ap euro age of explorations quiz

The age of exploration shifted European trade to this location?

The Atlantic Seaboard

What countries benefitted most from this?

Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands

What states suffered from this transition?

Italy and states on the Mediterranean

What were the motivations for explorers?

Gold, glory, & god

Why would monarchs sponsor these voyages?

To gain riches and spread Christianity

This Jesuit missionary spread Catholicism to many new regions?

Xavier

Some rulers used religion as justification for what?

Coercion of the indigenous people

Seeking glory represented this Renaissance ideal?

Individualism

This man established sailing schools for Portugal?

Prince Henry the Navigator

Where did Portugal venture first?

The West Coast of Africa

This Portuguese explorer discovered that Africa could be sailed around?

Dias

This Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach India?

Vasco de Gama

This line of demarcation split the "New World" between the Spanish & Portuguese?

Treaty of Tordesillas

What new technologies made trans-oceanic navigation possible?

Compass, astrolabe

These instruments of war helped the Spanish subdue the Native American empires?

Guns and horses

What were Spanish conquerors called?

Conquistadors

This man conquered this powerful empire in Mexico?

Cortez

This man conquered this powerful empire in Peru?

Pizzaro

What was responsible for most of the deaths of the indigenous populations?

Small pox

This explorer led the first voyage around the world?

Magellan

These three countries quickly caught up to the Spanish & Portuguese?

England, France, & the Dutch

The development of this labor-intensive crop expanded the slave trade?

Sugar cane

The voyage of the slave trade between the Americas and Africa was known as?

Middle Voyage

This new class of Europeans developed off of the new colonial plantations?

Planter society

This type of trade developed bringing raw materials to Europe, slaves to the new world, and finished goods back to both?

Triangular trade

This was the name given for trade between the New World & Europe?

Columbian Exchange

What were some goods introduced into the New World from the Europe?

Horses, guns, disease

What were some goods introduced from the New World to Europe?

Tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes

What were some of the impacts of the Age of Exploration?

Increased competition between dynasties, a global economy

What is the concept behind mercantilism?

Export more than import

Mercantilism would eventually lead to?

Capitalism