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VCHSAPWH 14 & 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between | Spain and Portugal |
| An area of dispute between Portugal and Spain despite the Treaty of Tordesillas was who had claim to the spice trade from | Molucca |
| What did the Portuguese trade with the kingdom of Benin? | Copper; Textiles; Glass beads; Horses |
| The powerful West African kingdom of Benin limited its contacts with the Portuguese by: | refusing to accept Catholicism; declining offers to receive missionaries; closing the market in male slaves |
| The most profitable and strongest colonization by Europe was in | the Americas |
| The first Portuguese who landed in India were greeted with | derisive laughter |
| The Portuguese gained control of the eastern Indian Ocean through | conquest |
| The Portuguese base in China was at | Macao |
| The result of Portuguese domination of Indian Ocean trade routes was | all of these |
| The difference between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire was that | the Spanish Empire was a territorial empire |
| The first Amerindians to contact the Spanish were the | Arawaks |
| Conquistador means | conqueror |
| Cortés had which advantages in conquering the Aztecs? | An alliance with the Tlaxcalans; Firearms and horses; The Aztecs had only recently established their empire at the expense of other tribes; Smallpox |
| Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire with | 180 men |
| The vessels of the Indian Ocean were called: | dhows |
| How did the rise of medieval Islam give trade in the Indian Ocean an important boost? | The Muslim cities in the Middle East provided a demand for commodities;Networks of Muslim traders tied the region together;The Muslim traders shared a common ethnic language and law; Muslim traders actively spread their religion to distant trading cities |
| The Ming Empire attempted to create new Indian Ocean contacts by | sending out seven imperial fleets between 1405 and 1433 |
| Which of the following statements is not true of Chinese-African contacts circa 1415-1433? | Many cultural misunderstandings led to the Sino-African War |
| The Chinese treasure ships of Zheng He carried | silk; metals; and other valuable goods as gifts for distant rulers |
| Why did the Ming court suspend the voyages of Zheng He? | The government believed that little could be gained by exploring |
| In Europe's later Middle Ages the rapid growth of industry resulted in environmental changes; which was not among them | The extinction of many animal species |
| The continued growth of trade and manufacturing after 1200 resulted in | The growth of urban areas in the Latin West |
| The growth of metal working industries in the Middle Ages was to many reasons including | improved mining techniques from Central Europe |
| The crucial factor to the growth of cities was | increased trade |
| Marco Polo's goal was to | travel to the Mongol capita |
| The predominant city for trade with the Far East during the Middle Ages was | Venice |
| Which of the following is not true of trading cities in Europe during the Middle Ages | They were unable to produce products to compete with Asian products |
| An early motivation for Portuguese maritime exploration was to | gain access to the sub-Saharan gold trade |
| Prince Henry of Portugal was known as Henry the Navigator because | he devoted his life to promoting exploration |
| The explicit goal of Portuguese explorers was to | find a passage to India |
| When Portugal began making a significant income from Africa it began to issue | gold coins called cruzados |
| Two important navigational technologies the magnetic compass and the astrolabe | were of Chinese and Arab or Greek origin respectively |
| The Portuguese contribution to shipbuilding technology was the creation of the | caravel |
| The advantage of the caravel was that it was | fast; maneuverable; a good fighting ship; strong |
| An important addition to the maritime revolution was | learning to speedily return by sailing northwest to ride westerly winds |
| The first Portuguese explorer to purchase the rights of exploration of Africa was | Fernão Gomes |
| The first financial return from the Portuguese voyages came from | the slave trade |
| The first Portuguese explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa and view the Indian Ocean was | Bartolomeu Dias |
| In 1500 | what did Portuguese mariners discover while attempting to find a favorable wind around Africa |
| Christopher Columbus was from | Genoa |
| Columbus insisted that he had reached | the Indian Ocean |
| What official role did the Catholic Church play in the persecution of Jews in medieval Europe? | It played no official role in the persecution |
| A guild was | an association of craft specialists from the same trade |
| One of the most significant growth industries in the 14th century was | merchant banking |
| The Hanseatic League was based in | Germany |
| Which of the following is true of merchant banking in the fifteenth century? | Checking accounts; shareholding companies; money changing; loans; and investments were offered as services |
| What "architectural wonder" first made its appearance in France on or about the year 1140 CE? | Gothic cathedrals |
| Which of the following is not a distinctive feature of the Gothic cathedral? | Domes |
| The Renaissance began in | northern Italy |
| Some of the "lost knowledge" of the Greek and Arab world came into the Latin West through | the recapture of southern Italy from the Byzantines and of Sicily and Toledo from the Muslims |
| Before they were expelled in 1492 | the largest population of Jews in the West was found in |
| The two new religious orders in the 13th century that lent themselves to teaching were | Dominican and Franciscans |
| In the universities of the Latin West | all courses were taught in |
| The most notable work in Scholasticism | the Summa Theologica |
| Which of the following does not describe the Divine Comedy | It was written in Latin like most literature of the time |
| What percentage of the western European population was rural during the late Middle Ages | 90% |
| Western Europeans of the later Middle Ages referred to themselves as | Latins |
| Cause of the end of serfdom in western Europe | the black death |
| The Bubonic Plague was brought to Europe by | Genoese traders |
| The three-field system was | an agricultural method |
| The Black Death killed | one out of three western Europeans |
| Windmills and watermills | has long been common in the Islamic world |
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