Chapter 22_Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections

From 1500 to 1800, the largest contingent of migrants consisted of

enslaved Africans

In their attempt to control the spice trade in the Indian Ocean, the Europeans during the period between the 16th and 18th centuries

met with limited success because of a lack of personnel

Which city was not a Portuguese trading post

Bombay

the most prosperous country in Europe in the 17th century was

the Netherlands

Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and

the Philippines

Which was not one of the main inspirations for European exploration

the desire to conquer China and India

the reconquista came to an end in 1492 when

the muslim kingdom of granada fell to spanish catholic forces

Which was not an advantage the English and dutch had over the Portuguese

they had much better captains

the VOC was the

united east India company

under Spanish rule of the Philippines, the native population

was pressured to convert to Roman Catholicism

Lateen sails had the advantage of

working better in crosswinds

Russian territorial expansion into northern Eurasia began in the

16th century

Hormuz, Goa, ad Melaka were all seized in the early 1500s by

Afonso d'Alboqerque

by 1750, all parts of the world participated in a global trade network in which Europeans played dominant roles, except

Australia

the first european to sail around the cape of good hope was

Bartolomeu Dias

when he reached ________, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of china

Cuba

Most of the actual exploration of the pacific ocean was carried out by the

English

The first circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1522 by

Ferdinand Magellan

On October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall on an island that the native Taino called

Guanahani

The English explorer James Cook died during a fight in

Hawaii

Which man conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast

Henry of Portugal

The explorer who led three expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century was

James Cook

The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was

Manila

The Philippines fell to

Miguel Lopes de Legazpi

The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was

Portugal

The portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was

Vasco da Gama

The dutch policy in Indonesia was to

control the production of spices

The Portuguese dominance of trade was dependent on their ability to

force merchant ships to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties

Jan Pieterszoon Coen was responsible for

founding the city of Batavia on the island of java

Russian merchants and explorers began the expansion into Siberia in the quest for

furs

Christopher columbus's decision to sail west to reach asa was based on

his miscalculation of the distance form the canary islands to japan

the the long term, the Colombian exchange

increased world population because of the spread of new food crops

In the end, Portugal was unable to maintain its early domination of trade because

it was a small country with a small population

the astrolabe was designed to measure

latitude

the profitable merchandise that vasco da gama purchased in india was made up of

pepper and cinnamon

Which were both Chinese inventions

sternpost rudder and magnetic compass

The portuguese viewed the Atlantic Ocean islands as the perfect location for the cultivation of

sugarcane

Which was not a reason for the european interest in finding a maritime trade route

that mongol domination had caused trade along the silk roads to stop