Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

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. The First and Second Calico Acts, passed by the British Parliament in the early 18th century, were designed to:

increase the importation of Indian cotton cloth into Britain. correct incorrect

create a new source of revenue by taxing the domestic textile trade. correct incorrect

encourage the use of new spinning machines developed in the town of Calico. correct incorrect

protect domestic textile workers by banning imports of Indian cloth. correct incorrect

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. In the Russian Empire, serfdom, which legally bound rural workers to the land they tilled, __________ in the 17th century.

gradually fell into disuse correct incorrect

expanded correct incorrect

was a popular alternative to the tsar's agricultural reforms correct incorrect

was condemned as slavery by royal officials correct incorrect

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. The Celali Rebellion, which broke out in 1595 and demanded relief from taxation and the corruption of local landlords in _________.

the Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

the Mughal Empire correct incorrect

the Safavid Empire correct incorrect

the Qing Empire in China correct incorrect

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In China, crops indigenous to the Americas, like sweet potatoes and ________, enhanced the diet and helped the empire's population grow and spread.

Rice correct incorrect

Wheat correct incorrect

Maize correct incorrect

Barley correct incorrect

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. By the eighteenth century, imports of coffee, tea, and chocolate to Europe fueled the growth of ____________ as places to exchange information and conduct business.

theaters correct incorrect

central banks correct incorrect

coffee houses correct incorrect

factories correct incorrect

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. In the seventeenth century, most of the Dutch East India Company's profits derived from:

bringing luxury European goods to Asian markets. correct incorrect

subsidies from the Dutch government. correct incorrect

bribes from British smugglers. correct incorrect

tranding goods produced and consumed within Asia. correct incorrect

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. By 1600, __________ was the largest sugar producing region in the world.

Saint-Domingue correct incorrect

Brazil correct incorrect

Ethiopia correct incorrect

Goa correct incorrect

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. An engenho was:

a sugar production facility. correct incorrect

a type of ship. correct incorrect

a tax on sugar production. correct incorrect

a Portuguese imperial official. correct incorrect

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. In British Barbados, the enslaved population increased by almost ________ times between 1645 and 1680.

Twenty correct incorrect

Three correct incorrect

Seven correct incorrect

Five correct incorrect

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. The French considered Saint-Domingue, located __________, as the economic jewel of their overseas empire.

in the Indian Ocean correct incorrect

off the coast of Japan correct incorrect

in the Caribbean Sea correct incorrect

in East Africa correct incorrect

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. The ______ Galleon system moved a breathtaking volume of silks, porcelain, ivory, pearls, and furniture, despite efforts by the Spanish Crown to limit this trade route.

Veracruz correct incorrect

Canton correct incorrect

Bogota correct incorrect

Manila correct incorrect

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. In 1610 Potosi, high in the Andes Mountains, and Amsterdam, in the Netherlands were roughly equivalent in:

number of coffee houses. correct incorrect

tulip production. correct incorrect

number of coffee plantations. correct incorrect

population. correct incorrect

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. The Spanish Crown claimed a tax of 20 percent on all silver production in its empire.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. By 1700, most of the world's silver was mined in:

central Europe. correct incorrect

Japan. correct incorrect

Spanish America. correct incorrect

Brazil. correct incorrect

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. In the Netherlands, while the Thirty Years War raged in central Europe, financial speculation ran rampant over the value of:

tulips. correct incorrect

potatoes. correct incorrect

firearms. correct incorrect

calico cloth. correct incorrect

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. In a 1615 treatise, Antoine de Montchrestien introduced to European readers the term:

Deism. correct incorrect

Natural Philosophy. correct incorrect

Political Economy. correct incorrect

Mercantilism. correct incorrect

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. The British East India Company was:

a joint stock company. correct incorrect

an elite military force. correct incorrect

a joint venture with the Qianlong Emperor. correct incorrect

formed as a successor to the Dutch East India Company. correct incorrect

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. In mercantilist thinking, one important economic goal of a state is to accumulate wealth through a favorable __________.

military-industrial complex, leading to an arms race correct incorrect

development of regional production centers correct incorrect

opinion from foreign investors correct incorrect

balance of trade, by exporting more than it imports correct incorrect

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Most rulers perceived economic activity to be a zero-sum game

all individuals had equal opportunities to get rich. correct incorrect

one state can only accumulate additional wealth by taking it away from another state. correct incorrect

wealth will not matter at the end of life when God judges one's acts. correct incorrect

rulers should not pass on debt to their successors. correct incorrect

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. In the seventeenth century, the most highly valued porcelain vessels were produced in:

China. correct incorrect

Mexico. correct incorrect

England. correct incorrect

France. correct incorrect