AP EURO Chapter 14

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After losing access to slave trade from the Black Sea, the Genoese obtained which of the following as Slaves?

Black Africans

How did French colonies respond to the problem of the low migration levels from France?

Colonial officials encouraged French traders to form ties and marry native women

What was Hernan Cortes's crucial advantage in his conquest of the Mexica Empire?

Cortes was able to exploit internal dissention within the Mexica Empire.

Which of the following was a major motivation for the European Exploration?

Desire to escape from the Black death

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.

Which of the following characterizes the role of Europe in the system of world trade prior to the voyage of Columbus?

Europe was a minor trading power that produced few products b/c desired by other civilizations.

When Vasco da Gama Arrived in the Indian Ocean, how did he navigate these unkown waters?

He hired an Indian Pilot as his guide.

According to his agreement with the Spanish Crown, 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 the material rewards of the journey.

The European Voyages if the 15th century were derived from the desire to share in the wealth of the..

Indian Ocean Trade

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplished?

It divide the Atlantic Ocean, giving Spain control of everything west of an imaginary line and Portugal everything east of the line.

Who resisted the Portuguese efforts to gain control over Indian Ocean trade?

Muslim-controlled port cities.

Portugal's participant in European expansion was given critical support by...

Prince Henry.

How did the intro of Ptolemy's Geography mislead European Cartographers?

Ptolemy asserted that the world was much smaller that it actually is, indicating that Asia was not far removed form Europe to the west.

What group of people benefited the most from large price increases in the 16th century?

The Middle Class

How did the encomienda system function?

The Spanish Crown granted conquerors the right to employ or demand tribute from groups of Native Americans in exchange for providing food and shelter.

How did the Spanish respond to the trap set by the Inca King Atahualpa?

The 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 their American colonies Instead.

How did the Spanish monarchy seek to maintain control over its colonies?

The monarchy established intendants with broad administrative and financial authority where responsible directly to the monarchy

Settlers from the Massachusetts colony dispersed into new communities such as Connecticut and Rhode Island because...

There were religious disputes among the colonists.

How did the English and French seek route to East Asia?

They sought a northwest passage across North America.

How did Portuguese merchants obtain most of their slaves in Africa?

They trades for slaves with local leaders.

In the Seventeenth Century, the Dutch East India Company...

Took over much of the East Indies from Portugal.

Bartolome de Las Casas asserted that the Indians...

had human rights

At the time of his death, Columbus believed the islands he found were...

off the coast of Asia.


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