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| 6010357606 | The ultimate task of all the explorations launched by the Europeans from the 14th century onward was | A) finding a sea link between Europe and the wealthy civilizations of Asia. | 0 | |
| 6010357607 | All of the following were sources of disappointment to the Europeans who arrived in Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries EXCEPT | C) Asian civilization seemed materially impoverished. | 1 | |
| 6010361021 | Whose voyages of exploration opened the way for the Europeans to the Indies? | B) Vasco da Gama | 2 | |
| 6010361022 | Despite their armaments, what factor convinced the Europeans that they could make little headway against the kingdoms of Asia? | D) Large populations of Asian kingdoms | 3 | |
| 6010363244 | What was the Portuguese lesson learned at Calicut? | C) Western products brought for trade were of little or no value. | 4 | |
| 6010370936 | What was the initial Portuguese response to the encounter at Calicut? | D) They applied military force to obtain desired Asian products. | 5 | |
| 6010370937 | What peoples had preceded the Portuguese in entering the markets of south and Southeast Asia? | B) Muslims | 6 | |
| 6010373617 | Which of the following products was associated with the Arab zone of the Asian sea trading network? | A) Glass | 7 | |
| 6010373618 | Which of the following products was associated with the Indian zone of the Asian sea trading network? | B) Cotton textiles | 8 | |
| 6010375185 | Which of the following products was NOT one of the products associated with the Indian zone of the Asian sea trading network? | E) Porcelain | 9 | |
| 6010375186 | What was the significance of the mainland kingdoms and island states of Southeast Asia that surrounded the three great manufacturing zones of the Asian sea trading network? | B) These regions fed raw materials precious metals and forest products into the trading network. | 10 | |
| 6010377279 | What raw materials were the most highly valued exports in the Asian sea trading network for the Europeans? | C) Spices | 11 | |
| 6010377280 | Which of the following items was more likely to be exchanged within the ports of each of the main trading zone rather than over greater distances between zones? | A) Rice | 12 | |
| 6010379695 | What was the nature of the sea routes in the Asian trading network? | B) Most of the navigation consisted of sailing along the coastlines and avoiding open seas. | 13 | |
| 6010379696 | Which of the following was one of the crucial points in the Asian sea trading network where trade converged? | C) The straits of Malacca | 14 | |
| 6010379697 | Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of the Asian sea trading network? | C) There was no central control, and force was usually absent from commercial exchanges. | 15 | |
| 6010382585 | Why were the Portuguese unwilling to exchange bullion for products within the Asian commercial system? | A) The doctrine of mercantilism equated possession of bullion with power and argued against negative trade balances. | 16 | |
| 6010382586 | Why did the Portuguese believe they could successfully enter the Asian sea trading by force? | D) The Portuguese had fewer ships, but they were more maneuverable and better armed than those of their Asian opponents. | 17 | |
| 6010382629 | The Portuguese won a major sea battle over a combined fleet of Egyptian and Indian vessels in 1509 at | B) Diu. | 18 | |
| 6010386844 | Which of the following was NOT a fortified trading port established by the Portuguese in the early 16th century? | A) Batavia | 19 | |
| 6010386845 | What trade did the Portuguese intend to monopolize within the Asian trading network? | C) Spices | 20 | |
| 6010390159 | How successful was the Portuguese monopoly on Asian products? | B) Though they managed to monopolize some spices grown in limited locales, the Portuguese lacked the manpower and ships to sustain a monopoly. | 21 | |
| 6010390160 | Who succeeded the Portuguese as the most successful European entrant into the Asian sea trading network? | D) Holland | 22 | |
| 6010390161 | Where was the chief Dutch trading fortress and port in Southeast Asia? | C) Batavia | 23 | |
| 6010392412 | How did the Dutch commercial strategy within the Asian trade network differ from that of the Portuguese? | C) The Dutch were more systematic in their monopoly control of a limited number of specific spices. | 24 | |
