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HIST 112- World Civilization II Chapter_14 Quiz

1. Describe the most important voyages of exploration undertaken by Europeans during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What made them important?

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An Age of Exploration and Expansion



2. Describe the role Muslim merchants played in the expansion of the world trade network at the end of the fifteenth century.

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An Age of Exploration and Expansion



3. What are the pros and cons of European discoveries and conquests of the Americas? How do historians view this process in a wider context?

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The Conquest of the “New World”



4. Compare and contrast Portuguese and Spanish conquests of the Americas. Include a discussion of their different ways of governing their empires.

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The Conquest of the “New World”



5. Discuss the protagonists of the Portuguese explorations, including the factors that led them to undertake their journeys and to ultimately take over the spice trade.

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The Portuguese Maritime Empire



6. How did traditional African practices of slavery change after the arrival of Europeans and their entry into the slave trade? Give specific examples.

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The Slave Trade



7. Discuss the consequences of the voyages of Columbus. Cite the positive and negative results of his exploration of the Americas.

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The Voyages The Spanish Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?



8. Discuss the European impact, positive and negative, on the native populations of Southeast Asia.

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Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade



9. How did Spanish methods of dealing with their new territories in America affect the native populations there?

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The Conquest of the “New World”



10. Discuss the impact of Islam on the native populations of Southeast Asia.

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Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade



11. How, and to what extent, did the arrival of Europeans influence the scope and conduct of the spice trade?

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An Age of Exploration and Expansion The Portuguese Maritime Empire



12. Compare and contrast the impact of the European colonial nations in the Americas with the impact of the West in Southeast Asia. What are the similarities and what are the differences?

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Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade



13. Why was it Western Europe rather than China, the Muslim world, or some other non-Western society who effected the globalization era of the sixteenth century?

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entire Chapter



14. Did "globalization" really begin in the sixteenth century? Why and/or why not? Give specific examples.

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entire Chapter



15. What were the possible factors that allowed some non-western societies to resist or cope with the arrival of Westerners better than others? Give examples.

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entire Chapter



16. How did the arrival of Islam change the previously Buddhist and Hindu societies of Southeast Asia?

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Religion and Kingship



Instructions: Identify the following term(s).


17. Paramesvara

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Islam and the Spice Trade



18. Malacca

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Islam and the Spice Trade



19. Prince Henry the Navigator

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The Portuguese Maritime Empire



20. Vasco da Gama

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Chapter Introduction The Means En Route to India Chapter Summary



21. Songhai

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The Empire of Songhai



22. sternpost rudder

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The Means



23. compass

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The Means



24. New Spain

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The State and the Church in Colonial Latin America



25. creoles

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The State and the Church in Colonial Latin America



26. The Tears of the Indians

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Opposing Viewpoints: The March of Civilization



27. Columbian Exchange

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The Columbian Exchange



28. Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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Opposing Viewpoints: The March of Civilization



29. Sonni Ali

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The Empire of Songhai



30. encomienda

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Exploiting the Riches of the Americas



31. Askia Mohammed

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The Empire of Songhai



32. manioc

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The Effects of the Slave Trade



33. Dom Joao III

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A Plea Between Friends



34. astrolabe

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The Means



35. conquistadors

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The Conquests A New Player: Europe



36. portolani

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The Means



37. caravels

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The Means



38. viceroy

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The State and the Church in Colonial Latin America



39. Afonso da Albuquerque

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The Search for Spices The Portuguese Conquest of Malacca



40. Christopher Columbus

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The Voyages The Spanish Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?



41. Triangular Trade

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Sources of Slaves



42. Pedro Cabral

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The Voyages



43. Hispaniola

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The Voyages



44. Treaty of Tordesillas

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The Spanish



45. Amerigo Vespucci

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The Voyages



46. Hernan Cortes

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The Conquests



47. Moctezuma

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The Conquests



48. Francisco Pizarro

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The Conquests



49. encomienda system

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Exploiting the Riches of the Americas



50. Bartolome de Las Casas

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Exploiting the Riches of the Americas



51. Ferdinand Magellan

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The Spanish



52. Batavia

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The Arrival of the West



53. Dutch East India Company

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The Arrival of the West



54. the VOC

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The Arrival of the West



55. Goa

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The Search for Spices



56. Spice Islands

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The Search for Spices



57. Cape of Good Hope

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En route to India



58. Kilwa, Sofala, and Mombasa

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En route to India



59. Mwene Mutapa

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Europeans in Africa



60. Boers

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Europeans in Africa



61. Afrikaans

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Europeans in Africa



62. peninsulares

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The State and the Church in Colonial Latin America



63. Buddhist style of kingship

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Religion and Kingship



64. roaring forties

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The English and the Dutch



65. Catholic nunneries

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The State and the Church in Colonial Latin America



66. Middle Passage

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The Middle Passage



67. Slave Coast

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Political and Social Structures in a Changing Continent



68. Tlaxcallan

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The Conquests



69. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

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The State and the Church in Colonial Latin America



70. Gonzalo Fernandez de Ovieda

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Opposing Viewpoints: The March of Civilization



71. Javanese model of kingship

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Religion and Kingship



72. Who allegedly contended that “Christians and spices” were the primary motives of the explorations of the fifteenth century?

a.

Christopher Columbus

b.

Vasco da Gama

c.

Leo Africanus

d.

Sonni Ali

e.

Marco Polo


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b

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1

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The Means



73. What was one of the earliest West African states to become Muslim?

a.

The Zanj