Glencoe World History Chapter 13 Review

Who among the following believed he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Alfonso de Albuquerque

What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?

• Commercial capitalism

• Consumerism

• Speculation

• Mercantilism

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

• Very profitable, since da Gama returned with a cargo of spices and made a profit of several thousands of dollars.

• Far too costly to be sailed on a regular basis.

• The only time any Portuguese vessel sailed the route

• Much longer than the route to India by land.

To Portuguese explorers, the southern coast of West Africa became known as the

• Cape of Good Hope

• Land of salt

• Gold Coast

• Triangular Trade Land

Who aided the European powers in exerting control in the New World?

• Indentured servants

• Montezuma

• Catholic missionaries

• Marco Polo

The ____________ is the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time.

• Ideal of mercantilism

• Triangular trade

• Gross national product

• Balance of trade

Which explorer is remembered as the first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

What was the name for the journey of enslaved people from Africa to America?

• The Voyage of Sorrow

• The Bering Crossing

• The Atlantic Journey

• The Middle Passage

Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas were divided into all of the following social classes EXCEPT

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Mulattoes

• Mitas

Which of the following explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Hernan Cortes