Map Locations

Question 1

Lisbon

Answer 1

Portuguese capital. Place where Vasco da Gama departured.

Question 2

Calicut

Answer 2

by indian ocean in india. Vasco da Gama turned this site into a trading post in 1498. The markets of Calicut offered not only pepper, gingerm cinnamon, and spices but also rubies, emeralds, gold jewelry, and fine cotton textiles. Near the tip of the subcontinent.

Question 3

Goa

Answer 3

india. The Portuqese merchants organized trade in Indian pepper in Goa. Official capital of Portuguese colonies in Asia. (pg 376 T&E)

Question 4

Hormuz

Answer 4

Port on an island near the choke point between the Persian Gulf and the Indian ocean. –>Vasco Da Gama and the portuguese controlled access to the Persian Gulf from Hormuz. Located closer to the Persian mainland.

Question 5

Macao

Answer 5

(Macau?) Trading post of the Portuguese in China

Question 6

Malacca (Melaka)

Answer 6

Principal clearinghouse of trade in the eastern Indiana Ocean. At Melaka, the Portuguese oversaw shipping between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. India. Conquered by a Dutch fleet in 1641

Question 7

Istanbul

Answer 7

A.K.A. Constantinople. Found between the Sea of Maramar and the Black Sea on the eastern peninsula. Renamed Istanbul under Ottoman rule.

Question 8

Isfahan

Answer 8

located in Iran(today). Made trading center by Shah Abbas (Ottoman Empire)

Question 9

Potosi

Answer 9

Modern day Bolivia. Silver supply site for the Spanish.

Question 10

Tenochtitlan

Answer 10

Aztec capital on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco, central Mexico. Now known as Mexico City.

Question 11

Haiti (Hispaniola)

Answer 11

Next to the modern-day Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.French sugar colony.

Question 12

Canary Islands

Answer 12

Southwest of Spain, off the coast of West Africa, once home to the native Guanche people left behind as a result of earlier migrations.

Question 13

Azores

Answer 13

Islands in the middle of the Atlantic to the west of Portugal. Uninhabited when Portuguese explorers arrived, perfect for cultivating cash crops like sugar.

Question 14

Cape Verde

Answer 14

Islands south to Canary Islands. Fertile land and nice climate. Therefore portuguese entrepreneurs soon began to cultivate sugarcane there.

Question 15

Cape of Good Hope

Answer 15

southern tip of africa

Question 16

Timbuktu

Answer 16

(pg 376 T&E)

Question 17

Mozambique

Question 18

Mombasa

Question 19

Kilwa

Answer 19

southern swahilian city (pg 376 T&E)

Question 20

Sofala

Answer 20

Southernmost Swahili city-state.

Question 21

Madagascar

Answer 21

island east of africa (pg 376 T&E)