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AP World History 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Dvlpd

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show Mercantilist policies and practices were used by European rulers to expand and control their economies and claim overseas territories.  
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What entities were used by rulers and merchants to finance exploration?   show
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show compete against one another in global trade.  
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Define Mercantilism.   show
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show an economic system developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy  
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show usually through policies designed to secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies.  
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show It often led to smuggling or reaction (note: this example is from 1770s or just beyond our early modern time period of 1450-1750) Boston Tea Party. There were not high taxes but a BEIC monopoly. Colonists claimed no taxation without representation.  
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show The tax was used to pay UK colonial officials rather than them being paid by taxes that locals controlled (MA governor’s sons were tea merchants).  
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What happened to the local tax officials after the Boston Tea Party?   show
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show Over $1 million in tea was dumped into the water.  
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show Is it a problem that the US was created, in part, by property destruction? note the more recent non-violent tea party movement  
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What was the name of companies that were owned by many people? Why were these companies created?   show
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What did economic disputes lead to?   show
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show Moroccan conflict with the Songhai Empire  
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show Muslim–European rivalry in the Indian Ocean:  
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What was trade like in Indian Ocean before the Europeans arrived?   show
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show Europeans had nothing of real value to trade, so they instead used guns to control the trade.  
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show Muslims merchants operated along the Swahili coast, and out of Arabia, Mughal India, and SE Asia.  
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What did Europeans use to pay for their trade items?   show
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What did Europeans do with others' traded items?   show
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What did the Atlantic Trading System involve?   show
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What does "Triangular Trade" mean?   show
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Why is "Triangular Trade" considered a misnomer?   show
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show Europe’s “manufactured” products included textiles, alcohol, and guns.  
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show Raw materials from the Americas meant timber, tobacco, and sugar.  
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What was the new global circulation of goods was facilitated by?   show
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show Regional markets continued to flourish in Afro-Eurasia by using established commercial practices and new transoceanic and regional shipping services developed by European merchants.  
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What percentage of the world's silver came from the Americas?   show
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where did the silver from the Americas end up?   show
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Why is Bolivia one of the poorest countries today?   show
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Who dominated the trade in the Indian Ocean and why?   show
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Where did the regional markets grow?   show
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show Peasant and artisan labor continued and intensified in many regions as the demand for food and consumer goods increased.  
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What was the product of peasant and artisan labor in Western Europe? India? China?   show
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What was the product of peasant and artisan labor in Europe?   show
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show India raised cotton (other places did also), converted it to thread and wove the cloth by hand.  
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What did the Chinese raise and convert to thread and cloth?   show
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show Most diets consisted of locally grown wheat, rice, and potatoes.  
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As cities grew, where were foods being supplied to?   show
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