Unit 4 Test Review

Which of the following led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

Potatoes, which are native to South America, became part of the European diet after Europeans began traveling to the Americas. The introduction of the potato to Europe illustrates which term?

• spheres of influence

• chattel slavery

• the Columbian Exchange

• isolationism

How did the voyages of Zheng He of China differ from European voyages during the Age of Discovery?

• Zheng He was not interested in trading for foreign goods, but Europeans sought foreign goods.

• Zheng He used fleets of light ships that could move quickly, but Europeans used large ships that carried many goods.

• Zheng He was searching for gold, but Europeans were searching for fertile land for growing crops.

• Zheng He explored territory unknown to his country, but Europeans had already mapped the places they visited.

What was the goal of Christopher Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean?

• to spread Christianity

• to find an ocean route to Asia

• to mine for gold in South America

• to bring military support to conquistadors

Why did Europeans search for routes to Asia by sea rather than by land? Choose the best answer.

• The desert climate of Southwest Asia made land travel to South Asia and East Asia dangerous.

• The distance of sea routes was shorter than land routes.

• Mongol soldiers patrolled the land routes and killed people who traveled without official permission.

• Islamic empires controlled the land routes between Europe and Asia.

Which of the following was not a major motive for European voyages during the Age of Discovery?

• spreading Christianity

• trading with other regions

• competing with other European countries

• creating a complete map of the world

Which statement best describes the role of seafaring in the societies of Oceania around 1300 CE?

• Seafarers used navies to support their militaries.

• Seafarers searched for a sea route to East Asia.

• Seafarers conducted trade among different islands.

• Seafarers explored other continents and established colonies.

Which of the following does NOT describe how Europeans’ enslavement of Africans in the transatlantic trade of enslaved people differed from slavery that existed in Africa before the 1400s?

• Pre-1400 slavery enslaved men and women, but the transatlantic trade mainly enslaved men.

• The number of people enslaved in the transatlantic trade was much larger than in pre-1400 slavery.

• Pre-1400 enslavers captured only non-African people, but Europeans enslaved people of any race.

What was the primary reason for warfare between the Dutch and the Portuguese in Southeast Asia in the 1500s?

• the Dutch East India Company’s violation of the Treaty of Tordesillas

• competition for control of the spice trade

• conflict between Portuguese Catholic and Dutch Protestant missionaries

• Portuguese pirate raids of Dutch merchant ships

Which of the following led the conquest of the Inca Empire?

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry the Navigator