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Chapter 15-16 SAQ's

Group 1

Question 1 refers to the passage below.
"The Chinese withdrawal from the Indian Ocean [in the early fifteenth century] actually facilitated the European entry. It cleared the way for the Portuguese to enter the region, where they faced only the eventual naval power of the Ottomans. ... China's abandonment of oceanic voyaging and Europe's embrace of the seas marked different responses to a common problem that both civilizations shared—growing populations and land shortage. In the centuries that followed, China's rice-base agriculture was ale to expand production internally by more intensive use of the land, while the country's territorial expansion was inland toward Central Asia. By contrast, Europe's agriculture, based on wheat and livestock, expanded primarily by acquiring new lands in overseas possessions, which were gained as a consequence of a commitment to oceanic expansion."
Robert W. Strayer, Ways of the World, 2009

Question 1a

Short answer
Identify and explain ONE similarity and ONE difference between China and Europe that explain their decisions on whether to explore or conquer lands around the Indian Ocean.

Question 1b

Short answer
Identify and explain ONE piece of evidence to show how the European legal system contributed to the role of Europeans in the Indian Ocean trade.

Question 2a

Short answer
Identify and explain ONE aspect of the Scientific Revolution that would support the interpretation that it was more important than either the Renaissance or the Reformation.

Question 2b

Short answer
Identify and explain ONE aspect of the Renaissance that supports the interpretation that it was more important than the Scientific Revolution.

Question 2c

Short answer
Identify and explain ONE aspect of the Reformation that supports the interpretation that it was more important than the Scientific Revolution.

Group 3

Question 2 refers to the chart below.
| Empire   | Explorer and Year      | Region             | Impact                                    |
|---------|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Spain   | Christopher Columbus, 1492 | Caribbean Sea      | Spain took the lead in colonizing America |
| England | John Cabot, 1492       | Canada             | England claimed Canada                    |
| Portugal| Pedro Cabral, 1500     | Brazil             | Portugal strengthened its claim on Brazil |
| France  | Jacques Cartier, 1535  | St. Lawrence River | France claimed Canada                     |
| Holland | Henry Hudson, 1609     | New York           | Holland founded New Amsterdam             |

Question 3a

Short answer
Cite ONE technological improvement that originated outside of Europe that Europeans learned to use, and explain how it helped them in their voyages of discovery.

Question 3b

Short answer
Select ONE of the explorers above and briefly explain how his voyage(s) affected the sponsoring empire beyond the impact listed in the chart.

Question 3c

Short answer
Select ONE explorer not selected in part B and briefly explain how his voyage(s) affected the indigenous population of the Americas.

Question 4a

Short answer
Other than geography, cite and explain ONE difference between British and French settlements in the Americas.

Question 4b

Short answer
Other than geography, cite and explain ONE difference between Spanish and Portuguese settlements in the Americas.

Question 4c

Short answer
Other than geography, cite and explain ONE difference between Dutch and French settlements in the Americas.

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