Names
The Philippines fell to who?
Miguel Lopes de Legazpi
Which man conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast
Henry of Portugal
the most prosperous country in Europe in the 17th century was
the Netherlands
when he reached ________, Columbus sent delegates to seek the court of the emperor of china
Cuba
Most of the actual exploration of the pacific ocean was carried out by the
English
Hormuz, Goa, ad Melaka were all seized in the early 1500s by
Afonso d'Alboqerque
The Portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498
Vasco da Gama
The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was
Manila
The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was
Portugal
the profitable merchandise that Vasco da Gama purchased in India was made up of
Pepper & cinnamon
The explorer who led three expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century was
James cook
who was responsible for founding the city of Batavia on the island of java
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Which city was not a Portuguese trading post
Bombay
Christopher Columbus’s decision to sail west to reach...
Asia
the astrolabe was designed to measure
Latitude
The first circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1522 by
Ferdinand Magellan
Afonso d'Alboqerque seized who in the early 1500s?
Hormuz, Goa, ad Melaka
Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and
the Philippines
Christopher Columbus’s decision to sail west to reach Asia was based on?
his miscalculation of the distance from the canary islands to japan
The Portuguese viewed the Atlantic Ocean islands as the perfect location for the cultivation of
Sugarcane
the first European to sail around the cape of good hope was
Bartolomeu Dias
which English explorer died during a fight in Hawaii
James Cook
On October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall on an island that the native Taino called
Guanahani
the VOC was the
united east India company
Lateen sails had the advantage of
Working better in the crosswinds