Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

. In the late 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi expelled _______ to limit their influence in Japan.

. Which of the following individuals defied the governor of Cuba's orders in launching the expedition that ultimately led to the conquest of Mexico?

. Spanish explorers and traders established a settlement in ____________ to cultivate diplomatic and commercial relationships with China.

. In Japan, the Portuguese were blamed in part for causing a large-scale uprising of mostly __________, called the Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638).

. In the century after Europeans first arrived in the Americas, the indigenous population of the western hemisphere:

. Seven weeks of arduous travel were required to move silver from the legendary mines of Potosi (in present-day __________) to Portobelo (in Panama).

. Arriving at the heart of the__________ Empire in the midst of a civil war, the Spaniards kidnapped Atahualpa, who had emerged victorious in the struggle, and killed him in 1533.

. By government decree in 1641, Dutch merchants became the only Europeans legally permitted to trade with:

. All of the following agricultural products were native to the Americas EXCEPT:

. Some Catholic priests, like Bartolome de las Casas, decried the abuses committed against ________ by Spanish settlers.

. The encomienda system developed in the Caribbean as a way to distribute indigenous laborers to Spanish settlers.

. Between 1500 and 1800 China absorbed 40 percent of the _________ produced in Spanish America.

. A remnant of the Inca Empire, based in the city of Vilcabamba, continued to fight the Spanish until _______.

. The New Laws" of 1542 were designed by the Spanish Crown to:"

. Outbreaks of epidemic diseases in the midst of the Aztec empire accompanied the arrival of Spaniards.

. The first European invited into China's imperial capital, the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, convinced the Chinese emperor to convert to Christianity.

. By the 1580s, the main commodities traded between the Viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru originated in:

. In his attempts to defeat the Aztec Empire, Cortes made an alliance with indigenous groups elsewhere in Mexico.

. The English and Dutch employed the model of the ___________________ to spread the high risks of global commerce.

. In contending with Portuguese commercial expansion in Asia, some Islamic rulers of port-states received aid from:

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