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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution 1. ____ sponsored voyages of exploration and the nautical studies needed to undertake them. a. Magellan b. Hernando Cortés c. Francisco Pizarro d. Prince Henry the Navigator e. Bartholomeu Dias ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 218 The Portugese Empire 2. Expansionist activities of the sixteenth century least involved a. hopes for the spice trade. b. the Crusading tradition. c. the desire to end power of intermediaries in trade. d. an attempt to escape the Black Death. e. opportunities for creating empires overseas.

ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 218 Forces Behind the Expansion 3. A key technological development that facilitated Western expansion was the a. sailing ship armed with guns. b. galley. c. trebuchet. d. armillary sphere. e. telescope.

ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 218 Forces Behind the Expansion 4. The Portuguese victory at ____ illustrated the permanent presence of the West in the Orient. a. Diu b. Ceylon c. Calicut d. Java e. Goa ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 218 Forces Behind the Expansion Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution 5. By the end of the fifteenth century the ____ had developed a viable imperial economy based on black slaves, gold, and sugar. a. Dutch b. French c. Danes d. Portuguese e. English ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 219 The Portuguese Empire 6. The first new areas settled by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century were a. the Balearic Islands. b. Tunisia and adjacent North African towns. c. the Orkneys. d. the western coast of India. e. Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Azores Islands.

ANSWER: e POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 220 The Portuguese Empire 7. Activities of Hernando Cortés include a. a temporary trading arrangement with the Aztecs. b. his marriage to an Aztec princess. c. his coronation as a king among the Aztecs. d. proselytizing among the Indians as a missionary. e. conquest of the Aztecs.

ANSWER: e POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 220 The Spanish Empire 8. Which of the following won a victory over the Incas of Peru? a. Hernando Cortés b. Francisco Pizarro c. Columbus d. Magellan e. Bartholomeu Dias ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution REFERENCES: p. 220 The Spanish Empire 9. Which of the following sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean to India? a. Ferdinand Magellan b. Vasco da Gama c. Bartholomeu Dias d. Christopher Columbus e. Henry the Navigator ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 219 The Portuguese Empire 10. The United States ended the external slave trade in a. 1787. b. 1800. c. 1808. d. 1833. e. 1865.

ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 221 Black Slavery and the Slave Trade 11. By the end of the seventeenth century, the growth of plantation agriculture in Brazil and the West Indies led to increased shipment of a. molasses from Europe. b. gold from Africa. c. slaves from West Africa. d. tobacco from the Southern Continent. e. cotton from Africa.

ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 221 Black Slavery and the Slave Trade 12. The most important changes in agriculture occurred by the ____________. a. English and the Dutch b. English and the French c. French and the Dutch d. French and the Germans e. Italians and the English Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 224 The Expansion of Agriculture 13. The copyhold refers to a. land grants in fee simple. b. royal grants of authority over Native Americans. c. estates willed to younger sons of the Spanish nobility. d. terms of land tenure held by English peasants. e. fiefs granted by lords to their serfs.

ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 224 The Expansion of Agriculture 14. The main cause of the Price Revolution in sixteenth century Europe, according to the author, was a. silver imported from new Spanish conquests in the Americas. b. the slave trade. c. discovery of new silver mines in Bohemia. d. the import of Montezuma's gold into Spain. e. the growing population of Europe.

ANSWER: e POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 223 The Price Revolution 15. How did Philip II fuse his religious zeal to his foreign policy? a. Jews were burned at the stake. b. Jon Hus was imprisoned. c. He tried to put a Spaniard in the papacy. d. He sent the Spanish Armada as a holy crusade to destroy Protestantism in England. e. He married a Catholic French princess.

ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 207 Philip II 16. The system of peasant farming and land distribution in medieval villages was known as a. enclosure. b. the three-field system. c. the open-field system. d. convertible husbandry.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution e. the leasehold.

ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 224 The Expansion of Agriculture 17. English trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were centered the production of a. pottery and watches. b. raw wool and woolens. c. iron and steel. d. cotton and silk. e. sugar and cotton.

ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 226 Innovations in Business 18. Which of the following countries chartered the United East India Company in 1602? a. France b. Spain c. Belgium d. England e. The Dutch ANSWER: e POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 226 Different Patterns of Commercial Development 19. Which of the following is the term used for the Jews that converted to Christianity under the threat of death? a. Conversos b. Traitors c. Inquisitors d. Backsliders e. Hidalgos ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 206 Ferdinand and Isabella 20. The Spanish Empire in the sixteenth century was funded largely by a. loot from the Netherlands. b. gold and silver from the New World colonies. c. the development of iron-working and coal mining in Spain.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution d. taxes on the slave trade. e. the sugar and tobacco trade.

ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 220 The Spanish Empire 21. The Spanish King that faced a bankrupt economy in 1596 was a. Charles V b. Ferdinand and Isabella c. Phillip I d. Phillip II e. Charles 1V ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 208 The End of the Spanish Hapsburgs 22. An insight into the degree of Charles V's power can be seen in the fact that he a. ruled Spain, the Netherlands, and Austria. b. never became Holy Roman Emperor. c. strongly supported the Protestant cause. d. witnessed the nadir of Hapsburg power. e. was defeated by England.

ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 207 The Reign of Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor 23. The Netherlands was officially recognized as an independent state from Spain after which of the following treaties? a. Treaty of Westphalia b. Treaty of Verdun c. Treaty of Ghent d. Treaty of Paris e. Treaty of Versailles ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 208 The End of the Spanish Hapsburgs 24. Under which of the following did French kings claim that they are selected by God to rule? a. Divine sanctification b. Divine election Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution c. Divine right of kings d. Divine coronation e. Divine appointment ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 209 The Growth of French Power 25. The chief minister for Louis XIII and architect of French absolutism was ______ a. Henry VIII. b. Niccoló Machiavelli. c. Cardinal Richelieu. d. Charles V. e. Francis II. ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 210 The Consolidation of French Monarchial Power 26. English national identity was cemented during Elizabeth I's reign by a. repeated wars with the Dutch. b. the growing power of Parliament. c. her imposition of Calvinism on the entire nation. d. the threat of invasion from Spain. e. industrial capitalism.

ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 213 The Tudor Achievement 27. In which of the following civil wars did gangs of noblemen with retainers roam the English countryside, with lawlessness prevailing for a generation? a. The War of the Reds b. The War of the Coloreds c. The War of the Guise d. The War of Cromwell e. The War of Roses ANSWER: e POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 212 The Growth of Limited Monarchy and Constitutionalism in England 28. Which of the following policies of Charles I angered the English Parliament?

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution a. Attempts to collect taxes without parliamentary consent b. Conducting foreign affairs without parliamentary consent c. Invasion of Ireland d. Attempt to impose a common prayer book on the Scots e. Attempts to limit the power of the church ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 213 The English Revolutions, 1640-1660 and 1688-1689 29. The revolution of 1688 effectively a. banned Catholicism in England. b. brought Charles I to the throne. c. ended royal absolutism in England forever. d. suppressed the political power of the commercial and financial quarters of the country for another century. e. ended constitutional monarchy in England.

ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 215 The English Revolutions, 1640-1660 and 1688-1689 30. Which of the following happened during the bloodless revolution? a. James II fled England when he lost the support of key men in the army, powerful gentlemen in the counties and in the Anglican Church. b. James II was beheaded. c. James II mobilized his army to fight the English Parliament. d. James II nominated his own successor to the English throne. e. James II was imprisoned.

ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 215 The English Revolutions, 1640-1660 and 1688-1689 31. Which of the following sparked the Thirty Years' War? a. When the Netherlands turned Protestant b. When the French invaded Bohemia c. When the Hapsburg monarchy seized the Bohemian throne d. When the Bohemians tried to put a Protestant king on their throne e. When England declared war against Spain ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 217 The Holy Roman Empire: The Failure to Unify Germany Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution 32. Which treaty conferred on each German prince the right to determine the religion of his subjects? a. Treaty of Augsburg b. Treaty of Westphalia c. Treaty of Ghent d. Treaty of Versailles e. Treaty of Verdun ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 217 The Holy Roman Empire: The Failure to Unify Germany 33. Mercantilism means a. private enterprise. b. free trade. c. systematic pursuit of a favorable balance of trade by governments. d. a government policy of granting monopolies in particular trades to private merchants. e. a state policy of importing more from abroad than it exported overseas.

ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 228 The Fostering of Mercantile Capitalism Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?

