Unit 4 MCQ Flashcards
The author uses all of the following as evidence to support his argument about the impact of smallpox on Native American populations EXCEPT
many Native Americans who contracted smallpox died from it
the English settlers tried to help the Native Americans who were afflicted with smallpox
the Native Americans feared smallpox more than any other disease
smallpox was widespread among Native Americans
the English settlers tried to help the Native Americans who were afflicted with smallpox
The author invokes which of the following to support his claim that smallpox’s impact on European settlers was different from its impact on Native Americans?
Pseudo scientific theories of European racial superiority
Evidence from population genetics
Ideas about the role of divine providence in human affairs
Protestant ideas about hard work and economic success as markers of personal virtue
Ideas about the role of divine providence in human affairs
The passage implies that the author was aware of smallpox being an infectious disease. Which of the following can best be cited as evidence of that claim?
The author’s statement that Native Americans lived in a “trading house” near the English settlement
The author’s statement that smallpox was so debilitating that those afflicted with it could not “make a fire, or fetch water to drink”
The author’s statement that the English settlers “took pity” at the sight of the Native Americans’ suffering
The author’s statement that no English settlers fell ill, even though “many performed these favors for the Indians for weeks”
The author’s statement that no English settlers fell ill, even though “many performed these favors for the Indians for weeks”
The contents of the letter are best understood in the context of which of the following aspects of the historical situation in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1600s?
Political, religious, and economic rivalries shaped European colonial policies in Africa.
State centralization in Europe led to a change from joint-stock company control to direct imperial control in many colonial territories.
The arrival of Europeans led to the conquest and destruction of many native African states.
Religious conflicts stemming from the spread of Islam from North Africa made sub-Saharan African states vulnerable to European conquest.
Political, religious, and economic rivalries shaped European colonial policies in Africa.
The point of view expressed by the Dutch West India Company’s directors in the letter can best be described as
evenhanded in describing the benefits and detriments of various proposed options to the States General
shaped by views of European cultural and religious superiority over African peoples, which the States General representatives would have been likely to share
dismissive in its evaluation of the military and strategic importance of the kingdom of Kongo to the Netherlands
seeking to steer the States General representatives into taking action that would benefit the company financially
seeking to steer the States General representatives into taking action that would benefit the company financially
The report’s position on the proposed transfer of Luanda to the Dutch is best understood in light of the authors’ goal to
secure profits from the rapidly expanding trans-Atlantic slave trade
highlight the gender and family imbalances created by the slave trade
recommend that the company expand its operations to the Indian Ocean and the spice islands of Southeast Asia
offer a comparison between the profitability of East African versus West African slave trade routes
secure profits from the rapidly expanding trans-Atlantic slave trade
Which of the following best describes the author’s argument in the first paragraph?
The demographic makeup of Barbadian society and the structure of its economy make existing punishments for enslaved people justified.
Barbadian enslaved people are punished more leniently than those working on the larger plantations of French Caribbean islands.
Plantation owners who punish enslaved people too harshly are not fulfilling their duties as Christians to treat the less fortunate kindly.
The punishments of enslaved people in Barbados are the result of a long experience of deadly uprisings and anti-planter violence on the island.
The demographic makeup of Barbadian society and the structure of its economy make existing punishments for enslaved people justified.
Which of the following best describes the author’s claim in the second paragraph?
The extensive mining of precious metals on Caribbean islands has destroyed the islands’ natural environment.
Despite the small size of Barbadian plantations, the landowners on Barbados are very wealthy.
Enslaved people’s political grievances are threatening the political order in American colonial societies.
Barbadian plantation owners are the wealthiest social group in the Caribbean.
Despite the small size of Barbadian plantations, the landowners on Barbados are very wealthy.
Which of the following is an implicit argument made by the author in the passage?
The current political and economic makeup of European colonies in the Caribbean is not sustainable over the long term.
Christianity will provide a solution to the social ills of colonial societies in the Caribbean.
Coerced labor systems have allowed a minority of the population of Caribbean colonial societies to reap enormous economic benefits.
It is incumbent upon France to try to wrest control of Barbados from Great Britain.
