Topic 11: Study Guide - New Global Connections (1415–1796)

One major reason Europeans began exploring was to gain direct access to valuable goods from ________________, such as spices, silks, and gems.

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

New technology that made exploration possible included the ________________ (for direction), the ________________ (for measuring latitude), and stronger ships like ________________.

• compass, astrolabe, caravels

• sextant, barometer, galleons

• chronometer, telescope, junks

• map, quadrant, triremes

Prince Henry of ________________ is remembered for sponsoring voyages and setting up schools to improve __________ ________ and mapmaking.

• Portugal, navigation skills

• Spain, sailing skills

• England, trading skills

• France, exploration skills

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain. He thought he reached ____________________, but he actually landed in the ____________________.

• Asia, Caribbean

• Africa, Europe

• Australia, Africa

• India, Australia

The Treaty of ____________________ (1494) divided the world between Spain (lands to the ____________________) and Portugal (lands to the ____________________).

• Tordesillas, west, east

• Versailles, north, south

• Paris, east, west

• Utrecht, south, north

Magellan led the first voyage to sail around the world. Though he was killed in the ________, his crew completed the journey.

• Philippines

• Caribbean

• Mediterranean

• Atlantic

Encomienda – Spanish system where Indigenous people were forced to ____________________.

• work

• vote

• travel

• own land

Bartolomé de Las Casas – A Spanish priest who spoke out against the harsh treatment of ____________________.

• Indigenous people

• Spanish royalty

• African traders

• European settlers

Triangular Trade – Three-part trade route between ____________________, ____________________, and the ____________________.

• Europe; Africa; Americas

• Asia; Europe; Australia

• Africa; Asia; Antarctica

• North America; South America; Australia

Mestizos – People of mixed ____________________ and ____________________ descent.

• European; Indigenous

• African; Asian

• European; African

• Indigenous; Asian