Recap 1.2, 1.3

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

The West Indies is today's:

1. America
2. Indonesia
3. India
4. the USA

In which Age did Marco Polo live?

1. Antiquity
2. Early Middle Ages
3. Late Middle Ages
4. Renaissance

The Spanish conquest of Constantinople in 1453 was one of the causes for the Age of Discoveries

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Which of the following was NOT a reason for
the high prices of Asian goods?

1. money had to be paid to middlemen
2. the trade road was dangerous
3. the trade route was very long
4. Asian farmers asked high prices for their products

Which 'key word' word is described here:


the right to be the only one to trade in a specific product or
in a certain area

1. trade route
2. monopoly
3. perspective
4. glossary

The Iberian peninsula is actually today's:

1. Portugal
2. Spain + Portugal
3. America
4. Spain + Aragon

Which one is the odd one out?

1. the Americas
2. West-Indies
3. East-Indies
4. New World

Which one is the odd one out?

1. Bartholomeu Dias
2. Vasco da Gama
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Ferdinand Magellan

To which name can you link the year 1521?

1. Bartholomeu Dias
2. Vasco da Gama
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Ferdinand Magellan

Choose the key word.


when a country has a strong fleet of war ships it is :

1. naval power
2. air force
3. starfleet
4. seafleet power

In English, Reconquista means:

1. return
2. retaliate
3. remove
4. reconquer

Isabella and Ferdinand’s main goal was:

1. to defeat the Moors and thus acquire all their wealth
2. to defeat the Moors and chase all the Muslims out of Spain
3. to defeat the Moors and bring the whole of Spain under Catholic religion
4. to defeat the Moors and all other Muslim countries

What country did Columbus expect to see when he discovered land?

1. the East Indies
2. the West Indies
3. India
4. America