Coerced labor systems have allowed a minority of the population of Caribbean colonial societies to reap enormous economic benefits.
As outlined in the passage, the provisions of the agreement can best be used to illustrate which of the following aspects of state building in Eurasia in the period circa 1450–1750 ?
Mercantilist philosophy continued to inform the economic and social policies of many states.
Many states were able to consolidate their political systems and eliminate challenges to monarchical power.
Religious differences stopped being a significant factor in the weakening and fragmentation of imperial states.
Local elites successfully resisted attempts at state centralization and asserted their autonomy from central rule.
Local elites successfully resisted attempts at state centralization and asserted their autonomy from central rule.
The privileges discussed in the passage best demonstrate that in some instances in the period 1450–1750
internal challenges to state power could lead to the establishment of new state-like structures within existing states
states implemented policies seeking to restrict the role of certain minority groups in economic and social life
monarchs had to resort to deploying standing armies to crush regional revolts by hereditary local elites
states successfully established professional bureaucracies to reduce reliance on mercenaries and tax farming
internal challenges to state power could lead to the establishment of new state-like structures within existing states
The fact that the Russian tsar insisted in the last paragraph that some ambassadors be treated differently from others best illustrates which of the following about international politics in the period circa 1650–1750 ?
The Christian countries of Europe had banded together to defeat the threat from the Muslim Ottoman Empire.
Russia had encountered significant resistance to its plans for further territorial expansion from some of the established states in eastern and southern Europe.
Poland and the Ottoman Empire both felt threatened by the rising military might of Russia.
The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Russia, and most other European countries were bound by international treaties prohibiting the mistreatment of ambassadors.
Russia had encountered significant resistance to its plans for further territorial expansion from some of the established states in eastern and southern Europe.
All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which would best support the author’s argument in the first paragraph of the passage?
The Mamluk ruling elites of Egypt were made up of slave soldiers of various ethnic origins, including Turco-Mongolic peoples from the Black Sea steppes and peoples from the Caucasus Mountains.
The period of Mamluk rule in Egypt saw a high number of conversions to Islam and a considerable reduction in the percentage of Coptic Christians in the overall population of Egypt.
The Mamluks were one of the very few Muslim dynasties to have successfully defeated invading Mongol armies in battle.
The Jewish community in Mamluk Cairo included many prominent figures, including royal physicians, scholars, and administrators.
The period of Mamluk rule in Egypt saw a high number of conversions to Islam and a considerable reduction in the percentage of Coptic Christians in the overall population of Egypt.
Which of the following would a historian most likely cite as evidence in support of the author’s argument in the second paragraph of the passage?
The Ottoman millet system, an arrangement designed to utilize the economic contributions of non-Muslim groups within the empire while granting them limited autonomy to organize their communal affairs under their own religious leaders
The Ottoman practice of devshirme, a military levy of Christian boys who would be converted to Islam and trained as Ottoman Janissary soldiers or bureaucrats in state service
The Ottoman practice of farming out the collection of taxes to local private individuals (some of them non-Muslim), because of the shortage of trained government financial officials
The Ottoman sultans’ continued powers of granting final approval for any high-ranking appointment of a non-Muslim religious leader, including the power to approve patriarchs and bishops of the various Christian communities and chief rabbis of the Jewish
The Ottoman millet system, an arrangement designed to utilize the economic contributions of non-Muslim groups within the empire while granting them limited autonomy to organize their communal affairs under their own religious leaders
All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which might best be used to undermine or modify the author’s argument in the second paragraph?
Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire faced considerable restrictions on their religious practices, legal rights, and social freedoms.
Christian and Jewish communities in many other Muslim states in the period circa 1450–1750 enjoyed some of the same rights as Ottoman Christians and Jews did.
The Ottoman Empire was a preferred destination for Jews fleeing religious persecution in Europe, as well as for Protestant Christian groups fleeing Catholic persecution in Central and Eastern Europe.
Many Ottoman Christians and Jews achieved great financial success through commercial activities, including long-distance trade.
Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire faced considerable restrictions on their religious practices, legal rights, and social freedoms.
