Houghton Mifflin Textbook - Matching Exercises

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	Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus et al.



	Matching Exercises Chapter 15: European Expansion A. Portugal and Spain were the first early-modern nations to gain overseas empires. Below is a list of some characteristics of these empires: how and where they grew, how they were managed, what products they yielded to the home country, etc. Using the menus, match each of these characteristics with the appropriate empire. 1. composed mainly of lands in Central and South America 2. early exploration encouraged by Prince Henry the Navigator 3. first acquisitions were islands in Atlantic Ocean 4. major products were gold and silver 5. first acquisitions were Caribbean islands 6. trading posts along the coasts of Africa, western India, and Malacca 7. grew through conquests made by hidalgos and their troops 8. broke Genoese and Venetian monopolies on Eastern goods 9. major products were spices, sugar, gold, and African slaves 10. parceled out to conquerors as encomiendas and estancias