World History - Chapter 14

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What was the Line of Demarcation?

A line drawn by the pope that divided the non-European world

How did European expansion of the slave trade affect African states in the 1600 and 1700?

African states competed to dominate the slave trade

The southern tip of Africa became known as the Cape of Good Hope because

After rounding it gave Steelers a direct see route to Asia

For what is King Affonso I known?

He appealed to Europeans to stop the slave trade

In the early 1500, what method did Afonso de Albuquerque use to establish Portuguese outpost in India?

He burned coastal towns and destroyed Arab fleets

What critical mistake did Columbus make when he left Spain in 1492

He greatly underestimated Earth's size

Which statement best describes Ferdinand Magellan?

The expedition he commanded circled the globe

Large quantities of Americans silver flowed into the economies of East Asia through what important Spanish trading center?

The philippines

Who was Osei Tutu?

The powerful king of Asante

How did Europeans usually obtain slaves?

They exchanged European goods for slaves

How did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade?

They relied on an African traders to bring captives to African ports

Which statement best summarizes Portuguese discoveries?

They sailed to India by going around the coast of Africa

The Spanish

Thought they could claim most of the Americas (the first ones there)

Define the Age of Exploration

Throughout the 1500's and 1600's, Europeans were sailing to the New world and claiming lands

In 1513, Spanish adventure Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by

Traveling over land through Panama

Unlike China and Korea, Japan first

Welcomed European traders

When the first European traders arrived in the 15 Hundred's, to Japanese responded by

Welcoming to trade with the west

The islands that Christopher Columbus explored in his voyage in 1492 later became known as

West Indies

To rule China effectively after seizing Beijing in 1644, the Manchus

accepted at the Confucian system of government

In the mid-1600, what nation captured Malacca from the Portuguese and and developed a monopoly on trade in the Spice Islands?

The Netherlands (Dutch)

Aqui link in the Spanish overseas trading empire was

The Philippines

Who controlled trade between Asia and Europe in the 1400's?

Arabs and Italians

How did Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias seek a sea route route to Asia in 1460?

Arounded the southern tip of Africa

Osei Tutu treated in gold and slaves to help build the powerful

Asante kingdom

In the Late 1500s and early 1600s, Korea was invaded by

Both the Manchus and Japan

According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal was granted rights to

Brazil and all of Africa

In the early 1400, the first African port occupied by the Portuguese was

Ceuta

Keen means

Clear and sharp in operation

The first Europeans to challenge Portuguese domination Asian trade were the

Dutch

The Boers were

Dutch farmers (in Capetown, South Africa)

Who were the Boers?

Dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town

Which country supported explorers during the Age of Exploration

England

Why did Chinese traders demand payment for their goods in gold or silver?

European trading goods were inferior to Chinese goods

After the Japanese, and leave there the Manchus, invaded Korea, the Koreans responded by

Excluding foreigners from their nation

How did the Chinese economy fare under the Qing dynasty?

Farm output increased and Chinese industry expanded

Prince Henry the Navigator could best be described as

Forward-thinking

The word "privateering" means (pirate)

Intercepting and donning

How did the Dutch East India Company come to dominate Asian trade?

It had sovereign powers

Which statement describes the Qing dynasty?

It rejected contact with Europeans

Which statement describes the Mughal Empire before 1700?

It was larger and richer than any country in Europe

What statement best describes the significance of the settlement of Cape Town?

It was the first permanent European settlement in Africa

Why did Japanese shoguns turn against foreign traders in the mid-1500s?

Japan saw foreigners as a threat after Spain seized the Philippines

The Ming rulers allowed limited trade with Europeans under the condition that the Europeans would

Leave at the end of the trading season

In the 1400's, the Portuguese established a major presence

On the coasts of Africa

The first European country to gain a foothold in Asia was

Portugal

The voyage to Calicut (in India) by Vasca da Gama soon led to the creation of a vast trading empire for

Portugal

When the Mughal empire weakened, British and French armies fought for power in India with the help of Indian troops known as

Sepoys

The line of demarcation divided world trade and exploration right between the

Spanish and Portuguese

As the Mughal Empire weakend, who fought for control of India?

The British and the French

In Ming China, why did European traders pay for Chinese silks and porcelains in gold or silver instead of exchanging trade goods?

The Chinese did not want inferior European trade goods

In the early 1600's, Ming China was conquered by

The Manchus (Qing)

In the 1400s, European searched for new trade routes to obtain valuable spices that came mainly from

The Moluccas (spice islands in Indonesia)


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