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The southern tip of Africa became known as the Cape of Good Hope because

The Line of Demarcation divided world trade and exploration rights between the

How did European expansion of the slave trade affect African states in the 1600s and 1700s?

Who were the Boers?

Large quantities of American silver flowed into the economies of East Asia through what important Spanish trading center?

In the early 1400s, the first African port occupied by the Portuguese was

In Ming China, why did European traders pay for Chinese silks and porcelains in gold or silver instead of exchanging trade goods?

After the Japanese, and later the Manchus, invaded Korea, the Koreans responded by

When the first European traders arrived in the 1500s, the Japanese responded by

The first Europeans to challenge Portuguese domination of Asian trade were the

In the 1400s, Europeans searched for new trade routes to obtain valuable spices that came mainly from

The voyage to Calicut by Vasco da Gama soon led to the creation of a vast trading empire for

How did Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias seek a sea route to Asia in 1460?

The islands that Christopher Columbus explored in his voyage in 1492 later became known as

In 1513, Spanish adventurer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by

How did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade?

Osei Tutu traded in gold and slaves to help build the powerful

What statement best describes the significance of the settlement of Cape Town?

In the early 1500s, what method did Afonso de Albuquerque use to establish Portuguese outposts in India?

To rule China effectively after seizing Beijing in 1644, the Manchus

In the mid-1600s, which nation captured Malacca from the Portuguese and developed a monopoly on trade in the Spice Islands?

When the Mughal empire weakened, British and French armies fought for power in India with the help of Indian troops known as

How did the Chinese economy fare under the Qing dynasty?

Why did Japanese shoguns turn against foreign traders in the mid-1500s?

The Ming rulers allowed limited trade with Europeans under the condition that the Europeans would

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. . . .”

Predict Consequences Refer to the excerpt. 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?

Recognize Cause and Effect How did political conflict in the Mughal empire eventually result in the British takeover of India?

Make Comparisons Compare the experiences and levels of success the Jesuits had in their contacts with both Ming China and Japan.

Synthesize Information How was Vasco de Gama’s first trading voyage to Asia successful? How did da Gama help to develop the Portuguese trading empire?

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?

Analyze Information Briefly summarize the main concept of this map. Based on the map information, what do you think were the main concerns of outfitting a trip to Asia by sea from Western Europe? How did traders deal with these concerns?

Draw Inferences What were the main features of the Treaty of Tordesillas? How do you think the Dutch may have reacted to it? Why?

Compare Points of View When British diplomat Lord Macartney arrived in China in 1793, what was his attitude toward the Chinese? What was Qianlong’s attitude toward the British? How did the attitudes of these two officials affect trade between China and Britain? Explain.

Make Comparisons Compare the strategies that the Portuguese and Dutch used to establish footholds in Africa. How did the Portuguese strategy affect their legacy in Africa?

Draw Conclusions Affonso I appealed to the Portuguese to halt the slave trade in Kongo. How might his experiences as a young man have helped him make this appeal? What was the result of his efforts?