The Center Of Spanish Commercial Activity In Asia Was

Question: • Which of the following men conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast?

Answer: Henry of Portugal

Question: • The center of the Spanish commercial activity in Asia was

Answer: Manila.

Question: • Christopher Columbus’s decision to sail west to reach Asia was based on

Answer: his miscalculation of the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan

Question: • The Portuguese viewed the Atlantic Ocean islands as the perfect location for the cultivation of

Answer: sugarcane.

Question: • The first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope was

Answer: Bartolomeu Dias.

Question: • In the long term, the Columbian exchange

Answer: increased world population because of the spread of new food crops.

Question: • Most of the actual exploration of the Pacific Ocean was carried out by the

Answer: English.

Question: • Lateen sails had the advantage of

Answer: working better in crosswinds.

Question: • The Portuguese dominance of trade was dependent on their ability to

Answer: force merchant ships to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties.

Question: • From 1500 to 1800, the largest contingent of migrants consisted of

Answer: enslaved Africans.