Ch. 10 Review - The Age of Exploration

Ptolemy developed a system __________.

• to determine true north

• of democratic government

• of longitude and latitude

• of written language

Why did the Portuguese bring enslaved Africans to the Cape Verde islands?

• to trade with local people

• to harvest cotton

• to work in sugarcane fields

• to work as household servants

England and Spain went to war in the 1560s because Spain demanded that __________.

• the Dutch remain Catholic

• the Dutch convert to Protestantism

• England pay high taxes on trade

• Spain should control the English Channel

In the 1400s, overseas expeditions were __________.

• launched primarily to seize slaves

• extremely dangerous

• dependent on African guides

• financed exclusively by Portugal

The Portuguese explored Africa's coast because they __________.

• were afraid to sail across the Atlantic

• had built the caravel

• had studied works of al-Idrisi and Ptolemy

• did not want to trade with Asia

Why were Europeans in the 1400s eager to find a sea route to Asia?

• Existing trade routes were very expensive.

• They needed rice from China.

• They loved to sail.

• The Silk Road had been destroyed.

What three things enabled Europeans to begin exploration in the 1400s?

• strong central governments

• advances in cartography

• new navigational technology

• the spread of Catholicism

After Europeans arrived in America, many Native Americas __________.

• converted to Catholicism

• moved to present-day Canada

• set up confederations

• were killed by European diseases

How did the primary goals of the Spanish and Portuguese differ in the Americas?

• Spain wanted to spread Catholicism; Portugal wanted to find new food crops.

• Portugal mined precious metals; Spain set up sugarcane plantations.

• Only the Spanish sought to protect the environment of the Americas.

• Spain mined precious metals; Portugal set up sugarcane plantations.

In which three ways did the Columbian Exchange hurt the Americas?

• More food meant a growth in population.

• New species of plants and animals threatened native habitats.

• Millions of Africans were enslaved and moved to the Americas.

• Disease killed millions of Native Americans.