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WorksheetsWORLD HISTORY AGE OF EXPLORATION CH17
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
a ship invented by the Portuguese that made
it possible to travel long distances
mita
encomienda
caravel
peninsulares
leaders in the Spanish conquest of
the Americas
peninsulares
conquistadors
Prince Henry the Navigator
mita
seventeenth-century economic theory that
held that the prosperity of a nation depended
on a large supply of gold and silver
mercantilism
Columbian Exchange
encomienda
Middle Passage
sponsored the first Portuguese fleets to
explore the west coast of Africa
Prince Henry the Navigator
Ferdinand of Aragon
Isabella of Castille
Henry VIII of England
exchange of plants and animals between
Europe and the Americas
encomienda
economics
Stock Exchange
Columbian Exchange
forced voyage of enslaved Africans across
the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Final Passage
Doomed Passage
Middle Passage
Death Passage
settlement of people living in a new territory,
linked with the parent country by trade and
direct government control
colony
village
fort
tribe
Spanish and Portuguese officials who resided
temporarily in Latin America
encomiendores
peninsulares
conquistadors
legislators
forced labor system used by the Spanish in
colonial Latin America
mita
encomienda
slavery
indentured servitude
forced labor system used in colonial Peru to
draft indigenous workers to work in silver
mines
mita
encomienda
slavery
indentured servitude
Vasco da Gama’s discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be
very profitable, since da Gama returned with a valuable cargo of spices.
far too costly to be sailed on a regular basis.
useless because of the difficulties and expenses of making the trip.
too long to be repeated because the route by sea took longer than it would have taken
by land.
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494
put an end to warfare between Portugal and Spain.
established a line between territories controlled by Spain and those controlled by Portugal.
ended violence between Portuguese and Muslim spice traders.
made Portuguese the official language of the Americas.
The conquistadors’ main advantage over the Aztec and Inca Empires was their
knowledge of the territory.
vast army size.
types of weaponry.
superior intelligence.
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
importing more goods rather than exporting.
a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
conquering new territories and settling them.
finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor.
The Dutch competed successfully for trade in Asia because of the
geographic location of the Dutch Republic, making it easier for the Dutch to get to Asia than for the Portuguese to do so.
use of enslaved people by the Dutch traders.
development of a new ship along with the growth of mercantilism in the Dutch Republic.
Dutch Republic’s use of Portugal’s caravels for swift travel and large cargoes.
Why were enslaved Africans needed in the Caribbean islands?
Importing and paying Europeans for labor kept the existing balance of trade.
Growing sugarcane was familiar to Africans.
Spain respected Native Americans and did not want to enslave them.
The Native American population was small due to diseases brought from Europe.
Why could only peninsulares hold important government positions in Latin America?
Native American people chose the peninsulares as their leaders.
Only peninsulares were educated enough to govern.
Each colony in Latin America chose to elect peninsulares to the highest offices.
Peninsulares were born in the parent countries that founded their colonies.
Social class in Latin America in the 1500s was based on
labor.
earnings.
status.
intelligence.
How did the Portuguese and Spanish make money from their Latin American colonies?
farming and mining
buying and selling land
selling enslaved people
governing the colonies
Why did the Catholic Church have so much influence in Latin America?
The Catholic Church gave Native Americans food and clothing.
Spanish and Portuguese rulers wanted Native Americans to become Catholic.
The missions were well organized and profitable.
Native Americans became docile members of the Spanish and Portuguese empires.
