Chapter 21

Question 1

The rivalry among European powers intensified in the early 1600’s when the newly independent _________ began an assault on the American and Asian colonies of Spain and Portugal

Answer 1

Netherlands

Question 2

The _______ attacked Spanish treasure fleets in the Caribbean and Pacific and seized parts of Portugal’s colonial empire in Brazil and Angola.

Answer 2

Dutch

Question 3

Europe’s other emerging sea power_________ also attacked Spanish fleets and seaports in the Americas.

Answer 3

Great Britain

Question 4

By the end of the 17th century expanding _________ sea power had checked Dutch commercial and colonial ambitions and ended the Dutch monopoly

Answer 4

British

Question 5

As Dutch power ebbed, _________ and _________ began a long struggle for political preeminence in western Europe and for territorial and trade outlets in the Americas and Asia.

Answer 5

Britain , France