Age of Exploration and Islamic Empires Review

30 fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key people, events, and concepts from the Age of Exploration and the Islamic Gunpowder Empires.

The Age of Exploration began in the 15th century primarily to __ their empires, access trade, and spread Christianity.

expand their empires

__ was known for sponsoring exploration of the West African coast and founding a school of navigation.

Prince Henry the Navigator

Explorer __ is known for reaching the Congo River.

Diogo Cão

__ was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope.

Bartolomeu Dias

__ sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and landed in India in 1498.

Vasco da Gama

The 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus was sponsored by __ of Spain.

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

Christopher Columbus made a total of __ voyages to the Americas.

four (4)

The __ of 1494 was negotiated by the Pope to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal.

Treaty of Tordesillas

The __ refers to the massive exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.

Columbian Exchange

During early colonization, the two European powers that clashed over the Americas were __ and Portugal.

Spain

Beans, corn, and peanuts were new commodities that came from the __ World.

New

The crop sugar originally came from __ Asia.

Southeast

Europe, Africa, and the Americas formed the three points of the __ Trade.

Triangular

__ was the first major cash crop in colonial North America.

Sugar

The Transatlantic Trade linked the Americas, Europe, and __.

Asia

During global trade, __ was the commodity most heavily demanded by China.

Silver

The __ were the richest commercial empire in the 17th century.

Dutch

Queen Elizabeth I helped establish the __ commercial empire.

British

The __ commercial empire controlled most silver and gold shipments from the New World.

Spanish

During the period of global expansion, and peoples faced forced migrations.

Indigenous and Africans

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal states are collectively known as the __ Empires.

Gunpowder

Among the Islamic empires, the __ were especially noted for advances in astronomy and mathematics.

Ottoman

The Islamic empires grew wealthy by collecting __ and trade taxes.

customs duties

The historic land route through Central Asia and Persia was called the __.

Silk Road

The __ Empire was famous for establishing medical schools and hospitals.

Ottoman

The __ Empire was located in the region of modern-day Iran.

Safavid

The __ Empire included territories in parts of Africa as well as the Middle East and Europe.

Ottoman

Extensive libraries and learning centers were hallmarks of the __ Empire.

Ottoman

The __ Empire in India was noted for its policy of religious tolerance.

Mughal

The Islamic Empires declined due to factors such as political consequences, military decline, weak and corrupt leaders, economic instability, and __.

internal rebellions