Exploration Quiz

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Which of these was NOT a reason that Europeans started to sponsor overseas exploration during the 1400s?

Overpopulation in Europe

Converting other cultures to Christianity

The chance at fame

Becoming wealthy

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Which choice lists two technologies that enabled Europeans to begin exploring overseas?

Antibiotics and quinine

Guns and metal armor

Encomiendas and plantations

Astrolabe and caravel

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Which Portuguese royal sponsored the country's first expeditions down the African coastline?

Alfonso I

Henry the Navigator

Ferdinand I

Henry VIII

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Under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, what part of the world was granted to Spain?

Brazil and all of the Old World

All of the American continent west of Brazil

The Philippines, Indonesia, and the Spice Islands

Coastal India

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What private business was established to manage the colonial territory of the Netherlands?

Dutch East India Company

British East India Company

Dittler Bros. Printing

Amazon

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Following Ferdinand Magellan's travel there, which country conquered and colonized the islands now known as The Philippines?

Great Britain

Spain

France

Portugal

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Which answer best reflects the reason Portugal could not create a land empire in India?

Japan successfully conquered India before Portugal

European technology was inferior to Indian technology

The Mughal Empire was too large and powerful for Portugal to defeat

Wars in Europe prevented the Portuguese from dedicating enough resources to India

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How did the actions of Lord Macartney permanently impact the Britain-China relationship?

His actions led to a complete British conquest of China

His actions did nothing to change the relationship

His actions made the two formal allies

His actions effectively ended trading between the two

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Which of these was the ruling clan that started the long period of Japanese isolation known as sakoku?

Tokugawa

Edo

Mitsubishi

Nobununga

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What was the single largest contributing factor to the massive decline of native populations following the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas?

Enslavement of natives on encomiendas

Horse trampling

Superior weaponry

Epidemic disease

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The Aztec Empire was conquered and its capital Tenochtitlan was burnt by which Spaniard?

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Pizarro

Vasco de Gama

Walter Raleigh

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The Inca Empire was conquered by which Spaniard?

Walter Raleigh

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Pizzaro

Vasco de Gama

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Through the encomienda system, which group was first forced into labor in New Spain?

Africans

English prisoners of war

Lower-class Spaniards

Native Americans

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"The reader may ask himself if this is not cruelty and injustice of a kind so terrible that it beggars the imagination, and whether these poor people would not fare far better if they were entrusted to the devils in Hell than they do at the hands of the devils of the New World who masquerade as Christians."

- Bartolome de las Casas

This quote reflects las Casas' deep criticisms of what aspect of Spanish colonization?

Strict control of colonial trade

Forced Native American labor under the encomienda system

Forced conversion of Native Americans to Christianity

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Which modern city sits on the same site once occupied by the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?

Juarez

Lima

Rio de Janeiro

Mexico City

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Choose ONE of the two following prompts to answer:

1. Identify and explain a reason why Europeans began to explore the world in the 1400s.

2. Briefly describe how either China or Japan reacted to the arrival of the Europeans during the period 1400-1700.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Dutch East India Company		Series of land trade routes connecting China to Europe through the Middle East.
Lord Macartney		First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe.
Macau		Wealthy and powerful Muslim state that ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India.
Tokugawa Shogunate		Strategically located city in Indonesia; both Portugal and the Netherlands conquered it to take control of the spice trade.
Ferdinand Magellan		Portuguese missionary who adopted Chinese customs in an effort to convert upper class Chinese to Catholicism.
isolationism		British diplomat who, by refusing to kowtow to the Chinese emperor, ruined the potential trade relationship between Britain and China in the 1790s.
Mughal Empire		National policy of noninvolvement with other countries or international affairs.
Matteo Ricci		Japanese military government that ended years of civil conflict, centralized power, and banned foreigners.
Silk Road		Territory off the southern coast of China that was colonized and administered by Portugal.
Malacca		Government-chartered company created to manage the Netherlands' colonies.

Exploration Quiz

Which of these was NOT a reason that Europeans started to sponsor overseas exploration during the 1400s?

Which choice lists two technologies that enabled Europeans to begin exploring overseas?

Which Portuguese royal sponsored the country's first expeditions down the African coastline?

Under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, what part of the world was granted to Spain?

What private business was established to manage the colonial territory of the Netherlands?

Following Ferdinand Magellan's travel there, which country conquered and colonized the islands now known as The Philippines?

Which answer best reflects the reason Portugal could not create a land empire in India?

How did the actions of Lord Macartney permanently impact the Britain-China relationship?

Which of these was the ruling clan that started the long period of Japanese isolation known as sakoku?

What was the single largest contributing factor to the massive decline of native populations following the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas?

The Aztec Empire was conquered and its capital Tenochtitlan was burnt by which Spaniard?

The Inca Empire was conquered by which Spaniard?

Through the encomienda system, which group was first forced into labor in New Spain?

Which modern city sits on the same site once occupied by the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?

Choose ONE of the two following prompts to answer:1. Identify and explain a reason why Europeans began to explore the world in the 1400s.2. Briefly describe how either China or Japan reacted to the arrival of the Europeans during the period 1400-1700.

Which of these was NOT a reason that Europeans started to sponsor overseas exploration during the 1400s?

Which choice lists two technologies that enabled Europeans to begin exploring overseas?

Which Portuguese royal sponsored the country's first expeditions down the African coastline?

Under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, what part of the world was granted to Spain?

What private business was established to manage the colonial territory of the Netherlands?

Following Ferdinand Magellan's travel there, which country conquered and colonized the islands now known as The Philippines?

Which answer best reflects the reason Portugal could not create a land empire in India?

How did the actions of Lord Macartney permanently impact the Britain-China relationship?

Which of these was the ruling clan that started the long period of Japanese isolation known as sakoku?

What was the single largest contributing factor to the massive decline of native populations following the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas?

The Aztec Empire was conquered and its capital Tenochtitlan was burnt by which Spaniard?

The Inca Empire was conquered by which Spaniard?

Through the encomienda system, which group was first forced into labor in New Spain?

Which modern city sits on the same site once occupied by the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?

Choose ONE of the two following prompts to answer:1. Identify and explain a reason why Europeans began to explore the world in the 1400s.2. Briefly describe how either China or Japan reacted to the arrival of the Europeans during the period 1400-1700.

Choose ONE of the two following prompts to answer:

1. Identify and explain a reason why Europeans began to explore the world in the 1400s.

2. Briefly describe how either China or Japan reacted to the arrival of the Europeans during the period 1400-1700.

Choose ONE of the two following prompts to answer:

1. Identify and explain a reason why Europeans began to explore the world in the 1400s.

2. Briefly describe how either China or Japan reacted to the arrival of the Europeans during the period 1400-1700.