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Example Question #271 : Political History
Which nation was not a colonial power in the Americas?
Portugal
Spain
The Netherlands
Great Britain
Germany
Germany
All of these nations, except for Germany had numerous colonies in the Americas and were largely dependent on their natural and economic resources as a source of wealth. You could have answered this question either by knowing that Germany was not a colonial presence in America or by knowing that all of the other nations listed were such presences.
Example Question #272 : Political History
What was the first European nation to discover Australia?
France
Netherlands
Britain
Portugal
Netherlands
While the British famously went on to colonize Australia and many of the surrounding islands, they were not the first to discover its existence and relay that information back to Europe. While on a trade expedition to Indonesia Dutch sailor Willem Janszoon was blown off course. It was there he spotted Australia and made landfall. He was promptly attacked by the local aborigines and he returned to Indonesia.
Example Question #5 : Empires, Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization, And Globalization 1450 To 1750
What is the name for the indigenous people of New Zealand?
Polynesians
Natives
Aborigines
Maori
Maori
The Maori are the native people of New Zealand. Unlike in most other colonized nations thought, the culture of the Maori has not been largely extinguished. The Maori culture is still to this day a celebrated part of New Zealand's history. This is evidenced by the fact that New Zealand's national rugby team (New Zealand's most popular sport) performs a traditional Maori war dance before every game.
Example Question #992 : Ap World History
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conqueror who was able to destroy the Aztec empire with a small number of __________.
Chariots
horse archers
Samurai
Conquistadors
Sarissa
Conquistadors
Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztec empire with a small number of conquistadors.
Samurai were Japanese warriors who did not participate in the destruction of the Aztec empire.
By the time of Cortes's invasion of the Americas, no military used chariots.
The Sarissa were specialized pikemen used by Alexander the Great to conquer Persia, they were not used by Cortes.
Cortes used horses but he also used firearms, not bows and arrows.
Example Question #993 : Ap World History
Which of the following was not a characteristic of the Three Gunpowder Empires (Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid)?
The widespread use of advanced artillery such as muskets and cannons
An independent, dynastic system of rule/law
Strong state-run military
A population comprised of mostly Muslims
Democratic governing structures
Democratic governing structures
The Gunpowder Empires got their name from their reliance of black powder weapons as the crux of their military might. They were strictly run dynastic empires focused on aggressive expansion of territories. They all three were located in the Middle East and could trace their lineage back to early Turkish tribes.
Example Question #6 : Empires, Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization, And Globalization 1450 To 1750
What term refers to the political, economic, or cultural domination of one nation over another?
Communism
Populism
Capitalism
Imperialism
Democracy
Imperialism
Imperialism was the movement of Empire making, Western powers built vast colonial networks stretching around the world that offered significant political and financial advantages, while ultimately offering nothing but a weak infrastructure to many of the countries then viewed as "third world" by the colonizing powers.
Example Question #995 : Ap World History
Select the form of national competition in which many European countries engaged throughout the time period of the Renaissance.
The deliberate build-up of mass armies
Military invasions of the Middle East and/or Asia
Monarchial visits to Rome
A. dynastically arranged marriages
Overseas voyaging expeditions
Overseas voyaging expeditions
The many scientific and cultural changes wrought by the Renaissance had a similarly transformative effect on the ways in which Western European nations engaged in competition. During the Medieval Ages, hostility between various countries traditionally broke out along militaristic and/or religious lines – often, these two approaches were combined. Traditional examples of pre-Renaissance era national conflict included influential monarchial visits to Rome in an attempt to leverage Papal Power or military incursions into the Middle East (such as the infamous Crusades). However, as the many developments of the Renaissance permeated national administrations and cultural institutions, many Western European countries began instead to compete on a scientific level – for example, the fastest construction of ships and weapons or the strategic gathering of scholars and artists and highly skilled craftsmen. Eventually, all of these factors coalesced into the ability of national governments to fund voyages overseas, in the hopes of snapping up land, material riches, and primacy of ownership before any other country. Columbus’s discovery of the New World dramatically heightened this trend, and before too long, Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Belgium, along with others, were all competitors in the race to control as many Western Hemisphere lands and peoples as possible.
Example Question #991 : Ap World History
In the wake of transoceanic expansion what treaty between Spain and Portugal in 1492 was meant to divide up the world between the two states?
Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Lisbon
Treaty of the Azores
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Madrid
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1492 by Spain and Portugal and in its agreement drew a line that ran north to south along the entire globe approximately 300 miles west of the Azores Islands off of the west coast of Europe. The agreement in the treaty granted Spain possession of all lands west of the line, and Portugal all lands to the east.
Example Question #996 : Ap World History
Which of the following is not one of the main effects on late sixteenth-century Western Europe caused by the influx of wealth from the New World?
A shortage in the availability of jobs developed
The price of food decreased while the amount of food available increased
The gap between rich and poor substantially widened
Western Europe experienced a dramatic population boom
The economy became crippled by rampant inflation
The price of food decreased while the amount of food available increased
During the late sixteenth century, Western Europe began to experience a vast influx of wealth from the New World. This wealth was quite diverse in form – not only the traditional gold and silver but also new food and agricultural products, such as tomatoes, corn, and tobacco. However, all these new riches did not enrich every sector of society. Instead, the top social classes, mostly the monarchy and aristocracy and wealthy merchants, reaped substantial benefits, growing ever more wealthy and powerful. By contrast, very little of these profits trickled down into the lower segments of society, causing the gap between rich and power to demonstrably widen. The New World’s bounty also triggered a population boom across Western Europe, especially in England, France, and the Netherlands. This population expansion occurred so rapidly that the economy couldn’t keep up and rampant inflation soon developed, which in turn led to an increase in food prices, a scarcity of food products, and a decrease in the amount of available jobs. Western Europe was indeed prospering thanks to the New World, but only certain social classes got to enjoy these benefits.
Example Question #271 : Political History
The _______________ established Cape Town in 1652 as a supply port for the journey between Europe and Asia.
Dutch East India Trading Company
West Indies Trading
British
French
Portuguese
Dutch East India Trading Company
The Dutch East India Trading Company used the strategically placed Cape Town on Africa’s southern tip as a supply point on its journeys between Europe and Asia. The Dutch East India Trading Company had an incredibly profitable business transporting spices from Asia back to Europe. The settlement established in Cape Town became a gateway into the interior of Southern Africa, leading to the establishment of European colonies. These colonies faced hostility from the local populations, leading to violence between the two sides and eventual subjugation of the native Africans by the European colonists.
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