Quiz 4.2
Which one of the following phrases best sums up the motives for the European age of discovery?
"For gold, glory, and God."
What were caravels, and how were they significant to the age of exploration?
A new type of ship in the 1400s that made possible transoceanic voyages such as Columbus'
All the following are true of the Columbian Exchange except
Alcohol went from America to Europe while tobacco went from Europe to America
Once Spain opened the way to the New World, all of the following European nations sent explores to establish colonies there except
Austria
Which one of the following explains the primary reason why the European conquest of the American Indians was relatively easy?
Because of the Europeans technology and their communicable diseases
Hernan Cortes
Conquered Aztec empire in Mexico and claimed it for Spain
Francisco Pizarro
Conquered Incan Empire in South America and claimed for Spain
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Crossed Isthmus of Panama from Atlantic to Pacific sides
Pedro Cabral
Established Portugal's claim to Brazil
How did professor webers lecture, "The rise of the trading cities," characterize Europe?
Europe established a system of payment by bookkeeping, credit notes, and stock exchanges
John Cabot
Explored coasts of North America for England
Portugal's Prince Henry is credited with which of the following achievements made in the 1400s?
Founding a navigation school in Sagres
By the 1500s and 1600s several European nations found themselves intrigued with the concept of mercantilism. What was mercantilism?
Government controls over international trade, expansion of overseas empires, and close supervision of wholesale and retail prices
What was Bartolome Dias' significance in the Age of Exploration?
He explored the west coast of Africa and was the first European to reach the Cape of Good Hope
Why was Las Casas significant in the Age of Discovery and Exploration?
He was a bishop who served in the New World and was called 'father of the Indians' because his protests convinced King Charles to forbid further enslavement of Indians
For what is the leader, Montezuma, most remembered?
He was the last leader of the Aztec nation until being captured during the Spanish invasion and conquest
Why was Atahualpa a most significant individual during the age of exploration?
He was the leader of the Incas at the time of the Spanish conquest
All of the following were true of Columbus except
His voyages convinced the Portuguese of the futility of their own quests for reaching the Orient by sailing around Africa
Ferdinand Magellan
Initiated first voyage to circumnavigate the earth
Ferdinand and Isabella are remembered for all of the following except
Initiating Spains policy of religious toleration
All of the following were true of mercantilism except
It called for a low tariffs on foreign imports
Why was the Portuguese Goa significant during the age of exploration?
It was Portugal's first overseas trading station and colony in India
All of the following were true of the first voyage to successfully complete a circumnavigation of the earth except
It was sponsored by Portugal
All of the following were true of economics in the 1500s through 1600s except
Italy and Spain emerged with the strongest economies among European powers
Amerigo Vespucci
Mapped coasts of South and Central America
Bartolome de Las Casas
Persuaded King Charles l to forbid further enslavement of American Indians
Because of the way matters worked out during the age of discovery and exploration, the largest colony and now nation in Latin America speaks which language?
Portuguese
Vasco da Gama
Reached India after sailing around Africa
All of the following were true of Spain in the 1500s except
She failed to engage in agriculture and raising livestock to any significant degree in the Americas
After 1942, from what did most American Indians die?
Smallpox, measles, and other diseases introduced from Europe
Prince Henry the Navigator
Sponsored the first Portuguese voyages along African coast
All of the following resulted from Columbus' voyages except
Successful contact with the east by sailing west for about 3000 miles
Columbus did not care so much which nation sponsored him so long as he was enabled to prove his theory about the earth and the East. What was that theory?
That one could reach the Orient by sailing westward from Europe
What was Portugal's role in the age of exploration?
The first European nation to lead out with voyages into the Atlantic ocean seeking an all water route to the east
All of the following typified economics in the 1500s through 1600s except
The percentage of Europeans working the land on farms dramatically declined
What was the encomienda system?
The plantation system created by the Spanish in the New World that involved making laborers (usually slaves) of the Indians
All of the following were true of the fabled Spice Islands except
They are part of what is now called the West Indies
Why were Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro significant figures in the age of exploration?
They were both conquistadors of empires in Latin America
All the following were true of the Incans except
Unlike the Aztecs, they managed to resist Spanish attempts to conquer them