The Age of Exploration

Question 1

who created the magnetic compass?

Answer 1

the Chinese

Question 2

Who was the first country to start explorations?

Answer 2

Portugal

Question 3

Who was the second country to start explorations?

Answer 3

Spain

Question 4

Who was the Portuguese navigator of exploration?

Answer 4

Henry the 1st

Question 5

what was the inspiration behind European exploration?

Answer 5

desire to est. new trade routes to Asian markets and spread Christianity

Question 6

what was Silk Road the term for during the Age of Exploration?

Answer 6

gun powder

Question 7

Where did Portuguese mariners first travel to during their exploration?

Answer 7

the canary islands

Question 8

What does “volta do mar” mean?

Answer 8

back the sea, developed by the Portuguese

Question 9

Who traveled from Portugal to South of Africa and started the “Cape of Good Hope”?

Answer 9

Bartomeleu Dias

Question 10

Who traveled from Portugal to India?

Answer 10

Vasco Da Gama

Question 11

What Spanish explorer landed in the Bahamas/Caribbean?

Answer 11

Christopher Columbus

Question 12

What did Christopher Columbus come across when he went to explore Asia?

Answer 12

Taino people that he believed were primitive children, gold and crops.

Question 13

What was Columbus’ ultimate goal when exploring?

Answer 13

Reach East Asia by crossing the Western “Ocean Sea”

Question 14

Who was the Spanish explorer to almost do the first circumnavigation of the world and establish a trade route between Mexico and the Philippians?

Answer 14

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 15

What Danish navigator was commissioned by Russia and then later had the Bering sea named after him?

Answer 15

Vitus Bering

Question 16

What English explorer explored the western and eastern part of North America?

Answer 16

Sir Frances Drake

Question 17

What English explorer led 3 expeditions into the Pacific, died in Hawaii and was considered one of England’s greatest explorers?

Answer 17

Captain James Cook

Question 18

Who helped Captain James Cook on his exploration?

Answer 18

Omar

Question 19

What was the global diffusion of plants, crops, animals, human populations and disease pathogens?

Answer 19

The Columbian Exchange

Question 20

Who dominated the Pacific Ocean trade from 1565-1815?

Answer 20

Spanish Galleons

Question 21

What were the Manila Galleons?

Answer 21

The origins of Global Trade

Question 22

Who were the first to set up trading posts and control them by forcing merchant vessels (military) to call at fortified trading sites?

Answer 22

Portuguese

Question 23

Who was the commander of Portuguese force in the Indian Ocean and known as the “Duke of Goa”?

Answer 23

Alfonso D’albuquerque

Question 24

What two countries started the “Joint-Stock Companies” that possessed faster, cheaper and more powerful ships with large populations?

Answer 24

English and Dutch

Question 25

What was the other name for the Tanio people?

Answer 25

Guanahani

Question 26

How and where was the death of Ferdinand Magellan?

Answer 26

In the Philippians Islands, because of a political dispute

Question 27

Who were the Philippians named after?

Answer 27

King Phillip the second.

Question 28

What was King Phillip the second famous for?

Answer 28

Bringing back Catholicism and bringing 130 ships to Spain.

Question 29

Who was Jan Pieterszoon Coen?

Answer 29

The architect of Dutch Policy that founded Batavia on the island of Java to serve as an entrepôt for the VOC.

Question 30

What was the Russian Fur Trade?

Answer 30

a VOC monopoly over spice production and trade, giving Dutch merchants ability to reap enormous profits

Question 31

Who's act of individual rebellion had mushroomed into the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 31

Martin Luther of Wittenberg

Question 32

Who denounced the sale of indulgences in a document with the Catholic Church and what was it called?

Answer 32

Martin Luther of Wittenberg, the Ninety-Five Thesis.

Question 33

What is significant about Pope Leo X?

Answer 33

St. Peter's Basilica

Question 34

Who established the Anglican church and was known as the "Protector or Supreme Head of the Church"?

Answer 34

Henry VIII

Question 35

What did Henry VIII do that had a very negative effect on England and Religion?

Answer 35

Desire to get a divorce.

Question 36

Which kings involvement was most significant in the Council of Trent?

Answer 36

St. Ignatius Loyola

Question 37

Who was unable to establish a strong imperial authority over the holy roman empire that eventually fled from power?

Answer 37

Charles V

Question 38

What famous family was Charles V a part of?

Answer 38

The Habsburg Family

Question 39

Who created the Spanish Armada?

Answer 39

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 40

Who was beheaded during the English Civil War?

Answer 40

Oliver Cromwell

Question 41

Who began to impose taxes without parliamentary approval?

Answer 41

King Charles I

Question 42

What King wanted to establish power in England?

Answer 42

King James I

Question 43

What 2 Russian leaders started the modernization of Russia?

Answer 43

Peter and Catherine the Great, Father and Daughter.

Question 44

What ended the 30 year war?

Answer 44

The Treaty of Westphalia, protestant and Catholic's realization of having to coexist in Europe.

Question 45

What was the Pugachev Rebellion?

Answer 45

Spirit of reform ending with Yemelian Pugachev's peasant rebellion.

Question 46

Who was important in the Scientific Revolution and why were they important?

Answer 46

Issac Newton, discovery of gravity concept.

Question 47

What ruler said "I am the state" and was considered the "sun king"?

Answer 47

King Louis XIV

Question 48

What King in France was responsible for the promotion of economic development and abolished international tariffs?

Answer 48

King Louis XIV

Question 49

Who moved the capital of France to Versailles?

Answer 49

King Louis XIV

Question 50

Who freed the Netherlands from Catholic rule under the Spanish?

Answer 50

William of Orange

Question 51

What was Divine Kingship, and who started it?

Answer 51

The right to rule also known as absolute monarchy, started by Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII.

Question 52

How was absolute monarchy created?

Answer 52

By Cardinal Richelieu, he crushed aristocratic and attacked Calvinists. Also built a Royal Base.

Question 53

Whose marriage united the people in the Netherlands?

Answer 53

William of Orange

Question 54

What is also known as the United Provinces?

Answer 54

The Netherlands

Question 55

What was the "Representative Parliamentary System" in the Netherlands?

Answer 55

The Dutch Republic

Question 56

What bad move did King James II make that got him kicked out of power?

Answer 56

Let his lover, Anne Hyde, convert to Catholicism in an area of Protestant beliefs.

Question 57

What was the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 57

When William III and Mary II established England WITHOUT BLOODSHED as a mixed monarchy governed by "The King in Parliament"

Question 58

What was the reason for failure in the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 58

Tensions between Protestants and Catholics as well as external pressure from the French and Ottomans.