Exam 14: New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

The slave trade caused the depopulation of West Africa.

The largest population of Aztecs died off due to

In 1441, Portuguese ships back from the West African coastal voyages brought _____ to Portugal.

Mortality rates for Europeans in the West Indies were much higher than for Europeans in Europe.

In the race for overseas empires, the Spanish started later than the Portuguese and were ultimately less successful.

One of the major motives for overseas voyages was religious zeal.

In what way was Malacca able to help promote the spread of Islam throughout Southeast Asia?

Who allegedly contended that "Christians and spices" were the primary motives of the explorations of the fifteenth century?

As a result of the publications of Bartolomé de Las Casas

The expedition led by Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Maya civilization.

What was the empire of Songhai's relationship with Islam?

Ties between religion and kingship in Southeast Asia

By the twelfth century, the city of ________ became a great center of Islamic learning in West Africa.

The European power that emerged triumphant in the Indonesian archipelago, and took over virtually the entire region by the end of the eighteenth century, was

Which of the following was not an advantage held by the Spanish in conquering the "New World?"

Historians estimate that up to _______ of slaves died on the journey known as the Middle Passage.

With the coming of the Europeans, Christianity replaced Buddhism and Islam as the major religion of Southeast Asia.

Historians have generally regarded the voyages of Vasco de Gama as the pivotal point in opening trade with the East.

The joint-stock English East India Company was founded in 1600 with the aim of developing trade in the Americas.

The conquistadors of Spain were financed and outfitted by the Spanish crown.