Colonization and the World Wide Economy
By Amy C Gilstrap
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Last updated almost 4 years ago
28 Questions
3 points
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Question 1
1.
Which luxury items were shipped over the Indian Ocean to Europe?
Which luxury items were shipped over the Indian Ocean to Europe?
1 point
1
Question 2
2.
Why was the Ottoman Empire so powerful?
Why was the Ottoman Empire so powerful?
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Question 3
3.
Why were Europeans looking for an alternate route to the Indian Ocean?
Why were Europeans looking for an alternate route to the Indian Ocean?
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Question 4
4.
If you were an explorer which motive for exploration would be most important to you?
If you were an explorer which motive for exploration would be most important to you?
1 point
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Question 5
5.
Why would it be important for ships to be able to sail against the wind?
Why would it be important for ships to be able to sail against the wind?
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Question 6
6.
What does a compass do?
What does a compass do?
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Question 7
7.
Why were better maps important for exploration?
Why were better maps important for exploration?
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Question 8
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| arrow_right_alt | things you buy from other countries | |
| arrow_right_alt | things you sell to other countries | |
| arrow_right_alt | taxes placed on goods from other countries |
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Question 9
9.
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!
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!
1 point
1
Question 10
10.
Why were mercatilist policies hard to enforce?
Why were mercatilist policies hard to enforce?
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Question 11
11.
Select all that apply to capitalism
Select all that apply to capitalism
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Question 12
12.
Draw the diagram of capitalism using specific examples of a business and the people involved in the system.
Draw the diagram of capitalism using specific examples of a business and the people involved in the system.
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Question 13
13.
What might cause a breakdown in the capitalism system?
What might cause a breakdown in the capitalism system?
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Question 14
14.
Why were joint-stock companies good for governments?
Why were joint-stock companies good for governments?
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1
Question 15
15.
How do banks make money?
How do banks make money?
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Question 16
16.
The change in the banking system
The change in the banking system
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Question 17
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| arrow_right_alt | transfer of people, animals, plants, technologies and diseases between the Old World and the New World. | |
| arrow_right_alt | trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas |
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Question 18
18.
Match the item to its place of origin.
Match the item to its place of origin.
- Peaches
- Turkey
- Guns
- Sugar Cane
- Avocado
- Smallpox
- Potato
- Tobacco
- Tomato
- Measles
- pigs
- Syphilis
- Europe
- Africa
- Americas
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Question 19
19.
What benefits did the people in the Americas see from the Columbian Exchange?
What benefits did the people in the Americas see from the Columbian Exchange?
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Question 20
20.
What problems happened in the New World due to the Columbian Exchange?
What problems happened in the New World due to the Columbian Exchange?
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Question 21
21.
Who benefited the most from the Columbian Exchange?
Who benefited the most from the Columbian Exchange?
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Question 22
22.
Why do YOU think slavery has been around since the earliest periods of history?
Why do YOU think slavery has been around since the earliest periods of history?
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Question 23
23.
Which country was the first to purchase slaves to transport to the Americas?
Which country was the first to purchase slaves to transport to the Americas?
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Question 24
24.
What cash crop did the Portuguese produce in Brazil?
What cash crop did the Portuguese produce in Brazil?
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Question 25
25.
How did some African leaders profit off of the slave trade?
How did some African leaders profit off of the slave trade?
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Question 26
26.
How would you describe the transportation of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean based on the diagram?
How would you describe the transportation of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean based on the diagram?
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Question 27
27.
Why were males more valuable than females in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Why were males more valuable than females in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
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Question 28
28.
| arrow_right_alt | allowed individuals to make a profit and gave incentive for literacy and innovation | |
| arrow_right_alt | only kings (governments) made a legal profit, gave people incentive to break the law in order to make a profit | |
| arrow_right_alt | gained power and wealth | |
| arrow_right_alt | lost power and wealth when the banking system changed and people moved to towns and cities |