The Dutch East India Company became very powerful in the 1600s because

The company had sovereign powers

The French and Indian War...

Gave most colonial power in North America to England

The Inca Empire in Peru was conquered by...

Pizarro capturing the Inca emperor

The Columbian Exchange refers to

the transfer of diseases, plants, animals and people

English colonies in the Americas can typically be said to have had...

more self-rule than other colonies

Hernando Cortes achieved fame by

Conquering the Aztecs in Mexico

Portugal gained early control of Asian trade by

military force, caravels and Afonso de Albuquerque

Columbus knew the world was round and sailed west to Asia. His only mistake was...

Actual world was larger than his calculations and maps

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1
French settlers in Canada and Louisiana based their economy on
large sugar plantations
silver and gold mining
small subsistence farming
fur trapping
2
Mercantilism was the theory that a country's economy required colonies to get...
low tariffs and good competition
cheap labor and low taxes
raw materials and markets
more farmland and more people
3
10 million people went to the Americas as slaves, with the largest number going to...
Cuba
Brazil
Mexico
Canada
4
Prince Henry the Navigator started a navigation school in Portugal. His explorers sailed...
Southwest around S. America to Asia
West across the Atlantic to Asia
East across the Mediterranean to Asia
Around Africa and east to Asia
5
The Dutch East India Company became very powerful in the 1600s because
The company had sovereign powers
Muslims wanted a trading partner in Europe
Dutch ships were bigger and faster
French allies protected the company and its merchants
6
Spain asked the pope to prevent conflict with Portugal over exploration by announcing...
Line of Demarcation
Papal Bull of Turin
Charts of Explorations
Edict of Nantes
7
Which Asian country reacted to Europe first by welcoming and then banning merchants
India
China
Korea
Japan
8
The French and Indian War...
Allowed the French to capture India from England
Gave most colonial power in North America to England
Defeated the English and eliminated its colonies
Conquered both the Aztecs and Incas quickly
9
The Inca Empire in Peru was conquered by...
Pizarro leading a large Spanish army to seize Inca cities
Pizarro capturing the Inca emperor
Cortes killing the Inca general
Aztec invasion from Mexico
10
The Columbian Exchange refers to
shipments of gold and silver from America to Spain
territory traded by Incas in Peru
the transfer of diseases, plants, animals and people
the trade network established by Columbus
11
Spain needed a colony in Asia to trade with China. How did Spain achieve this?
Seized Goa from the Portuguese
Conquered the Moluccas
Conquered the Philippines
Captured Batavia from the Dutch
12
African kingdoms got rich selling slaves for European goods, especially guns, two were...
Zulu and Swahili
Oyo and Asante
Benin and Congo
Bantu and Axium
13
English colonies in the Americas can typically be said to have had...
the most slaves from Africa working on plantations
very prosperous gold and silver mines
smaller populations but large armies
more self-rule than other colonies
14
Hernando Cortes achieved fame by
Capturing the Philippines
Circumnavigating the globe by ship
Conquering the Incas in Peru
Conquering the Aztecs in Mexico
15
Portugal gained early control of Asian trade by
using silver from American mines to control prices
cooperating with Muslim traders to avoid Venice and Genoa
military force, caravels and Afonso de Albuquerque
successful and fair trade practices with Asian markets
16
The Spanish monarchy ruled its colonies in America by appointing
viceroys
peninsulares
creoles
mulattos
17
The European colonial power that sent the largest population to start permanent settlements was
England
Spain
France
Portugal
18
Columbus knew the world was round and sailed west to Asia. His only mistake was...
Storms and bad weather put him off course
His crew decided to take a different route
Bad navigation and he got lost
Actual world was larger than his calculations and maps
19
The Portuguese explorer that was first to sail to Asia was
Paolo Costa
Amerigo Vespucci
Bartolomeo Dias
Vasco da Gama
20
The Spanish colonial system of large farms and mines using forced labor by Indians...
encomiendas
peninsulares
viceroys
mestizos

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