Midterm Review

Why was the "Line of Demarcation" created in the late 1490s?

• to set up boundaries for the Jamestown Settlement
• to divide the land owned by Great Britain and America
• to outline the land that native people would have rights to compared to settlers
• to set up boundaries for Spain and Portugal which referred to newly discovered territories

Because of its location, which European country was the first to launch large scale exploration voyages?

• France
• Germany
• Portugal
• the Netherlands

The desire for spices and other trade goods was a direct cause of

• American expansion into Africa and Asia
• Asian expansion into the Americas and Europe
• African exploration of the Americas, Europe, and Asia
• European exploration and colonization of the Americas, Africa, and Asia

The European Age of Exploration would not have been possible without the Astrolabe and the compass, both of which were adapted from

• African Kingdoms
• Muslim sailors
• British merchants
• Byzantine scholars

Which of these had the BIGGEST and EARLIEST impact on the system of mercantilism that developed in the 1600s?

• American revolutions
• colonization of the Americas
• the development of the cotton gin
• the development of the steam engine

New wealth and growth in overseas trade which created new business practices in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries was called what?

• Renaissance
• Columbian Exchange
• Economic Revolution 
• Commercial Revolution

Mercantilism was the principle that

• the purpose of colonies is to economically benefit the mother country
• the English colonies would lose their legal rights and elected assemblies
• a government could tax without consent of the taxpayers for the purpose of regulating trade
• colonists would henceforth be required to pay taxes to the crown to fund their own protection

The voyages of European exploration during the 15th and 16th centuries were made possible MAINLY by

• the Protestant Reformation
• the success of The Crusades
• many new or improved technologies
• a desire to prove the Earth was round

A major reason for the growing wealth in Europe during the era of colonization can be traced to which of these developments?

• avoiding mercantilism
• heavy government regulations
• revolutions in the Americas
• the creation of the middle class

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America
• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World
• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory
• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California