The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe, Africa, and Asia

What monopolies did the Asante have under Osei Tutu?

• salt and gold

• diamonds and salt

• gold and silver

• slaves and gold

What European first rounded the southern tip of Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Catholic missionaries from what order were especially welcomed in China?

• Benedictines

• Dominicans

• Carmelites

• Jesuits

What disease was the scourge of the early voyages of exploration?

• scurvy

• malaria

• smallpox

• the Plague

What people made up the Oyo empire in present-day Nigeria?

• Yoruba

• Masai

• Kigali

• Bedouins

Osei Tutu united the people of his kingdom by

• claiming that he was descended from Mansa Musa

• enslaving the people who disagreed with him

• using firearms from the Europeans to subdue them

• claiming that his right to rule came from heaven

Great power was given to the Dutch when they captured Portugal's Malaysian port of

• Manila

• Malacca

• Macao

• Calcutta

Why was the actual Line of Demarcation unclear?

• the pope changed his mind several times

• some explorers claimed the same land for Portugal and Spain

• geography at the time was imprecise

• Spain and Portugal thought it was in different places

The Filipino people were largely converted to

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

What did Lord Macartney refuse to do for the Chinese emperor?

• offer gifts

• kowtow

• sing

• address him as "my emperor"