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Judge, Connections: A World History, Combined Volume, 3E, Test Bank: Chapter 19:
Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400–1700
19.1
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) In the 1400s, Spain and Portugal were both __________.
A) at the height of their political positions
B) emerging as European powers
C) in the midst of civil war
D) under Muslim governments
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
2) The unification of Spain was begun under the rule of __________.
A) Isabella and Ferdinand
B) Carlos I
C) Philip III
D) João III
Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3) Spain’s two most significant kingdoms during the Reconquista were __________.
A) Andalusia and Asturias
B) Iberia and Portugal
C) Aragon and Castile
D) Catalonia and Valencia
Answer: C
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4) Which of these had strengthened the monarchies of Spain and Portugal?
A) the Black Death
B) the Reconquista
C) the Ottoman capture of Constantinople
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D) the rise of the Almoravids
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5) Which of these lost out to Portugal after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople?
A) Spain
B) France
C) England
D) Italian cities
Answer: D
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
6) What led Portuguese nobility to organize expeditions in search of plunder?
A) They were economically weakened after the Black Death.
B) They hoped for upward mobility that would lead to an overthrow of the monarch.
C) Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the “New World.”
D) Portugal’s status in Europe had declined, and Spain and England had become the major
powers.
Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
7) Where was the first Portuguese overseas conquest?
A) the Canaries
B) West Africa
C) Brazil
D) Morocco
Answer: D
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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8) Henry the Navigator was the __________.
A) younger son of the king of Portugal
B) heir to the Portuguese throne
C) king of Portugal
D) adopted son of the king of Portugal
Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9) Why were western Europeans searching for a new route to the East Indies?
A) The current route was lengthy and dangerous due to piracy.
B) The Turks controlled the eastern Mediterranean, and their trading regulations were costly.
C) The Turks closed all trade routes to Christians.
D) The Muslims forced women on board the ships to be completely covered in accordance with
Islamic law.
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
10) Spanish support for Columbus’s expedition can be considered a continuation of __________.
A) al-Andalus
B) the unification of Spain
C) the Germanic invasions
D) the Reconquista
Answer: D
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
11) What did King João’s land expedition across Africa in 1487 hope to find?
A) gold mines
B) Prester John
C) a river route across Africa
D) the Nile
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
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Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
12) Bartholomeu Días failed to complete a sea voyage to India because __________.
A) he died of malaria after rounding the Cape of Good Hope
B) he miscalculated the distance and ended up in the New World
C) his sailors insisted on returning home
D) he was attacked by pirates in the Mediterranean Sea
Answer: C
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
13) According to Western legend, what happened at the equator?
A) People fell into a lake of fire.
B) The ocean boiled.
C) People baked to death.
D) The sky met the ground.
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
14) Columbus’s proposal to sail west to get to China was based on what assumption?
A) China can be reached via the Indian Ocean.
B) The circumference of the earth is 25,000 miles.
C) The earth is round.
D) Existing navigation charts were correct.
Answer: C
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
15) What was the goal of Christopher Columbus?
A) to find a route to the Indies by sailing westward
B) to find a route to the Indies by sailing eastward
C) to find a route to the Indies by going around Africa
D) to conquer the Indies for the king of Spain
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Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
16) What unusual title did Isabella, a woman, insist on being called as ruler of Castile?
A) prince
B) king
C) pope
D) great mother
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
17) How did Días’s voyage around the tip of Africa affect Columbus’s plans to sail west?
A) Columbus temporarily abandoned his plans.
B) Columbus revised his plans.
C) Columbus was more determined to sail west than before.
D) Columbus knew he had to complete his journey quickly.
Answer: C
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
18) The Enterprise of the Indies was a detailed plan for __________.
A) a westward maritime expedition
B) governance of Spain’s newly acquired western colonies
C) governance of Brazil
D) sailing around the Cape of Good Hope
Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
19) When Columbus first landed in the Caribbean on October 12, he thought he had landed off
the eastern coast of __________.
