Why Was China's Demand For Silver So High During The Sixteenth Century

The Catholic Church’s response to the challenges posed by the Protestant Reformation was known as the _______.
Counter-Reformation

Martin Luther’s challenge to the Catholic Church was initially motivated by all of the following except: his marriage to a former nun.

The primary difference between a pirate and a privateer was that privateers received commissions from their government and pirates didn’t.
True

Both European and Mughal rulers in the sixteenth century demonstrated a high degree of religious tolerance.
False

Which areas of the Americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in the sixteenth century?
Mesoamerica and the Andes

Why was China’s demand for silver so high during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries?
Silver was used as money.

Predestination was the idea that each person’s ultimate salvation or damnation was determined by God before their birth.
True

When Portuguese mariners established trade routes to West Africa in the fifteenth century, the commodity they were seeking was _______.
Gold

What impact did the European presence in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea have on Asian dynasties?
It enhanced their wealth and might.

Zamindars were tribute collectors in _______.
Mughal India

During the sixteenth century, increased global and local commerce allowed Mughal rulers to: reform their administration and increase the flow of revenue.

Which empire had the largest population in the world during the sixteenth century?
Ming China

All of the following factors contributed to the Spanish victory over the Aztecs except: the inability of the Aztecs to mount an effective resistance to Spanish attacks.

Diseases from Eurasia wiped out an estimated _______ of the Native American population during the sixteenth century.
90%

The Atlantic system included a complex trade network among:
Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

The beliefs of Protestant thinkers like Luther and Calvin challenged the Catholic status quo through all of the following except: prohibiting the persecution of people who were suspected of being witches.

How did Ottoman officials assist the caravan trade? by establishing way stations along caravan routes for refreshment and military protection

Most slaves on Brazilian sugar
plantations: suffered high mortality rates due to overwork and poor conditions.

The plantation system of agriculture began in the Caribbean, then spread to Brazil and the Atlantic islands.
False

Which product succeeded silver as the most valuable export from the Americas?
Sugar

The two primary images that Europeans established for native peoples in the Americas were of innocents and savages.
True

As the Spanish fought against the Aztecs and the Incas, which of the following made the greatest contribution to their overall success?
Disease

The largest group of immigrants to the Americas between 1492 and 1820 came from:
Africa

All of the following characterized the Portuguese presence in sixteenth-century Macao except:
|the Portuguese were the largest group of foreign traders at Macao. |

In the long run, which of the following did not occur in Spanish tributary empires?
The Spanish retained indigenous rulers as puppets through whom they could govern.

All of the following factors contributed to the success of early Portuguese maritime expansion except: the creation of joint stock companies to raise money for the voyages.