Flashcards in Chapter 15 Review Questions Deck (15)
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Most historians agree that the fact that the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, became a staple in the Polynesian diet prior to the arrival of Europeans
Suggests that Polynesians were able to sail to South America and back
2
By 1400, the Indian Ocean trade had
Reached parity with the overland routes through China and the Middle East
3
Case sea trade reached its peak during the
Ming dynasty
4
Chinese ships reached as far as Africa under the command of
Zheng He
5
In the early Middle Ages, the greatest of the Atlantic mariners were the
Vikings
6
Vikings settlements in the Atlantic region included Iceland, Greenland, and
Newfoundland
7
By the year 1000, the Arawak had settled
The Greater Antilles and the Bahamas
8
Portuguese and Spanish success in exploring the Atlantic Ocean and colonizing in the New World
Made Portugal and Spain the wealthiest nations in Europe in the 1500s
9
Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean benefited from
The development of the caravel
10
In and effort to head off conflict, the pope divided the world between Spain and Portugal in
The Treaty of Tordesillas
11
Which of the following is true?
European nations made slow progress in establishing colonies in Africa and Asia in the early 1500s
12
In the Indian Ocean during the 1500s, Portugal was able to control
Indian Ocean trade
13
Despite the fact that disease greatly helped Cortes in conquering the Aztecs
He also had reinforcement from Amerindians hostile to the Aztecs
14
Both the Spanish and the Portuguese found that the Americans offered
Well-developed farming methods that provided ample food supplies
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