Chapter 15 Reading Quiz
The Maritime Revolution, to 1550
1. Sailing in the Indian Ocean was less difficult and
dangerous than in other places because 415
A) it is shallow.
B) there is less wind.
C) the monsoon winds are predictable.
D) it isn't an ocean, but rather a large
saltwater lake.
2. The greatest mariners of the Atlantic in the Early
Middle Ages were 417
A) Mongols.
B) Ostrogoths.
C) Celts.
D) Vikings.
3. In addition to sailing up the Pacific coast, early
Amerindians from South America also
colonized 417
A) the West Indies.
B) Greenland.
C) Newfoundland.
D)
Iceland.
4. An early motivation for Portuguese maritime
exploration was to 419
A) gain access to the sub-Saharan gold
trade.
B) find buried treasure near Madagasacar.
C) discover the “New World.”
D) find the Christian kingdom of Prester
John.
5. An important addition to the maritime revolution
was 422
A) learning to speedily return by sailing
northwest to ride westerly winds.
B) learning that the magnetic compass did
not work while at sea.
C) recognizing that the caravel was unsuited
for voyages of exploration.
D) understanding that the lost island of
Atlantis was accessible via caravel.
6. The first financial return from the Portuguese
voyages came from 422
A) the gold trade.
B) the slave trade.
C) the silk trade.
D) the spice trade.
7. In 1500, what did Portuguese mariners discover
while attempting to find a favorable wind
around Africa? 422
A) The east coast of South America
B) The west coast of North America
C) The North Pole
D) The Russian coast
8. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World
between 424
A) Islamic Africa and Christian America.
B) Spain and China.
C) Portugal and Malacca.
D) Spain and Portugal.
9. The difference between the Spanish Empire and
the Portuguese Empire was that 431
A) the motives of the Spanish were purely
religious.
B) the Spanish Empire was a territorial
empire, while the Portuguese Empire was
a trading empire.
C) the motives of the Portuguese Empire
were purely economic.
D) the Spanish Empire was a trading empire,
while the Portuguese Empire was a
territorial empire.
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10. The first Amerindians to come in contact with the
Spanish were the 431
A) Aztecs.
B) Arawaks.
C) Maya.
D) Incas.
11. Cortés had which advantages in conquering the
Aztecs?432
A) An alliance with the Tlaxacans
B) Firearms and horses
C) The Aztecs had only recently established
their empire at the expense of other
tribes.
D) All of these
12. Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire with
433
A) 180 men.
B) 1,800 men.
C) 18,000 men.
D) 180,000 men.
13. What two nations began a maritime revolution
that profoundly altered the course of world
history? 417
A) England and France
B) Portugal and Spain
C) Germany and Russia
D) China and Japan
14. How did the rise of medieval Islam give trade in
the Indian Ocean an important boost? 415
A) The Muslim cities in the Middle East
provided a demand for commodities.
B) Networks of Muslim traders tied the
region together.
C) The Muslim traders shared a common
ethic, language, and law.
D) All of these
The map above shows what significant economic
developments?
(A) Trade connections that linked the
Hellenistic and Mauryan empires to African
cities from 300 through 150 B.C.E.
(B) Trading networks that promoted the
growth of new cities from 600 C.E. through
1450 C.E.
(C) Chinese dominance of Indian Ocean
trading networks because of the voyages of
Zheng He in the 1400s C.E.
(D) Changes in Indian Ocean trading
networks that resulted from technological
innovations from 1450 C.E. through 1750
C.E.