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A) China
B) Japan
C) India
D) Indonesia
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
20) Unlike the Spanish, the Portuguese pursued __________ in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries.
A) Mediterranean trade
B) an eastward course to Asia
C) a plan to control trade with Asia
D) overseas exploration
Answer: B
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
21) The Treaty of Tordesillas __________.
A) divided the world between Spain and Portugal
B) was a three-way division of the Americas
C) gave all of South America to Spain
D) divided the Americas at the Yucatan Peninsula
Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
22) Which man finally accomplished what Columbus set out and failed to do?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Bartholomeu Días
C) Pedro Alvares Cabral
D) Vasco da Gama
Answer: A
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
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Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
23) What was the significance of Magellan’s experience?
A) He proved that one could not reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
B) He found the Cape of Good Hope.
C) He proved that sailing west from Europe was the safest route to Asia.
D) He proved that it was possible to sail around the world.
Answer: D
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
24) What were usually established by the Portuguese in lands they explored?
A) churches
B) fortified trading posts
C) farming settlements
D) towns
Answer: B
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
25) What effect did the Treaty of Tordesillas have on European commerce in the Eastern
Hemisphere?
A) It encouraged competition among the European powers.
B) It fostered cooperation among the European powers.
C) It relieved Portugal of some competition in the region.
D) It led to Spain and Portugal fighting for control of the Indies.
Answer: C
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
26) Portugal established a trading post in China at __________.
A) Macao
B) Kilwa
C) Canton
D) Beijing
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Answer: A
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
27) Where was Portuguese trading focused in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
A) the Pacific Ocean
B) the Mediterranean Sea
C) the Indian Ocean
D) the Atlantic Ocean
Answer: C
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
28) From the start, Portuguese enterprises in Brazil indicated that the colony would be used
__________ the rest of the Portuguese seaborne empire.
A) as a trading post, like
B) as the model for
C) as the center of
D) very differently from
Answer: D
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
29) Pedro Cabral discovered Brazil __________.
A) on Columbus’s second voyage
B) sailing for the Spanish
C) when he was blown off course on his way to India
D) when his ship deserted from Magellan’s expedition
Answer: C
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
30) Which of these best describes the Portuguese Empire in the 1600s?
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A) concentrated in Asia
B) extremely dispersed
C) scattered in southern Africa
D) based in the tip of South America
Answer: B
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
31) What was the main goal of the Portuguese Empire?
A) gaining converts to Christianity
B) trading
C) finding land for settlers
D) discovering mineral resources
Answer: B
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
32) The Iberians imposed a new governance system in America based largely on __________.
A) slave labor
B) the tobacco crop
C) Christianity
D) cooperation with Amerinds
Answer: A
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
33) The residencias had __________ the Council of the Indies.
A) a role that conflicted with the role of
B) the same role as
C) the same general goal
D) less scope than
Answer: C
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Analyze It
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34) What was the goal of the residencia?
A) ensuring that Amerinds adopted Christianity
B) making sure that the viceroys ruled in the interests of their governments
C) maintaining a flow of profit from the Americas to Iberia
D) deciding the fate of captured Indians
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
35) Compared to Spain, Portugal’s American system was __________.
A) more strictly regulated
B) less centralized
C) more focus on religious than economic motive
D) an expensive failure
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
36) The two viceroyalties in Spanish America prior to 1717 were __________.
A) California and Mexico
B) Louisiana and Peru
C) Peru and New Spain
D) New Spain and Argentina
Answer: C
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
37) The principal qualification for being viceroy or governor-general was __________.
A) Iberian birth
B) loyalty to the king
C) military prowess
D) noble status
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
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Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
38) What was the goal of the Spanish administration in the Americas?
A) the efficient running of the colony’s economy
B) keeping the empire under the king’s direct control
C) maximum resource extraction
D) ensuring local control of most of the economy
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
39) How did Spanish and Portuguese kings ensure that viceroys and governor-generals did not
abuse their power?
