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History Exam

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Who was Zhenghe Zheng He was a Muslim Chinese admiral during the Ming Dynasty who led major sea voyages.
3. Why were Zheng He’s voyages important? They expanded trade, increased Ming power, and strengthened connections across Southeast Asia, Arabia, and East Africa.
4. What unusual animal did Zheng He bring back to China? A giraffe.
5. What were the three main motives for European exploration? God, Gold, and Glory.
6. Why did Europeans want a sea route to Asia? To trade spices and goods without going through Muslim-controlled land routes.
7. Who was Prince Henry the Navigator? A Portuguese prince who sponsored exploration of West Africa.
8. What major trade developed from Portuguese exploration of Africa? The Atlantic slave trade.
9. What did Vasco da Gama accomplish? He found a sea route around Africa to India (1497).
Why was Vasco de Gamas route important It allowed direct spice trade between Europe and India.
11. What city did Albuquerque conquer in 1511? Malacca
12. Why was Malacca important? It controlled the spice trade in Southeast Asia.
13. Who funded Columbus’s voyage? Queen Isabella of Spain.
14. What was Columbus searching for? Gold and a faster route to India.
15. Which Indigenous groups did Columbus encounter? The Taino and Carib.
16. How did Columbus treat Indigenous people? He enslaved and mistreated them.
17. What was the Encomienda System? A Spanish system that forced Indigenous people into hard labor.
18. What major impact did European contact have on Native populations? Disease (smallpox, measles, typhus) killed millions.
19. Who was Bartolomé de las Casas? A Spanish priest who protested the mistreatment of Indigenous people.
20. What was Magellan’s major achievement? His expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
21. Did Magellan survive the journey? No, he was killed in the Philippines.
22. What empire did Hernán Cortés conquer? The Aztec Empire.
23. Who was the Aztec ruler when Cortés arrived? Montezuma
24. Why were the Aztecs able to be defeated? Spanish weapons, alliances, and disease.
25. What was the “Fifth Sun”? The belief that the world had been destroyed four times before.
26. Why did the Aztecs practice human sacrifice? They believed it kept the world from ending.
27. What was the Columbian Exchange? The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people between Europe and the Americas.
28. Name one major disease brought to the Americas. Smallpox
29. Who was Mansa Musa? The wealthy ruler of Mali in the 1300s.
30. What religion did Mansa Musa promote? Islam
31. What was the Middle Passage? The forced transport of enslaved Africans to the Americas.
32. What were conditions like on slave ships? Crowded, unsanitary, disease-filled, and deadly.
33. Who conquered Constantinople in 1453? Mehmed II.
34. What happened to the Byzantine Empire after 1453? It ended.
35. Who were the Janissaries? Christian boys taken and trained as elite Ottoman soldiers.
36. What was the Timar System? A system where soldiers were given land for military service.
37. Who ruled the Ottoman Empire at its peak? Suleiman the Magnificent.
38. What religious tension existed in the Mughal Empire? Muslim rulers governed a mostly Hindu population.
39. What was the goal of the British East India Company? Economic profit and trade control.
40. Who led resistance during the Java War? Prince Diponegoro.
41. Why did the Java War begin? The Dutch gained political and economic control of Java.
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