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WHA Unit 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who conquered Peru for Spain? | Francisco Pizarro |
| This European was the first to reach India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. | Vasco da Gama |
| This European was the first to lead an expedition that reached the Pacific Ocean. | Vasco Núñez de Balboa |
| What was the name for the part of the triangular trade network that involved slaves being brought to the Americas? | the Middle Passage |
| Who was the Aztec emperor at the time of Spanish arrival in Mexico? | Moctezuma II |
| What was the caravel? | A light-weight sailing ship invented by the Portuguese in the 1400s. It was fast and easily maneuvered. |
| What was the ultimate goal of early English, Dutch, and French explorers? | to find a passage to Asia |
| Which European country was the first to launch large-scale voyages of exploration? | Portugal |
| What was one thing that killed the Native Americans? | European diseases because they did not have a resistance to them. |
| Why did the Spanish bring Africans to the Americas? | To work on their plantations as slaves. |
| How does a country achieve a favorable trade balance according to mercantilism? | sell more goods than it buys |
| One key to the success of the Ottoman Empire was their | military force |
| Why did the Ottoman Empire gradually decline? | a series of weak sultans came to power who had no experience with governing. |
| What happened to the non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire? | they faced many restrictions |
| The Mughal Empire was located in modern-day | India |
| The Mughal Empire began to decline during the rule of | Aurangzeb |
| What religion did the first shah of the Safavid Empire make the official religion? | Shiism |
| Ming rulers isolated China because | They did not like the foreign influence and wanted to preserve their traditions. |
| What people ended the Ming Dynasty and started the Qing Dynasty? | the Manchu from Manchuria |
| What European was able to have influence in Ming China? | Matteo Ricci |
| Under which ruler did the Ottoman Empire reach its height? | Suleyman I |
| What is a shogun? | The supreme military leader of Japan who ruled int he emperor's name. |
| What is a samurai? | a professional warrior in feudal Japan |
| Why was the Great Wall constructed? | to protect northern China from Mongol invaders |
| How did the Japanese feudal system work? | In exchange for allegiance and military service, the noble landowner gave property or payment to the samurai warrior. |
| Why did Mehmed II want to take over Constantinople? | Because it controlled the Bosporus Strait which was a major trade route between Asia and Europe. This city also divided the Ottoman Empire. |
| What were the positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange? | There was an exchange of various goods, foods, & livestock between Europe & the Americas that were never before seen in each place. A negative result was the Europeans diseases that were not seen in the Americas. These wiped out native populations. |
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