. How did the search for maritime trade routes to Asia affect the growth of European

Question

empires?(1 point)
Responses

It had little impact on the growth of European empires because trade was not very profitable.
It had little impact on the growth of European empires because trade was not very profitable.

Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable
trade goods such as spices.
Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices.

The countries with the most land space in Europe were the most successful at building
empires.
The countries with the most land space in Europe were the most successful at building empires.

The cost of getting spices from Asia made some countries decide that global expansion was
not worthwhile.
The cost of getting spices from Asia made some countries decide that global expansion was not worthwhile.
Question 2
2.In what types of businesses did European intellectual communities begin to develop in
early modern European cities?(1 point)
Responses

government institutions
government institutions

churches
churches

coffeehouses
coffeehouses

trading outposts
trading outposts
Question 3
3. Spanish explorers traveling from South America back to Spain were impacted by which of
the following?(1 point)
Responses

the Southern Equitorial Current
the Southern Equitorial Current

the Gulf Stream
the Gulf Stream

westerlies moving counter to the trade winds
westerlies moving counter to the trade winds

calm winds of the Intertropical Convergence zone
calm winds of the Intertropical Convergence zone
Question 4
4. Which statement describes how Ferdinand Magellan expanded the empire of Spain?(1 point)
Responses

Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans allowed Spain to
claim and colonize the Caribbean islands.
Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans allowed Spain to claim and colonize the Caribbean islands.

Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans created a route for
Spanish colonization in the Philippines.
Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans created a route for Spanish colonization in the Philippines.

Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Indian Ocean allowed Spain to access a trade
route to India and expand its empire.
Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Indian Ocean allowed Spain to access a trade route to India and expand its empire.

Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic Ocean created a route for Portugal
colonization in the Cape of Good Hope.
Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic Ocean created a route for Portugal colonization in the Cape of Good Hope.
Question 5
5. How is the spread of the potato related to an increase in population in the Old World?(1 point)
Responses

The potato grows easily in warm, comfortable climates. This means that it grew well
everywhere except northern Europe, leading to an increase in population.
The potato grows easily in warm, comfortable climates. This means that it grew well everywhere except northern Europe, leading to an increase in population.

The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern
Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.
The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.

The potato does not grow easily outside of the Andes. This means that it did not lead to an
increase in population in the Old World.
The potato does not grow easily outside of the Andes. This means that it did not lead to an increase in population in the Old World.

The potato does not correlate with an increase in population in the Old World.
The potato does not correlate with an increase in population in the Old World.
Question 6
6. Which of the following best describes the Commercial Revolution?(1 point)
Responses

the establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a
futures market
the establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a futures market

the exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas that resulted from contact between the New
World and Old World
the exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas that resulted from contact between the New World and Old World

the “discovery” of the New World that prompted European nations to establish territories
the “discovery” of the New World that prompted European nations to establish territories

the influx of silver that resulted in economic turmoil for European nations
the influx of silver that resulted in economic turmoil for European nations
Question 7
7. Greater amounts of food, crops, livestock, and other commodities traded on the
Columbian Exchange caused a major increase in which population?(1 point)
Responses

Europeans
Europeans

Indigenous Americans
Indigenous Americans

South Americans
South Americans

Latin Americans
Latin Americans
Question 8
8. What was implied by mercantilism, which grew with the transatlantic trade route?(1 point)
Responses

It was implied that an African diaspora would occur.
It was implied that an African diaspora would occur.

It was implied that Africans were inferior to Europeans.
It was implied that Africans were inferior to Europeans.

It was implied that nationalism was an important idea.
It was implied that nationalism was an important idea.

It was implied that the colonists were inferior to their mother country.
It was implied that the colonists were inferior to their mother country.
Question 9
9. Imagine you investigated the role colonial plantations had on the increase of the African
slave trade. Which of the following statements would provide the best findings of your
investigation?(1 point)
Responses

The demand for skilled labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.
The demand for skilled labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.

The demand for less-intensive labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.
The demand for less-intensive labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.

The demand to cultivate plantation land decreased so the African slave trade increased to
reduce labor costs.
The demand to cultivate plantation land decreased so the African slave trade increased to reduce labor costs.

The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade.
The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade.
Question 10
10. Alfonso I reshaped Kongo by(1 point)
Responses

converting to Islam.
converting to Islam.

unifying the states of West Africa.
unifying the states of West Africa.

banning the slave trade in Kongo.
banning the slave trade in Kongo.

making Catholicism the state religion and allowing the Portuguese to buy more enslaved
people.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions based on historical contexts:

1. How did the search for maritime trade routes to Asia affect the growth of European empires?

   • Response: Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices.

2. In what types of businesses did European intellectual communities begin to develop in early modern European cities?

   • Response: coffeehouses

3. Spanish explorers traveling from South America back to Spain were impacted by which of the following?

   • Response: the Southern Equatorial Current

4. Which statement describes how Ferdinand Magellan expanded the empire of Spain?

   • Response: Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans created a route for Spanish colonization in the Philippines.

5. How is the spread of the potato related to an increase in population in the Old World?

   • Response: The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.

6. Which of the following best describes the Commercial Revolution?

   • Response: the establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a futures market

7. Greater amounts of food, crops, livestock, and other commodities traded on the Columbian Exchange caused a major increase in which population?

   • Response: Europeans

8. What was implied by mercantilism, which grew with the transatlantic trade route?

   • Response: It was implied that nationalism was an important idea.

9. Imagine you investigated the role colonial plantations had on the increase of the African slave trade. Which of the following statements would provide the best findings of your investigation?

   • Response: The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade.

10. Alfonso I reshaped Kongo by:

    • Response: making Catholicism the state religion and allowing the Portuguese to buy more enslaved people.

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