Chapter 15 AP Euro
What became Cortes's crucial advantage in conquest of Mexican Empire?
Cortes was able to exploit internal dissention with in the Mexica empire
How did Europeans initially justify the enslavement of Africans?
Enslavement benefited the Africans by bringing Christianity to them
The European voyages of fifteenth century derived from a desire to share in the wealth of...
Indian Ocean Trade
Bartolome de Las Cases asserted that the
Indians had human rights
What did Columbus believe he had found when he arrived in the Caribbeans?
Islands off coast of Japan
In fifteenth century, two rival Islamic empires dominated the Middle East, the Turkish Ottomans and the...
Persian Safavids
How did the encomienda system function?
Spanish crown granted conquerors the right to employ or demand tribute from groups of Native American in exchange for providing food and shelter
How did French colonies respond to the problem of low migration levels from France?
colonial effects encouraged French traders to form ties with and marry native women
Shakespeare's history plays, such as Richard II,
expressed an English national consciousness
Who was Prestor John?
A mythical Christian king in Africa believed to be a descendant of one of the three kings who visited Jesus after his birth.
Which of the following best characterizes immigration patterns (forced and unforced) of Europeans and Africans to the Americas between 1500 and 1800?
About four times as many Africans migrated to America as did Europeans
The Treaty of Tordesillas?
Divided Atlantic Ocean with imaginary line, giving Spain control of everything west of line and Portugal everything east of the line
How did English colonies differ from other major European colonies in their treatment of African women
English masters rarely freed the children that they fathered with female slaves
According to his agreement with Spanish crown, what rewards would Columbus receive if he found a water route to Asia?
He would be named viceroy over any territories he discovered and receive one-tenth of material rewards of the journey.
In chronological order, what were three successive commercial empires established by Europeans in 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries?
Portuguese, Spanish, and the Dutch
How did the intro of Ptolemy's "Geography" mislead European cartographers?
Ptolemy asserted that the world was much smaller than it actually is, indicating that Asia was not far removed from Europe
The motivations for European explorers included all of the following except
fear of the Black Death
What was the primary cause of the emergence of inflation in Spain in the sixteenth century?
inability of Spanish agriculture and manufacturing to meet growing demands for goods
The group of people who benefited the most from large price increases in the sixteenth century was the...
middle class
Settlers from Massachusetts colony dispersed into new communities such as Connecticut and Rhode Island because
of religious disputes among the colonists
How did justifications for slavery change from the 15th to 18th century?
Arguments supporting slavery began to focus more on science and nature and less on religion
How did English and French seek route to East Asia?
They sought Northwest Passage across North America
In the seventeenth century, the Dutch East India Company...
took over much of the East Indies from Portugal
Which of the following best characterizes the role of Europe in the world trade system prior to voyage of Columbus?
Europe was a minor outpost that produced few products desired by other civilizations.
When Vasco da Gama arrived in the Indian Ocean, how did he navigate these unknown waters?
He hired an Indian Ocean pilot as his guide
How did the Spanish monarchy seek to maintain control over its colonies?
Monarchy established intendents with broad administrative and financial authority who were responsible directly to the monarchy
Who resisted efforts of the Portuguese to establish themselves in the Indian Ocean trade?
Muslim-controlled port cities
After losing access to slave trading from the Black Sea, the Genoese obtained all of the folowing as slaves except
Portuguese peasants
Portugal's participation in European expansion was given critical support by..
Prince Henry
How did the Spanish respond to the trap set by the Inca King Atahualpa?
Spanish ambushed and captured Atahualpa, holding him for ransom and then executing him
How did Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe affect Spanish colonization?
The great distance of the Pacific convinced the Spanish to abandon efforts to trade in Asia and develop American colonies instead
How did Portuguese merchants obtain most of their slaves in Africa?
Traded for slaves with local leaders
At the time of his death, Columbus believed the islands he found were
off the coast of Asia
