Part II
1. What place provided the MAIN source of cotton, tea, and silk in 1914?
India
2. What place was responsible for most of the spices in the 1700s
Philippines
3. What does the term mestizo mean? Why might this have been a problem?
This is a mix between Native Americans and Spanish settlers.
4. What types of advantages did the Spanish have over the Inca within battle? (Something other than the horse)
They were technologically advanced.
5. What is mercantilism?
Find the definition. Understand this was the institution that developed as a response to prohibition against money lending.
6. What was the encomenda system? What is this system similar to?
A system that granted the right to labor to Native Americans and were subject to abusive treatment and situations.
7. What impact did slave trade have on West Africa?
They gained access to weapons that would allow them to increase their power.
8. Why did the Ming Dynasty demand silver?
They needed this for the production of money.
9. What impact did slave trade have on the ethnic populations of South America?
They created a mixed population.
10. England was a “maritime power”. This is how, under Queen Elizabeth, they were able to began to colonize parts of the Americas.
What does the term “maritime power” mean?
This meant they were very capable navigating the sea. This gave them the ability cross the Atlantic in order to colonize the Americas.
11. Draw a Quipu system and explain the purpose.
This was a form of record keeping within the Incan empire.
12. Why would European expansion result in the increased need for slavery throughout the western hemisphere?
This created a need for laborers due to the expansion of colonies and production of crops and goods.
13. Why was the Ottoman empire able to control trade between east and west; Europe and Asia?
The Ottoman Empire was located on either side of the Mediterranean Sea.