Exam 15: B: Economic Transformations Commerce and Consequence 1450-1750

What factors drove the European demand for furs from North America and Siberia during the early modern era?

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•Population growth and agricultural expansion in Europe had sharply diminished the supply of fur-bearing animals in the region.
•A period of cooling temperatures known as the Little Ice Age may well have increased the demand for furs during the early modern era.
•Rising prices for furs provided strong incentives for the exploitation of the immense wealth of fur-bearing animals in North America and Siberia.

What role did women play in the global commerce of the early modern era?

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•In Southeast Asia,many women were merchants.
•In Spanish America,especially in Potosí,Spanish women with property rented out buildings or had their slaves work as street vendors.other women,including mestizas,ran small service-oriented businesses (stores,pawnshops,bakeries,taverns).
•In North America,indigenous women dominated the trade in wild rice and maple syrup.

In what ways did Asian countries and merchants have the upper hand in Asian commerce during the period from 1450 to 1750?

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•Japan closed its borders to European traders except for the Dutch beginning in the sixteenth century.
•Chinese merchants dominated the spice trade in Asia.
•overland trade within Asia was in Asian hands and continued to grow.
•Some Indian bankers and merchants were able to establish monopolies over certain products and loan money to Europeans.

How did the Atlantic slave trade affect African states and society?

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What features of the Atlantic slave trade distinguished it from slavery in the premodern world?

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What impact did the global silver trade have on world history?

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What features did the British and Dutch East India companies share?

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In what ways did Spain's involvement in Asia differ from that of Portugal?

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What factors contributed to the predominance of African slaves in the Atlantic slave trade?

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Exam 15: B: Economic Transformations Commerce and Consequence 1450-1750

What factors drove the European demand for furs from North America and Siberia during the early modern era?

What role did women play in the global commerce of the early modern era?

In what ways did Asian countries and merchants have the upper hand in Asian commerce during the period from 1450 to 1750?

How did the Atlantic slave trade affect African states and society?

What features of the Atlantic slave trade distinguished it from slavery in the premodern world?

What impact did the global silver trade have on world history?

What features did the British and Dutch East India companies share?

In what ways did Spain's involvement in Asia differ from that of Portugal?

What factors contributed to the predominance of African slaves in the Atlantic slave trade?

A: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

B: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

C: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

D: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

E: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

F: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

G: First Peoples; First Farmers Most of History in a Single Chapter to 4000 B.C.E

A: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

B: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

C: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

D: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

E: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

F: First Civilizations Cities, States, and Unequal Societies 3500 B.C.E-500 B.C.E

A: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

B: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

C: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

D: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

E: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

F: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

G: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

A: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

B: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

C: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

D: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

E: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

F: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

G: Culture and Religion in Eurasianorth Africa 500

A: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

B: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

C: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

D: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

E: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

F: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

G: Society and Inequality in Eurasia

A: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

B: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

C: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

D: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

E: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

F: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

G: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

Extension (3-6): First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 500 B.C.E.

A: Commerce and Culture 500-1500

B: Commerce and Culture 500-1500

C: Commerce and Culture 500-1500

D: Commerce and Culture 500-1500

E: Commerce and Culture 500-1500

A: China and the World East Asian Connections 500-1300

B: China and the World East Asian Connections 500-1300

C: China and the World East Asian Connections 500-1300

D: China and the World East Asian Connections 500-1300

E: China and the World East Asian Connections 500-1300

A: The Worlds of Islam Afro-Eurasian Connections 600-1500

B: The Worlds of Islam Afro-Eurasian Connections 600-1500

C: The Worlds of Islam Afro-Eurasian Connections 600-1500

D: The Worlds of Islam Afro-Eurasian Connections 600-1500

E: The Worlds of Islam Afro-Eurasian Connections 600-1500

A: The Worlds of Christendom Contraction, Expansion, and Division 500-1300

B: The Worlds of Christendom Contraction, Expansion, and Division 500-1300

C: The Worlds of Christendom Contraction, Expansion, and Division 500-1300

D: The Worlds of Christendom Contraction, Expansion, and Division 500-1300

E: The Worlds of Christendom Contraction, Expansion, and Division 500-1300

A: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

B: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

C: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

D: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

E: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

A: The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century

B: The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century

C: The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century