Question 1

How significant was the role of religion in driving the forces of exploration from Europe?

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Question 2

Using Map 15.3, identify the Tordesillas line. What was its importance?

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Question 3

European overseas expansion before 1550 was the product of two related phenomena in terms of motivations and technology. What were these phenomena, and how did they encourage European expansion?

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Question 4

Describe the interactions of Portuguese and West African peoples, from initial contact by explorers to the permanent settlements established by Portuguese traders. In what ways were interactions between East Africans and the Portuguese similar to or different from interactions between the Portuguese and the Indian Ocean states?

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Question 5

What four major trends led Spain and Portugal to sponsor voyages of exploration?

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Question 6

Using Map 15.3, trace the Portuguese colonial holdings in Africa and Asia.

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Question 7

Using Map 15.3, explain why the Portuguese played such a prominent role in the rise of African slave trade.

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Question 8

What was the impact of the Spanish in the Americas, as compared with the Portuguese in Africa and the East? What enabled the Spanish to conquer such an enormous territory with so few men?

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Question 9

Using Map 15.2, trace the outlines of the Spanish Empire in the Americas by 1600. In your answer, distinguish between the different groups of Amerindians with which the Spanish came in contact.

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Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Polynesia

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Question 11

Discuss African encounters with the Portuguese from the 14-16th centuries, and why they varied so greatly. What role did Christianity have on aiding (or not) relations between the African Kingdoms in combating slavery?

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Question 12

Describe the Portuguese explorations in the Indian Ocean. How would you characterize the receptivity of the indigenous peoples and empires?

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Question 13

Using Map 15.1, discuss the theories concerning Polynesian settlements in the islands of the eastern Pacific.

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Question 14

Europeans were not the first to explore the world and come in contact with far-off peoples and lands. What were the maritime patterns of Chinese and Muslim global exploration before 1450?

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Question 15

Using Map 15.3, discuss the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. What were their geographic regions? How were they different?

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Question 16

The Chinese and the Muslims were not the only peoples to explore the maritime world before the Europeans. Trace the maritime progress of Malayo-Polynesians, Africans, and Amerindians before 1450.

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Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Swahili Coast

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Question 18

What indicates that the Ming Dynasty intended to establish their presence among foreigners and traders as impressive and awe-inspiring?

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Question 19

.Using Map 15.2, describe the different Amerindian populations and their voyages prior to their encounter with the Spanish and Portuguese.

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Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Treaty of Tordesillas

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Quiz 15: The Maritime Revolution, to 1550