Topic 11 test review

Question 1

What important trade route did the Portuguese discover?

Answer 1

Sea route from the Indian Ocean to Asia

Question 2

Why is Ferdinand Magellan important in the history of exploration?

Answer 2

He discovered the Strait of Magellan, a waterway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific in North America.

Question 3

How did Ferdinand Magellan meet an untimely death?

Answer 3

He died of a poison arrow in the Philippines

Question 4

Describe Vasco de Gama’s contribution to the age of exploration.

Answer 4

He led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope from Southern Africa to India.

Question 5

Describe Portugal’s exploration of Asia.

Answer 5

They seized Goa and used it for military and trading

Question 6

Which Chinese dynasty was in power in 1590 and was known for its gold and silver artistry and high volume of books published?

Answer 6

Ming Dynasty

Question 7

Which neighboring country carried out devastating invasions of Korea in the late 16th century?

Answer 7

Japan

Question 8

Which non-Chinese group contributed to the establishment of the Qing Dynasty?

Answer 8

the Manchus

Question 9

Describe Columbus’s treatment of the Taino people

Answer 9

He is assaulted Taino men and women, seized them and transported them back to the Spanish King, claimed Taino Land, killed those who refused to comply to paying taxes and gold and tries to enslave them.

Question 10

How does Columbus describe Taino people

Answer 10

“Generous with what they have to such a degree as no one would believe unless he has seen it” He describes them in a positive way.

Question 11

What animal did the Europeans bring to the Americas that became useful and adaptable to the Native Americans?

Answer 11

horses

Question 12

What is meant by traditional rights of English citizens?

Answer 12

The right to representative assembly and parliament

Question 13

What was the name of the rich Muslim empire in India with rulers such as Akbar and Shah Jahan?

Answer 13

Mughal Empire

Question 14

Why did the colony of New France grow slowly?

Answer 14

The winters were long so farming attracted very few peasants, protestants aren’t allowed to be there for their religion, and there was more interest in the fur trade.

Question 15

Who wrote a widely published narrative on the horrors of the middle passage and the Atlantic slave trade in 1789?

Answer 15

Olaudah Equiano

Question 16

Where were the European footholds in Africa?

Answer 16

West Coast, North Africa, and along the Red Sea

Question 17

Who had ships in Table Bay near Cape Town in the 1600s?

Answer 17

the Dutch

Question 18

Which ruler was responsible for the failure of Sir George McCartney’s mission in China?

Answer 18

Quinlong

Question 19

Which African kingdom of the Yoruba people transformed into the present-day nation of Nigeria

Answer 19

The oyo Empire

Question 20

What is the policy known by which a nation seeks to export more than it imported in order to build the supply of gold and silver?

Answer 20

mercantilism

Question 21

Describe conditions on boats on the middle passage.

Answer 21

There were terrible conditions, people died from disease starvation, or suicide, it was hot and humid, and it was crowded

Question 22

What led to the decline of the Mughal Empire?

Answer 22

The Empire weakened, rulers ended religious toleration which led to Civil War, and increased taxes caused peasant rebellions, government corruption, and the raiding of The Mughal Empire by neighboring areas

Question 23

What made the Dutch East India Company different from other European traders in Asia?

Answer 23

There were independant meaning that they did not have to run everything by the Dutch ruler.

Question 24

Describe the expeditions of Hernan Cortes.

Answer 24

He went to the Americas for silver and gold, and when he found the Aztecs he stole their wealth, got the emperor of the Aztecs killed, started peasant revolts, and barely escaped with his life.

Question 25

Describe the global struggle between Britain and France during the 1700s.

Answer 25

It was a power struggle where Britain and France fought over North America. It was called the French and Indian War.

Question 26

What impact did the slave trade have on Africa?

Answer 26

slave-trading empires were becoming wealthy while African slave villages were experiencing population shortages