Question 1

Most important trade good from the East?

Accepted Answer

Spices

Answer

Silk

Answer

Tea

Answer

Porcelain

Question 2

What country led overseas exploration,  largely due to Prince Henry the Navigator?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Answer

the Netherlands

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Italy

Answer

Spain

Question 3

Dias was the first to sail what route?

Accepted Answer

around the Southern tip of Africa

Answer

across the Indian Ocean

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along the west coast of Africa

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west across the Atlantic

Question 4

Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first?

Accepted Answer

an island in the Caribbean Sea

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the eastern coast of N. America

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the coast of Panama

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the southern tip of S. America

Question 5

What are the 3 Gs that pertain to exploration?

Accepted Answer

God, gold and glory

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God, glory and guns

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God, glory and giving

Answer

Gold, glory and guns

Question 6

Explorer who claimed Brazil for Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Cabral

Answer

Dias

Answer

Cortes

Answer

deGama

Question 7

This explorer's expedition was the first to sail around the world.

Accepted Answer

Magellan

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Cabral

Answer

deGama

Answer

Dias

Question 8

Why did the Portugese want to capture the straits of Hormuz and Mallaca?

Accepted Answer

They wanted to cut off Muslim traders.

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They were scenic places.

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They were rich places.

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They had important religious shrines.

Question 9

As part of the Columbian Exchange, which was carried WEST across the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

livestock

Answer

potatoes

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tobacco

Answer

tomatoes

Question 10

What did da Gama succeed in gaining for Portugal?

Accepted Answer

a sea route between Portugal and India

Answer

profitable trade with the Philippines.

Answer

control of the Spice Islands

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a sea route between Portugal and China

Question 11

The Treaty of Tordesillas established a boundary between which two regions?

Accepted Answer

new lands Portugal could claim and those Spain could claim

Answer

claimed and unclaimed lands

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the part of the world under the pope's control and the part that was not.

Answer

Portugal and Spain

Question 12

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

Accepted Answer

Cortes

Answer

Babloa

Answer

Pizarro

Answer

Vespucci

Question 13

Which of the following did NOT aid the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

larger forces

Answer

superior weapons

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disease

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native enemies

Question 14

What did the economienda system provide for New Spain?

Accepted Answer

a cheap labor source

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military protection

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more land

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more settlers

Question 15

Which European country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Spain

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England

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France

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the Netherlands

Question 16

Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor than Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

Africans were strangers in the Americas, so they wouldn't have allies or places to hide.

Answer

Africans had complete immunity to all diseases.

Answer

Africans were already Christians.

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They had no experience in farming, so they could be trained.

Question 17

How was Africa affected by the Atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Many cultures lost their fittest members, and families were torn apart.

Answer

Kings were able to stop rebellions with the firearms they received.

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All African countries prospered from the trade and became world powers.

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It became safer because they traded away their criminals.

Question 18

In feudal Japan, who were the daimyo?

Accepted Answer

warlords

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emperors

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peasant foot soldiers

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religious leaders

Question 19

Kabuki is a type of ...

Accepted Answer

drama

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music

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poetry

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religion

Question 20

The person who finally united Japan was...

Accepted Answer

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer

Oda Nobunaga

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Matsuo Basho

Answer

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Question 21

Tokugawa Ieyasu used the "alternate attendance" policy to control the...

Accepted Answer

daimyo

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merchants

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peasants

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foreign traders

Question 22

The Tokugawa Shogunate was a type of...

Accepted Answer

military government

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religious authority

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cultural institution

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commercial partnership

Question 23

Once unified by the Shoguns, was Japan more isolated or open?

Accepted Answer

Isolated

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Open

Question 24

What type of policy did Japan institute to control foreign trade?

Accepted Answer

a closed country policy

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a policy of colonization

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a policy of persecution

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a Zen Buddhist policy

Question 25

Why was the caravel an important development in navigation?

Accepted Answer

It was able to sail against the wind.

Answer

It was able to sail in shallow waters.

Answer

It was able to carry a large crew.

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It was able to withstand strong storms.

Question 26

Why was Magellan himself unable to accomplish his mission of sailing around the world?

Accepted Answer

He was killed in the Philippines.

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He died in a shipwreck.

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He starved to death.

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He had to turn around due to high seas.

Question 27

A mestizo is a combination of what two cultures?

Accepted Answer

Native + European

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Muslim + Spanish

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Chinese + Native

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Native + American

Question 28

Who captured Africans during the slave trade?

Accepted Answer

other Africans

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Spanish

Answer

Chinese

Answer

Portugese

Question 29

What is Quetzalcoatl?

Accepted Answer

An Aztec god who they believed would appear as a pale-faced, dark-bearded man

Answer

A nickname for Cortes

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An Aztec prayer ritual

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A form of Aztec corn

Question 30

What was brought on the ship during the first leg of the triangular trade from Europe to Africa?

Accepted Answer

manufactured goods

Answer

slaves

Answer

raw materials

Question 31

What was brought on the ship on the second leg of the triangular trade from Africa to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

human cargo (slaves)

Answer

manufactured goods

Answer

raw materials

Question 32

What was brought on the ship during the final leg of the triangular trade from the Americas to Europe?

Accepted Answer

raw materials

Answer

manufactured goods

Answer

human cargo (slaves)

Question 33

What three things made sea exploration possible in the late 1400s?

Accepted Answer

triangular sails (caravels), sextant, compass

Answer

sextant, compass, Doppler radar

Answer

caravels, frozen food, compass

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