Midterm Review- World History (Age of Exploration Section)

Question 1

What challenges did explorers face on their expeditions, foods they ate, etc? What was life like for a sailor aboard a ship?

Answer 1

Faced many challenges. Life was hard because of disease and food.

Question 2

What resources did explorers search for and/or found from the following continents (1)

Answer 2

1. India Looked for gold and silver but found spice

Question 3

What resources did explorers search for and/or found from the following continents (2)

Answer 3

2. South & North America looked for gold found sugar cane, looked for gold/NW passage found cotton

Question 4

What resources did explorers search for and/or found from the following continents (3)

Answer 4

3. Africa ​​Ivory, Gold, Silver, Spices (cinnamon, ginger, and cloves), Precious Gems, Slave

Question 5

Columbus:
Why was he arrested?

Answer 5

He abused his power

Question 6

Columbus:
How did he treat the indigenous populations?

Answer 6

He murdered, raped, and imprisoned them.

Question 7

Columbus:
What were his contributions to European exploration?

Answer 7

He discovered the North American Caribbean which led to North and South America being explored.

Question 8

Columbus:
What nation sponsored his explorations?

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

Columbus:
Which indigenous population did he sell into slavery and almost cause the extinction of?

Answer 9

Taino

Question 10

Columbus:
What modern day nations are the original settlements of Columbus located?

Answer 10

The Bahamas, Cuba, and Haiti

Question 11

How did the explorers of the following countries change the “New World”?

Portugal

Answer 11

Africa and Asia, then known as the East Indies, and Canada and Brazil (the West Indies)

Question 12

How did the explorers of the following countries change the “New World”?

Spain

Answer 12

Florida and the Gulf coast as well as Puerto Rico and lots of South america.

Question 13

How did the explorers of the following countries change the “New World”?

France

Answer 13

North America, the Caribbean, and India

Question 14

How did the explorers of the following countries change the “New World”?

England

Answer 14

discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.

Question 15

How did exploration create new trading opportunities for all European nations?

Answer 15

They had more resources and discovered more people to trade with.

Question 16

What was the significance of the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 16

It resulted in the mixing of people, deadly diseases that devastated the Native American population, crops, animals, goods, and trade flows.

Question 17

How did England and other nations contribute to the expansion of slavery?

Answer 17

They sponsored the exploration and took advantage of africa starting the slave trade.

Question 18

Name goods that went from Europe to the New World

Answer 18

horses, sugar plants, and disease

Question 19

Name good that went from the New World to Europe:

Answer 19

The Americas provided Europe, Asia, and Africa with a rich variety of new foodstuffs. Maize, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, peanuts, tobacco, and cacao

Question 20

How did the Netherlands erode Portugal’s strength in Africa and the Indian Ocean?

Answer 20

They sponsored revolutions

Question 21

How did the conquistadors defeat both the Incas & the Aztecs? What effects did they have on the indigenous populations?

Answer 21

Through smallpox and disease it killed many. It erased lots of their history.
The Spanish conquistadors defeated both the Incas and the Aztecs because of their modern technology, they had armor that neither of the native groups had ever seen before. The Incas were peaceful and trusting people that worked against them. The Aztecs saw the conquistadors as gods (because of their armor). They overthrew both of these indigenous populations, basically wiping out the population. Leaving them with almost no history or culture.

Question 22

What was the encomienda system and how did it affect the indigenous populations under Spanish rule? What jobs were American natives forced to work under the Spanish and Portuguese?

Answer 22

The encomienda system pushed Spanish culture on the indigenous population. It enslaved the native population and forced them to farm, mine, ect. Created a caste like system of races

Question 23

How did exploration affect the population levels of indigenous populations around North and South America? Be able to provide examples.

Answer 23

The population levels of the indigenous populations went severely down, with people being killed by disease, war, and starvation.

Question 24

Explain whether or not the interactions between indigenous people and the European explorers were positive or negative, and why. (Culture, trade, labor, populations, religion, etc.)

Answer 24

The interaction was negative, because it destroyed the natives’ culture, religion, and populations. Anyone left over became slaves and had to do labor.

Question 25

How did exploration help contribute to the expansion of slavery around the world?

Answer 25

Exploration opened up new trade routes, and found places where slaves could be found, and where slaves could work.

Question 26

How did nations use Africa to help them sail to India?

Answer 26

Nations used the Africa coast as a passageway to India, and used the Cape of Good Hope as a landmarker. Among using other small ports to restock to start the journey.

Question 27

How did nations use Africa to help them sail to India?

Answer 27

Nations used the Africa coast as a passageway to India, and used the Cape of Good Hope as a landmarker. Among using other small ports to restock to start the journey.

Question 28

Explain the moral, political, and economic challenges involved with exploration. What role did religion play in exploration?

Answer 28

Morally, expedition was a bad and good thing depending on what you did. Politically, exploration was a way to prove your country as the best country. Economically, exploration costs a lot of money for counties. Religion spurred on most expeditions in the age of exploration by the will to convert people.