Working for the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson led voyages in the early 1600s which accomplished all the following except:
a. increased Europe's geographical knowledge of the coast of North America
b. resulted in a twenty-year-long war between Holland and England
c. encouraged exploration of Cape Cod, Delaware Bay, and part of interior New York
d. sailed from Newfoundland to Virginia
B
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In the aftermath of disillusionment caused by the wholesale change and reform instigated by British missionaries, the Great Mutiny of 1857, also known by the British as the Sepoy Mutiny and by the Indians as the _________, broke out among the East India Company’s Sepoy troops and swiftly turned into a civil war as pro- and anti-British Indian forces clashed across Northern India.
a. The Great Mutiny b. Sepoy Revolt c. First War of Independence d. The Great Mutiny Revolt
The physiocrats of France argued that ______________.
A. the balance of power in political terms affected the balance of trade B. mercantilism was the best economic system C. government regulation of trade harmed productivity D. competition was bad for a world market E. overseas colonies created a drain on a state's economy
How did the religious beliefs of the Quakers compare to those of the Puritans?
a. Both rejected the Church of England and wanted to separate and form their own new religions. b. The Quakers rejected the Church of England in favor of their own form of worship; the Puritans merely wanted to reform the Church of England. c. Both considered all people equal in the sight of the Lord and saw no need for a learned ministry. d. The Quakers did not seek converts, but simply wanted to practice their own beliefs peacefully; the Puritans sought to convert people throughout England. e. Unlike the Quakers, the Puritans felt that there was no need for spiritual leaders, since one person's interpretation of the Bible was as valid as anyone else's.
What is Noh?
a. the Japanese tea ceremony b. ?a form of drama using masks and stylized gestures c. ?the warrior code of the samurai d. the Japanese phonetic script e. ?a Japanese Buddhist sect