Univerty
Question 1
European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was
promoted by
Answer:
merchants who wished to increase their profits by eliminating the
Muslim and Venetian middlemen.
Question 2
Columbus's discovery made Spain a wealthy and powerful nation,
because
Answer:
those who followed him, like Cortés, found great quantities of precious
metals.
, Question 3
Hidalgos were
Answer:
lesser gentry who believed that holy war was a just means of acquiring
wealth and power.
Question 4
Convertible husbandry
Answer:
increased productivity, which was essential to later industrialization.
Question 5
Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century innovations in business methods
included all of the following EXCEPT
Answer:
the development of international stock exchanges.
Question 6
Commercial development in Spain was inhibited by
Answer:
the Spanish value system that considered commerce and industry
unworthy pursuits.
Question 7
The development of capitalism was encouraged by