Chapter 3 Quiz

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According to many historians, what was a major cause for the crisis of the seventeenth century?

Inflation correct incorrect

Peasant uprisings correct incorrect

Famine correct incorrect

Religious division correct incorrect

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Why were Ottoman and Safavid rulers building lavish palaces, new capital cities, and staging elaborate ceremonials?

Rulers needed ways to spend the immense wealth they had amassed. correct incorrect

Rulers sought to imitate the splendor of Louis XIV's court. correct incorrect

Rulers had to satisfy the demands of the military and bureaucratic elites. correct incorrect

Rulers, who were no longer expanding the empire in the role of warrior-in-chief, sought new ways to legitimate their rule. correct incorrect

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By how much did the population of Anatolia grow during the sixteenth century?

50 percent correct incorrect

40 percent correct incorrect

20 percent correct incorrect

35 percent correct incorrect

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What effect does the debasement of currency have on the economy?

It makes goods less expensive. correct incorrect

It causes trade to decline. correct incorrect

It leads to higher prices. correct incorrect

It reduces investment. correct incorrect

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What caused prices in Western Europe to increase between 300 and 400 percent from the beginning of the century to 1575?

Severe shortages of gold and silver coins in the economy. correct incorrect

Religious warfare led to a decline in agricultural production and an increase in commodities. correct incorrect

Increased government use of paper money in place of gold and silver coinage. correct incorrect

The arrival of huge amounts of gold and silver from Spanish conquests in the New World. correct incorrect

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What have historians used to follow the west to east movement of gold and silver from the New World?

Donations to religious institutions. correct incorrect

The cost of bread. correct incorrect

Spending by the nobility. correct incorrect

The increase in warfare. correct incorrect

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What negatively impacted both the government and artisans in the Ottoman empire?

The smuggling of large amounts of commodities to Europe. correct incorrect

More manufactured goods being sold in Ottoman cities. correct incorrect

Wars with Europeans states in Eastern Europe. correct incorrect

The decline of the spice trade with India. correct incorrect

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According to world systems theorists, much of the world before the sixteenth century was organized into

urban or agrarian societies. correct incorrect

a system of world empires. correct incorrect

a collection of economically advanced states. correct incorrect

periphery or semiperiphery zones. correct incorrect

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According to Gelvin, what event indicates that a modern world system was in place?

The Spanish bankruptcy of 1575 correct incorrect

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 correct incorrect

The end of the Safavid empire in 1722 correct incorrect

The Depression of 1873 correct incorrect

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In the modern world economy, states in Western Europe, North America and Japan are known as the __________.

periphery correct incorrect

dependents correct incorrect

core correct incorrect

semiperiphery correct incorrect

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The process in which the Middle East was incorporated into the modern world economy is known as

subordination. correct incorrect

Integration and capitalization. correct incorrect

globalization. correct incorrect

integration and peripheralization. correct incorrect

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When did the Ottoman Empire become integrated into the modern world economy?

In the period after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. correct incorrect

After the Depression of 1873. correct incorrect

During the crisis of the seventeenth century. correct incorrect

After the early eighteenth-century collapse of the Safavid Empire. correct incorrect

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What do historians call the period in which Europe developed new technologies that were directly beneficial to trade?

The Age of Exploration correct incorrect

The Commercial Revolution correct incorrect

The Renaissance correct incorrect

The Industrial Revolution correct incorrect

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How did Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route from Europe to India impact the Ottoman and Safavid governments?

It led to a sharp decline in customs revenue. correct incorrect

It gave them new opportunities to open ports to European merchants. correct incorrect

It led to a commercial alliance between the two to counter the Europeans. correct incorrect

It led to increased opportunities for their merchants in the spice trade. correct incorrect

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What doctrine did France, Britain, and the Netherlands adopt as their national trade policy during the Commercial Revolution?

Laissez-faire capitalism correct incorrect

Marxism correct incorrect

Mercantilism correct incorrect

Isolationism correct incorrect

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The development of the Atlantic economy led to a shift in the center of world trade away from ______________.

the Indian Ocean correct incorrect

the Pacific correct incorrect

the Black Sea correct incorrect

the Mediterranean correct incorrect

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Which of the following was not one of the policies adopted by the Ottoman Empire to deal with the crisis of the sixteenth century?

Debased currency correct incorrect

Sold offices in the military and bureaucracy correct incorrect

Lowered taxes on peasants correct incorrect

Increased use of tax farming correct incorrect

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What happened to agricultural lands in the Ottoman Empire and Persia as they were integrated into the global economy?

They were abandoned as farmers moved to work in cities. correct incorrect

Their use was changed from subsistence farming to the production of cash crops. correct incorrect

They became less important to the government as sources of revenue. correct incorrect

Their ownership shifted to large companies controlled by the English and French. correct incorrect

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What commodity was introduced into Europe from the Middle East and originated in Ethiopia?

Sugar correct incorrect

Opium correct incorrect

Tea correct incorrect

Coffee correct incorrect

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What did the British begin to sell in China to help offset its trade imbalance?

Opium correct incorrect

Tea correct incorrect

Cotton correct incorrect

Slaves correct incorrect