Age of Exploration TCS Test Review

Spanish conquerors of the Americas

• conquistadors
• Aztecs
• Incas
• encomienda

seventeenth-century economic theory that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver

• encomienda
• mercantilism
• mita
• Columbian Exchange

exchange of plants, animals, and people between Europe, Asia, and the Americas

• Middle Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Magellan Exchange

forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Mita
• Inquisition

Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be

• very profitable, since da Gama returned with a valuable cargo of spices
• far too costly to be sailed on a regular basis
• useless because of the difficulties and expenses of making the trip
• too long to be repeated 

According to the mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on

• importing more goods rather than exporting
• a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver
• conquering new territories and settling them
• finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor

Why did the Catholic Church have so much influence in Latin America?

• The Catholic Church gave Native Americans food and clothing
• Spanish and Portuguese rulers wanted Native Americans to become Catholic
• The missions were well organized and profitable
• Native Americans became docile members of the Spanish and Portuguese empires

Who conquered the Aztec empire?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernan Cortes
• Hernan de Soto

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan 

What was the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the American continents called?

• Golden Age
• triangular trade
• slave trade
• Middle Passage