1. Exploration & Absolutism
Quiz Review
Exploration & Absolutism

2. Why did European rulers encourage ocean exploration?

3. They wanted to find new trade routes.

4. Who did the Portuguese loose control of the Indian Ocean trade to in the 1600s?

5. Dutch.

6. What policies did the Ming and Qing dynasties follow regarding foreign trade?

7. They restricted foreign trade.

8. Which explorer sailed around the south tip of Africa to get to India?

9. Vasco da Gama

10. Which European powers took the lead in sending out voyages of exploration?

11. Portugal & Spain

12. What explorer first crossed the Atlantic?

13. Columbus

14. How did Prince Henry change the course of Portugal’s history?

15. Portugal led the way in exploration.

16. Who took over control of the spice trade from the Portuguese?

17. the Dutch

18. What was Japan’s attitude toward trade under the Tokugawa shoguns?

19. It was isolated from the rest of the world.

20. Which European power dominated the land along the east coast of North America?
The central region of North America?

21. England
France

22. Why did many Spanish explorers travel to North America?

23. Why did many Spanish explorers travel to the Americas?

24. To find gold. (GOLD, GOD, GLORY)

25. What territory did Portugal colonize in the Americas?

26. Brazil

27. Who began a vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures?

28. Christopher Columbus

29. What resulted from encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans?

30. The Native American population declined.

31. The Edict of Nantes in 1598, Henry IV of France granted religious toleration to:

32. Huguenots (French Protestants)

33. Prussia and Austria

34. Peter the Great forced Russians to accept social reforms that would make their culture more like that of:

35. Western Europeans

36. In the late 1500s, France was torn apart by religious wars between Catholics and:

37. Huguenots.

38. French styles of art, culture, manners, and customs became the standard for European taste as a result of the reign of

39. Louis XIV.

40. The Stuart kings’ claims to absolute power were challenged by:

41. Parliament.