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

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Columbian Exchange

What are the pros and cons of European discoveries and conquests of the Americas? How do historians view this process in a wider context?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). conquistadors

As a result of European expansion into Africa,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Treaty of Tordesillas

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the VOC

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Moctezuma

Which answer correctly pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World empires they destroyed?

Discuss the protagonists of the Portuguese explorations, including the factors that led them to undertake their journeys and to ultimately take over the spice trade.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Afrikaans

How did traditional African practices of slavery change after the arrival of Europeans and their entry into the slave trade? Give specific examples.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). astrolabe

Slavery for Africans

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

Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). roaring forties

What was true about the economy of Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century?

What were the possible factors that allowed some non-western societies to resist or cope with the arrival of Westerners better than others? Give examples.

What was the name of the system under which European settlers received grants of land and could demand labor from indigenous peoples as tribute?