Europe Before Exploration
What was the Reconquista also known as?
Iberian Crusades
What percent of Portugal's population was enslaved in the mid 1550's?
10%
What did European countries start competing for after expanding their trading networks?
Size, they each wanted to be the largest empire.
What were the trade routes between Europe and Asia called?
Silk Road
What male monarch ruled after the fall of Granada?
King Ferdinand
Why were Native Americans and Africans enslaved?
Makes it cheaper to plant, harvest, and process crops like sugarcane.
Spain, England, France, Belgium and others.
What was very important to the economy of Europe?
trade
Why did most explorers need a patron?
(a patron pays for what someone needs)
To pay for ships, men, and supplies
What is a cash crop?
a crop people grow to sell and make money.
What religion did European religious leaders want everyone to convert to?
Christianity
What were many of the early explorers looking for when they set sail?
a. new cultures
b. land to settle
c. South American empires
d. a new route to East Asia
d. a new route to East Asia
Queen Isabella
How did European plantation owners become wealthy? 2 answers
a. Sugar was highly valued in Europe
b. They traded with the indigenous people
c. Privateers sold their good for them
d. Enslaved laborers farmed on plantations
e. No sugar taxes were imposes on imports
a. Sugar was highly valued in Europe.
d. Enslaved laborers farmed on plantations.
What tempted kingdoms to explore the most?
Gold
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
Many indigenous populations were reduced by ________.
a. conversion
b. disease
c. migration
d. trade
b. disease
What caused the pope to support conquering the Iberian Peninsula?
a. Christians were being persecuted
b. Caliphs built mosques in Cordoba
c. Columbus asked for a sponsorship
d. The city of Granada fell to conquerors
a. Christians were being persecuted.
Which is NOT a way that Prince Henry the Navigator influenced the Age of Exploration?
a. He became king of Portugal
b. He sponsored exploratory voyages
c. He began the trade of enslaved people
d. He set up sugarcane plantations in Madeira
a. He became king of Portugal
Why did countries sponsor explorers? 3 answers.
a. to claim land
b. to find wealth
c. to form alliances
d. to recruit soldiers
e. to spread their beliefs
f. to control Eastern Asia
g. to discover new cultures
a. to claim land
b. to find wealth
e. to spread their beliefs
Choose the sentence that best fits the effect.
Cause: ____________________
Effect: European governments put money toward exploration.
a. The Chinese invented the magnetic compass
b. The Ottoman Empire shut down trade with China
c. The Roman Catholic Church began a Reformation
d. Ancient Greek and Roman texts were rediscovered
b. The Ottoman Empire shut down trade with China