Identify the products that first attracted European merchants to Asia.(1 point)
Responses
spices
spices
precious metals (gold and silver)
precious metals (gold and silver)
wool cloth
wool cloth
enslaved people
enslaved people
Which of the following best explains a consequence of European efforts to find sea routes to Asia?(1 point)
Responses
The Dutch gave up land in Asia and decided not to trade in the region after a few years.
The Dutch gave up land in Asia and decided not to trade in the region after a few years.
European traders found spices but did not make much money trading them to Europeans.
European traders found spices but did not make much money trading them to Europeans.
New technologies made it possible to take ships longer distances around the world.
New technologies made it possible to take ships longer distances around the world.
New conflicts developed between Europeans as they fought for control of Asian resources.
New conflicts developed between Europeans as they fought for control of Asian resources.
Which of the following best analyzes how European trade promoted global interdependence?(1 point)
Responses
Europeans began to colonize lands so they could control resources they traded.
Europeans began to colonize lands so they could control resources they traded.
People around the world began to eat chocolate once it was discovered in the Americas.
People around the world began to eat chocolate once it was discovered in the Americas.
The Spanish took the lands that Columbus had found with permission from the pope.
The Spanish took the lands that Columbus had found with permission from the pope.
Europeans began to grow crops throughout the Americas in the lands they conquered.
Europeans began to grow crops throughout the Americas in the lands they conquered.
Question
Which of the following best describes mercantilism?(1 point)
Responses
an economic system based on the idea that the world only has so much wealth available, and countries must take as much as they can so that other countries do not get it
an economic system based on the idea that the world only has so much wealth available, and countries must take as much as they can so that other countries do not get it
a system that made it easier for traders to make money in any country because they understood what people wanted to buy and sell and could make the country rich
a system that made it easier for traders to make money in any country because they understood what people wanted to buy and sell and could make the country rich
an idea that everyone can have as much wealth as they want in the world as long as they create colonies and control them, so that they have all the resources
an idea that everyone can have as much wealth as they want in the world as long as they create colonies and control them, so that they have all the resources
a system that eliminated all competition between countries and instead caused them to make peaceful agreements so that everyone could make money