transoceanic encounters and global connections

Question 1

how did europe change in the 1500s compared to the previous era?

Answer 1

• cross cultural interactions took place on a much larger geographic scale
• and encounters were often more disruptive

Question 2

how did china change in the 1500s compared to the previous era?

Answer 2

sponsored a series of 7 massive maritime expeditions that visited all parts of the Indian ocean basin

Question 3

islamic -ottoman trade after 1500

Answer 3

both military and merchant vessel established an ottoman presence in the indian ocean basin
-most active in muslim lands (E africa/arabia-India and SE asia)

Question 4

why was european trade more extensive than chinese or islamic trade in this new era?

Answer 4

only europeans linked lands of the E hemisphere, W hemisphere and Oceania
-only they traveled regularly between the worlds major geographic areas

Question 5

what impact did extended european trade have on their role in the world?

Answer 5

-they became more prominent than before in the larger world and began to establish vast empires that by the 19th century, ruled most of the world

Question 6

what impact did transhemisheric trade have on the world?

Answer 6

world wide diffusion of plans, animals, diseases, human communities

• gives birth the the GLOBAL economy
• new food increase pop
• disease decrease pop