A) the residencia
B) term limits
C) the Council of the Indies
D) the cortés
Answer: A
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
40) In the eighteenth century, the largest owner of property in the New World was __________.
A) the Spanish king
B) the Portuguese king
C) the Catholic Church
D) Vasco de Gama
Answer: C
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
41) Which of these was most influential in the conversion of Native Americans to Christianity?
A) Benedictine monks
B) Jesuits
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C) parish priests
D) Franciscan friars
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
42) Which of these was true of society in the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies?
A) the three main racial groups rarely mixed
B) interracial unions were common
C) mixed-race individuals were able to rise to high positions
D) peninsulares never married in the colonies
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
43) Who were the peninsulares?
A) white Americans born in the Americas
B) white Americans born in Europe
C) people of mixed descent born in the Americas
D) freed African slaves
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
44) Who were criollos?
A) white people born in the Americas
B) Amerinds born in Europe
C) people of mixed descent born in the Americas
D) freed African slaves
Answer: A
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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45) What most distinguished the colonial nobles from commoners?
A) influence in the Catholic Church
B) landowning
C) slave ownership
D) superior education
Answer: B
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
46) Which of these later became the Iroquois Confederacy?
A) the Seneca
B) the League of Five Nations
C) the tribes of the lower Mississippi valley
D) the Puebloan peoples
Answer: B
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
47) In 1608, Champlain established a French settlement at __________.
A) Quebec
B) New Orleans
C) St. Louis
D) Ft. Frontenac
Answer: A
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
48) Who initially founded the colony that later became New York?
A) the English
B) the Portuguese
C) the Dutch
D) the Italians
Answer: C
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
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Difficulty Level: Easy
49) Which colony was founded by the Quakers in the 1680s?
A) Maryland
B) Pennsylvania
C) New York
D) Virginia
Answer: B
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
50) Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and
the Powhatans?
A) It was always adversarial, as the colonists immediately attempted to seize the land and force
the Powhatans to leave.
B) Initially, the relationship was one of mistrust and conflict, but as the Powhatans and the
colonists began to work together to farm the land, and they began to plant tobacco to export to
England, they worked together to create a lasting cooperative economy.
C) Initially, the relationship was friendly, as the Powhatan even provided the colonists with food
to help them survive. However, as more settlers arrived, that relationship changed and the
colonists eventually seized the land.
D) The Jamestown settlers massacred the entire tribe of Powhatans within the first three years of
their arrival in the Americas.
Answer: C
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
51) Unlike immigrants to the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies, immigrants to the
English American colonies were commonly __________.
A) farmers
B) Europeans
C) religious refugees
D) nobles
Answer: C
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Analyze It
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52) King Philip’s War __________.
A) effectively ended Amerind resistance in New England
B) forced the evacuation of Plymouth Colony
C) led to the slaughter of thousands of colonists
D) occurred after the English began to claim more and more Amerinds as slaves
Answer: A
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
53) What plants, essential for European diet and religion, were brought from Europe to America
as part of the “Columbian Exchange”?
A) wheat and grapes
B) tobacco and corn
C) potatoes and manioc
D) potatoes and chocolate
Answer: A
Section: The Columbian Exchange
Objective: LO 19.5: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the Columbian Exchange.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
54) Which disease probably passed from the Americas to Europe as a result of the Columbian
Exchange?
A) smallpox
B) measles
C) chicken pox
D) syphilis
Answer: D
Section: The Columbian Exchange
Objective: LO 19.5: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the Columbian Exchange.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
55) The Columbian Exchange caused widespread and devastating outbreaks of disease
__________.
A) mainly in the Americas
B) mainly in Europe
C) mainly in Africa
D) equally around the world
Answer: A
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Section: The Columbian Exchange
Objective: LO 19.5: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the Columbian Exchange.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
19.2
True/False Questions
1) The Iberians had a warrior culture analogous to that of the Mongols.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) The man who finally unified Spain later became the Holy Roman Emperor.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3) Portuguese America developed in a more centralized fashion than Spanish America.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4) The Jesuits were the least influential of all of the Catholic religious orders in Spanish
America.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
5) Mestizos were people of mixed descent who were considered socially below European-born
whites.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
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Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
6) Criollos resented the status and power of the peninsulares, which eventually led to revolution.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7) The Portuguese were pioneers in the Columbian Exchange.
