Chapter 2 Study Guide
- Compare the Asante Kingdom to that of Ming China
- How did Chinese react to Englishman Macartney,
according to the textbook?
- Identify the causes of European exploration—why did they explore?
- What was the interaction between Cortez and Moctezuma?
- What was the slave trade like?
- What was the Treaty of Tordesillas—
think who, what, where, when, why?
- Where/when were the kingdoms of Kongo? Oyo? Asante? Ming?
What products did they trade?
- Who was Ferdinand Magellan and what did he accomplish?
Who was Columbus & what did he accomplish?
- Who were the Boers and how were they similar to the Portuguese traders?
- Why was Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz significant?