Age of Exploration and Encounter

Which of the following activities MOST helped the sharing of ideas across long distances in the 1500s?

• The foundation of colleges and universities in places like Zimbabwe and Mughal India

• The spread of trade languages like Swahili and French Creole.

• The conquest of new lands in the Americas by Europeans and in Afro-Eurasia by Gunpowder Empires

• Increased trade in the Indian Ocean and on the Silk roads.

In what way did the Ottoman Empire UNINTENTIONALLY encourage European countries to explore both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

• They slaughtered Christians to get revenge for the Crusades.

• They taxed merchants who traveled through choke points to pass through the Empire.

• They only allowed Muslim traders to pass through their empire.

• They offered a reward to countries that found the best trading routes to Asia, never dreaming that Spain and Portugal could win.

Which of the following were accomplishments of Prince Henry the Navigator?

• Started a school to train sailors in navigation

• Paid cartographers to map the coastline of Africa

• Helped Portugal dominate trade with Asia in the Indian Ocean

• Prince Henry deserves credit for all of these things.

A "Mother Country" sending settlers to build colonies and send raw materials back to them in order to make the Mother Country rich is a description of:

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Laissez-faire

• Manorialism

Which European explorer was the first to sail south of Africa to reach India by sea?

• Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Which was the first European explorer to sail west across the Atlantic ocean an make contact with Native Americans in the Caribbean?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortez

Why did the Aztecs welcome Hernan Cortez into their city and treat him like a god?

• They believed he was a god

• He used his guns to force the Aztecs to treat him well

• He spoke Nahuatl, so the Aztecs thought he was one of them

• The loved his blond hair and blue eyes

What was the name of the treaty that divided the world between Spain and Portugal in 1494?

• Treaty of Enchiladisas

• Treaty of Burritas

• Treaty of Quesadillas

• Treaty of Tordesillas

What is one reason civilizations might develop independent city states and NOT unite in an Empire?

• Geographic barriers, like rough terrain or jungles, might keep them separated.

• Competition for popularity between city states might make it hard or them to choose a single ruler.

• Constant attacks from outside might keep them too busy to unify.

• All of these are reasons that city states have failed to unify in history.

What is something the Mongols, Ottomans, Romans, and Aztecs all had in common?

• Rule by a single, powerful Emperor

• Superior weapons and technology

• A strong, unified central government

• A powerful military to conquer land