Chap 14 - Encounters Flashcards
When asked why he had come to India, Vasco da Gama replied,
a. “Christians and spices”
b. “For the glory of God”
c. “gold and spices”
d. “silver and slaves”
a.”Christians and spices”
What were portolani?
a. missionaries
b. portable compasses
c. navigational charts
d. “Christians and spices”
c.navigational charts
Which Portuguese ruler sponsored that country’s exploration of Africa in the early fifteenth century?
a. “Christians and spices”
b. Prince Bartolomeu Dias
c. Queen Isabella
d. Prince Henry the Navigator
d.Prince Henry the Navigator
Where was Calicut located?
a. East Africa
b. East Indies
c. India
d. West Indies
c.India
Christopher Columbus was
a. Spanish
b. Italian
c. English
d. Portuguese
b.Italian
America got its name from
a. Amerigo Vespucci
b. John Cabot
c. Americo de Pizarro
d. Pedro Cabral
a.Amerigo Vespucci
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World into spheres controlled by
a. Spain and England
b. Portugal and France
c. England and Portugal
d. Portugal and Spain
d.Portugal and Spain
What was the intent of the encomienda system?
a. to use natives as laborers
b. to decimate the local population
c. to collect tribute, to use natives as laborers and to supervise the Indians
d. to collect tribute
e. to supervise the Indians
c.to collect tribute, to use natives as laborers and to supervise the Indians
The Spanish board of trade that supervised all economic matters in the New World was the
a. Casa de Contrataction
b. audiencia
c. Council of the Indies
d. viceroyal
a.Casa de Contrataction
Which was NOT a new agricultural product introduced to Europe from the Americas?
a. potato
b. tobacco
c. coffee
d. sugar
d.sugar
Which of these companies was founded first?
a. East India Company
b. Dutch East India Company
c. Massachusetts Bay Company
d. Dutch West India Company
a.East India Company
In East Africa, the Portuguese were primarily interested in
a. gold
b. slaves
c. silver
d. missions
a.gold
he first Europeans to settle in southern Africa were the
a. English
b. Dutch
c. Spanish
d. Portuguese
b.Dutch
When the kingdom of Mali declined, it was succeeded in the east by the kingdom of
a. Mombasa
b. Songhai
c. Mwene Metapa
d. Borneo
b.Songhai
Which crop had the most significant effect on the slave trade between Africa and South America?
a. sugar cane
b. tobacco
c. manioc
d. cotton
a.sugar cane
