The Age of Colonialism

_____ is the policy and practice of a strong nation extending its power over a weaker nation or vulnerable territory through direct control.

• Renaissance

• Colonialism

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Dictatorship

Which of these names was not a European who gained prominence during the Age of Discovery?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• James Cook

• John Smith

The Mundus Novus is _____.

• the Age of Discovery

• the Treaty of Tordesillas

• the "New World"

• the Strait of All Saints

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The period where Europeans experienced a revival of culture and interest in the arts, literature, and science is _____.

• the Age of Discovery

• the Renaissance

• Mundus Novus

• from 14th to 17th centuries

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Why were European nations motivated to discover and colonize new lands?

• the influence of mercantilism

• the lure of world domination and power

• to promote Western culture and Roman Catholicism

• to control economic resources

Mercantilism is _____.

• the policy and practice of a nation extending power over a weaker nation through direct control.

• an economic theory that states that the strength of a country is based on the amount of resources it can obtain from its colonies.

• progress in sea navigation and maritime technology that allows nations to trade products.

• a revival in culture, and interest in the arts, literature, and science.

The Treaty of Tordesillas was _____.

• an agreement between Spain and Portugal that set a demarcation line dividing each nation's influence over the Moluccas Islands.

• an agreement between the Portuguese and the Turks that divided the trade routes into equal and fair passageways.

• an agreement between Spain and the Netherlands that maintained peaceful and harmonious trade relations with the Japanese.

• an agreement between Portugal and Spain that set a demarcation line dividing the territories between the two nations.

The only country that maintained trade relations with the Japanese in the 17th century was the _____.

• Netherlands

• Great Britain

• Portugal

• Spain

Which of the following was NOT a colonized area under Portugal?

• India

• Peru

• Africa

• Brazil

Which of the following was NOT colonized by Spain?

• Asia

• Puerto Rico

• Peru

• Cuba