Transoceanic Connections

Land-based empires made it ______ for Europeans to get _____ luxury goods they craved.

• easier, American

• harder, American

• easier, Asian

• harder, Asian

The _________ _________ transformed life in every part of the world, immediately in some places and more gradually in others.

• land empires

• Columbian Exchange

• Great Dying

• Spanish conquistadors

The Colombian Exchange can be described as -?

• An economic policy that promotes strengthening a nation by expanding its trade
• The exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemisphere
• The process of establishing settlements called colonies
• A wild and crazy ride...

Which of the following countries was the first to dominate the seas with advanced naval technology?

• Portugal

• France

• Britain

• China

The Caravel was an example of

• continuity from the rise of civilizations

• Innovations in ship design

• commercial innovations from Asia

• Agricultural innovations

Monopolies enriched European companies or nations by...

• giving that nation or company exclusive trading rights over an area or over a crop, so they received all of the profits for trading it

• growing regional markets into international ones

• limiting the amount of a product that countries could extract and sell

• I honestly can't think of any better answer choices...

Why were joint-stock companies such as the East India Company or the Dutch East Indian Company the driving force behind the development of maritime empires?

• they allowed continued exploration/ventures to colonize with limited risk to investors

• they helped governments fund public journeys

• they gave explorers the navigational tools they needed to succeed on their journeys

• all of the above

Lateen sail, compass, astronomical charts were all influences from

• Interaction between Native Americans and Europeans

• Interaction along the Trans-Saharan trade route

• interaction with East Asia and South Asia and the Middle East

• all of the above

What is the most likely cause for the majority of population losses among indigenous Americans after European contact?

• Climate

• Disease

• Warfare

Who funded Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas?

• French monarchs

• English monarchs

• Portuguese monarchs

• Spanish monarchs