The Creation of Global Economy of Spain and Portugal

Question 1

KEY FACTORS THAT SHAPED THEIR ECONOMIES DURING THE 16TH CENTURY

Answer 1

Age of Exploration
Colonial Trade
Mercantilism
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Decline and Competition
Legacy

Question 2

During the ___, Spain and Portugal were two of the most powerful and influential nations in the world, largely due to their extensive overseas empires

Answer 2

16th century

Question 3

The 16th century marked the pinnacle of the

Answer 3

AGE OF EXPLORATION

Question 4

Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497-99, 1502-03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope

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VASCO DA GAMA

Question 5

He was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India

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VASCO DA GAMA

Question 6

The southernmost tip of South Africa’s Cape Peninsula is called the ____. It is known for the stormy weather and rough seas encountered there

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Cape of Good Hope

Question 7

Portuguese navigator and explorer who sailed under the flags of both Portugal (1505-
13) and Spain (1519-21).
From Spain he sailed around South America, discovering the Strait of Magellan, and across the Pacific

Answer 7

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

Question 8

is credited with masterminding the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.

Answer 8

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 9

master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (1492- 93, 1493-96, 1498-1500, and 1502-04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas. He has long been called the “discoverer” of the New World

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Question 10

He was at first full of hope and ambition, an ambition partly gratified by his title “Admiral of the Ocean Sea

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Question 11

conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519-21] and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. He was a central figure in the military, political, and economic colonization of Mesoamerica in the 16th century, and most notable for his role in the destruction of the Aztec Empire in 1521

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HERNAN CORTES

Question 12

The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance was an alliance of three Nahua city-states;

Answer 12

Mexico- Tenochtitlan , Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan.

Question 13

Spain and Portugal established ______ with their colonies.

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lucrative trade networks

Question 14

is a nationalist economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy. In other words, it seeks to maximize the accumulation of resources within the country and use those resources for one-sided trade.

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Mercantilism

Question 15

The company was formed to share in the East. Indian spice trade. That trade had been a monopoly of Spain and Portugal until the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) by England gave the English the chance to break the monopoly.

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Portuguese East India Company

Question 16

Segment of the global slave trade that transported between 10 million and 12 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century.

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TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

Question 17

Three-legged economic model and trade route that was predicated on the transatlantic trade of 3 enslaved people

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Triangular Trade