Chapter 22_Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
by 1750, all parts of the world participated in a global trade network in which Europeans played dominant roles, except?
Australia
Most of the actual exploration of the pacific ocean was carried out by the?
English
Russian territorial expansion into northern Eurasia began in the? AND Russian merchants and explorers began the expansion into Siberia in the quest for?
a. 16th century b. furs
Hormuz, Goa, ad Melaka were all seized in the early 1500s by? AND Which city was not a Portuguese trading post?
a. Afonso d'Alboqerque b. Bombay
when he reached ________, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of china. AND On October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall on an island that the native Taino called?
a. Cuba b. Guanahani
The explorer who led three expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century was? AND The English explorer James Cook died during a fight in?
a. James Cook b. Hawaii
The Philippines fell to? AND The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was?
a. Miguel Lopes de Legazpi b. Manila
The Portuguese dominance of trade was dependent on their ability to? AND In the end, Portugal was unable to maintain its early domination of trade because?
a. force merchant ships to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties b. It was a small country with a small population
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was responsible for? AND The dutch policy in Indonesia was to?
a. founding the city of Batavia on the island of java b. control the production of spices
Which was not an advantage the English and dutch had over the Portuguese? AND the VOC was the?
a. they had much better captains b. United East India Company
Which man conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast? AND the first european to sail around the cape of good hope was? AND the profitable merchandise that Vasco da Gama purchased in india was made up of?
a.Henry of Portugal b. Bartolomeu Dias or Vasco da Gama c. pepper and cinnamon
Which was not one of the main inspirations for European exploration? AND The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was?
a.the desire to conquer China and India b. Portugal
Lateen sails had the advantage of? AND the astrolabe was designed to measure? AND Which were both Chinese inventions?
a.working better in crosswinds b. latitude c. sternpost rudder and magnetic compass
From 1500 to 1800, the largest contingent of migrants consisted of?
enslaved Africans
Christopher columbus's decision to sail west to reach Asia was based on?
his miscalculation of the distance form the canary islands to japan
In the the long term, the Colombian exchange?
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 16th and 18th centuries?
met with limited success because of a lack of personnel
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
the most prosperous country in Europe in the 17th century was?
the Netherlands
Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and?
the Philippines
the reconquista came to an end in 1492 when?
the muslim kingdom of granada fell to spanish catholic forces
Under Spanish rule of the Philippines, the native population?
was pressured to convert to Roman Catholicism
