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First Global Era Trade Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the names of the European vessels that incorporated the lateen sail in their design?

a)

Carrack and Caravel

b)

Wind Rose and Carriera

c)

Zheng He and Ibn Battuta

d)

Chronometer and Compass

2.

What technology was useful for navigators because it helped them determine longitude on the open seas?

a)

Chronometer

b)

Wind Rose

c)

Sextant

d)

Manilla Galleon

3.

What technology was useful because it helped navigators record wind patterns and find faster routes across the oceans?

a)

Wind Rose

b)

Sextant

c)

Chronometer

d)

Caravel

4.

Merchants from which European country controlled the spice trade in cloves, nutmeg and mace, by the early 17th century?

a)

Dutch Merchants from the Netherlands

b)

Portuguese Merchants from Portugal

c)

Spanish Merchants from Spain

d)

English Merchants from England

5.

What did Europeans give to Asian merchants in exchange for expensive luxuries like spices and tea?

a)

Gold and Silver

b)

Mustard and Barley

c)

Horses and Pigs

d)

Clothing and Porcelain

6.

Where did the Spanish and Portuguese get the massive quantities of Silver used for trade in the Indian Ocean network?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Spain

d)

South America

7.

What items did European merchants trade for in Africa to use in the Indian Ocean Trade network?

a)

Gold and Ivory

b)

Silver and Mace

c)

Pepper and tea

d)

Cotton and Clothing

8.

Where did the major production of cotton and cotton clothing take place during the First Global Era?

a)

East Africa

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Japan

9.

What was Vasco da Gama's "claim to fame?"

a)

First European to sail to Cape of Good Hope

b)

First European to sail around Africa to India

c)

First sailor to travel in the Indian Ocean

d)

First European to travel to the Americas

10.

What was goal of Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Dutch East India Company?

a)

Mine gold and silver from South America.

b)

Gain access to Chinese ports

c)

Trade cotton from India to Europe

d)

Control the spice trade in Indonesia.