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Ch. 17 Exploration World History
Ch. 17 Exploration World History
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1
What was Columbus looking for when he landed in the Caribbean Sea?
A Whole New World (don't you dare close your eyes)
The Lost city of Atlantis
El Dorado/City of Gold
A faster route to India
2
Mercantilism focuses on a balance of trade meaning
the mother country gets more gold/silver than colonies
the mother country and colonies are equal
the mother country gets less gold/silver than colonies
3
Which was NOT one of the main motives for European conquest of the New World?
God
Gems
Gold
Glory
4
This Portuguese explorer led an expedition that successfully circumnavigated the globe but he was killed.
Zheng He
Christopher Colombus
Bartolomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
5
Which treaty solved the conflict between Portugal and Spain over new lands in the West?
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Doritos
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tostitos
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What had attracted European explorers to find new routes to Asia? (2 are correct)
they wanted to conquer the Muslim Empires
They wanted to meet new people
Marco Polo's accounts of the Far East
Aquire spices in India
7
What is the correct list of social classes from colonial Latin America from highest to lowest?
Slaves, Natives, Meztisos, Creoles, Peninsulares
Creoles, Mezstisos, Natives, Slaves, Peninsulares
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudra
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mezstisos, Natives, Slaves
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Encomienda system worked on the basis that...
they would convert and "protect" Native Americans with Christianity
Europeans would mine the continent for gold and silver
they would use Native Americans as forced laborers on plantations
All of these
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Mercantilism is a national economic policy that is predicated on the following principles
Higher value of exports than imports
All of the above
Get as many colonies/land as you can
The prosperity of a nation depends on a large supply of gold or silver
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Jared Diamond argues that ______ gave Europeans the competitive advantage for conquest
the wheel
geography
ships
fire
11
What was the purpose of the Requiremento document of 1513?
to increase the power of the papacy and legitimize Buddhism.
to require all people in the New World to register to vote.
to justify (give a reason) for Europeans to conquer native populations.
All of the above
12
What was read by Spanish military forces to native populations to assert their sovereignty?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Requerimiento
The Apostle's Creed
Declaration of the Rights of Man
13
Why were African slaves imported to work on encomiendas in Latin America?
Native Americans refused to work unless they were paid.
Disease/harsh conditions caused decline in Native laborers.
African Americans were less immune to European diseases
The Catholic Church urged Native Americans to flee .
14
What other countries settled in the Americas, challenging the Spanish and Portuguese?
Netherlands, France & England
China & India
Germany & Austria
Eastern Africa & Gold Coast
15
Which was NOT an effect the slave trade had on Africa...
increase in overall wealth and welfare to tribes
destructive effects of societies
increased warfare between tribes
brain drain
16
This treaty established a line between territories in the New World controlled by Spain and those controlled by Portugal
Treaty of Tostitos
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Doritos
17
The following picture specifically illustrates...
Balance of Trade
The Colombian Exchange
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
18
Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortez entered Tenochtitlán where _______ was was the Aztec emperor.
Montevideo IV
Montezuma II
Monte Carlo V
Moche III
19
____extracted gold and silver from its colonies and used the wealth to pay for its costly wars.
Norway
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
20
The last emperor of the Incan Empire (who confronted the Spanish upon arrival)
Montezuma II
Atahualpa
Tupac
Manco Inca Yupanqui
21
When natives were dying in the thousands on plantations, Spanish started bringing Africans over on the ______.
Bermuda Triangle
Middle Passage
Colombian Exchange
Northwest Passage
22
What was the effect of the Colombian Exchange?
Fruits and vegetables brought mosquitoes
Coffee plants became extinct
New World crops' effect on European food supplies
Columbus realizes he was not in India
23
The conquistadors’ main edge over the Aztec and Inca empires was their
superior intelligence & knowledge of the land
guns & steel swords
religious beliefs
vast army size
24
This conquistador led the military expedition in Peru and went to war with the Incas
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco da Gama
Hernan Cortes
25
A small, fast maneuverable ship that had a large cargo with multiple sails was a
Man O War
Carrack
Caravel
Galleon
