Americas and Exploration

How did the Protestant Reformation boost the Age of Exploration?

• It gave Catholic nations a need to spread Catholicism more

• It made King Henry VIII build a large navy

• Christopher Columbus’ parents were killed in the Inquisition

• The Spanish heard of the gold in the New World

1.      Which Portuguese explorer sailed to the Southern tip of Africa?

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernan Cortes

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas establish?

• Gave official control of the Spice Trade from the Muslims to the Portuguese

• Established a trade route to Asia for the Portuguese and Spanish

• A peace treaty between the Aztec Empire and the Spanish conquistadors

• A boundary line that established where Portugal and Spain each had the right to explore

Based on the structure pictured, what best describes the image to the right?

• Muslim traders defending their trading posts

• Marco Polo loading goods he seized from China

• Aztecs defending Tenochtitlan against the Spanish

• Dutch fur traders establishing trading posts

Read the following quote and answer the question below:

“These changes occurred just as the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean islands and the Portuguese settlement of the Brazilian subcontinent was getting under way and thus opened the American market for African slaves. The decimation of the native Arawak and Carib peoples in the Caribbean islands, the first major zone of European settlement, especially encouraged the early experimentation with African slave labor.”  -Herbert S. Klein,  African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean

What is the author saying in regards to African slave labor?

• The Spanish conquest of the Caribbean had no effect on the slave market

• The Portuguese are the only ones who imported slaves from Africa

• The Arawak and Carib Africans were primarily used as slaves

• The Arawak and Carib peoples were decimated therefore Europeans needed slaves

Which of the following best describes Pacal the Great?

• An Aztec ruler under which the Triple Alliance was formed

• Swampy islands crisscrossed by canals that provide waterways for their crops

• A system of knotted strings used to keep records

• A Mayan ruler who claimed to be a descendent from the gods

How did the exchange of plants lead to drastic changes in Europe?

• It caused a potato famine and thousands died

• It lead to rapid increase in population

• It lead to more disease that spread when produce was exchanged

• There were not any drastic changed from the exchange

Read the passage below and determine which answer best describes this reading.

“The Incas [made laws] always with the intent of applying them to anyone who dared break them…[According to one Inca ruler] He who kills another… condemns himself to death…Thieves are in no way to be permitted;…wherefore it is only right that thieves should be hanged…Judges who secretly take gifts from litigants and suitors should be regarded as thieves, and as such punished by death.”

-          Garciliaso de la Gama, from Royal Commentaries of the Incas

• The Incas applied their laws only to some individuals

• The Incas applied their laws justly to all individuals regardless of position

• The Incas had no intent of applying their laws to their citizens

• The Incas were unsuccessful in enforcing their laws

What is the Middle Passage?

• It is the middle portion of the triangle trade that references slaves being imported to the Americas.

• It is the portion of the triangle trade that exchanged plants and animals between the Americas and Europe

• It is the middle part of any voyage between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

• It is portion of the triangle trade that exchanged plants and animals between the Americas and Africa

How did importing horses change things in the Americas?

• It spread disease to all the existing cattle.

• It allowed Native Americans to hunt more efficiently

• It lead in an increase in slave trade

• It caused Native Americans to hunt more and farm less