Unit 3 European Exploration CP Test - Amy Gilstrap | Library

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What were Europeans main motives for making voyages of exploration?

To test new technology

To acquire wealth, get personal glory, and to spread Christianity

To break the Portuguese monopoly on trade

To gain extra land for a growing population

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What effect did the arrival of Europeans have on the native populations?

The new trading routes led to an economic boom for Native Americans

Europeans enslaved Native Americans, who became a long-term source of labor

European diseases had a devastating effect on the native population, killing 95% of them

Native Americans and Europeans peacefully integrated, creating combined societies

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What was Prince Henry the Navigator’s primary goal in sponsoring naval expeditions?

Finding a westward route to the Americas

Finding a direct sea route around Africa to the Indian Ocean

Obtaining West African gold, ivory, and salt

Initiating African slave trade

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What did the discovery of alternate trade routes to Asia affect the Ottoman Empire? 

It weakened European powers

It had no impact on the Ottoman Empire

It made the Ottoman Empire more powerful

It decreased the power of the Ottoman Empire

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How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?

It awakened a spirt of discovery and innovation in Europe

It fostered a belief in the importance of working as a group

It emphasized the importance of converting people to Buddhism

It persuaded Europeans that the pursuit of wealth was all important

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Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations in Latin America? 

Native societies experienced rapid population growth

Europeans nations lost power and prestige in the New World

Large numbers of natives migrated to Europe for a better life

Plantations in the New World used enslaved Africans to replace native population

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Why did European traders send Africans to the Americas?

To work as slaves on plantations

To trade with Native Americans

To spread Islam

To start new colonies

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Which of the following was a major result of the Age of Exploration

A long period of peace and prosperity for the nations of Western Europe

Extensive migration of people from the Western Hemisphere to Europe and Asia

The fall of European national monarchies and the end of the power of the Catholic church

The end of regional isolation and the beginning of a period of European global domination

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Which of the following was the most important factor enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?

The Spanish were able to field larger armies than the Aztecs

The Spanish were able to exploit discontent within the Aztec state to trigger a revolt of the lower classes against the Aztec ruling class

The Spanish were able to form military alliances with other indigenous peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs

The Spanish were able to devise effective countermeasures to the horse cavalry that formed the bulk of the Aztec army

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How did Chinese exploration in the Indian Ocean compare to that of the Europeans

The Chinese used fewer and smaller ships

The Chinese covered shorter distances

Chinese exploration was designed to establish a military presence

Chinese exploration gained strength after the mid-1430s

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A comparison of maritime voyages of the Europeans in the late 15th and 16th centuries with the voyages of China’s Zheng He illustrates which of the following?

The larger and more technologically superior fleets that the Europeans could muster in the 15th century

Europeans had a greater capacity for overseas expansion than the Chinese did at the same time

There was more incentive and long-term support among Europeans for exploration and overseas trade

Importance of the support of the scholar-gentry for maritime voyages in China

Document Based Questions: Read the following selection and answer the questions that follow.
“The different ways in which the Spanish, French, and English explored and colonized the Americas reflect their differing perceptions of the regions. Spanish explorers were enticed to search for legendary cities such as El Dorado, where the streets were said to be paved with gold, and the Seven Cities of Cibola, which allegedly held enormous treasures . . .
French explorers, however, looked at North America as a place where fortunes could be made from the fur trade. Settlements were temporary hunting communities, quite different from English farming colonies, where families have migrated to start a new life in a new land.”

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According to the passage, how did Spanish goals in the Americas differ from the English?

The Spanish established permanent settlements to control the maximum amount of geography.

The Spanish sought riches and treasures.

The Spanish migrated south looking for hunting grounds.

The Spanish established farming colonies to have products to import.

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What was the difference between French and English settlements?

French settlements supported explorers looking for treasures.

French settlements were temporary.

French settlements consisted of large family groups.

French settlements were always surrounded by farm land.

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Match the country to the appropriate set of colonies

		New Amsterdam, East Indies
		New York, Jamestown, India, Australia, 13 Colonies
		Quebec, Montreal, Louisiana Territory
		Central and South America, Philippines
		Brazil, Coastal African colonies

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Which description most closely defines colonization?

The process of building a nation through mutual agreements between neighbors.

The amount of exports compared to the amount of imports a nation has

The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

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This is the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

commercial economy

Mercantilism

Monopoly

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Mercantilism involves all of the following: 

private individuals invest money and earn a profit

Create a favorable balance of trade

government control of all of the profit 

Government policy to collect gold and silver

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What was the result of Portuguese control of the Indian Ocean spice trade?

The Chinese took over trade routes. 

The price of spices went down for Europeans. 

Muslims were not able to buy spices. 

The price of spices went up for Europeans.

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Which of the following were part of the native experience under the Spanish?

taken to Africa to be used as slaves

Taught about issues of equality. 

Had schools and churches built to teach them Spanish ways.

Forced to become Catholic

given land to farm

used as a cheap labor force

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What kind of culture was established in New Amsterdam? 

One that was based soley on religion.

One that accepted different cultures and was religiously tolerant.

One of bigotry and intolerance.

One that required all people to conform to a certain set of ideals. 

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England and the Netherlands each allowed joint-stock companies to operate in Asia.  What powers did the joint-stock companies have?

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What was the name of the first permanant English settlement in North America?

Charlestowne

Roanoke 

Jamestown

Johnstown

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Match the Spanish Colonial Class system to the right descriptions. 

		born in Spain, held highest positions of power.
		children of peninsulares, but they were born in the colonies.
		children of native and Spainish parents.
		children of Spanish and African parents.
		brought from Africa to work on plantations
		used for cheap labor, forced to adopt European ways

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		financed Columbus’ voyages.
		English explorer, went up the from New York up the Hudson River into the what is now Canada.
		Spanish explorer first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama and reach the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
		Helped Pizzaroconquer the Inca and then explored areas from Florida to Mississippi.
		Portuguese prince who started a school of navigation that allowed ship captains, map makers and sailors to share information of their voyages.
		Catholic priest who fought for the rights of native people and wrote about the poor treatment of natives.
		1491-1577 discovered Canada for the French, mapped the St. Lawrence River
		1476-1541 conquered the Inca for Spain
		1485-1547 conquered the Aztecs for Spain
		1460-1524 sailed for Portugal, found a route around the southern tip of Africa to India
		Italian navigator, hired by Spain to find a route to India, found the New World, thought it was India
		Italian cartographer, sailed for Spain, realized the Americas were the new world and not India
		credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world (sailed for Spain, was actually from Portugal)

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