Colonization and the World Wide Economy - Amy Gilstrap | Library

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Which luxury items were shipped over the Indian Ocean to Europe?

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Why was the Ottoman Empire so powerful?

Its location allowed them to control and tax trade from the Americas.

Its location allowed them to dominate China and India militarily.

Its location allowed them to control and tax trade between Asia, Africa and Europe.

This is a trick question.  It was weak. 

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Why were Europeans looking for an alternate route to the Indian Ocean?

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If you were an explorer which motive for exploration would be most important to you? 

God

Gold 

Glory

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Why would it be important for ships to be able to sail against the wind?

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What does a compass do?

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Why were better maps important for exploration?

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		things you buy from other countries
		things you sell to other countries
		taxes placed on goods from other countries

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Draw a picture of mercantilism in action.
Pick one of the following scenes:
1.  King paying for all parts of the voyages and goverment in the colonies.
2. King keeping all the profit from the colonies.  
3. King trying to keep the colonies from trading with other colonies. 

Label your picture and give it a title!

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Why were mercatilist policies hard to enforce?

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Select all that apply to capitalism 

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Draw the diagram of capitalism using specific examples of a business and the people involved in the system. 

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What might cause a breakdown in the capitalism system?

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Why were joint-stock companies good for governments?

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How do banks make money?

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The change in the banking system 

allowed individuals to make money by purchasing land

allowed wealthy landowners to make money by selling land

allowed individuals to make money by charging interest on loans and investing in businesses

only allowed kings to make money

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		transfer of people, animals, plants, technologies and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
		trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas

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Match the item to its place of origin.

Smallpox
pigs
Peaches
Potato
Avocado
Measles
Tobacco
Syphilis
Guns
Turkey
Tomato
Sugar Cane

Europe
Africa
Americas

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What benefits did the people in the Americas see from the Columbian Exchange?

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What problems happened in the New World due to the Columbian Exchange?

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Who benefited the most from the Columbian Exchange?

Ottoman Empire

Asian countries

European countries

Native Americans

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Why do YOU think slavery has been around since the earliest periods of history?

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Which country was the first to purchase slaves to transport to the Americas?

Portugal

Brazil

China

England

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What cash crop did the Portuguese produce in Brazil?

cotton

sugar

corn

tobacco

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How did some African leaders profit off of the slave trade?

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How would you describe the transportation of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean based on the diagram?

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Why were males more valuable than females in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

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		allowed individuals to make a profit and gave incentive for literacy and innovation
		only kings (governments) made a legal profit, gave people incentive to break the law in order to make a profit
		gained power and wealth
		lost power and wealth when the banking system changed and people moved to towns and cities