Outline Map

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Outline Map
The World During the Age of Discovery
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Directions: Locate and label the East Indies, the West Indies, Portugal, the Cape of Good
Hope, India, the Philippines, France, China, the Netherlands, Spain, the Moluccas, and Great
Britain. Shade your map to show the regions of the world that were important to the spice
trade. In the blank box, create a key for your map. You may use any map in the textbook
chapter, unit opener, or Atlas for reference.
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Outline Map
Global Explorations
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Directions: Locate and label the routes of Magellan, Dias, and da Gama, and the route of
Columbus’s first voyage. Label the Moluccas (Spice Islands), the Cape of Good Hope, the
Philippines, Calicut, the West Indies, and the Line of Demarcation. Color code the routes to
show which were for the Portuguese and which were for the Spanish. In the blank box, create
a key for your map. You may use any map in the textbook chapter, unit opener, or Atlas for
reference.
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Geography Quiz
Global Explorations
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A. Location
Study the map above. Match the letters on the map with the following places and exploration
routes.
1. the Cape of Good Hope
4. the route of da Gama
2. the route of Dias
5. the route of Columbus
3. the Philippines
B. Geography and History
Match the letters on the map with the correct description.
6. the West Indies, where Christopher Columbus landed
7. the Line of Demarcation, a border set by the Treaty of Tordesillas
8. the route of Magellan, the first to circumnavigate the globe
9. the Moluccas, also known as the Spice Islands
10. Calicut, where Portugal’s Indian trading empire began
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Note BTaking Study Guide
Test
A. Terms, People, and Places
Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the letter of the
correct answer in the blank provided. (3 points each)
Column I
Column II
1. a Portuguese trading post in Ming China
a. Affonso I
2. formed by a group of wealthy merchants,
it had full sovereign powers
b. Qing
3. led an expedition that became the first to
circumnavigate Earth
4. united his people by claiming that they
shared spiritual bonds
5. led the way in sponsoring exploration for
Portugal
c. Mombasa
d. Osei Tutu
e. Moluccas
f. Dutch East India
Company
g. Prince Henry
6. a ruler of Kongo who tried to halt the slave
trade in his lands
h. Macao
7. an island off the coast of India seized by the
Portuguese in 1510
j. Ferdinand Magellan
i. Goa
8. an island chain once called the Spice Islands
9. the new dynasty that ruled China after the
decline of the Ming dynasty
10. a coastal city of East Africa that was an
important trade center
A. Key Concepts
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided. (4 points each)
11. The southern tip of Africa became known as the Cape of Good Hope
because
a. rounding it gave sailors hope they would return home safely.
b. rounding it gave sailors a direct sea route to Asia.
c. it was the sailors’ first sight of land since they left home.
d. its calm seas provided shelter from the stormy Atlantic.
12. The Line of Demarcation divided world trade and exploration rights
between the
a. Portuguese and Dutch.
c. Spanish and English.
b. Spanish and Portuguese.
d. English and Dutch.
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Test B (continued)
13. How did European expansion of the slave trade affect African states in
the 1600s and 1700s?
a. African states competed to dominate the slave trade.
b. African states began to trade in European slaves.
c. African states united to oppose the slave trade.
d. African states became too weak to resist the slave trade.
14. Who were the Boers?
a. Africans who followed traditional beliefs rather than Christianity
b. Indian soldiers who served the British East India Company
c. Dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town
d. Muslim traders who brought goods to Mediterranean ports
15. Large quantities of American silver flowed into the economies of East
Asia through what important Spanish trading center?
a. Malacca
c. Macao
b. the Philippines
d. Futa Toro
16. In the early 1400s, the first African port occupied by the Portuguese was
a. Sofala.
c. Ceuta.
b. Porto-Novo.
d. Zanzibar.
17. In Ming China, why did European traders pay for Chinese silks and
porcelains in gold or silver instead of exchanging trade goods?
a. The Chinese did not want inferior European trade goods.
b. The Europeans had more gold and silver than trade goods.
c. The Chinese offered lower prices when paid in gold or silver.
d. Gold and silver was easier for the Europeans to transport.
18. After the Japanese, and later the Manchus, invaded Korea, the Koreans
responded by
a. greatly expanding their military.
b. forming an alliance with Japan.
c. building a great wall around Korea.
d. excluding foreigners from their nation.
19. When the first European traders arrived in the 1500s, the Japanese
responded by
a. refusing all trade with the West.
b. welcoming trade with the West.
c. allowing foreign trade in only one city.
d. imprisoning foreign traders and sailors.
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Test B (continued)
20. The first Europeans to challenge Portuguese domination of Asian trade
were the
a. French.
c. Dutch.
b. Spanish.
d. English.
C. Document-Based Assessment
Use the excerpt to answer this question on a separate sheet of paper. (5 points)
21. Predict Consequences How do the West Africans see the Europeans? What
does this first reaction to the European ships show about some potential differences between the two peoples?
This excerpt is a description of the reaction of West Africans to the first sight of a
Portuguese ship in the mid-1400s
“It is said that the first time they saw sails . . . they believed they were great
seabirds with white wings, which were flying and had come from some
strange place . . . Some thought the ships were fishes, others that they were
ghosts that went by night, at which they were terrified. . . .”
—From The Search for The East by Peter Chrisp
[This except is in your textbook, p. 452]
D. Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. (25 points)
22. Recognize Cause and Effect How did political conflict in the Mughal empire
eventually result in the British takeover of India?
23. Make Comparisons Compare the experiences and levels of success the Jesuits
had in their contacts with both Ming China and Japan.
24. Synthesize Information How was Vasco da Gama’s first trading voyage to Asia
successful? How did da Gama help to develop the Portuguese trading empire?
25. Identify Central Issues Why did the demand for Asian trade goods increase in
Europe in the 1400s? How did Asian trade goods get to European markets in the
1400s? Why did this change in the 1500s?
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