Lesson Y205.2
Y205.2 Encounters and conquest Quiz: OCR History, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which 1494 treaty divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal?
- Treaty of Utrecht
- Treaty of Alcáçovas
- Treaty of Zaragoza
- Treaty of Tordesillas
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Who was the first European explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa in 1488?
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
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Which Portuguese commander led the conquest of Malacca in 1511 and Goa in 1510?
- Afonso de Albuquerque
- Francisco de Almeida
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Vasco da Gama
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Which Aztec emperor was captured by Hernán Cortés during the conquest of Mexico?
- Atahualpa
- Huascar
- Moctezuma II
- Cuauhtémoc
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Which Inca ruler was captured and executed by Francisco Pizarro at Cajamarca in 1533?
- Moctezuma II
- Atahualpa
- Manco Inca
- Huascar
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Which Spanish explorer led the first expedition to cross the Isthmus of Panama?
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Francisco Coronado
- Hernando de Soto
- Pedro Arias Dávila
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Who commanded the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe between 1519 and 1522?
- Christopher Columbus
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Vasco da Gama
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Which Portuguese navigator claimed Brazil for Portugal in the year 1500?
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Vasco da Gama
- Afonso de Albuquerque
- Amerigo Vespucci
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Which Italian navigator realised South America was a separate continent, giving his name to America?
- Christopher Columbus
- Amerigo Vespucci
- John Cabot
- Ferdinand Magellan
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What system of forced indigenous labour was instituted by the Spanish in the Americas?
- Asiento system
- Mita system
- Encomienda system
- Hacienda system
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What precious metal flooded Europe from Spanish mines in Potosí, driving sixteenth-century inflation?
- Silver
- Copper
- Gold
- Platinum
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Which Portuguese trading post, captured in 1510, became the capital of Portuguese India?
- Goa
- Malacca
- Ormuz
- Calicut
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What term describes the widespread transfer of plants, animals and diseases between Old and New Worlds?
- Columbian Exchange
- Triangular Trade
- Atlantic System
- Mercantilist Trade
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Which deadly disease brought by Europeans was a major factor in devastating indigenous American populations?
- Malaria
- Cholera
- Smallpox
- Bubonic plague
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What royal licence granted by Spain allowed foreign merchants to sell enslaved Africans to Spanish colonies?
- Consulado
- Encomienda
- Casa de Contratación
- Asiento
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Which administrative council was established in Spain in 1524 to manage its empire?
- Casa de Contratación
- Council of State
- Council of the Indies
- Audencia Real
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Which Seville institution managed trade monopolies with the New World?
- Consulado de Mercaderes
- Council of Castile
- Audiencia de Sevilla
- Casa de Contratación
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What was the primary Portuguese colonial export from Brazil during the early sixteenth century?
- Tobacco
- Brazilwood
- Sugar
- Coffee
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Which friar campaigned fiercely against the mistreatment of indigenous American peoples?
- Francisco de Vitoria
- Pedro de Gante
- Bartolomé de las Casas
- Bernardino de Sahagún
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Which Asian city state did Portugal capture in 1511 to control the spice trade strait?
- Goa
- Malacca
- Macau
- Colombo
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