34. Henry the Navigator ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 35. Hernando Cortés ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 36. middle passage ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 37. convertible husbandry ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 38. enclosure ANSWER: Answer not provided.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution POINTS: 1 39. Francisco Pizarro ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 40. Vasco da Gama ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 41. Vasco Nunez de Balboa ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 42. mercantilism ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 43. Ferdinand Magellan ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 44. price revolution ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 45. open-field system ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 46. Putting-out system ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 47. Cardinal Richelieu ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 48. Private enterprise ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 49. William and Mary ANSWER: Answer not provided.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution POINTS: 1 50. Reconquest ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 51. "forced loans" ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 52. Oliver Cromwell ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 53. Louis XIV ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 54. the Spanish Armada ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 55. The Bloodless Revolution.

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POINTS: 1 56. the War of Roses ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 57. Little Spain ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 58. Philip II ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 59. the Tudor dynasty ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 60. James II ANSWER: Answer not provided.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution POINTS: 1 61. Hidalgos ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1 Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).

62. Referring to Map 9.1, shade in the areas that were Catholic, Protestant, and Calvinist ANSWER: Answer not provided.

POINTS: 1

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).

63. On a blank map of Europe, designate those areas belonging to the Hapsburg family, those held by the Tudor monarchs and those controlled by Spain in approximately the mid-seventeenth century.

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POINTS: 1 64. On a blank map of Europe, locate the following sites: the major Dutch urban centers of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague; the location where the Fronde occurred, Paris; the site where a Concordat was signed, Bologna; the place from which the Spanish Armada set sail, Lisbon; and finally Antwerp, which was sacked by Spanish soldiers.

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POINTS: 1 65. On a blank map of Europe, locate at least three towns that had a population of 30,000 or more and two towns of at least 200,000 or more.

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POINTS: 1 66. It has been said that European expansion provided a forward-looking, optimistic outlook for the Old World. Discuss whether you agree or disagree with this statement.

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POINTS: 1 67. What are the main factors that explain the expansion of Europe during the 15-17th centuries?

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution POINTS: 1 68. What technological innovations facilitated European exploration?

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POINTS: 1 69. Compare the motivations for exploration and expansion of Portugal and Spain.

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POINTS: 1 70. What was the price revolution and how did it alter Europe?

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POINTS: 1 71. Define the term enclosure and explain the impact of the enclosure on landlords and peasants.

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POINTS: 1 72. Why did England and the Netherlands become the cockpits of capitalist development in the seventeenth century?

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POINTS: 1 73. Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

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POINTS: 1 74. How do you account for the dramatic increase of Spanish power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

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POINTS: 1 75. The French monarchy of the seventeenth century has become virtually symbolic of royal absolutism. List some elements of the growth of royal power during the seventeenth century.

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POINTS: 1 76. Describe some ways religious dissension proved to be a most unsettling factor in the development of modern states of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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POINTS: 1 77. Discuss how royal absolutism developed in France in the seventeenth century.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution 78. Discuss the English Revolution from 1640 to 1688.

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POINTS: 1 79. The country that failed to take full advantage of commercial development because of its aristocratic structure a. France b. England c. Austria d. Spain e. Holland ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 226 Different Patterns of Commerical Development 80. The Fronde was a rebellion in Paris against the leadership of _______ a. Cardinal Richelieu b. Cardinal Marazin c. Louis XIII d. Henry V e. Charles V ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 210 The Consolidation of French Monarchial Power 81. All of the following are true of Louis XIV's reign except a. the nobility enjoyed prestige but little power b. the monarch gained more power c. the policies of Cardinal Richelieu were rejected in favor of greater liberality d. The Palace of Versailles became the center of royal life e. the Edict of Nantes was revoked ANSWER: c POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 210-211 The Consolidation of French Monarchial Power 82. The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre witnessed the a. death of French Huguenots by royal troops in Paris. b. defeat of Dutch troops by the Hapsburg Army. c. burning of English Catholics in London. d. execution of conversos in Spain. e. defeat of Incans in Peru by Cortes.

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Chapter 09—Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 209 Religion and the French State 83. The English ruler that attempted to restore Catholicism was a. Henry VIII b. Edward VI c. Elizabeth I d. Mary I e. Oliver Cromwell ANSWER: d POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 212 The Tudor Achievement 84. The rise of Capitalism is most tied to which two countries a. England and Netherlands b. France and Germany c. America and England d. Spain and England e. Italy and Netherlands ANSWER: a POINTS: 1 REFERENCES: p. 228 The Fostering of Mercantile Capitalism

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