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| 6696184792 | What were the main benefits of European voyages to the Indian Ocean? | Access to the immense and rich trade routes that stretched from East Africa to China which provided ample opportunity for economic growth and provided rare and valuable goods. | 0 | |
| 6696265696 | What non-trade based motive was there to travel to and colonize the islands and coastal regions around the Indian ocean? | The drive to spread Christianity as well as the ideological belief that it was the Europeans' duty to civilize the peoples of that region were both motives to colonize lands near the Indian Ocean. | 1 | |
| 6696329870 | What was the main reason why the European Empires could establish colonies in these occupied lands? | Due to the advanced development of European weaponry and technology, the Europeans were able to easily overpower small towns and cities on the coast of the Indian Ocean or small islands therein. | 2 | |
| 6696352496 | What type of 'colonies' were established on these coasts or islands by the Dutch and British in particular? | Trading Post empires were established with the hope of becoming a trading hub that generated revenue for the Empire and secure rare spices and other valuable commodities. | 3 | |
| 6696399863 | Where did Spain occupy in Southeast Asia? By what means did they gain control of it? | Spain pursued The Philippines for its location in Southeast Asia, the lack of competition for it, and its lack of military development. They did, however, encounter resistance which led to hostility and massacres. | 4 | |
| 6696445234 | What were trading companies? What Empires used them? Where? | Trading Companies were private organizations ordained by their government to obtain goods needed by the Empire for the least amount of money. Britain established a company on the coast of India whilst creating a treaty with the Indian Government. French companies were located in the Indian Ocean Basin, and the Dutch Companies were in the Islands of Indonesia. | 5 | |
| 6696511256 | In what ways did Asian Empires and nations benefit from a European presence in their markets? | Some Asian Empires and Nations had a monopoly on such items as pepper and coral, which they used to create immense profits from the wealthy and 'desperate' European trade centers and companies who wanted their goods. They also gave out loans to Europeans and put a heavy interest rate on them to turn a profit. | 6 | |
| 6696582197 | How did the development of Silver currency effect Chinese economies? | Chinese economies initially grew as Chinese markets drew in silver, but eventually, as the Chinese government absorbed silver and failed to redistribute it, the Chinese economy fell and the value of silver inflated greatly. | 7 | |
| 6696606778 | How did the development of silver currency effect European economies? | As Spain's control of Latin American silver mines brought it opportunity to grow exponentially, the monopolies, regulations, and rather lazy aristocracy of Spain prevented any such growth. In the rest of Europe, the constant flow of silver to China led to mass inflation of silver; due to the cheap and equal quality Indian and Asian products now available, European markets also suffered as European people began to buy more foreign goods than domestic. | 8 | |
| 6696670886 | How did the increased demand of fur effect American interactions with Natives? | As fur demand increased, hunting furs became more difficult, so hunters traded tools, weapons, alcohol, and such to Indians in exchange for their furs. While this temporarily boosted Indian reputations, it eventually led to internal conflicts as the increased availability of alcohol caused problems in and between tribes. The increased interactions between Americans and Indians also led to another wave of deadly illness that killed many Indians. | 9 | |
| 6696712498 | In what ways did the increasing demand for furs effect Russians and Siberians? | In Russia, the government began to tax natives in furs, and went so far as to take hostages to enforce the tax. Russian hunters and natives competed for furs rather than traded for them. | 10 | |
| 6712655765 | What social standards changed as a result of the rise of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? | Race-based slavery became widely accepted after the development and expansion of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, supporting the age-old belief of the racial superiority of whites. | 11 | |
| 6712709513 | Where did the use of slavery originate? What was the first Empire to rely on slaves for construction and man-power? | Slaves originated from early civilizations that used slavery as a punishment for criminals and prisoners of war, but the first Empire to be dependent on slaves was the Roman Empire, with slaves making up one-third of their population | 12 | |
| 6712741862 | What drove the Europeans to use African slaves? What markets did African slaves most effect? | The Ottoman seizure of Europe's supply of Slavic people led Europeans to seek a new source of slaves, which they found on the west coast of Africa. African slaves impacted cotton and tobacco production in the Americas the most. | 13 | |
| 6712808859 | Why were European trading posts located on the Western coast of Africa rather than farther inland? | Due to the presence of a multitude of foreign illnesses, Europeans couldn't go inland because they had no immunities to these illnesses. Instead, they had local Africans travel inland to collect slaves. | 14 | |
| 6712870675 | What social class did most African slaves occupy? How did this effect the African toleration of slave trade? | African slaves were usually taken from the lower social classes: criminals, peasants, and other people disconnected from society. This way, the African people wouldn't notice or care as much as they would if a government official was put into slavery, though diplomatic convoys to the trading posts were sometimes put into slavery. | 15 | |
| 6712918899 | What economic effect did slave trade have on Africa and the Americas? | American colonies became dependent on African slaves (which outnumbered the white population), so they became a driving force of the economy. In Africa, political corruption led to local governments turning a blind eye to the slave trade and even creating future slaves via corrupt government proceedings. Here, economies were also dependent on the money they received for surrendering their people. | 16 | |
| 6713013958 | What were the consequences of the poor conditions on slave bearing ships traveling from Africa to the Americas? | Due to the packed, dirty, and simply unhealthy conditions of the slave ships, some 14% of African slaves died on the journey from Africa to the Americas, and more either revolted or tried to kill themselves to escape their dismal future. | 17 | |
| 6713048682 | What role did women assume due to the shriveling male population of men in African civilizations? | Women began to do the work of men to compensate for the lack of male laborers, which helped maintain the economies of these civilizations, but as the ratio of men to women decreased, these civilizations saw a social and cultural change as polygamy became a more popular practice. | 18 | |
| 6713087314 | What changes are seen in international commerce from 1492 to the mid 1800's? | As Europeans spread to the Indian Ocean, they entered Asian markets but didn't threat Asian powers. After silver currency took hold in international markets, European consumers began to favor cheaper foreign goods to their own goods, which led to the decline of European economies. After their loss of slaves from Eastern Europe, Europeans then turned to Africa for their slaves and began trading with African civilizations for slaves which predominately worked on tobacco and cotton plantations in the Americas. | 19 |
