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Which item is most clearly a primary source for studying the operation of a Caribbean plantation?
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6. Commerce, Empire, and European Society Online Quiz Questions
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Which description best defines the Atlantic world that emerged after European expansion across the Atlantic?
- A
A political alliance limited to European monarchies
- B
A system in which only European goods moved across the ocean
- C
A zone of continuous exchange linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas
- D
A network used exclusively for transporting enslaved Africans
03
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A government imposes tariffs on competing foreign goods and subsidies on domestic manufacturers. Which mercantilist policy combination does this example illustrate?
- A
Removing all restrictions on colonial trade
- B
Prohibiting exports in order to preserve domestic supplies
- C
Taxing competing imports and supporting favored industries
- D
Allowing colonies to trade freely with every European power
04
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Which combination best explains why nineteenth-century industrialization contributed to the expansion of New Imperialism?
- A
Industrial demand combined with technologies that enabled more direct control
- B
A decline in European manufacturing and a retreat from overseas markets
- C
The disappearance of military competition among European states
- D
The end of unequal labor systems in colonial territories
05
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As Atlantic ports expanded, which group of activities was most directly stimulated in European cities?
- A
Insurance, banking, warehousing, and shipbuilding
- B
Monastic farming, inland hunting, and feudal dues
- C
Desert irrigation, silk weaving, and temple construction
- D
Military conscription, village courts, and grain tithes
06
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Which conditions helped make sugar plantations especially dependent on enslaved labor? Select all correct choices.
- A
Intensive labor requirements
- B
Expensive processing equipment
- C
A need for cold and short growing seasons
- D
A warm climate
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Which actions are identified as forms of resistance by enslaved people in the Atlantic plantation system? Select all correct choices.
- A
Slowing work
- B
Preserving languages and religious practices
- C
Escaping and creating independent communities
- D
Revolting or sabotaging production
08
True or false
1 point
European expansion into the Atlantic created a previously empty world without established societies or commercial networks.
- A
True
- B
False
09
True or false
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Ending Britain’s participation in the transatlantic slave trade in 1807 did not immediately end slavery throughout the British Empire or the wider world.
- A
True
- B
False
10
Written response
1 point
Approximately how many million enslaved Africans survived the Middle Passage to disembark in the Americas? Enter the value in millions; no rounding tolerance is allowed.
11
Written response
1 point
In what year did the Haitian Revolution begin in the French colony of Saint-Domingue? Enter the year in YYYY format.
12
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In the simplified pattern of triangular trade, enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the Americas across the .
13
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1 point
In the Columbian Exchange, and eventually supported population growth in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
14
Open ended
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How did Atlantic commerce and European empire transform societies while also producing violence and unequal power? Write a connected response using at least three specific examples from the material, including both benefits or forms of integration and systems of coercion or inequality.
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Which policy combination best illustrates mercantilism as described in the material?
- A
A government removes all tariffs and permits colonies to trade freely with every country.
- B
A government reserves colonial trade for its own merchants, taxes competing imports, and supports domestic producers.
- C
A government abandons overseas commerce and invests only in subsistence agriculture.
- D
A government prohibits private merchants from participating in colonial trade.
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Why did sugar plantations become especially dependent on enslaved labor?
- A
Sugar production combined intensive labor and costly processing with strong demand for an export crop.
- B
Sugar grew only in regions where European workers refused to use metal tools.
- C
Sugar plantations were small household farms that needed little labor.
- D
Sugar could be harvested only after being transported from Europe to the Americas.
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Which consequence of the Columbian Exchange best explains how American crops contributed to population growth beyond the Americas?
- A
They ended all famine and eliminated social inequality in Europe.
- B
They replaced every crop previously grown in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
- C
They contributed to population growth by supplying substantial calories under varied growing conditions.
- D
They were used mainly as luxury spices by European monarchs.
18
True or false
1 point
True or false: The Atlantic world was controlled exclusively by European states, because African and Indigenous American societies had no independent political or commercial networks.
- A
True
- B
False
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Written response
1 point
In what year did Britain abolish its participation in the transatlantic slave trade? Enter the year as four digits (YYYY).
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1 point
What term names the transatlantic voyage that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas?