Exam 11: Commerce,conquest,and Colonization,1300–1600

The events surrounding the commerce,conquest,and colonization between 1300 and 1600 would provide the context for Italy to regain a position of significance in European affairs.

The developing westward orientation of European colonial and commercial ambitions during the fifteenth century was a consequence of:

The Ottoman army that conquered much of the Middle and Near East was composed mostly of:

The Mongol defeat of the Seljuk sultanate was a contributing factor in:

Linguistically and ethnically,the Mongols were most closely related to the:

Did Prince Henry the Navigator deserve his reputation as naval innovator and motivator of the age of Portuguese exploration? Explain.

The Ottomans were successful in their conquests,at least in part,because:

The leader who united the Mongol tribes and began the conquest of China was named:

The first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa was:

The Spanish modeled their Caribbean sugar plantations worked by enslaved African laborers on:

What new technologies made exploration possible?

Marco Polo's travel accounts were influential in Europe because:

The infusion of silver into the European economy was ultimately disastrous.

The Ottoman military threat to Europe,ongoing since the fall of Constantinople,was essentially ended when the Ottoman fleet was decisively defeated in 1571 at Lepanto,which is located in:

New World silver production never approached the volume of silver produced in Europe.

In the late twelfth century,the Mongols quickly built up a large military force by:

The Ottomans drew large numbers of slaves from all of the following sources EXCEPT:

The expression "Mongol horde" actually comes from the:

In economic terms,New World colonization and plunder had the greatest positive effect on the:

In moral terms,the colonization of the New World by sixteenth-century Europeans demonstrates the: