Chapter 2 Beginnings of Our Global Age:

What European first rounded the southern tip of Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Catholic missionaries from what order were especially welcomed in China?

• Benedictines

• Dominicans

• Carmelites

• Jesuits

What disease was the scourge of the early voyages of exploration?

• scurvy

• malaria

• smallpox

• the Plague

Great power was given to the Dutch when they captured Portugal's Malaysian port of

• Manila

• Malacca

• Macao

• Calcutta

The Boers treated Africans as

• equals

• superiors

• inferiors

• slaves

What were the most valued items to Europeans in their early trade with Asia?

• spices

• silk

• porcelain

• gold and silver

Who sponsored Portugal's early sea explorations?

• King Ferdinand

• King Philip II

• Prince Henry

• Prince Charles

The Dutch people who built a great trading empire were from

• Sweden

• Germany

• the Netherlands

• the Holy Roman Empire

What kingdom was known as the "Hermit Kingdom" because of its isolation?

• China

• Japan

• India

• Korea

Afonso de Albuquerque won trading posts through

• force

• diplomacy

• missionary efforts

• generosity