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WORLD HISTORY II: OBJECTIVE 4
(Objectives 4-5 correspond with Chapters 2, 3, and 4 Note Packets.)
1. Europe’s demand for ___________, ___________, and ___________________
contributed to the discovery of lands in the Americas.
2. European empires were also _________________ for political and economic dominance.
3. Which leader established a navigational school in Portugal where the best sailors,
captains, and mapmakers were trained?
4. Which Portuguese captain was the first to sail around Africa to India?
5. Which Italian captain “discovered” America?
Which country financed his voyage?
6. Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire?
7. Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire?
8. Who was supposedly the first man to circumnavigate the globe? (He was actually killed
in the Philippines, but members of his crew completed the voyage.)
Which country did he sail for?
9. Who was the English explorer who was the first captain to circumnavigate the world?
10. Which French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River?
11. Another motivating factor for exploration was the desire to spread
_______________________.
12. Which groups carried their faith, language, and culture to new lands?
13. What type of class system and rule did Europeans establish in Latin America?
14. Colonies tended to imitate the ___________ and ____________ patterns of their parent
country.
15. In Africa, Europeans established ___________________ along the coast where they
traded in ____________, _________, and other products.
16. Small groups of _____________ colonized India, the Indies, and China. Portuguese,
Dutch, and British _______________________ also influenced the development of this
region.
17. The discovery of the Americas by Europeans resulted in an exchange of ____________
and ______________ between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. This was
known as the ____________________________.
18. Which agricultural products in the Americas changed European lifestyles?
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19. Which European animals changed the lifestyles of Native Americans?
20. What European disease wreaked havoc on the Native American population?
21. What caused Europeans to start using slaves (instead of Native Americans) to grow cash
crops?
22. What was slavery based upon?
23. What effect did the European plantation system in the Caribbean and the Americans
have?
24. What linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
25. What three items were traded on the triangular trade?
26. Which precious metals were exported from the Americas to Europe and Asia?
This caused inflation in Spain.
WORLD HISTORY II: OBJECTIVE 5
1. Which group conquered Constantinople in 1453?
2. Which Muslim territories did the Ottomans bring mostly under their control?
3. Where was the Ottoman Empire originally located?
4. At the height of its power, it had expanded into ______________________,
________________________ (the Balkan Peninsula), and ________________.
5. The Ottomans changed the name of Constantinople to _____________________.
6. Was Islam a unifying force under the Ottomans?
Were the Ottomans tolerant of other religions?
7. What two things did the Ottomans trade?
8. Where did Muslim Mughal rulers establish an empire?
They were the descendants of whom?
9. Did the Mughal Empire trade with European nations?
10. Which area of India remained independent and continued international trade?
11. Which religion did the Mughal emperors practice?
12. What famous structure did Shah Jahan build as a tomb for his dead wife?
13. Which three countries competed for the Indian Ocean trade by establishing Coastal ports
in India?
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14. What three items did southern India trade?
15. Did China and Japan like the presence of European merchants in their countries?
16. China and Japan created foreign _______________ to control trade.
17. Only the _______________ was allowed to conduct trade with foreigners.
18. Which two goods did Europe especially want from China?
19. Japan’s government was characterized by a powerless ________________. The real
leader was the _________________. Japan adopted a policy of _____________ to limit
foreign influences.
20. What did African export to Europe and the Americas?
21. What did Africa import from Europe, Asia, and the Americas?
22. Europe maritime nations competed for ___________________________,
_____________, and ________________. In the process, a new _____________
____________ emerged.
23. Mercantilism was an economic practice adopted by European countries in an effort to
become __________________. It was based on the theory that colonies existed for the
benefit of the _________________________. Mercantilists believed that a country’s
power depended upon how much ___________ and ____________ it had in its treasury.
24. Features of the new economic system include:
 The creation of new ______________ and ___________________
 The development of mercantilism
 Colonial economies were ________________ by the economic needs of
the mother country.
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