World Civilization chapter 19
Hormuz, Goa, and Melaka were all seized in the early 1500s by
Afonso d'Albuquerque
By 1750, all parts of the world participated in a global trade network on which europeans played dominant roles, EXCEPT
Australia
The first European to set sail around the Cape of Good Hope was
Bartolomeu Dias
Which of the following cities was an English trading post?
Bombay
When he reached______, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of China.
Cuba
Most of the actual early exploration of the Pacific Ocean was carried out by the
English
The first circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1522 by
Ferdinand Magellan crew
On 12 October 1492, Columbus made landfall on an island that the native Taíno called
Guanahaní
The English explorer James Cook died during a fight in
Hawai'i
Which of the following men conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down to the west African coast?
Henry of Portugal
The explorer who lead three expeditions into the Pacific in the eighteenth century was
James cook
The astrolabe was designed to measure
Latitude
The center of Spanish commercial activity in Asia was
Manila
The Philippines fell to
Miguel López de Legazpi
The profitable merchandise that Vasco de Gama purchased in India was made up of
Pepper and cinnamon
The most prominent European nation in pursuing early voyages of long-distance exploration was
Portugal
Which of the following was NOT a reason for European interest in finding a maritime trade route
That Mongol domination had caused trade along the silk roads to stop
Christopher Columbus' decision to sail west to reach Asia was based on
The miscalculation of the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan.
In 1492, shortly before Columbus set sail on his famous first voyage to the Western hemisphere,
The muslim kingdom of Granda fell to Spanish Catholic forces.
The VOC was
United East India Company
The Portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was
Vasco de Gama
From 1500 to 1800, the largest continent of migrants consisted of
enslaved Africans
The Portuguese dominance of trade was dependent on their ability to
force merchant ships to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was responsabel for
founding the city of Batavia on the island of Java
In the long term, The Columbian exchange
increased world population because of the spread of new food crops.
In the end, Portugal was unable to maintain it early domination of trade because
it was a small country with a small population
In their attempt to control the spice trade in the Indian Ocean, Europeans during this period between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries
met with limited success because of a lack of human numbers and military power
The Portuguese viewed the Atlantic Ocean islands as the perfect location for the cultivation of
sugarcane
Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and
the Philippines
Which of the following was NOT of the main inspirations for European exploration?
the desire to conquer China and India
Which of the following was NOT an advantage the English and Dutch had over the Portuguese?
they had much better captains
Under Spanish rule of the Philippines, the native population
was pressured to convert to roman Catholicism
Lateen sails had the advantage of
working better in crosswinds