Chap. 16 Review

Question 1

The seven years war was fought between whom?

Answer 1

France and England

Question 2

Which colonies in the Americas were most profitable?

Answer 2

Caribbean colonies

Question 3

What was the first European country to begin exploring?

Answer 3

Portugal

Question 4

What became the dominant culture after 1450?

Answer 4

Western Europe

Question 5

After 1450, what part of the world was brought into global trade?

Answer 5

Americas

Question 6

After 1450, trade moved from regional and trans-regional trade to what?

Answer 6

Global trade

Question 7

Who challenged the Portuguese control of the Indian Ocean area?

Answer 7

Dutch

Question 8

What was the purpose of early English voyages to North America?

Answer 8

Try to find a passage to India

Question 9

Why did Spain claim the Philippines?

Answer 9

Voyages of Magellan

Question 10

In the Americas, where did Portugal claim?

Answer 10

Brazil

Question 11

Who was the captain of the first Portuguese fleet to India?

Answer 11

Vasco Dagama

Question 12

Which Portuguese ruler sponsored journeys along the African coast?

Answer 12

Prince Henry

Question 13

Where did a Spanish fleet defeat the Ottomans?

Answer 13

Battle of Lepanto

Question 14

What food crops led to population increases in Europe and china?

Answer 14

Corn & potatoes

Question 15

What crops came from the Americas?

Answer 15

Corn, potatoes, squash, tobacco

Question 16

What percentage of Amerindians died due to disease?

Answer 16

At least 30%

Question 17

What animals were introduced to the Americas from Europe?

Answer 17

Cattle & horses

Question 18

What private company ruled India for much of the 1700s?

Answer 18

British East Indian company

Question 19

What developed in the dependent counties in order to supply raw materials?

Answer 19

Coercive labor (forced slave labor)

Question 20

What did mercantilism promote?

Answer 20

Development of dependent religions

Question 20

What weakened Spain in the world economy?

Answer 20

Weak internal banks

Question 21

Where was the first Spanish mainland colony?

Answer 21

Panama

Question 22

What was the economic relationship between Eastern Europe and Western Europe?

Answer 22

Sold finish products to eastern

Question 23

What European product particularly interested the Japanese?

Answer 23

Guns

Question 24

What did the dependent / core economies do to the respective governments?

Answer 24

Led mock gov. / strong government increased tax health

Question 25

What ended seven years of war?

Answer 25

Treaty of Paris

Question 26

Where did the greatest imitation of European institutions occur?

Answer 26

North America

Question 27

How did the British gain French possessions in India?

Answer 27

Treaty of Paris

Question 28

Where was the most important Dutch holding in Africa?

Answer 28

Cape of Good Hope

Question 29

In East Asia, where did the only significant conversions to Christianity occur?

Answer 29

Piras (Philippines)

Question 30

In the Atlantic seaboard region, where were the cash crops?

Answer 30

Southern colonies

Question 31

Where did the European and Amerindian cultures blend?

Answer 31

Latin America

Question 33

What is mercantilism?

Answer 33

Government controls foreign trade