9/18 Exam Flashcards
The renaissance paved the way for an age of
Exploration and discovery
Which of these sailors landed in North America centuries before Columbus set sale
The Vikings
Marco Polo wrote an account of the marvels of
Asia
 which innovations did not contribute to the age of exploration
Gothic cathedrals
Columbus sailed to the Americas under the flag of
Spain
Which area was known as the Gold Coast
Coast of west Africa
 which country was the largest in the history of West Africa
Songhai
Why did the Portuguese want to explore the world?
They need a new trade routes
Where did Mansa Muse rule?
Mali
Which sailor was the first to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan’s crew
Why did the Portugal begin building fortresses on the coast of West Africa in the 1400s and 1500s?
To keep other European nations from growing rich from trade with African kingdom
Why did Alexander Falconbridge believe the African slave trade was okay
They believed the Africans did not have human feelings
What is true about the Dahomey kingdom?
They practice slavery
Before the 1400s Africa was connected to Asia by trade network that
Cross the Sahara
Both the Dahomey and Asante cultures of West Africa
Traded crops with peoples outside of West Africa
How did West African kingdoms change as a result of the triangular trade network?
there communities were destroyed by the sale of slaves to European traders
Spanish conquistadors went to the Americas for which main purpose
Gold
Which countries dominated colonization of South America in the 1600s
Spain and Portugal
What did the encomienda system do?
Enslaved Native Americans
Which factor most undermined Spanish efforts to enslave Native Americans
Disease
Which factor contributed most of the development of the system of indentured servitude in the English colonies of North America
High unemployment in England
What helped cultural interaction?
The Columbian exchange
Before the triangular trade system developed the Africans slave trade was mainly a result of
Warfare in the African kingdoms
How did Spanish missions become home to Native Americans?
Missionaries hired Native Americans to work and gave them place to sleep and eat
Why were horses significant to the plains Indians?
Horses made it easier for the plains Indians to travel and search of Buffalo to hunt
Which activity created the most equitable trade between native American and Europeans
Fur trapping
The system of indentured servitude begin as a solution to which problem
Labor shortages in North America
The system of triangle trade included, which of the following
The export of precious metals from North America to Europe
Which statement best describes the attitude of political leaders and medieval Europe towards the Catholic Church
Resentful of its wealth and concerned about its power
What resulted in Amergio Vespucci’s decision in 1498
The naming of lands in the western hemisphere
The voyages of exploration that lead Europeans discovery of the New World were first sponsored by
The rulers of Spain in Portugal 
The protestant reformation contributed to which action by the Catholic Church in the New World
The church sponsored missionaries to travel to convert native Americans
Which intellectual development took place during the renaissance
A red discovery of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
Why was constantly unable to establish a colony in Florida?
The local native Americans did not cooperate
Who did the native Americans referred to as the governor?
Hernando De Soto
Where did Amergio Vespucci primarily explore?
South American coast
The voyages of Bartholomeu dias and Vasco de Gama were largely a result of Portugal desire
To find an all sea trade route to Asia
Why did Henry Hudson choose to explore North America rather than South America?
To decrease tensions with Spain
Balboa was the first European to do, which of the following
Cross the isthmus of Panama
Where did Christopher Columbus’s first voyage land?
Hispaniola
Why did Magellan crew continue to sail after his death?
They had no choice
Advances in time measurement helped enable transalantic voyages because Marin is who could accurately measure time were able to
Use the position of the sun to determine their ships position
Based on the timeline events in which year, let the king of England to sponsor explorations by Giovanni Coboto, also known as John Cabot
1453
 what was the name of Marco Polo’s book and what was it about?
Marco Polo’s book was called expanding horizons and was about his travels to Asia
What were some of the major trade centers in Europe?
Venice, Genoa and Pisa
What was the Renaissance?
A period of renewed interest in classical Greek in Roman learning throughout Europe in the 1400s
How did the development of nation states lead to exploration?
The monarch wanted more power and wealth
How to technology help further exploration
The astrolabe encompass helps navigators more accurately, determine direction and location
What were the three largest west African kingdoms?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Ghana
Huge trading empire between 400 and 1100, it’s trading gold and salt contributed to its prosperity 
Mali
Import Islamic centers. Mansa Musa was considered the greatest king who made a pilgrimage to Mecca, the Muslim holy city
Songhai
Rose in the late 1400s and became the largest in the history of West Africa. Its ruler, Askia Muhammad encourage trade with Europe and Asia, and introduced its country illegal system. The empire fell in the late 1500s.
Who were the early leaders in exploration and what were they trying to accomplish?
The Portuguese were trying to find a route to China and India
What did Prince Henry the navigator do?
Set up a center for exploration, so scientist can share their knowledge with ship builders and sailors
Where did early Portuguese explorers sail?
The south coast of West Africa
Who were believed to be the first Europeans to reach North America and when
The Vikings and the 800s and 900s
Who sponsored Columbus on his first voyage
 queen, Isabella, and King Ferdinand
Where did Columbus believe he sailed to first
The east Indies
Where did Columbus explore on his subsequent voyages?
Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica
What is the treaty of tordesillas
Treaty signed by Spain, and Portugal basically saying Spain got the land west of the line and Portugal got the land east of it
What did Amergio Vespucci do?
Mapped South America’s coastline in 1499
Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan’s crew in 1519
Who captured the Aztec
Hernan Cortes
Who captured the Inca
Francisco Pizarro
What was Ponce de Leon looking for
Fountain of youth
Where did Alvar Cabeza de Vaca and Panfilo de Narváez explore
Florida and the coast of Mexico
Where did Hernando de Soto explore
South eastern region of North America
Where did Coronado explore and what was he looking for
Modern day Mexico and Arizona looking for gold
What were the three kinds of settlements the Spanish established in the americas
Pueblos, missions, and presidos
What were the 5 social classes
Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, native Americans, and enslaved Africans
What was the encomienda system
A system that enslaved Africans
Who fought against the encomienda system
Bartolomé de las casas, a priest
Why did the Spanish bring Africans to the americas
To work on plantations
What movement did Martin Luther king begin
The Protestant reformation
John Cabot
Landed on the coast in Newfoundland in 1497 allowing England to create claims for North America
Giovanni de Verrazano
Explored for France in 1524, exploring the coast of North America from present day Nova Scotia south to the Carolinas
Jacques Cartier
Sailed for France and sailed up the St. Lawrence river and founded modern day Montreal
Henry Hudson
Sailed for the Dutch discovering the Hudson River in 1609. Sailed as far north as Albany. Discovered the Hudson Bay in 1610 thinking he reached the Pacific Ocean
Samuel de Champlain
Established a trading post for fur trading in Quebec and other parts of Canada. The Dutch established trading post along the Hudson
What was the Colombian exchange
Between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americans, people transferred plants, diseases, and animals
