Chapter 14

The rulers of Ming China allowed the Portuguese to have a trading post at __________ near Canton.

• Madagascar

• Mombasa

• Moluccas

• Memphis

Wealthy merchants formed the ___________, which had many of the same powers as a government.

• Oriental Trading Company

• Columbian Exchange

• Trading Goods Pipeline

• Dutch East India Company

Survivors of a voyage led by _______ became the first people to sail around the world.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

To unite the Asante people, _______ claimed that they shared spiritual bonds.

• Affonso I

• Osei Tutu

• Akon

• Nefertiti

The leader in sponsoring exploration for Portugal was _____.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Prince Harry

• Prince Henry

• Vasco da Gama

The ruler of Kongo, _____ tried to halt the slave trade in his lands.

• Affonso I

• Akon

• King Kong

• Agamemnon

The island of ____ off the coast of India became a Portuguese military and commercial base.

• Goa

• Guam

• Gollum

• Gwyrth

The _______, or Spice Islands, were a chief source of spices.

• Mandingos

• Mordors

• Iron Islands

• Moluccas

When the Ming dynasty declined, the Manchus set up the ______ dynasty in China.

• Wing

• Qing

• Bing

• Ping

The Portuguese seized the city of _______, a trading center on the east coast of Africa.

• Firdawsi

• Mumbai

• Mombasa

• Dubai