Exam 2: Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

Who produced a world map that was essential to European explorers in the late fifteenth century?

Which European nation had the first direct contact with China since Marco Polo?

Which Chinese dynasty replaced the Ming in the seventeenth century and came from Manchuria?

Which sea captain made the first direct voyage from Europe to India?

Which state was the major western rival to the British in India in the seventeenth century?

In the early fifteenth century, Portuguese fleets explored the western coast of Africa in search of

Who were the first to be expelled from Japan by Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Where was the local British population in India's Fort William imprisoned?

Who was most adversely affected by the price revolution?

Which event reopened the doors between Europe and east Asia in the thirteenth century?

In which area did an extensive multiracial society first appear?

Under pressure from the British, the French in India were eventually restricted to the fort at

When Moctezuma first encountered the Spanish, he believed they were

The decline of the Maya civilization was precipitated by the arrival of the Spanish.

The Dutch in Southeast Asia were supplanted by the Portuguese.

What best exemplified early Spanish exploration of and expansion in the New World?

Why did the slave trade come to rely on the peoples of West Africa? What were the consequences for all parties involved?

Which explorer completed the first known circumnavigation of the earth?

Mercantilist policy makers sought to establish a favorable balance of trade.

What developments helped facilitate European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?