Chapter 22_Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
From 1500 to 1800, the largest contingent of migrants consisted of
enslaved Africans
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
Which city was not a Portuguese trading post
Bombay
the most prosperous country in Europe in the 17th century was
the Netherlands
Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and
the Philippines
Which was not one of the main inspirations for European exploration
the desire to conquer China and India
the reconquista came to an end in 1492 when
the muslim kingdom of granada fell to spanish catholic forces
Which was not an advantage the English and dutch had over the Portuguese
they had much better captains
the VOC was the
united east India company
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
Russian territorial expansion into northern Eurasia began in the
16th century
Hormuz, Goa, ad Melaka were all seized in the early 1500s by
Afonso d'Alboqerque
by 1750, all parts of the world participated in a global trade network in which Europeans played dominant roles, except
Australia
the first european to sail around the cape of good hope was
Bartolomeu Dias
when he reached ________, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of china
Cuba
Most of the actual exploration of the pacific ocean was carried out by the
English
The first circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1522 by
Ferdinand Magellan
On October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall on an island that the native Taino called
Guanahani
The English explorer James Cook died during a fight in
Hawaii
Which man conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast
Henry of Portugal
The explorer who led three expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century was
James Cook
The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was
Manila
The Philippines fell to
Miguel Lopes de Legazpi
The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was
Portugal
The portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was
Vasco da Gama
The dutch policy in Indonesia was to
control the production of spices
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 responsible for
founding the city of Batavia on the island of java
Russian merchants and explorers began the expansion into Siberia in the quest for
furs
Christopher columbus's decision to sail west to reach asa was based on
his miscalculation of the distance form the canary islands to japan
the the long term, the Colombian exchange
increased world population because of the spread of new food crops
In the end, Portugal was unable to maintain its early domination of trade because
it was a small country with a small population
the astrolabe was designed to measure
latitude
the profitable merchandise that vasco da gama purchased in india was made up of
pepper and cinnamon
Which were both Chinese inventions
sternpost rudder and magnetic compass
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