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