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Age of exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Europeans main motives for making voyages of exploration? | (3 g's) god, glory, gold |
| Which European country was the leader in developing and applying 15th century sailing innovations? | Portugal |
| Why was zheng he important? | He led 7 Chinese overseas |
| Why was the caravel an important development in navigation? | Sailed against the wind |
| How did prince henry of Portugal influence exploration? | Founded a navigation school & he was the most enthusiastic supporter |
| Who captained the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa ? | Bartolomeu dias |
| What was the purpose of the treaty of tordesillas signed by Portugal & Spain? | To decrease conflict over claiming of new lands |
| What region did the Netherlands have the majority of its trading post? | East indies |
| How many years after China began voyages of exploration did Portugal conquer the city of Ceuta in north Africa ? | 10 years |
| How many years did it take Europeans to reach Japan after they conquered Ceuta? | 128 years |
| Which European nation had the latest entry into the Asian trade? | French |
| How many years after portugal gained control of the strait of Malacca did the Netherlands seize the port? | 108 years |
| Which event happened before the other events in china ? | Mongols driven out |
| What was the main economic activity in new France? | Building a fur Trade |
| Who conquered the Aztec empire? | Hernando corles |
| What helped to increase the slave trade in Africa during the seventh century? | Spread of Islam to africa |
| What aided the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs? | Larger forces |
| why did the English want to take control of new netherland | New netherland separated englands northern and southern colonies |
| what was one result of the loss of native life to diease | Shortage of labor |
| Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor that native americans | Africans were strangers in the Americas, so they wouldn't have allies or places to hide |
| How did slavery in African and Muslim societies differ from sla ery inamerica | Slavery was not heraditory |
| As part of the Columbian exchange what was carried west across the atlantic | live stock |
| what did the encomienda system provide for new spain | cheap labor source |
| how was Africa affected by the atlantic slave trades | culture loss, familes torn apart |
| According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth | sell more goods then it buys |
| what was the purpose of the most of the joint stock companies of the 1500 & 1600's | funding colonies in america |
| what was one effect in Europe of the financial success of American colonies | prices of goods increased |