quiz - 1/17/2025 Flashcards
What drove European involvement in the world of Asian commerce?
- Desire for spices, silk, cottons, plants, and gems
Why was Europe just beginning to participate in global commerce during the sixteenth century?
They were recovering from the Black Death
What was the significance of the silver trade in the early modern era of world history?
It was direct and sustained link between Americas and Asia.
Why were the environmental consequences of the silver trade different in Japan than they were in Spanish America?
Spain didn’t have the power or desire to limit consequences of silver mines
What impact did the fur trade have on the Indigenous peoples of North America?
enhanced influence and authority for some Native American leaders.
How did the North American and Siberian trade systems differ from each other? What did they have in common?
Both had similar consequences for the native populations that participated in them, as both native Siberians and Native Americans suffered from new diseases and became dependent
What was distinctive about the Atlantic slave trade as compared to other systems of forced labor? What did it share with other patterns of slave owning and slave trading?
distinctive in its scale
It shared with trading the idea of considering human beings as property.
What explains the rise of the Atlantic slave trade?
demand for cheap labor to work on plantations as the Americas grew
What changes did the Atlantic slave system bring to African societies?
slowed population growth, and economic stafgnation
