Chapter 14
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Chapter 14

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What was the motivation behind the Portuguese effort to explore a sea route to the East?

  • Desire for precious gemstones
  • Desire for silk
  • Desire for tropical spices (correct)
  • Desire for gold
  • Which region did Europeans encounter when they sailed to India in 1498?

  • Southern India (correct)
  • North America
  • East Africa
  • South America
  • What were some of the products from the East that were in great demand in Europe?

  • Cotton and silk (correct)
  • Coffee and tea
  • Gold and silver
  • Sugar and tobacco
  • Which European country was able to monopolize the trade in nutmeg, mace, and cloves in the seventeenth century?

    <p>Netherlands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Dutch East India Company establish on the island of Taiwan between 1624 and 1662?

    <p>A trading settlement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which European power was largely excluded from the rich Spice Islands by the Dutch monopoly?

    <p>England</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the fifteenth century, Europe's population was growing again. Which of the following countries had national monarchies during this time?

    <p>Spain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which city largely monopolized the European trade in Eastern goods during the fifteenth century?

    <p>Venice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the impetuses for the Portuguese to attempt a sea route to India?

    <p>To bypass Venetian and Muslim intermediaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Europeans have a persistent desire for precious metals during this time?

    <p>To pay for Asian spices or textiles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, which of the following was NOT a feature of their practice?

    <p>Prominence of women as ritual specialists and midwives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which European powers overtook and displaced the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean spice trade in the early seventeenth century?

    <p>Dutch and English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main reason for the rise of the Dutch and English as European competitors in the spice trade?

    <p>Their economic prosperity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people became an essential element in the Spanish colony's growing economic relationship with China, but faced discriminatory treatment?

    <p>Chinese merchants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main factor that gave birth to a global network of exchange?

    <p>The silver trade</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What prevented the Spanish from using their silver windfall in a productive fashion?

    <p>The Spanish aristocracy's preference for leisure over enterprise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the 16th century, which group of people found a hospitable welcome in Japan due to their military technology, shipbuilding skills, geographic knowledge, commercial opportunities, and religious ideas?

    <p>Portuguese traders and missionaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event led to the expulsion of Christian missionaries from Japan and the suppression of Christianity in the early 17th century?

    <p>The unification of Japan under the leadership of a supreme military commander</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which European traders were the only ones permitted to trade in Japan during the Tokugawa shogunate?

    <p>The Dutch</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of merchants continued to operate in the Indian Ocean despite European naval dominance?

    <p>Arab, Indian, Chinese, Javanese, Malay, Vietnamese</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two factors contributed to the 'General Crisis' in Europe in the seventeenth century?

    <p>The flood of American silver and global cooling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Tokugawa shoguns do with the silver-generated profits in Japan?

    <p>They used it to develop a market-based economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What measures did millions of families in eighteenth-century Japan take to slow down population growth?

    <p>They practiced contraception and infanticide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the foundations for Japan's remarkable nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution?

    <p>The easing of an impending ecological crisis and a highly commercialized economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the transatlantic journey, what was the overall mortality rate of the Middle Passage?

    <p>More than 14 percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one common act of resistance among enslaved Africans in the Americas?

    <p>Rebellion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where were free communities of former slaves known as maroon societies founded?

    <p>South America and the Caribbean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which settlement was the largest maroon society in the seventeenth century?

    <p>Palmares in Brazil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How were small-scale slave rebellions usually dealt with by slave owners?

    <p>Great brutality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event brought lasting freedom for participants in a full-scale slave revolt?

    <p>The Haitian Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the overall mortality rate during the transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans?

    <p>More than 14 percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one common form of resistance among enslaved Africans in the Americas?

    <p>Rebellion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where were maroon societies founded?

    <p>South America and the Caribbean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which settlement was the largest maroon society in the seventeenth century?

    <p>Palmares in Brazil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the transatlantic journey, what was the overall mortality rate of the Middle Passage?

    <p>Over 14 percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one common act of resistance among enslaved Africans in the Americas?

    <p>Joining maroon societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main reason for the rise of the Dutch and English as European competitors in the spice trade?

    <p>Weakening of Portuguese power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event brought lasting freedom for participants in a full-scale slave revolt?

    <p>Haitian Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How were small-scale slave rebellions usually dealt with by slave owners?

    <p>Great brutality and suppression</p> Signup and view all the answers

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