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| 7208619760 | Capitalism | An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of the means of production and by private control over decisions on prices, production, and distribution of goods in a free, competitive market of supply and demand | 0 | |
| 7208621231 | Mercantilism | An economic policy pursued by many European nations between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. It aimed to strengthen an individual nation's economic power at the expense of its rivals by stockpiling reserves of bullion, which involved government regulations of trade | 1 | |
| 7208624236 | Conquistadores | The Spanish soldiers who invaded and conquered the kingdoms of the New World, especially in Mexico and Peru | 2 | |
| 7208626708 | Encomienda | A concession from the Spanish crown to a colonist, giving the colonist permission to exact tribute from a specified number of Native Americans living in a specific area. Conditions were cruel and the Spanish attempted to convert the Indians to Christianity | 3 | |
| 7208629271 | Mit'a | A system of forced labor in Peru, begun under Inca rule, by which indigenous communities were required to contribute a set number of laborers for public works for a given period. Conditions were virtual slavery | 4 | |
| 7208632962 | Repartimiento | A system by which the Spanish crown allowed colonists to employ Indians for forced labor, Conditions were virtual slavery | 5 | |
| 7208635190 | Hacienda | A large rural estate in Spanish America, originating with Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century | 6 | |
| 8731026524 | Which of the following statements about Spain's conquests in the New World is NOT true? Selected: | Spanish settlers first colonized the Pacific coast of South AmericaThis answer is correct. | 7 | |
| 8731026525 | Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Spaniards were able to defeat much larger Native American forces? | The native Americans believed the Spaniards were gods | 8 | |
| 8731026526 | The encomienda system failed when the Indian population was decimated by disease and cruelty. | True | 9 | |
| 8731026527 | At least one-third of the silver produced in the Americas between 1527 and 1821 eventually went to: | China | 10 | |
| 8731026528 | Adam Smith felt that wealth is created by: | the pursuit of economic self-interest | 11 | |
| 8731026529 | Adam Smith felt that: | if workers specialized in tasks they performed well, the economy would be more productive | 12 | |
| 8731026530 | Spain's most valuable exports from the Americas in the sixteenth century were: | silver and gold | 13 | |
| 8731026531 | Which of the following remained a Catholic country throughout the Reformation and Counter-Reformation? | Spain | 14 | |
| 8731026532 | By 1750, major trade routes connected the Americas with Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific islands. | True | 15 | |
| 8731026533 | Portuguese possessions in the Americas are located primarily in the northern hemisphere. | False | 16 | |
| 8731026534 | This person believed in predestination and set up a theocracy in Switzerland: | John Calvin | 17 | |
| 8731026535 | Martin Luther: | urged the suppression of a peasant revolt in Germany | 18 | |
| 8731026536 | Portugal: | had insufficient population to maintain a trading empire | 19 | |
| 8731026537 | Queen Elizabeth of England: | won a war with Spain | 20 | |
| 8731026538 | Which of the following controlled Java's trade? | The Dutch | 21 | |
| 8731026539 | Which of the following nation-states was governed by a coalition of businessmen? | the Netherlands | 22 | |
| 8731026540 | Louis the XIV's economic policies: | included a policy of mercantilism | 23 | |
| 8731026541 | The Russian state did not begin to form until it overthrew | Mongol Domination | 24 | |
| 8731026542 | In the 1500s and early 1600s, the Netherlands: | agitated for independence | 25 | |
| 8731026543 | During its period of ascendancy in world trade, Britain did all of the following, except: | keep separate markets with separate regulations and taxes within Britain | 26 | |
| 8731026544 | This country dominated northern European shipping in the seventeenth century: | the Netherlands | 27 | |
| 8731026545 | Britain gained supremacy in world trade in part by: | having a unified national market | 28 | |
| 8731026546 | In France in the second half of the sixteenth century: | Henry IV converted to Catholicism | 29 | |
| 8743821976 | The Ming dynasty: | fought with Japan during the last decade of the sixteenth century | 30 | |
| 8743821977 | The authority of the Ottoman Empire was undermined in the 1500s in part because of: | open trade with the English and the Dutch | 31 | |
| 8743821978 | Japan withdrew its forces from mainland Asia in 1598. | True | 32 | |
| 8743821979 | Conversion to Christianity was most common among which group in Japan? | the elite | 33 | |
| 8743821980 | Seventeenth-century Russia: | had only a very small urban trading class | 34 | |
| 8743821981 | Peter the Great: | made major reforms in administration that made his bureaucracy more efficient | 35 | |
| 8743821982 | The Mughal empire encouraged the development of internal trade. | True | 36 | |
| 8743821983 | Akbar, the ruler of India: | was head of the Mughal empire | 37 | |
| 8743821984 | The Qing dynasty was successful in | keeping European merchants out of China | 38 |
