Midterm IDs NEW

Question 1

Potosí
(Date, Location, Role, and significane to political economy)

Answer 1

Discovered in 1540s by Diego Gualpa
Part of southern Bolivian highlands and located in what was previously Inca territory
Became one of the world’s most important silver mining centers
PE
Produced vast amounts of silver that transformed the global economy and introduced the mita system (forced indigenous labor)
Funded the Spanish Empire’s expansion and power

Question 2

Ming-Qing Transition
(Date, Location, Role, and significane to political economy)

Answer 2

early to mid 1600s
Place is china
Shift from paper to silver currency
PE
Connected to global silver flows
Established long period of stability (61-year reign) under Kangxi Emperor

Question 3

John Locke
(Date, Location, Role, and significane to political economy)

Answer 3

1689
Place: England
Wrote philosophical works that influenced property rights theory
PE
Influenced the enclosure movement

Question 4

Little Ice Age
(Date, Location, Role, and significane to political economy)

Answer 4

Early 1600s to early 1700s
All around the world
Caused widespread crop failures
PE
Helped shift trade circuits from Mediterranean (Genoese finance) to North Sea (Dutch finance)

Question 5

Charles V
(Date, Location, Role, and significane to political economy)

Answer 5

Early-mid 1500s
Habsburg Empire
Led the Habsburg Empire
PE
Ruled during Renaissance to Reformation transition
Oversaw Spanish colonial expansion

Question 6

Ceuta
(Date, Location, Role, and significane to political economy)

Answer 6

1415
North Africa/Spain
Marked the beginning of Portuguese expansion
PE
Part of the early transformation period (1350-1500) that included:
Development of African slave trade
Indian Ocean luxury trade