GHIST 102 Midterm Questions And Accurate Answers (A+)
Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. The potential for economic gain through trade
b. The desire to spread Christianity
c. confidence arising from improved cartography, navigational methods, and ship
designs
d. invitations sent from India
e. growing knowledge of wind patterns in the Atlantic Ocean - ANSWER d
According to Columbus, the natives he met
a. used iron weapons
b. were fully dressed in cotton
c. seemed overly aggressive
d. kept the women out of sight
e. appeared to be timid - ANSWER e
How did the early European voyages impact the environment?
a. Deforestation
b. massive water pollution
c. acid rain
d. air pollution
d. transporting animals and plants to and from Europe and the Americas - ANSWER a
Which of the following accurately pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World
empires they destroyed?
a. Pizarro and the Aztecs; de Soto and the Incas
,b. Magellan and the Incas; Albuquerque and the Iroquois
c. Cortes and the Aztecs; Pizarro and the Incas
d. de soto and the aztecs; cortes and the incas
e. de soto and the incas; cortes and the aztecs - ANSWER c
The Aztec writing system was
a. copied from the Maya
b. a type of rebus writing
c. purely pictographic
d. not associated with sound
e. not associated with grammar and spelling - ANSWER b
warfare for the inca meant taking what their neighbors had, which did NOT include
a. llamas
b. grains
c. horses
d. alpaca
e. gold - ANSWER c
Portuguese domination of the spice trade was ended by
a. attacks by Mughal ships
b. the circumnavigating voyage of Balboa
c. Encroachments by the British and Dutch East India companies
d. rival Hindu merchants from the Ganges plain
e. a new outbreak of the Black Death - ANSWER c
All of the following are associated with the Columbian exchange EXCEPT
, a. European diseases crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b. The exchange of food crops changed the diets of both Europeeans ad Americans
c. Plants introduced into nonnative habitats changed the whole environments
d. potatoes and corn spread throughout the world, becoming major food sources
e. cotton became the major agricultural enterprise in Mesoamerica - ANSWER e
why was Malinche crucial to cortes in his conquest of Mexico?
a. she was given to cortes as a gift ad became an important adviser
b. She was a former Nahua noblewoman, brought up among the Maya
c. knowing Nahuatl, Mayan, and Spanish, she acted as an interpreter
d. She help the respect of the Nahua peoples
e. ALL - ANSWER e
all of the following statements related to the encomienda system are true EXCEPT
a. its goal was to prevent abusive treatment of the Amerindians
b. it was modeled after the administration of Muslim kingdoms
c. it legalized the enslavement of Amerindians in Spanish territories
d. Spanish settlers were to receive labor from Amerindians in exchange for conversion
to Christianity
e. the system was generally abused by the settlers - ANSWER e
Matteo Ricci saw many positive features during his time in China. These included all of
the following EXCEPT
a. military leaders were powerful and acted on their own
b. china was not military aggressive, even though it had a powerful army and navy
c. China was not interested in waging war against its neighbors
d. the government was run by the learned
e.fighting and violence were rarely seen - ANSWER a
Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. The potential for economic gain through trade
b. The desire to spread Christianity
c. confidence arising from improved cartography, navigational methods, and ship
designs
d. invitations sent from India
e. growing knowledge of wind patterns in the Atlantic Ocean - ANSWER d
According to Columbus, the natives he met
a. used iron weapons
b. were fully dressed in cotton
c. seemed overly aggressive
d. kept the women out of sight
e. appeared to be timid - ANSWER e
How did the early European voyages impact the environment?
a. Deforestation
b. massive water pollution
c. acid rain
d. air pollution
d. transporting animals and plants to and from Europe and the Americas - ANSWER a
Which of the following accurately pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World
empires they destroyed?
a. Pizarro and the Aztecs; de Soto and the Incas
,b. Magellan and the Incas; Albuquerque and the Iroquois
c. Cortes and the Aztecs; Pizarro and the Incas
d. de soto and the aztecs; cortes and the incas
e. de soto and the incas; cortes and the aztecs - ANSWER c
The Aztec writing system was
a. copied from the Maya
b. a type of rebus writing
c. purely pictographic
d. not associated with sound
e. not associated with grammar and spelling - ANSWER b
warfare for the inca meant taking what their neighbors had, which did NOT include
a. llamas
b. grains
c. horses
d. alpaca
e. gold - ANSWER c
Portuguese domination of the spice trade was ended by
a. attacks by Mughal ships
b. the circumnavigating voyage of Balboa
c. Encroachments by the British and Dutch East India companies
d. rival Hindu merchants from the Ganges plain
e. a new outbreak of the Black Death - ANSWER c
All of the following are associated with the Columbian exchange EXCEPT
, a. European diseases crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b. The exchange of food crops changed the diets of both Europeeans ad Americans
c. Plants introduced into nonnative habitats changed the whole environments
d. potatoes and corn spread throughout the world, becoming major food sources
e. cotton became the major agricultural enterprise in Mesoamerica - ANSWER e
why was Malinche crucial to cortes in his conquest of Mexico?
a. she was given to cortes as a gift ad became an important adviser
b. She was a former Nahua noblewoman, brought up among the Maya
c. knowing Nahuatl, Mayan, and Spanish, she acted as an interpreter
d. She help the respect of the Nahua peoples
e. ALL - ANSWER e
all of the following statements related to the encomienda system are true EXCEPT
a. its goal was to prevent abusive treatment of the Amerindians
b. it was modeled after the administration of Muslim kingdoms
c. it legalized the enslavement of Amerindians in Spanish territories
d. Spanish settlers were to receive labor from Amerindians in exchange for conversion
to Christianity
e. the system was generally abused by the settlers - ANSWER e
Matteo Ricci saw many positive features during his time in China. These included all of
the following EXCEPT
a. military leaders were powerful and acted on their own
b. china was not military aggressive, even though it had a powerful army and navy
c. China was not interested in waging war against its neighbors
d. the government was run by the learned
e.fighting and violence were rarely seen - ANSWER a
