Ch. 19 Quiz

When Columbus reached this area, he sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of China?

A - Cuba

The astrolabe was designed to measure...

A - Latitude

. The Dutch policy in Indonesia was to

A - control the production of spices

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

A - it was a small country with a small population

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

A -the desire to conquer China and India

The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was

A- Manila

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

B - Mongol domination, which had caused trade along the silk roads to stop

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

B - sugars

The English explorer James Cook died during a fight in...

C - Hawai`I

The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was...

C - Portugal

The Portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was...

D - da Gama

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

D - his miscalculation of the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan

In the long term, the Columbian exchange

D - increased world population because of the spread of new food crops

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

D - met with limited success because of a lack of human numbers or military power

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

D - pepper and cinnamon

Spanish merchants established a trade route between Mexico and...

D - the Philippines

Under Spanish rule of the Philippines, the native population...

D- was pressured to convert to Roman Catholicism