PART 1
1. In the seventeenth century, to whom did Russian peasants look for leadership of Russian society?
A) The Monarchy
B) The High Nobility
C) The Russian Orthodox Church
D) The merchants
2. What new capital did Peter the Great build that included a summer palace in imitation of Versailles?
A) Novgorod
B) Moscow
C) St. Petersburg
D) Kiev
3. Why were the Manchu invited into the capital city of China in 1644?
A) To free the Ming emperor from the influence of the eunuchs
B) To rid the capital of rebels who had seized and occupied the city
C) To assist in reclaiming the city from flooding
D) To stop an invasion by Japan nearing the capital city
4. In the 1630s, why did Japan economically isolate itself from growing trade?
A) Japanese rulers feared popular unrest if the masses realized that Japanese manufactures were of inferior quality to those from
Europe.
B) The spread of the plague brought to Japan by foreigners caused widespread panic among the population, who demanded an end to
foreign imports.
C) Japanese silk and textile manufactured were destroyed by European imports, creating social unrest and widespread poverty.
D) Japan had little need for foreign products, and the drain of silver out of Japan was causing a currency shortfall.
5. What American crops were popular in Tokugawa Japan?
A) Maize and pepper
B) Sugar and potatoes
C) Tomatoes and bananas
D) Sweet potatoes and tobacco
PART 2
1. What legend was constructed to explain the wealth and status achieved by Chica da Silva?
A) She was a power-hungry mulatto who seduced and manipulated her white oppressor.
B) She was chosen by God to demonstrate that Brazilians of African origin could succeed in the Western world.
C) She was merely a lucky slave whose success occurred in spite of her limited abilities.
D) She was a shrewd businesswoman who infallibly identified future trends and could profit from them.
* 2. When did the development of Portuguese Brazil begin to take off?
A) When Rio de Janeiro became the major way-station for shipping and traveling from Europe to the Peruvian silver fields
B) When Dutch merchants arrived with established trade networks
C) When gold and diamonds were discovered in the interior
* 5. What were the two great bases of the Spanish empire in the Americas?
A) Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City
B) Lima and Rio de Janeiro
C) Havana and Lima
D) Lima and Mexico City
*6. What was the primary cause of the large decline in the Amerindian population after the European arrival?
A) Warfare against Europeans
B) Exposure to new diseases
7. How was Spain able to staff its growing colonial bureaucracy?
A) Spain hired Dutch and French bureaucrats more accustomed to state management of territories.
B) Spain made existing Amerindian hierarchies the primary component of its bureaucracy.
C) Spain brought merchants and their sons into the bureaucratic system.
D) Spain had a growing pool of university-trained lawyers.
* 8. What was the basic unit of governance throughout Spanish America?
A) The town council B) The audiencia C) The vice-royalty D) The governorship
PART 3
1. John Locke based his theories of government on the political arrangements in which country?
A) The United States
B) France
C) Holland
D) England
2. What was the activity of salons in eighteenth-century Europe?
A) Discussion of recent issues of debate and publicizing new books and discoveries
B) Preparation for rebellion by the urban working classes
C) Religious renewal by promoting charitable work
D) Education of the children of the urban poor
3. Which empire did Tupac Amaru II seek to restore in the eighteenth century?
A) The Aztec
B) The Inca
C) The Mongol
4. The Continental Army received the greatest amount of aid from which nation?
A) Germany
B) Holland
C) France
D) Spain
5. Who forced Louis XVI and the royal family to abandon Versailles and live in Paris?
A) The market women of Paris
B) The peasants of Versailles
C) The National Assembly
D) The Paris Militia
PART 4
* 1. In the nineteenth century, what economic sector was dominant in the world economy?
A) Agriculture B) Manufacturing C) Finance D) Service industry
* 4. What was the primary Chinese import commodity in the eighteenth century?
A) Silver B) Textiles C) Wheat D) Ironware
* 7. In the Americas during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, what type of laborers were important in the metallurgical industries such as ironworks, copper, and tin?
A) Prison laborers B) Indentured servants C) Slaves D) Amerindians
* 9. The world's first factories arose in which industry?
A) Iron B) Coal C) Steam engines D) Textiles
* 11. What was the principle institution that emerged in the late nineteenth century to boost consumer consumption?
A) The department store B) The lending bank C) The credit card D) The credit union