Review Guide for Test on Chapters 14 & 15

1. What were the Moluccas, and how were they connected to the Age of Exploration? (260) 2. Prior to the explorations of western European countries, who controlled most trade between Europe and Asia? (260) 3. Explain why Prince Henry of Portugal was a significant figure in the Age of Exploration. (261) 4. What is a cartographer? (261) 5. Explain Vasco de Gama’s achievement. (262) 6. Which European country agreed to sponsor the voyages of Columbus? (263) 7. What mistake did Columbus make that led him to inaccurately label the Tainos as “Indians?” (263) 8. Summarize the subsection “Dividing the Globe in Half.” (264) 9. Ferdinand Magellan gets credit for being the first to do what? (265) 10. Which European country was first to challenge Portugal’s early dominance of Indian Ocean trade? (272) 11. Explain the uniqueness of the Dutch East India Company. (272) 12. Why did Europeans conquer the natives of the Americas rather than the other way around? (287) 13. How did Cortes prepare to conquer the Aztecs? (287) 14. Why did the Aztec emperor Moctezuma at first offer gifts to Cortes? (287) 15. Describe the Spanish reaction to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. (288-289) 16. Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca? (289) 17. How did the Spanish govern their provinces in the Americas? (291) 18. Explain the term encomienda. (292) 19. Define peninsulares, creoles, mestizos and mulattoes. (294) 20. Who was at the very top of Spanish colonial society … and who was at the bottom? (294) 21. What were privateers? (295) 22. What were the leading economic activities in New France? (297) 23. Describe the extent of the French empire in North America by the early 1700s. (297) 24. Compare the first English settlement in Jamestown, Va., to the one established by the Pilgrims. (297-298) 25. Who fought in the French and Indian War, and what was the major result of this conflict? (300) 26. Describe the three legs of triangular trade. (301) 27. Describe the reasons for the Atlantic slave trade, its impact, and the number of Africans enslaved, as well as those who died on the Middle Passage. (304) 28. Thoroughly define the Columbian Exchange, including its impact. (305-306) 29. What caused the so-called price revolution (inflation) that ensued after European colonization of the Americas? (306-307) 30. What is an entrepreneur? (307) 31. Explain the economic policy of mercantilism. (308-309) 32. What is a tariff? (309) Review Guide for Test on Chapters 14 & 15

1. What were the Moluccas, and how were they connected to the Age of Exploration? (260) 2. Prior to the explorations of western European countries, who controlled most trade between Europe and Asia? (260) 3. Explain why Prince Henry of Portugal was a significant figure in the Age of Exploration. (261) 4. What is a cartographer? (261) 5. Explain Vasco de Gama’s achievement. (262) 6. Which European country agreed to sponsor the voyages of Columbus? (263) 7. What mistake did Columbus make that led him to inaccurately label the Tainos as “Indians?” (263) 8. Summarize the subsection “Dividing the Globe in Half.” (264) 9. Ferdinand Magellan gets credit for being the first to do what? (265) 10. Which European country was first to challenge Portugal’s early dominance of Indian Ocean trade? (272) 11. Explain the uniqueness of the Dutch East India Company. (272) 12. Why did Europeans conquer the natives of the Americas rather than the other way around? (287) 13. How did Cortes prepare to conquer the Aztecs? (287) 14. Why did the Aztec emperor Moctezuma at first offer gifts to Cortes? (287) 15. Describe the Spanish reaction to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. (288-289) 16. Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca? (289) 17. How did the Spanish govern their provinces in the Americas? (291) 18. Explain the term encomienda. (292) 19. Define peninsulares, creoles, mestizos and mulattoes. (294) 20. Who was at the very top of Spanish colonial society … and who was at the bottom? (294) 21. What were privateers? (295) 22. What were the leading economic activities in New France? (297) 23. Describe the extent of the French empire in North America by the early 1700s. (297) 24. Compare the first English settlement in Jamestown, Va., to the one established by the Pilgrims. (297-298) 25. Who fought in the French and Indian War, and what was the major result of this conflict? (300) 26. Describe the three legs of triangular trade. (301) 27. Describe the reasons for the Atlantic slave trade, its impact, and the number of Africans enslaved, as well as those who died on the Middle Passage. (304) 28. Thoroughly define the Columbian Exchange, including its impact. (305-306) 29. What caused the so-called price revolution (inflation) that ensued after European colonization of the Americas? (306-307) 30. What is an entrepreneur? (307) 31. Explain the economic policy of mercantilism. (308-309) 32. What is a tariff? (309)