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WorksheetsReview - Early European Expansion & Chap 1 Secs 4 & 5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which Chinese dynasty launched the voyages led by the eunuch admiral, Zheng He?
Yuan
Zhou
Qing
Ming
For much of the period before, during, and after the Ming era, what was China’s fundamental view towards international trade?
international trade was unnecessary and should only conducted in any small measure out of China’s benevolence to inferior nations and peoples
international trade not only desirable but necessary so China could attain wealth without resorting to heavy taxation of its peasantry
international trade was inherently desirable based on Confucian ideals of free trade and respect for the merchant class
international trade was desirable as the key source of importing eunuchs to serve in the imperial court
What was the ultimate purpose behind the voyages led by the eunuch admiral Zheng He?
to search for and locate the escaped nephew of the Yongle emperor
to conquer the known world via amphibious assaults
to demonstrate the superiority of Chinese culture and civilization to observers abroad as well as within China
to explore the unknown world in an effort to satisfy China’s inherent curiosity
What animal did one of the Ming voyages bring back to China, which officials subsequently identified as a qilin (which appears only at times of good governance)?
a zebra
a giraffe
a lion
a bear
Which of the following is noted in the lecture as a key shortcoming of the Mughal Empire in its eventually falling behind Western Europe in the early stages of European expansion?
internal disunity caused by the Mughal’s status as despotic outsiders
inability to ever develop an oceangoing fleet of any magnitude
both option 1 & 2
neither option 1 nor 2
What did the Ottomans accomplish in 1453?
the conquest of Constantinople
the discovery of the New World
a cure for the Black Death
the conquest of Ming China
Which of the following best describes Europe in the era prior to European expansion?
internally wealthy & self-sufficient
ideologically constrained by Confucianism
politically fragmented
uninterested in wealth & luxury goods in the East
Check the 2 nation's that began the process of European expansion
France
England
Portugal
Germany
Spain
In what year did Portugal’s Prince Henry “the Navigator” conquer Ceuta and, in the process, begin roughly five centuries of European overseas expansion?
1453
1415
1492
1498
By what other name is the post-1492 biological exchange between the “Old World” and the “New World” of plants, animals, and diseases known as?
“the Da Gama Exchange”
“the Spanish Connection”
“the Columbian Exchange”
“the Columbian Curse”
What special type of new ship enabled European explorers to sail across huge oceans and up small rivers?
galley
caravel
submarine
dreadnaught
What is the name of the explorer who first found a sea route from Europe to India?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Leif Eriksson
Vasco da Gama
What Mughal emperor laid the groundwork for Mughal decline by attempting to centralize authority and spread Islam throughout India?
Aurangzeb
Babur
Shah Jahan
Akbar
Which of the following people opposed the idea of enslaving Indians?
Francisco Pizarro
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Who were the Tainos?
the native peoples of modern Mexico who were conquered by Cortes
the native peoples Da Gama encountered in India
the native peoples of modern Peru who were conquered by Pizarro
the native peoples first encountered by Columbus
