Unit #2: Age of Exploration & Absolutism

What were the two main reasons for European exploration? (Select two answers)

• desire for wealth

• land expansion

• desire to spread Christianity

• the need for new resources

True or False: The Treaty of Tordesillas led to the Dutch and English becoming Indian Ocean trading powers.

• True

• False

Which of the following was NOT one of the three leaders who helped bring Japan under one rule?

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

•  Toyotomi Hideyoshi

• Zheng He

• Oda Nobunaga

What was the significance of Columbus’s voyages?

• They conquered the Aztec Empire

• They became the first to sail around the world

• They conquered the Inca Empire

• The voyages began the process of European colonization of the Americas

True or False: The main economic activity in the colony of New France was fur trading.

Responses

• True

• False

What was the significance of the colony of Jamestown?

• It established a sea route to the Pacific

• It was England’s first permanent North American colony 

• It helped to expand the fur trade

• It allowed the pilgrams to have religious rfreedom

True or False: The triangular trade was trade between Europe, the Americas, and Africa. It brought manufactured goods to Africa, slaves to the Americas, and various American items from the West Indies to North America or from North America to Europe.

• True

• False

What is one of the negative consequences of the Atlantic slave trade in African societies?

• introduction of guns that helped spread war and devastation 

• economic and cultural development

• merchants were forced to develop new trade routes

• cultural blending 

Which of the following was NOT one of the artists or writers of Spain's golden age?

• El Greco

• Diego Velásquez

• Miguel de Cervantes 

• Remedios Varo

Dutch merchants were able to establish a trading empire. What are two reasons for the success of the Dutch in trading. (Select two answers)

• They had very little opposition

• They had the most important bankers in Europe

• They had the devine right of God

• The Dutch had the largest fleet of merchant ships in the world