| 6010392413 | In what way did the Dutch and English participation within the Asian sea trading network change by the middle decades of the 17th century? | A) For both the Dutch and the English, peaceful commerce came to be more profitable than forcible control and monopolies were aimed at European rather than Asian rivals. | 25 | |
| 6010394565 | What area of the Philippines were the Spanish NOT able to conquer? | D) Mindanao | 26 | |
| 6010394566 | Among which of the following groups did Roman Catholic missionaries enjoy some success? | D) Outcaste groups in Indian coastal regions | 27 | |
| 6010396527 | What Jesuit missionary was responsible for creating the strategy of converting Hindu elites as a means of achieving mass conversions? | B) Robert di Nobili | 28 | |
| 6010396528 | In what sense was the Spanish conversion of the Filipinos similar to their experience in the Americas? | C) Like the Amerindians, the Filipinos' brand of Christianity represented a creative blend of earlier beliefs and practices with Christianity. | 29 | |
| 6010401248 | Which of the following was NOT a European contribution to the Asian sea trading network? | D) The establishment of an exchange of new crops and diseases similar to the "Columbian Exchange" with the Americas | 30 | |
| 6010401249 | The first Ming emperor of China was | B) Hongwu. | 31 | |
| 6010401250 | Which of the following reforms was NOT introduced by the first Ming emperor? | C) Family influence in the selection of men to the Chinese bureaucracy was eliminated. | 32 | |
| 6010405929 | Which of the following was a reform instituted by the first Ming emperor to reduce court factionalism and the power of the scholar-gentry? | B) Corrupt or incompetent members of the bureaucracy were punished by being beaten on the bare buttocks. | 33 | |
| 6010405930 | Which of the following statements concerning Ming reforms in favor of the peasantry is most accurate? | C) Despite some attempts to improve economic conditions for the peasantry, the growing power of the rural landlords led to increased tenancy and landless laborers. | 34 | |
| 6010409345 | Which of the following statements concerning Ming social organization is most accurate? | D) Under the continued influence of neo-Confucian ideology, Ming society remained rigidly stratified with emphasis on deference of youth to elders and women to men. | 35 | |
| 6010411549 | Which of the following reasons is at least in part responsible for the peopling of the Yangtzi region in the southern part of China during the Ming era? | A) The introduction of crops from the Americas that could be cultivated on inferior soils and did not require irrigation | 36 | |
| 6010411550 | Where were foreigners permitted to do business in China during the Ming era? | C) At Macao and Canton | 37 | |
| 6010411551 | Which of the following statements concerning the Ming economy is most accurate? | D) Much merchant wealth was invested in land as a means of social advancement. | 38 | |
| 6010414423 | In terms of literature, what was the chief accomplishment of the Ming era? | C) The novel | 39 | |
| 6010414424 | During the reign of what Ming emperor did the Chinese launch commercial expeditions to Southeast Asia, Persia, and Africa? | B) Yunglo | 40 | |
| 6010418703 | Why did the Chinese abandon the commercial voyages of the Zhenghe expeditions? | C) There was little of value for the Chinese to import in trade, and the voyages were expensive to carry out. | 41 | |
| 6010418704 | In what way did the Jesuit missionaries maintain their positions at the court of the Ming emperors? | D) By demonstrating knowledge of scientific and technological skills | 42 | |
| 6010420494 | What group successfully asserted its control over China following the collapse of the Ming dynasty? | C) The Jurchens or Manchus | 43 | |
| 6010420495 | Which of the following was the first of the three military centralizers of Japan starting in the 16th century? | A) Nobunaga | 44 | |
| 6010422794 | In what year was the Tokugawa shogunate founded, marking the reestablishment of central government in Japan? | B) 1603 | 45 | |
| 6010422795 | Why did the earliest of the Japanese military centralizers accept Christian missionaries? | C) Christianity was seen as a counterforce to the Buddhist orders that opposed the imposition of central rule. | 46 | |
| 6010423428 | Which of the following was NOT a policy imposed as a result of Japanese isolation in the 17th century? | D) The Japanese elite abandoned all contact with Western learning and technological advance. | 47 |
