What nation sponsored the first successful circumnavigation of the globe?

The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494,

In the mid-1600s, which nation captured Malacca from the Portuguese and developed a monopoly on trade in the Spice Islands?

Sixteenth-century Spanish colonial holdings in America included all of the following EXCEPT

To rule China effectively after seizing Beijing in 1644, the Manchus

What term means “great names” and referred to the Japanese noble families of the fourteenth and fifteenth?

The Moluccas were known to Europeans as the

When the first European traders arrived in the 1500s, the Japanese responded by

The Forbidden City was

All of the following contributed to the downfall of the Ming dynasty EXCEPT

Who aided the European powers in exploiting the Native Americans?

Which explorer is remembered as the first to circumnavigate the globe?

Which of the following believed he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas?

What was the Japanese name for the heads of noble families?

The southern tip of Africa became known as the Cape of Good Hope because

How did the Chinese economy fare under the Qing dynasty?

The Line of Demarcation divided world trade and exploration rights between the

In the 1400s, Europeans searched for new trade routes to obtain valuable spices that came mainly from

Between 1500 and 1800, 85 percent of Chinese people were

The voyage to Calicut by Vasco da Gama soon led to the creation of a vast trading empire for

Vasco da Gama’s discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be

The first Europeans to challenge Portuguese domination of Asian trade were the

Which rulers completed the restoration of central authority in Japan in the early 1600s?

“Most powerful sovereigns: all of Christendom should hold great celebrations, and especially God’s Church, for the finding of such a multitude of such friendly peoples, which with very little effort will be converted to our Holy Faith, and so many lands filled with so many goods very necessary to us in which all Christians will have comfort and profits, all of which was unknown nor did anyone speak of it except in fables.”—Letter from Christopher Columbus, March 4, 1493 What did Columbus intend to do with the natives he describes in this letter?

Who led the Ming dynasty’s naval voyages of exploration?