Welcome to your Making of the Global World (Quiz)
1. Which precious metal, extracted from mines in present-day Peru and Mexico, significantly enhanced Europe's wealth and financed its trade with Asia?
2. What was the legendary city of gold that expeditions in the seventeenth century Europe set out to find in South America?
3. The historical processes contributing to the making of the global world include all of the following EXCEPT:
4. Which region was central to the bustling trade network across the Indian Ocean before the European entry?
5. Why did the indigenous people of America suffer from diseases such as smallpox when Europeans arrived?
6. What commodity was primarily grown by slaves in America for European markets by the 18th century?
7. What was a significant consequence of the European conquest of America in terms of population?
8. Which factor led to the westward shift in world trade during the 18th century?
9. The potato famine in the mid-1840s primarily affected which country, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of peasants?
10. What were the precious metals from present-day Peru and Mexico that enhanced Europe’s wealth?
11. What was a significant factor in Europe’s wealth that helped finance its trade with Asia?
12. What form of currency was used in coastal trade as early as 3000 BCE?
13. What product is primarily associated with the Silk Routes, indicating the trade's main focus?
14. Foods such as maize, tomatoes, and groundnuts were first grown by which group of people?
15. Which groups are identified as having travelled along the Silk Routes to Asia?
16. Which region was central to the bustling trade network across the Indian Ocean before the European entry?
17. Which of the following food items is believed to have traveled from China and later became known as spaghetti in the West?
18. Which of the following was a significant cultural outcome of trade along the Silk Routes?
19. According to some beliefs, who might have introduced pasta to Sicily in the fifth century?
20. Which two countries were among the world's richest and preeminent in Asian trade until the 18th century?
21. What major shift in trade occurred by the 18th century, making Europe the center of world trade?
22. The Silk Routes are significant for their role in:
23. Which of the following crops were introduced in Europe and Asia after the discovery of the Americas?
24. What was the most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors in America?
25. Which of the following continents was discovered by Christopher Columbus, leading to the introduction of new foods in Europe and Asia?
