badly needed revenues.