HIS 104 Week 1 Quiz

This document of HIS 104 Week 1 Quiz includes answers to the next questions:

1. What was the first western country to abolish the slave trade?DenmarkGreat Britain United States France2. What crop did Colonial Brazil depend on?Sugarcane Banana Coffee Chocolate3. How many Africans were brought to the western hemisphere by the Atlantic slave trade? One million Five million Twelve million Ten million4. All aided the Spanish in their conquest of the Aztec Empire except: Horses DiseaseFrance Divisions among indigenous people5. Every ton of Brazilian sugar cost the equivalent of one _________________. Hundred dollars Thousand dollars Million dollars Human life6. Who was the first to break the Ptolemaic Theory and stated the sun, rather than the Earth, was at the center of the solar system? Galileo Locke Copernicus Voltaire7. For what purpose did Europeans venture to the seas? Diplomatic Reasons Expand boundaries of Roman Catholic Christianity Commercial Opportunities Both B & C8. What advantage did English and Dutch merchants have over the Portuguese merchants? More powerful, faster ships Joint-stock companies Cheaper ships All of the above9. Who was on top of the social hierarch in Spanish and Portuguese colonies? Creoles Peninsulares Mestizos Mulattoes10. These were built by Europeans in foreign lands in an attempt to control trade and trade routes. Forts Trading posts Military bases Warehouses