Volume 2 Chapter 7 Quiz

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. By 1914, what percentage of the world's land was controlled by European powers?

50% correct incorrect

60% correct incorrect

70% correct incorrect

80% correct incorrect

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. Tomé Pires, who traveled to India and Southeast Asia in the service of the Portuguese Crown, was a______________.

Colonizer correct incorrect

Navigator correct incorrect

Apothecary correct incorrect

Soldier correct incorrect

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. What is the connection between the invention of moveable type in the fifteenth century and the explosion of knowledge about plants in Europe in the sixteenth century?

Printed books containing descriptions of new plants and remedies circulated widely correct incorrect

Pirated editions led to confusion correct incorrect

Jesuit missionaries brought printed books with them to China correct incorrect

Rulers sought to control the spread of books correct incorrect

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. In 1700, which of these regions was unaffected by European colonization?

India correct incorrect

South America correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

The Caribbean correct incorrect

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. ____________ describes the phase in the process of colonization in which Europeans or European-owned companies are granted large parcels of land for the purpose of extracting mineral, animal, and plant resources.

"Improvement" correct incorrect

"Imperialism" correct incorrect

"Settlement" correct incorrect

"Exploitation frontier" correct incorrect

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. What was the most serious problem that hobbled India from competing successfully with US cotton?

It was under the control of the British correct incorrect

Too much of its cotton went to satisfy local demand correct incorrect

Deficient seed stock correct incorrect

Its workers were less productive than the enslaved Africans who toiled on American cotton plantations. correct incorrect

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. The case study of "improving" Indian cotton offers an example of the powerful effects of ______________.

Genetic engineering correct incorrect

Colonization correct incorrect

Environmentalism correct incorrect

Racism correct incorrect

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. What was the long-term environmental impact in Egypt and India of the cotton boom caused by the US Civil War?

The amount of acreage devoted to drought-resistant food crops increased correct incorrect

Farmers shifted away from monoculture correct incorrect

Irrigation techniques were improved correct incorrect

Agriculture became more fragile across broad areas correct incorrect

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. Which new product of the nineteenth century generated the most demand for tin?

Steam pumps correct incorrect

Cast cannon correct incorrect

Steam motors correct incorrect

The tin can correct incorrect

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. What was the main effect on Malaya tin of the high-power hydraulic pumps introduced by British colonial authorities?

Prices were lowered, making Malaya tin more competitive on world markets correct incorrect

Greater quantities of tin were exported correct incorrect

Increasing number of Chinese laborers were recruited to work in the tin mines correct incorrect

They caused massive environmental destruction correct incorrect