Exam 14: Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. John Cabot

The primary motives for European expansion were "God, glory, and gold."

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Christopher Columbus

By the middle of the seventeenth century, China was in steep decline.

Mercantilist policy makers sought to establish a favorable balance of trade.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Vasco da Gama and Calicut

Which nation(s)or continent was least affected by European power and influence before the nineteenth century?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Francisco Pizarro

Why did Catholic Christianity fail to take root in China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Examine the relationship between Japan and Europe from 1600 to approximately 1850.

Spanish commercial power in the Americas reached its apex in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, after fighting off the challenges from Britain and the Netherlands.

In the early fifteenth century, Portuguese fleets explored the western coast of Africa in search of

For which state did John Cabot, a Venetian, sail?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. joint stock company

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Prince Henry the Navigator

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Spice Islands

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Prester John

When Moctezuma first encountered the Spanish, he believed they were

What were the most important long-term effects of European expansion on the peoples of the Americas?

In what ways did European expansion and commercialism alter the socioeconomic hierarchy, and how did they challenge older values and structures of authority? Did those alterations impact all of Europe in the same way?