Western Civilization II Unit I Multiple Choice Assessment

Question 1 4 points Save

Mortality rates of slaves during the middle passage ranged from

ten to fifty percent

one to five percent

fifty percent or higher

twenty to seventy-five percent

one to two percent

Answer : ten to fifty percent

Question 2

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Mortality rates of slaves during the middle passage ranged from

ten to fifty percent

one to five percent

fifty percent or higher

twenty to seventy-five percent

one to two percent

Answer : ten to fifty percent

Question 3 p

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The factory system was first introduced in which industry

cotton spinning

wool textiles

ironworks

cotton weaving

coal mining

Answer : cotton spinning

Question 4

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In eastern Europe agricultural production was carried out by

landless peasants who worked as a migrant labor force

free peasants farming their own land

serfs who paid rent to a lord in exchange for land

serfs whose freedoms were severely circumscribed by their lord

displaced urban workers

Answer : landless peasants who worked as a migrant labor force

Question 5

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The most important outcome (s ) of the Seven Years War was /were the

formation of a rigid European alliance system

return of Silesia to Austria

loss of French Canada to Britain

exclusion of French troops from the Indian subcontinent

c and d

Answer : c and d

Question 6

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Which of the following inventors improved the steam engine

Arkwright

Watt

Cartwright

Townshend

Jethro Tull

Answer : Watt

Question 7

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The competition for overseas...