1450 - 1750 Summative

This castas painting from Mexico is best evidence for which fact about colonial Latin America?

• Mixed race identities were developed to organize a diverse population.

• Women generally had higher status than men.

• African and Amerindian traditions were blended with Roman Catholic Christianity.

• Spanish colonists made extensive use of coerced labor.

Which of the following contributed most directly to the trade pattern pictured in this map?

• Expansion of Muslim empires

• Spread of Christianity to America

• Growth of cash crop plantations

• Fall of Inca Empire

Mughal emperor Jahangir most likely had this portrait of himself painted in order to...

• Make his non-Muslim enemies fear him.

• Show that divine favor legitimized his rule.

• Appeal to his Hindu subjects.

• Increase trade connections beyond India.

When missionaries brought Christianity to the American colonies...

• Almost all natives refused to convert

• Most natives converted but syncretized it with old traditions

• Colonial leaders pushed back against the Church's power

• European Christians lost their faith after slaves converted

One DIFFERENCE between the Spanish Empire and the Ottoman Empire is...

• the Ottomans encouraged religious and ethnic mixing, but the Spanish prevented it

• the Ottomans used bureaucrats to centralize authority, but the Spanish did not

• the Ottomans had a powerful military, but the Spanish hadn't mastered gunpowder technology

• the Ottomans tolerated non-Muslims, but the Spanish mostly forced conversion to Christianity

Which of the following was much MORE common in European maritime empires than in Asian land empires?

• Coerced labor

• Taxation

• Centralized rule

• Gunpowder weapons

Which of the following most directly contributed to the expansion of the empires depicted here in the 16th century?

• Competition with Europe

• Mongol conquests

• Profits from Silk Road trade

• Gunpowder technology

All of the following helped Europeans get more involved in trade EXCEPT...

• Joint-stock companies

• Mercantilist policies

• Innovations in maritime technology

• High demand for European goods

In what ways was the Atlantic Slave Trade different from earlier slavery systems?

• It was the first slave system to involve Africans.

• The number of slaves traded was dramatically higher.

• Slaves performed household labor for the first time.

• Racial and ethnic identity was less important than before.

Which of the following caused population to grow in China between 1500 and 1700?

• Introduction of American food crops

• Cultivation of new rice varieties.

• Collapse of Mongol rule.

• Immigration of European merchants.