Exploration and Exchange

Question 1

Motivations for expansion

Answer 1

Political, economic, cultural, social

Question 2

Political Motivations for expansion

Answer 2

European states entered into the trading networks of the Indian Ocean and East Asia but they did not dominate them any time before the nineteenth century

Question 3

Economical Motivations for expansion

Answer 3

European states accumulated wealth for military development partly by forcing American Indians and African slaves to work in silver mines and one sugar plantations

Question 4

Social Motivations for expansion

Answer 4

European traders often prospered and they enjoyed high status and rewards within their societies

The map of Europe was much changed in the sixteenth and centuries because of the failure of some states to participate in the military Revolution and to hang on to their territories.

Question 5

Cultural Motivations for expansion

Answer 5

Europeans, especially the British, French, and Dutch, encouraged commercial ventures by granting special characters, or set of rights and privileges, to companies of merchants

Question 6

Pros and cons of Effects of the Columbian Exchange to both the Eastern hemisphere (Afroeurasia) and the Western hemisphere (Americas).

Answer 6

Afroeurasia
    Pros
        Goods
        Culture
    Cons
         Loss of supplies
         Funding
Americas
     Pros
          Culture
          Goods
     Cons
          Disease

Question 7

Details about YOUR Gunpowder Empire

Answer 7

began when Shah Ismail became ruler, at about age fifteen.
was a poet and during the time of his reign, arts and cultures were very important.
Sunni dynasty to a Shi Dynasty. huge mosques and schools that were built off of the religion.
empire continued to grow and flourish because they were in the center of several trade routes.
in power from 1501 to 1524. After Ismail’s reign, the dynasty still continued for about 200 years.
claimed to be related to Imam Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin/wife.

after the establishment of Shi’ism as the state religion, many Sunnis in the area were killed.

Later, the Safavids gained Tabriz, which became a vibrant trading city and was declared as Shah Ismail I’s capital.

Overtime, differences were worked out and stronger militaries were formed.

The Safavid Empire was in the middle of several trade routes going to Asia and Europe, including the Silk Road.

Empire received several imports, such as spices, textiles, and wool and the Empire also exported goods like horses and pearls.

Question 8

Significant Spanish and/or Portuguese explorers and their contributions to their respective countries

Answer 8

Spain- Christopher Columbus explored the west through the Indian Ocean, funded by Spain, landed on modern day Americas. Culture, diseases and goods were traded. Old world merged with New World

Spain- Cortés-went to Mexico, wanted to convert natives to Christian, destroyed anything pagan. Conquered Aztecs

Question 9

“The Great Dying” - Explanations for sudden decreases, in population in different parts of the world

Answer 9

natives in america started to rapidly die from disease because their bodies weren’t used to the foreign things and a lot of people died
=a decrease in population and they also prob didnt have vaccines for the diseases the spanish or europeans brought