Warm up 1.31

What event in 1453 shifted the balance of power in Southeast Europe forcing many Europeans to find alternative trade routes around the routes  dominated by Islamic Kingdoms?

• The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans.

• The fall of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming.

• The fall of the Malian Empire to the Songhai.

• The fall of Florence to Barbarians (Spanish & French)

Which Italian city state had an especially strong trade relationship with the Ottoman Empire and would agree with the statement, "the business of Constantinople and the works is no body's business but the Turks"?

• Venice

• Florence

• Milan

• Genoa

What are the two Iberian kingdoms that developed international trade empires at the beginning of the Age of Exploration?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• The Netherlands

This eunuch was an admiral for a series of treasure ship expeditions throughout the Indian Ocean for the Ming Dynasty between 1405-1433?  

• Zheng He

• Xi Jinping

• Deng Xianopi

• Mao Zedong

Following the death of their notable admiral & the Emperor who was a patron of the treasure ship expeditions the Ming Dynasty turned their focus to building what?

• The Great Wall to protect from nomadic invaders.

• Stronger overland trade routes.

• Building warships to subjugate Korea.

Which Portuguese noble was a patron of exploration supporting cartographers at a nautical school at Sagres and various expeditions to find a path to the Indian Ocean & to find the Kingdom of Prester John?

• Prince Henry The Navigator

• King Ferdinand of Aragon

• Queen Isabella of Castille

• Queen Elizabeth of England

Which Portuguese Captain rounded the Cape of Good Hope and voyaged into the Indian Ocean landing in Calicut, India in 1498?

• Vasco De Gama

• Barthome Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

What are the three G's of exploration?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• Lady Gaga

What series of conquest ended in 1492 when Ferdinand and Isabella conquered last portion of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) which then saw the expulsion of all Muslims & Jews from Spain?  

• The Reconquista

• The Crusades

• The Northern Crusades

• The Inquisition