Development of Empires

Question 1

Name the 3 G’s that motivated European expansion?

Answer 1

god, gold, and glory

Question 2

Explain the reason why Europeans sought ocean trade routes to Asia?

Answer 2

Arabs controlled middle east trade

Question 3

Name a major improvement used on ships called caravels to help them sail in any direction?

Answer 3

triangular sails

Question 4

The astrolabe and quadrant allowed sailors to do what?

Answer 4

to navigate through the ocean using the stars

Question 5

What Portuguese patron of exploration opened a school of navigation and financed voyages for country?

Answer 5

Prince Henry the navigator

Question 6

Who was the first European explorer to sail around Africa and reach India?

Answer 6

Vasca Da Gama

Question 7

What country became Europe’s first major sea power in the early 1500s?

Answer 7

Portugal

Question 8

Where did Columbus believe he landed in 1492?

Answer 8

Indies–islands of Asia

Question 9

What was the result of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?

Answer 9

Portugal gained the west and Spain gained the rest (east)

Question 10

List 3 facts about the 1519 voyage of Ferdinand Magellan?

Answer 10

1) proved Earth was round with his voyage
2) was the first to circumnavigate the world
3) sailed west from Europe to reach Asia

Question 11

What were English, French, and Dutch explorers hoping to find in their voyages west from Europe?

Answer 11

northwest Passage to Asia

Question 12

Conquistador Hernan Cortez did what?

Answer 12

conquered the Aztecs

Question 13

Conquistador Francisco Pizarro did what?

Answer 13

conquered the Incas

Question 14

Sir Francis Drake did what?

Answer 14

sailed around the world (first Englishman to) he was a sea dog

Question 15

What French explorer was the first to sail up the St. Lawrence river?

Answer 15

Jacques Cartier

Question 16

Horses and cattle being brought to the New World and potatoes and tobacco being sent to the Old World were part of what?

Answer 16

The Columbian Exchange

Question 17

Describe the relationship between Europeans and American Indians.

Answer 17

cruel to Indians–disease killed American Indians.

Question 18

What religion still dominates Latin America thanks to the efforts of European missionaries?

Answer 18

Christianity

Question 19

Persons of mixed Spanish and American Indian blood are called what?

Answer 19

mestizos

Question 20

What was traded by Europeans in exchange for African slaves?

Answer 20

guns and manufactured goods

Question 21

What was the Middle Passage?

Answer 21

slave trade from Africa to the New World

Question 22

Approximately how many African slaves were brought to the Americas between 1500 and the late 1800s?

Answer 22

10 million

Question 23

Slavery became based on what during the 1500s?

Answer 23

race

Question 24

African slavery caused what in Africa?

Answer 24

Drop in population (depopulation) and increased warfare

Question 25

Name the plantation cash crop the was largely responsible for an increase in African slavery?

Answer 25

sugar cane

Question 26

Describe what the European plantation system did in the Caribbean and the Americas?

Answer 26

destroyed native economies and damaged environment

Question 27

What was sent to Europe as part of the Triangular Trade?

Answer 27

raw materials, cotton, tobacco, sugar

Question 28

European countries established colonies in Asia through what means?

Answer 28

trading companies

Question 29

What is the economic theory of mercantilism?

Answer 29

wealth equals power (wealth=power)

Question 30

If a country can export goods and recieve more money than what it spends on imports, the country has what?

Answer 30

favorable balance

Question 31

What was the purpose of colonies during the Age of Exploration? (name 3)

Answer 31

1) supplied raw materials
2) prohibited from manufacturing own goods
3) cannot trade with other countries

Question 32

List three ways European exploration impacted the Americas?

Answer 32

• slaves
• diseases
• religion

Question 33

The Ottoman Empire was centered in what modern day country in Asia Minor?

Answer 33

Turkey

Question 34

What religion dominated the Ottoman Empire even though the Ottomans showed religious tolerance toward other religions?

Answer 34

muslims (islamic)

Question 35

The Ottoman Empire at its peak extended into what regions?

Answer 35

• Southwest Asia
• Balkan Peninsula
• North Africa

Question 36

The Ottomans sent what trade items to Europe?

Answer 36

coffee and ceramics (rugs, silk, coffee, ceramics)

Question 37

The Mughal Empire was centered in what modern day country?

Answer 37

India

Question 38

The Mughals were predominantly followers of what religion?

Answer 38

Hinduism

Question 39

An example of Mughal architecture is shown in what structure created by Shah Jahan?

Answer 39

Taj Mahal

Question 40

List three trade items exported from the Mughal Empire?

Answer 40

textiles, spices, precious stones (gems)

Question 41

Though several European countries established trade with the Mughals through coastal ports, what country eventually replaced the Mughals as the dominant political power in the area?

Answer 41

British (England)

Question 42

Explain how the Chinese approached trade with foreign countries?

Answer 42

foreign policy and foreign enclaves, isolated, controlled influences

Question 43

What were the two trade items that Europeans desired from China?

Answer 43

porcelain, tea

Question 44

Who held the real political power in Japan?

Answer 44

shoguns

Question 45

How did the Japanese feel about foreign influences from the Europeans?

Answer 45

isolated

Question 46

What European trade item especially interested the Japanese?

Answer 46

guns