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Chapter 17 Test World History
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What treaty established a line between territories controlled by Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Azore Treaty
Treaty of the Atlantic Ocean
Treaty of the Gulf of Mexico
2
Spanish and Portuguese officials born in Europe
caravel
mita
conquistadors
peninsulares
3
What was The Columbian Exchange?
a time where to 13 colonies began to form
the exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
a period of exploration
a period where people were discovering the americas
4
How did the Portuguese & Spanish make money from their colonies?
selling enslaved people
buying and selling land
farming and mining
raising pet monkeys
5
Europeans began to explore and expand in the 1500s because they wanted to
spread Christianity to a new world
find riches and adventure
gain gold, find glory, and spread the word of God.
discover a new world
6
Which of the following was not an explorer during the Age of Exploration?
Christopher Columbus
Saint Francis
Vasco de Gama
Bartholomeu Dias
7
Spanish and Portuguese rulers wanted to teach which religion to the natives of the Americas?
Catholicism
Hinduism
Buddism
Islam
8
Which of the following was NOT a European rival of the Portuguese and the Spanish?
Dutch
English
Russians
French
9
Social class in Latin America in the 1500s was based on
labor
status and skin color (race)
intelligence
earnings
10
Treaty of Tordesillas
treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1549
government in which a small group of people rule
government taking ownership of a company or industry
line dividing the world between Spain and Portugal
11
What are Spanish conquerors called
conquestadors
spainards
guerrero
explorers
12
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea on caravels proved to be
too long to be repeated because the route by sea took longer
far too costly to be sailed on a reular basis
very profitable, since he returned with a load of spices
useless because of the difficulties and expenses of the trip
13
How did Catholic missionaries aid European powers in controlling Native Americans?
encouraged the idea of divine right between native& European
ensured that natives were drafted to work the mines
grouped natives in villages were they were taught
they supplied most of the firearms to the Europeans
14
17th century economic theory that held the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
Middle Passage
Peninsulares
Columbian Exchange
Mercantilism
15
Prince Harry the Navigator sponsored the first Portuguese fleets to explore the west coast of Africa.
True
False
16
Which of these is the advantage of the Caravel?
It was a large, slow cargo ship
It could Travel long distance
Invented by Prince Harry
It was invented by portuguese
17
What is a colony?
a ship
an official voyage sponsored by a King or Queen
an exchange of plants and animals
a settlement ruled by another country
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What was the Middle Passage?
A voyage across the Atlantic ocean to the Americas for enslaved Africans
A voyage across the Pacific ocean for enslaved Africans
A voyage across the Northern ocean for enslaved Africans
A voyage across the Southern ocean for enslaved Africans
19
The more that European countries expanded in the Americas, the more they increased the...
Need for luxury goods to sell
European death rate
Slave trade from West Africa
Native American population
20
What was the name of the forced labor system the Spanish established to exploit Native workers in Latin America?
Prince Henry the Navigator
encomienda
mita
caravel
21
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
conquer of new territories; expanding intellectual resources
finding/maintaining supply of cheap labor, prefer slaves.
a healthy flow of coffee coming into the nation.
a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
22
Why could only peninsulares hold important government positions?
Only peninsulares were educated enough to govern.
Native American chose the peninsulares as their leaders.
Colony chose to elect peninsulares to the highest offices.
Born in the parent country that founded the colony
23
Spanish and Portuguese kings appointed _____to govern their Latin American colonies
Native Americans
mestizos
viceroys
viziers
24
Why were enslaved Africans needed in the Caribbean islands?
Spain respected Native Americans too much to enslave them
Growing sugar cane was familiar to Africans
Importing & paying Europeans for labor kept balance of trade
The Native Americans were dying from European diseases
25
The Portuguese were the first to explore other lands because they had
more intelligence
a stronger desire to spread Christianity.
superior ships
a richer government
26
What were the conquistadors' biggest advantage in defeating the Aztec and the Inca?
Larger armies
Strong leadership
Steel armor and weapons, guns and disease
Immunity to COVID-19
27
One effect of the slave trade on African societies was
transfer of European political ideas
expansion of art and culture
decreased population of native Africans in some areas
decreased warfare
28
Juana Ines de la Cruz (S3)
all of the above
worte poetry
urged that women should be educated
wrote prose
29
Mita
The beliefs and practices of a religion.
Forced labor in Peru to draft indigenous workers to work in silver mines .
Warrior-king who expanded the Inca Empire.
Owned and managed by the government for public use.
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What advantage did better weaponry give Spanish conquistadors?
Inspired natives to develop their own better weapons
gave the Spanish speed in getting away
allowed fewer men to control larger populations
caused the natives to fear them and give up
