Study Guide for Unit 2 Test

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• 1) What factors contributed to the discovery of lands in the Western Hemisphere?

A. Economic competition between European empires

2) What were three major reasons for Europeans of the 15th and 16th centuries to attempt exploration of unknown regions?

B. Competition for wealth, power, and spread of Christianity

3) What allowed Spain and Portugal to divide the world between them?

A. The Treaty of Tordesillas

4) Which country was the first European nation to start explorations and where did they start?

A. Portugal; started on the west coast of Africa5) Name of the explorer from question 4?B. Bartolomeu Dias6) Who financed the first Portuguese explorations?C. Prince Henry7) Name of a ship authorized by a govt. to attack

enemy shipping, non naval vessel?A. privateer

8) Name given to Spanish explorers who desired fame, gold, and adventure?

A. Conquistadores9) Name of the trade organization founded by Dutch

merchants?B. Dutch East India Company10) Impact of Columbian Exchange on indigenous

peoples of Western Hemisphere?C. The death of many American Indians from

smallpox .11) Ferdinand Magellan explored for, not where he

was from?A. Spain

12) Who received credit for establishing the 1st permanent colonies in the Americas?

A. Columbus13) 2nd person to circumnavigate the world?B. Drake14) Majority of 17th century African slaves sent

where in the New World?C. Caribbean Islands15) Name of the Peninsula where the Ottoman

Empire spread?A. Balkan Peninsula

16) Istanbul was the capital of which empire or country in 16th century?

A. Ottoman Empire17) Which group built the Taj Mahal?B. The Mughal Empire18) Who are the group known as shoguns?C. Military leaders from Japan19) What goods did the west African empires

trade?A. Gold and salt

20) What is mercantilism?A. The idea that a nation’s power is related to its

wealth and needs a favorable balance of trade with its colonies.

21) What is the name of the largest Muslim Empire in the 1500s?

B. Ottoman Empire22) Name the two empires which were isolationist?C. Ming and Tokugawa23) Where were the Dutch allowed to trade from in

Japan?A. Nagasaki

24) What did the Columbian Exchange introduce to the Europeans?

A. Corn25)What was the name of the 16th century Empire

located in South America?B. Incan26) Who landed at San Salvador Island in 1492?C. Columbus27) Who conquered the Aztecs?A. Hernando Cortez

28) Who found the route to India by sea?A. Vasco da Gama29) Who was the first to discover the mainland of

South America?B. Amerigo Vespucci30) This is used to grow and export crops in large

quantitiesC. Plantations31) What are the features of Capitalism?A. Nations seek to increase their wealth and power

by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver, and by selling more goods than they bought.

32) What is it called when one country is kept from dominating others politically and militarily?

A. Favorable balance of power