Answer: TRUE
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
8) The Columbian Exchange benefited Amerinds more than Europeans.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Columbian Exchange
Objective: LO 19.5: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the Columbian Exchange.
Question Type: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
9) Spain’s representative body, the cortés, was introduced in New Spain.
Answer: FALSE
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10) Most of what is now the United States was initially colonized by the English.
Answer: FALSE
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
19.3
Short Answer Questions
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1) What was the Line of Demarcation?
Answer: the line dividing the world between Portugal and Spain, or the line drawn by the Treaty
of Tordesillas
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) How did Cabral land in Brazil during his voyage?
Answer: He was blown off course.
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3) Who named the entire Western hemisphere “America”?
Answer: Amerigo Vespucci
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4) What were arrobas?
Answer: bundles of tobacco twisted into ropes and soaked in molasses
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
5) Which men were chosen to rule Spanish American colonies under the king’s orders?
Answer: viceroys
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
6) What Spanish institution was placed in charge of all aspects of Spain’s New World colonies?
Answer: the Council of the Indies
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
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Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7) What jobs were available to free African women in the New World?
Answer: domestic service and cooking
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
8) For whom was the colony of Virginia named?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9) For whom was the colony of Jamestown named?
Answer: King James I
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10) Which man developed a profitable fur trade with the Hurons?
Answer: Samuel de Champlain
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
19.4
Essay Questions
1) Do you agree with the authors’ comparison of the Mongols and the Iberians?
Key Points: empires; warrior culture; impact
Section: The Iberian Impulse
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
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2) Discuss the costs and benefits of the Columbian Exchange.
Key Points: types of exchange; where impacted; how impacted; scope
Section: The Columbian Exchange
Objective: LO 19.5: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the Columbian Exchange.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
3) Why did the Atlantic slave trade emerge and develop?
Key Points: earlier slavery; Portugal; plantations; mortality among Amerinds
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
4) Compare and contrast the Portuguese and Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
Key Points: motives; goals; organization; relations with Amerinds and Africans
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
5) Compare early modern gender roles in Iberian societies in the Western Hemisphere with
gender roles in Europe.
Key Points: economic roles; family roles; leadership roles
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
6) Evaluate the role of the colonial church in the Iberian colonies.
Key Points: goals of the church; agents; conflict and cooperation with secular authority
Section: The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America
Objective: LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
7) What contributed to the impact of the Columbian Exchange?
Key Points: isolation; domesticated animals
Section: The Columbian Exchange
Objective: LO 19.5: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the Columbian Exchange.
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Difficulty Level: Difficult
8) How did the goals of the English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and French differ in
establishing overseas colonies?
Key Points: commercial motives; religious motives; individual and group enterprise; national
competition
Section: The Iberian Impulse; The Portuguese Seaborne Empire; The Spanish and Portuguese
Empires in America; Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.1: Comment on the similarities and differences between the Iberians and the
Mongols; LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire; LO 19.3: Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western
Hemisphere; LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
9) Consider the elements of the Portuguese overseas empire. How did the Portuguese goals,
institutions, and infrastructure come together to shape their empire?
Key Points: trade; trading posts; exchanges of goods
Section: The Portuguese Seaborne Empire
Objective: LO 19.2: Describe the main impacts and connections of the Portuguese seaborne
empire.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
10) Compare European relations with Amerinds in the different colonies in the Americas. What
factors shaped these interactions?
Key Points: missionaries; friendly exchanges and partnerships: the French and the fur trade;
destruction; disease; encroachment on Amerind lands
Section: Amerinds and Europeans in North America
Objective: LO 19.4: Describe the impact on Amerind peoples of the European settlements in
North America.
Question Type: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult
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