European Exploration and Trade

Trade helped Europe recover from the economic damage caused in the 1300s by...

• the Crusades.

• the Great Fire.

• the Reformation.

• the Black Death (bubonic plague).

What could a European government do to promote trade?

• enact laws to protect property.

• standardize weights and measures.

• ensure the safety of merchants traveling within its boundaries.

• all of the above

Why did Portugal and Spain decide to invest in exploration?

• They wanted the bragging rights of being first to discover new lands.

• They hoped to find a new way to gain control of the Holy Land.

• They wanted to bypass the Muslim and Italian traders who controlled trade from Asia.

• They hoped to encourage foreign people to move to Portugal and Spain.

How did religion play a role in European exploration?

• Europeans wanted to bring Christianity to non-Christians.

• Europeans wanted to learn more about other world religions.

• Europeans wanted a place where every religion was tolerated.

• Europeans wanted to strengthen the Muslim empire led by the Ottoman Turks.

What did Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro have in common?

• They both discovered routes to the Pacific Ocean.

• They both wanted to become Protestant.

• They both led voyages sponsored by the king of England.

• They both conquered powerful empires in the Americas.

In the late 1500s, why did the Dutch attack Spanish ships in the Caribbean?

• to maintain trade with Asia

• to take the silver that the ships were carrying

• to protect Dutch settlements from Spanish threats

• to prevent the Spanish sailors from spreading diseases

What was the principal cause of death among indigenous people after the arrival of explorers and settlers from Europe?

• disease

• warfare

• overwork

• imprisonment

What role did some African states play in the trade of enslaved people?

• Some African states appealed to the pope to make slavery illegal.

• Some African states brought enslaved people from the interior to the coast.

• Some African states built their own ships to sail the Atlantic Ocean.

• Some African states taught enslaved people skills they would need in the new world.

How did the Columbian Exchange bring change in Europe?

• Europe experienced a massive migration of Native Americans.

• Europeans could use coins for the first time thanks to New World gold and silver mines.

• American food plants such as corn and potatoes improved Europeans' diets.

• Transportation in Europe improved thanks to all the horses brought from the Americas.

When Europeans bought goods from Asia in the 1500s, what did Asians want in return?

• fruit

• wool

• silver

• poetry