World Civilization chapter 19

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

Afonso d'Albuquerque

By 1750, all parts of the world participated in a global trade network on which europeans played dominant roles, EXCEPT

Australia

The first European to set sail around the Cape of Good Hope was

Bartolomeu Dias

Which of the following cities was an English trading post?

Bombay

When he reached______, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of China.

Cuba

Most of the actual early exploration of the Pacific Ocean was carried out by the

English

The first circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1522 by

Ferdinand Magellan crew

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

Guanahaní

The English explorer James Cook died during a fight in

Hawai'i

Which of the following men conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down to the west African coast?

Henry of Portugal

The explorer who lead three expeditions into the Pacific in the eighteenth century was

James cook

The astrolabe was designed to measure

Latitude

The center of Spanish commercial activity in Asia was

Manila

The Philippines fell to

Miguel López de Legazpi

The profitable merchandise that Vasco de Gama purchased in India was made up of

Pepper and cinnamon

The most prominent European nation in pursuing early voyages of long-distance exploration was

Portugal

Which of the following was NOT a reason for European interest in finding a maritime trade route

That Mongol domination had caused trade along the silk roads to stop

Christopher Columbus' decision to sail west to reach Asia was based on

The miscalculation of the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan.

In 1492, shortly before Columbus set sail on his famous first voyage to the Western hemisphere,

The muslim kingdom of Granda fell to Spanish Catholic forces.

The VOC was

United East India Company

The Portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was

Vasco de Gama

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

enslaved Africans

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 responsabel for

founding the city of Batavia on the island of Java

In the long term, The Columbian exchange

increased world population because of the spread of new food crops.

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

it was a small country with a small population

In their attempt to control the spice trade in the Indian Ocean, Europeans during this period between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries

met with limited success because of a lack of human numbers and military power

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

sugarcane

Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and

the Philippines

Which of the following was NOT of the main inspirations for European exploration?

the desire to conquer China and India

Which of the following was NOT an advantage the English and Dutch had over the Portuguese?

they had much better captains

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