164 i PERIOD 4 Global Interactions (c. 1450–c. 1750)
❯ Review Questions
- European explorations
(A) were dependent on European technological
innovation
(B) promoted harmony among the nations of
Europe
(C) sought to break established trade
monopolies
(D) concentrated on the Americas
(E) interfered with the growth of capitalism - The Columbian Exchange
(A) improved the nutrition of American indig-
enous peoples
(B) did not involve Africa
(C) drew the world’s oceans into an active trade
network
(D) produced both positive and adverse effects
on world population
(E) did not affect East Asia - The English and French engaged in rivalries over
territory in
(A) Indonesia
(B) China
(C) North America
(D) East Africa
(E) western Africa - The region with the greatest number of colonial
and commercial competitors was
(A) the western coast of Africa
(B) Indonesia
(C) the Caribbean islands
(D) the Philippines
(E) Japan
5. The Netherlands established commercial or
colonial interests in all of the following areas
EXCEPT
(A) southern Africa
(B) South America
(C) western Africa
(D) North America
(E) Japan
6. Which of the following regions sustained trade
patterns that were the most different from the
others before the eighteenth century?
(A) Japan
(B) Indonesia
(C) China
(D) Mughal India
(E) Russia
7. Which crop arrived in the Americas as part of
the Columbian Exchange and later became a key
product of the Americas?
(A) Tobacco
(B) Sugar
(C) Sweet potatoes
(D) Bananas
(E) Manioc
8. As a result of hemispheric trade between 1450
and 1750,
(A) the entire globe was linked by numerous
active trade routes
(B) European governments lost influence to the
power of the great trading companies
(C) the work of African artisans found new
markets
(D) the Ottoman Empire strengthened its hold
on European territory
(E) European wealth and commercial domi-
nance increased