Exploration and Maritime Trade Quiz

What technological developments from the 1200 to 1450 time period facilitated trade?

• Advances in medicine

• Innovations in ship designs

• Invention of the printing press

• Discovery of new constellations

Where were many of these innovations developed?

• India

• Africa

• China

• Europe

What cross-cultural interactions allowed the transfer of this technology during the 1200 to 1450 time period?

• Mongol invasions

• Crusades

• Diasporic merchant communities

• Expansion of empires

What technology facilitated trade in the 1200 to 1450 time period?

• Lateen Sails & Dhow Ships

• Magnetic compass

• Moveable type

• Astronomical charts

What were some causes of technological transfers from the 1100 to 1600 time period?

• Missionary/crusading zeal

• Summarized often as the “Three G’s” - God, Glory, Gold

• Desire for easy access to Indian Ocean trade

• Increased competition between European states

What changes occurred in the Indian Ocean after the Portuguese arrived?

• Adoption of isolationist trade policies

• Increased trade with Europe

• Establishment of Dutch trading posts

• Overpowering of Arabs, Persians, Indians, and southeast Asians

What factors facilitated the Portuguese entry into Indian Ocean trade?

• Growth of Christianity in Japan

• Desire for commercially viable outposts

• Superior ships and canons

• Development of joint-stock companies

How did Chinese and European motives for maritime exploration differ?

• Both sought to gain prestige for their empires

• Chinese wanted to convince the world of their superiority, Europeans wanted power over neighboring rivals

• Chinese wanted to spread Christianity, Europeans wanted fame and glory

• Both sought access to Indian Ocean trade

What types of technology allowed Europeans to discover the New World and create trading post empires in the Indian Ocean?

• Lateen Sails & Dhow Ships

• Superior ships and canons

• Magnetic compass

• Invention of the printing press

Describe the role of states in the expansion of maritime exploration from 1450 to 1750.

• States banned European merchants and travelers

• States focused on internal conflicts

• States adopted isolationist trade policies

• States sponsored transoceanic maritime exploration