5888318043 | Spanish america produced ___% of world's silver | 85 | 0 | |
5888318631 | Potosi | the early modern era's largest silver mine, mostly worked by Native Americans | 1 | |
5888321182 | Japan produced ___% of world's silver | 15 | 2 | |
5888322709 | most of the world's silver ended up in __________ | China; the Ming Dynasty changed the tax policy in 1570 so citizens had to pay taxes in silver | 3 | |
5888326374 | China's economy | 1) very strong; center of world economy 2) their products travelled all over the world 3) economy was becoming more commercialized and specialized | 4 | |
5888328109 | Japan's economy | their economy grows and they invest their wealth wisely | 5 | |
5888328758 | Spain's economy | wealthy at the time, but Spain did not invest their wealth wisely | 6 | |
5888330555 | European merchants in silver trade | acted as middlemen but didn't benefit as much as others | 7 | |
5888331462 | Atlantic Slave Trade Unique Characteristics | 1) more connected to race and skin color 2) connected to 1 type of labor (agriculture) 3) low social status was more extreme | 8 | |
5888331884 | Atlantic Slave Trade Beginnings in Africa | 1) slave trade was held on African soil on African terms 2) controlled mostly by the king | 9 | |
5888332114 | Atlantic Slave Trade | 1) 1500s-late 1800s 2) 18.6 million Africans left Africa 3) 10% of voyages experienced a rebellion | 10 | |
5888337521 | ___% Africans died in transit | 15 | 11 | |
5888339134 | height of slave trade | 1750-1850 | 12 | |
5888339871 | ___% of slaves worked in Brazil or the Caribbeans | 90 | 13 | |
5925753806 | Trans-Atlantic trade | 1) 1492 2) Triangular Trade 3) columbian exchange 4) connected the East and West hemisphere 5) reflected the emergence of a global economy 6) Western Europeans benefit the most | 14 | |
5925761711 | columbian exchange | the first 300 years of the Trans Atlantic trade (1450-1750) | 15 | |
5925781272 | Columbian exchange from America to Europe | 1) sugar 2) silver and gold 3) tobacco 4) cotton 5) potatoes 6) corn 7) molasses and rum | 16 | |
5925788909 | Columbian exchange from Europe to America | 1) disease 2) animals 3) Christianity | 17 | |
5925808020 | the arrival of Europeans in Indian Ocean trade | 1) they desired luxury goods from Indian ocean trade (ex: spices) 2) wanted to avoid monopoly by Muslim and Venetian traders 3) stronger European states and stronger economies | 18 | |
5925830432 | Portugal's Indian Ocean trade | 1) 1500 2) established themselves in port cities all around the Indian Ocean 3) attempted military control using military force 4) tried to create a trading post "empire" and impose a cartaz 5) had limited success for a limited amount of time 6) ended up merging in with the rest of the traders | 19 | |
5925854042 | cartaz | a permit issued by Portugal that allowed trade in the Indian Ocean | 20 | |
5925830433 | Spain's Indian Ocean trade | 1) 1550 2) Philippine Islands 3) established colonial rule with small military operations, local alliances, and gifts and favors to chiefs. (very bloodless takeover) 4) attracted the attention of China and other countries; high amounts of migrants poured in from China and Japan, causing conflict when the migrants refused to comply with Spanish rule 5) had a strong economic relationship with China 6) was pretty successful; the Philippines was a colony until the 19th century | 21 | |
5925830434 | Dutch's Indian Ocean trade | 1) 1600 2) Indonesia (small spicy islands) by the Dutch East India Trading Company 3) killed, starved, and enslaved the Native populations and forced them to trade; nearly all Native populations were killed off 4) the island's economy was shattered and they experienced extreme poverty while the Dutch got rich 5) traded nutmeg, mace, and cloves 6) highly commercialized and urbanized; the Dutch had good business skills. Started with luxury goods but later turned towards mass marketing 7) extremely successful | 22 | |
5925831692 | Britain's Indian Ocean trade | 1) 1600 2) India (Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras) 3) weren't as economically and commercially sophisticated as Portugal; couldn't use military force 4) used private charters over many investors (East India Company) 5) bribed local officials to sneak into trade 6) Started with luxury goods but later turned towards mass market goods (cotton, textiles) 7) pretty successful | 23 | |
5926022572 | Western European perspective on Fur Trade | 1) operated in Northern North America (Canada) 2) competitive; multiple European states participated 3) Europeans themselves didn't trap or hunt the animals 3) traded European goods for furs from Native Americans (alcohol, etc.) | 24 | |
5926022573 | Russian perspective on Fur Trade | 1) Siberia; in Russian soil 2) no competition 3) forced fur trade on Natives 4) Russians themselves also hunted and trapped animals | 25 | |
5926022586 | Native American perspective on Fur Trade | 1) Native Americans did most hunting and trapping 2) no forced labor 3) benefitted from European goods at first, but in the long run, dependency on European goods had many negative effects 4) spread of disease was slower because of less direct contact, but soon disease was rampant among Native populations | 26 | |
5926023737 | Environmental perspective on Fur Trade | negative; many animals were driven to near extinction because of the fur trade | 27 |
AP World History: Chapter 15 - Global Commerce Flashcards
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